我的养父母也竭尽所能地
“my foster parents have done everything possible”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这十年来
“Over these past ten years,”
我的养父母也 竭尽所能 地
“my foster parents have done everything possible”
给我最好的学习 生活环境
“to provide me with the best life and education.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese ethics places equal or greater filial value on the devotion of upbringing (养育之恩) as it does on biological heritage (生育之恩).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do everything in one's power / spare no effort
A formal idiom used to describe exhausting all possibilities and resources to help someone or achieve a goal.
adoptive parents / foster parents
Formal term referring to non-biological parents who raised a child.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“who will take care of your parents?”
“who love him like their own,”
“If he'd ended up with monsters,”
“Think about your parents.”
“that parents just want their children to be happy?”
“They're your parents.”
“His foster parents are also good to him.”