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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (17:11) HSK 6
fǎ guān shì zhè yàng de qián liǎng nián ne jiù shì wǒ mǎi le yī zhī xī yì

法官 是这样的 前两年呢就是我买了一只蜥蜴

“Your Honor, it's like this. A couple of years ago, I bought a lizard,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 17:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ràng tā zì jǐ shuō

让他自己说

“Let him explain it himself.”

fǎ guān shì zhè yàng de qián liǎng nián ne jiù shì wǒ mǎi le yī zhī xī yì CURRENT FOCUS

法官 是这样的 前两年呢 就是我 买了一只蜥蜴

“Your Honor, it's like this. A couple of years ago, I bought a lizard,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rán hòu wǒ jiù mǎi nà ge jiù shì zhāng láng dāng sì liào huó de

然后我就买那个就是 蟑螂当饲料 活的

“and then I bought cockroaches as feed. Alive ones.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: GIVING TESTIMONY
Tone: NARRATIVE
Emotion: HESITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Narrative Contextualization

Chinese speakers often establish indirect background and concrete everyday anecdotes before stating the core legal or marital grievance.

INTENT TAGS: #narrating #explaining #testimony #opening_statement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是这样的 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is like this / the situation is as follows

A standard spoken transition phrase used to begin an explanation or report factual background.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a conversational pause, giving the speaker time to formulate the next detail while maintaining the listener's attention.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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