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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24 (01:40) HSK 4
néng shuō shuō nǐ shàng yī fèn gōng zuò shì yīn wèi shén me jié shù de ma

能说说你上一份工作 是因为什么结束的吗

“Could you tell me why your last job ended?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 01:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
néng shuō shuō nǐ shàng yī fèn gōng zuò shì yīn wèi shén me jié shù de ma CURRENT FOCUS

能说说 你上一份 工作 是因为什么结束的 吗

“Could you tell me why your last job ended?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ fù zé de nà ge xiàng mù jié shù le

我负责的那个项目结束了

“The project I was in concluded.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INTERVIEWING
Tone: PROFESSIONAL
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Were you fired, did you quit due to conflict, or was it a normal transition?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Workplace Inquiries

Interviewers soften sensitive probes into career termination using modal verbs like '能' and verb-reduplication '说说' to preserve the candidate's comfort and face.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #interviewing #inquiry #polite_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
能说说 SPOKEN CHUNK

could you tell me / could you share

A polite, conversational way to invite someone to elaborate on a specific topic without sounding demanding.

是因为什么 SPOKEN CHUNK

because of what / what was the reason

A standard structure used to inquire about underlying causes in both professional and casual discussions.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the statement into a polite yes-no question frame, mitigating directness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E24 (01:40) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus