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《Light to the Night》 S1·E21 (32:31) HSK 4
dà jiě nín néng bù néng bāng wǒ lián xì dào zhè ge xiě bèi zhù de jié xī kǎ ?

大姐 您能不能帮我联系到 这个写备注的杰西卡?

“Ma'am, can you help me contact the Jessica who wrote this note?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 32:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mǒ diào YAO XINCHENG de gòu mǎi jì lù

抹掉YAO XINCHENG的 购买记录

“to erase Yao Xingcheng's purchase record.”

dà jiě nín néng bù néng bāng wǒ lián xì dào zhè ge xiě bèi zhù de jié xī kǎ ? CURRENT FOCUS

大姐 您 能不能帮我 联系到 这个 写备注的杰西卡?

“Ma'am, can you help me contact the Jessica who wrote this note?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi yáng diàn de jié xī kǎ

魏阳店的杰西卡

“Jessica from the Weiyang store.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MAKING A POLITE REQUEST
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: HOPEFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Kinship Honorifics for Strangers

Calling a middle-aged female stranger 'dajie' (elder sister) builds instant rapport and softens the burden of the request.

INTENT TAGS: #requesting_help #politeness #inquiry #seeking_contact
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
能不能帮我 SPOKEN CHUNK

could you help me

A highly common and polite way to formulate requests in everyday spoken Chinese.

联系到 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get in touch with; to reach

Uses the resultative complement 到 to indicate successfully establishing contact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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