连提案日期都懒得给你改一下
“They didn't even bother changing the date.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟两年前一模一样
“the same as it was two years ago.”
连提案日期都 懒得 给你 改一下
“They didn't even bother changing the date.”
就是把版权费降低了
“They just lowered the licensing fee.”
“They don't take us seriously at all; they just recycled an old deck without any effort.”
Chinese business etiquette values 'cheng' (sincerity); submitting an unchanged recycled proposal shows blatant disrespect and bad faith.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can't even be bothered to...
An emphatic construction expressing strong criticism of someone's extreme laziness or total disregard.
make a quick modification
Used to denote a brief or minor change, here contrasted with the failure to even do that.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Submit the revised draft as soon as possible.”
“Well, I've been busy. This proposal is really important to me.”
“It's too late to change the plan now. We proceed as planned,”
“No extensions, and no moving it up.”
“I know you don't like making changes.”
“I'll add a deadline then, and include all the conditions in the terms and conditions.”