当时有两百多名乘客 一块儿消失了 是它吧
“[Coast guard search finds only scattered wreckage.] Over 200 passengers vanished [Deadly reefs lurk beneath the emerald waves] [The century-old legend of vengeful spirits at Panhua Reef] [Mysterious waters swallow ships— dark clouds gather over Nanyang route] along with it back then— this is the one, right? [Panhua Reef Incident Alerts Multiple Parties] [Foreign shippers call for joint international investigation]”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Isn't this the passenger liner that disappeared a year ago?”
当时有两百多名乘客 一块儿消失 了 是 它 吧
“[Coast guard search finds only scattered wreckage.] Over 200 passengers vanished [Deadly reefs lurk beneath the emerald waves] [The century-old legend of vengeful spirits at Panhua Reef] [Mysterious waters swallow ships— dark clouds gather over Nanyang route] along with it back then— this is the one, right? [Panhua Reef Incident Alerts Multiple Parties] [Foreign shippers call for joint international investigation]”
看来这一年在盘花海礁 失踪的船只
“Looks like all the ships that went missing around Panhua Reef”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
together
A colloquial northern Chinese variant of 一起, commonly heard in spoken dialogue.
at that time / back then
Sets a narrative timeframe in the past when recounting past events.
Solicits confirmation from the listener while expressing a reasonably confident guess.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Attention, all passengers.”
“Isn't this the passenger liner that disappeared a year ago?”
“She was already dead when we arrived.”
“the crew and prostitutes on the yacht.”
“Two men vanished into thin air.”
“I have a passenger. What if the customer complains?”