印欧语系最少有四百多种语言
“There's so many possibilities. We don't even know what language it is. How can we translate it?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
印欧语系 最少有四百多种语言
“There's so many possibilities. We don't even know what language it is. How can we translate it?”
“We don't even know what language it is. How can we translate it?”
“Narrowing it down to Indo-European doesn't help us much when there are over 400 possibilities.”
Presenting sheer numbers or scale is a polite, objective way to pour cold water on someone's premature optimism without attacking them personally.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at the very least there are...
Used to establish a conservative lower bound in numerical estimates or arguments.
more than 400 kinds/types
Formed with '多' after the number to indicate an approximate quantity exceeding 400.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Which is basically the most common language.”
“It looks like Indo-European.”
“There's a language barrier there,”
“we almost didn't say anything to each other.”
“(And it's in both Chinese and English.)”
“surpasses that of many others in the world.”