你应该知道 我前几天 去子秋的咖啡店
“you must know that the other day, I went to Ziqiu's coffee shop”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对了
“By the way,”
你应该知道 我前几天 去子秋的咖啡店
“you must know that the other day, I went to Ziqiu's coffee shop”
找过他了吧
“to see him, right?”
“I'm sure you already heard I went to see him, so let's clear the air.”
In close relationships, preemptively disclosing an encounter with a sensitive third party prevents mistrust and maintains relational harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you probably know; you should know
Commonly used to broach a topic on the assumption that the listener is already somewhat informed.
a few days ago
A frequent conversational time anchor referring vaguely to recent days.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's me. You should know who I am.”
“How do you know? Of course, I know.”
“I don't know what you're talking about. You already know very well who I am.”
“I knew it. You were eavesdropping that day!”
“How did you know I'm here?”
“You found out? I found out long ago!”