你先告诉我 为何要这样做？
“Tell me first. Why did you do it?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你先告诉我 为何要 这样 做？
“Tell me first. Why did you do it?”
为了给端王
“To avenge the Prince of Duan and all my fallen comrades!”
“Your punishment depends on your answer; explain yourself first.”
In high-stakes conflicts, holding the power to report a crime gives the interrogator absolute conversational leverage to demand confessions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tell me first
Used to take control of an interrogation or dispute by dictating the order of topics.
why must you / why would you
A slightly formal rhetorical phrasing inquiring about the rational cause or motivation behind an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“why did you take this path?”
“Why do you have to be like this?”
“But doing it that way has two issues.”
“why did you do this?”
“Why did you do that? To avoid suspicion.”
“Qiao Suqing, why did you do that?”
“Why did you do this? For money!”
“♪ If you could hear my heart melt ♪ Why did you do this?”
“Besides, what you've done won't work.”
“Why did you do this? For money.”
“Why are you doing this?”
“- Why would I do that? - To give them an advantage.”
“Why make such a choice?”
“Why did you do this?”
“(Righteous Spirit) Why go to such lengths?”