当时她正准备去上学
“(as she was heading to school.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我在门口碰到过彤彤
“(I ran into her at the door)”
当时她 正准备 去上学
“(as she was heading to school.)”
那天我脖子上确实有道红印
“(I definitely had a red mark that day.)”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Factual recall in Chinese discourse typically begins with precise temporal markers like '当时' to frame subsequent observations reliably.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just about to; in the middle of preparing to
A standard construction to describe an action that was imminent at a specific reference point in the past.
at that time; back then
Essential time anchor used when recalling narrative events or giving statements.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And she's about to go to university.”
“she's already gone to the place she wanted.”
“Well, Ni-ni said she wants to go out today.”
“She should head back tomorrow.”
“I'd thought about sending her to school in a few years.”
“that she might have been in a hurry that day.”