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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25 (21:35) HSK 4
ná bù chū hěn duō qián lái ràng wǒ men bǎo hù yě shēng dòng wù

拿不出很多钱 来让我们保护 野生动物

“let alone provide much funding for us to protect wild animals.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 21:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fā gōng zī dōu yǒu kùn nán

发工资都有困难

“It's hard to get paid.”

ná bù chū hěn duō qián lái ràng wǒ men bǎo hù yě shēng dòng wù CURRENT FOCUS

拿不出 很多钱 来让我们保护 野生动物

“let alone provide much funding for us to protect wild animals.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàn lǐ miàn néng gòu zhī chí wǒ men chéng lì xún shān duì yǐ jīng hěn liǎo bù qǐ le

县里面能够支持我们 成立巡山队 已经很了不起了

“It's already remarkable that the county could support us in establishing the Mountain Patrol.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPLAINING LIMITATIONS
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We must be realistic; the government genuinely has no money to spare for our cause.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Grassroots Resource Scarcity

In impoverished or remote regions, local governments face stark trade-offs between basic public salaries and environmental protection budgets.

INTENT TAGS: #justifying #managing_expectations #realism #explaining_constraints
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拿不出 SPOKEN CHUNK

unable to produce / cannot afford to allocate

Used as a potential complement to indicate an inability to bring forth resources, money, or evidence.

野生动物 SPOKEN CHUNK

wild animals / wildlife

Standard compound noun for wild fauna.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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