别看咱们干的是体力活
“We do manual labor,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
江连洪
“Jiang Lianhong?”
别看 咱们 干的 是体力活
“We do manual labor,”
现在活也不好找
“but jobs aren't easy to find now.”
“Don't look down on our physical labor; there is real skill and pride in what we do.”
Blue-collar workers frequently use contrastive framing to maintain pride and dignity in societies where white-collar jobs are often accorded higher social prestige.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even though / despite the fact that
Used at the beginning of a clause to introduce an apparent limitation before highlighting an unexpected merit.
manual labor / physical work
Standard conversational term contrasting with mental labor (脑力活) to refer to physically demanding jobs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- Time to get back to work. - We still have questions for you.”
“We really can't complete the task.”
“we can't decide on whether they work or not.”