多杰队长 把自家草场都抵押了
“Captain Duojie even mortgaged his own pasture!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为了筹钱
“To raise money,”
多杰队长 把自家草场都 抵押了
“Captain Duojie even mortgaged his own pasture!”
“How could we possibly sell pelts?”
“How dare you suspect us of greed when he sacrificed his family's livelihood for this cause?”
Mortgaging personal family assets for a public mission illustrates extreme moral dedication, often invoked to refute suspicions of selfish motives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
one's own pasture / family grazing land
Refers to contracted pastoral land in nomadic regions, which represents a herder family's primary economic foundation.
to mortgage / to pledge as collateral
Used in both formal financial and everyday contexts to describe putting up valuable property as security for loans.
Indicates the completion of an extreme action, underlining the gravity of the sacrifice made.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Captain Duojie must be worried sick.”
“Captain Duojie. What’s wrong with him?”
“When Captain Duojie had the accident, he was in Yunnan. He has an alibi.”
“Duojie wasn't just your Captain. He was my leader too.”
“You weren't exactly friendly to Captain Duojie just now.”
“Are these really Captain Duojie's?”