得向乔海伦同学学习
“You should learn from Qiao Hailun.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看看人家
“Very clever.”
得 向乔海伦同学学习
“You should learn from Qiao Hailun.”
别一天天的
“Don't waste your days.”
“Stop slacking off and be more productive like Helen.”
Using a peer as a benchmark to motivate or admonish others is a deeply ingrained pedagogical and workplace tradition in Chinese culture.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
learn from / follow someone's example
A highly common formula used both formally and informally to point out an exemplar whom others should emulate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He asked me to come learn the ropes, and take some of the load off him.”
“I already have someone to learn from.”
“I'm following your example.”
“to learn from you, Mr. Pei.”
“I should learn from you.”
“Anyone can see you're an extraordinary woman. I should learn from you.”
“I'll learn more from you.”
“And I hope you learn from me,”
“ordinary, but extraordinary.”
“When it comes to studying, I always win beautifully.”