这上海怎么变成这个样子了
“How did Shanghai turn into this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
快 坐一下 坐一下
“Quick, sit down.”
这上海 怎么变成这个样子了
“How did Shanghai turn into this?”
太爷 这上海这么大
“Master, Shanghai is so big,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Elders returning to or arriving in rapidly modernizing or war-torn metropolitan centers frequently experience deep disorientation when traditional order and familiar landmarks vanish.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how did it turn into such a state?
A frequent conversational expression of lament and shock when a person or place has deteriorated or changed drastically.
Emphasizes the completed, dramatic transformation from the past to the present state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I moved it here after returning to Shanghai.”
“We're in Shanghai now. We've got to keep up with the times.”
“that I rushed to Shanghai.”
“come back to Shanghai.”
“his wife and daughter got fed up and moved to Shanghai,”
“People coming back from Shanghai are indeed different.”