能给我们沏两杯茶 已经很不错了
“It's already nice of them to make us two cups of tea.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么还不回来啊
“Why aren't they back yet?”
能 给我 们沏两杯茶 已经 很不错了
“It's already nice of them to make us two cups of tea.”
他们有这么忙吗
“Are they really that busy?”
“Don't complain about the wait; we are lucky they acknowledged us at all.”
Serving tea is the basic courtesy for guests in Chinese society; receiving merely tea without immediate audience suggests the host is genuinely overwhelmed or the guests lack high priority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pretty good already; more than one could expect
Used to express pragmatic satisfaction or to adjust someone's high expectations downward.
brew a couple of cups of tea
A standard colocation for preparing hot tea for visitors.
Marks the evaluation that the threshold of acceptability has already been reached.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me make you some tea.”
“I made a pot of tea. Come have a cup.”
“Then we'll toast with tea instead. Okay.”
“Please excuse the poor tea.”
“Thank you. Our fruit tea, please hurry up. OK.”
“Buying milk tea? Yes. I'll take two drinks.”