煤老板为了赚钱 是 煤老板是赚了钱
“For the coal bosses to make money. Yes. The coal bosses do make money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you know why the city wants to open the mine?”
煤老板 为了 赚钱 是 煤老板 是 赚了钱
“For the coal bosses to make money. Yes. The coal bosses do make money.”
“But a large part of the tax revenue relies on the coal mines.”
“Sure, they got rich, but don't overlook the crucial tax income the government desperately needed.”
In contemporary China, 'coal bosses' symbolize overnight wealth, opportunism, and environmental destruction, making their economic contributions a contentious topic in governance debates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in order to make money
Frequently used in spoken debates to describe pure profit-seeking motives in business.
yes... indeed (concessive repetition)
Used in spoken debates to validate the listener's premise before immediately following up with a contrasting 'but'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Her family does coal business.”
“Especially regarding those small mine owners. Pay them what's owed as soon as possible”
“Our boss is really good at fishing.”
“This is how they make a living. Of course, they need to earn.”
“But even as a layman in the coal mining industry,”
“If there were no coal mines, the economy wouldn't be this good.”