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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27 (08:15) HSK 7
zhè ge zhěng hé jì huà zuì chū shì yóu shuí tí chū de

这个整合计划 最初是由谁提出的

“Who proposed this consolidation plan?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 08:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bàn yǎn de shì shén me jué sè

扮演的是什么角色

“am playing in all this?”

zhè ge zhěng hé jì huà zuì chū shì yóu shuí tí chū de CURRENT FOCUS

这个 整 合计 划 最初是 由谁提出 的

“Who proposed this consolidation plan?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tí chū de shí jiān shì zài wǒ de bào dào zhī qián hái shì zhī hòu ne

“Was it proposed before or after my report came out?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE AND SHARP
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Tell me who actually started this whole thing so I can expose the real motive.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Investigative Inquiries

Using passive/agentive structures with '由' elevates the register to an authoritative, formal inquiry suitable for legal or journalistic interrogation.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #probing #establishing_fact #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
最初是由谁提出的 SPOKEN CHUNK

who originally proposed it

A formal cleft construction (由...提出) commonly used in investigative journalism and workplace investigations to pinpoint origin.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Part of the emphatic shi...de construction focusing on the agent who proposed the plan.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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