我也是第一次看到她那样 吓我一跳
“I'd never seen her like that before, either. It really startled me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
扫了一眼 就看到她
“and glanced over, I saw her...”
我 也是 第一次看到 她那样 吓我一跳
“I'd never seen her like that before, either. It really startled me.”
快看
“Look.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Admitting one was also frightened or startled serves as an empathic tool in Chinese conversation to validate the listener's disbelief and build camaraderie.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gave me a scare / startled me
A staple colloquial phrase used immediately after being startled or when recounting a shocking, unexpected scene.
first time seeing
Frequently used to emphasize the unprecedented or out-of-character nature of a situation.
