跟我去咖啡店 我这一天天帮你妈 看孩子呢
“with me again tomorrow. Do I have to help your mother babysit her every day?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Get your sister away from me. She's going to my coffee shop”
跟我去 咖啡店 我这一 天天 帮你 妈 看孩子 呢
“with me again tomorrow. Do I have to help your mother babysit her every day?”
“Is she affecting your coffee shop business? No.”
“I'm sick of playing unpaid nanny for your family; you need to handle this.”
In close Chinese families, relatives frequently take on unpaid childcare, but it often leads to spoken complaints about feeling taken for granted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
day after day / all day long
A spoken Northern Chinese colloquialism used to express exasperation with routine burdens.
to babysit / to look after children
Common everyday term for taking care of kids in a household context.
Marks an ongoing situation while adding a mildly protesting, rhetorical complaint.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“my mom can help you both find good jobs.”
“(my mom can help) (you both find good jobs.)”
“I wanted you to meet my mom. I also wanted to tell her”
“-I'll go with you. -I'll stay here. Let's go.”
“I only visited his mom because I cared about her,”
“OK. Have a meal with my mother and spend some time with her. Have you friended her on WeChat?”