我不是跟你说过了吗 只要有合适的肾源
“Didn't I tell you that as long as there's a suitable kidney,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想快也快不了
“I can't speed things up.”
我不是 跟你说过了 吗 只要 有 合适的 肾源
“Didn't I tell you that as long as there's a suitable kidney,”
安排手术它不难
“scheduling the surgery is easy?”
“Pressing me won't help; everything depends entirely on finding a matching donor.”
Clinicians in China frequently use firm, rhetorical reiterations to anchor anxious relatives in medical realities when resources like organ donations are scarce.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't I already tell you?
A common rhetorical framing used when repeating essential information to an anxious party.
as long as there is / provided there exists
Standard conditional marker emphasizing the prerequisite required before action can happen.
Marks a rhetorical question to prompt the listener to remember previously given facts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I told you”
“Didn't I make myself clear?”
“I'm asking you if you make it clear to that person.”
“I told you, didn't I? I doubt it.”
“Have you thought about what I said last time?”
“Didn't I tell you last time?”