你们这些当老师的 不也是想考好大学
“Isn't that why you became teachers yourselves— because you got into good universities”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“-Of course it does! -How could it not? Of course it does.”
你们这些 当老师 的 不也是 想 考好大学
“Isn't that why you became teachers yourselves— because you got into good universities”
这才有稳定的工作吗 他们现在最重要的
“and secured stable jobs in schools? The most important thing for them now”
“Stop acting righteous; you only pursued education to get a good degree and a safe job just like everyone else.”
Many Chinese parents view college admissions primarily through the lens of utilitarian safety, believing the sole objective of study is to secure a stable, respectable career such as teaching or civil service.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
those who work as teachers
A spoken way to categorize people by profession, often slightly generalizing their perspective.
didn't you also want...
A rhetorical framing used to draw a parallel between the listener's past and the speaker's current situation.
Forms a nominal phrase referring to the group of people in that profession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But getting into college isn't that simple.”
“One student of the teacher got admitted to Peking University last year.”
“then getting into college won't be a problem at all.”
“-Go away! -Have complained to the school. They think you are unfit to be a teacher.”
“Sure, he's thought about it.”
“then maybe it's not worth going at all.”