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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (25:09) HSK 4
zhè cái shì yí gè chéng shì gāi yǒu de yàng zi

这才是一个城市 该有的样子

“This is what a city should look like.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 25:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kàn a

你看啊

“Look.”

zhè cái shì yí gè chéng shì gāi yǒu de yàng zi CURRENT FOCUS

这才是 一个城市 该有的样子

“This is what a city should look like.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gāo sǒng de dà lóu

高耸的大楼

“Towering buildings.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPRESSING ADMIRATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE AND WISTFUL
Emotion: ADMIRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is real progress and civilization; anything less doesn't even count as a real city.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Aspiration for Urban Modernity

Skyscrapers and modern infrastructure are often viewed in contemporary China as prime symbols of development, prosperity, and national progress.

INTENT TAGS: #evaluation #praising #asserting #modernization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
这才是 SPOKEN CHUNK

this is truly; only this counts as

Emphatically identifies an ideal standard or genuine exemplar of something.

该有的样子 SPOKEN CHUNK

the way it ought to be

Used to describe something fulfilling its ideal form or standard.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E8 (25:09) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus