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《River Sunset》 S1·E10 (35:20) HSK 1
sī lìng guān zài niǔ yuē lǐng shì guǎn de shí hòu

司令官在纽约领事馆的时候

“When the Commandant was at the New York consulate,”

《River Sunset》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 35:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tǔ bāo zi

土包子

“Country bumpkins.”

sī lìng guān zài niǔ yuē lǐng shì guǎn de shí hòu CURRENT FOCUS

司令官在纽约领事馆的时候

“When the Commandant was at the New York consulate,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN cān jiā de dōu shì zhè zhǒng jù huì

参加的都是这种聚会

“he attended these kinds of parties.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: JUSTIFYING BEHAVIOR
Tone: SNOBBISH
Emotion: PRIDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We operate at an international high-society level, unlike uncultured outsiders.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cosmopolitan Prestige

Having Western diplomatic or overseas experience often served as a marker of elite status and cultural superiority in 20th-century Chinese social hierarchies.

INTENT TAGS: #boasting #establishing_status #defending_standards #condescension
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
领事馆 SPOKEN CHUNK

consulate

A common institutional noun referring to diplomatic missions abroad.

……的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when... / during the time that...

Essential time clause structure used to set the temporal background of an event.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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