自己的亲人都会死去
“all your loved ones would die.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你便知晓二十年后
“you knew that in 20 years,”
自己的亲人都会死去
“all your loved ones would die.”
你可有想过救下他们
“Have you ever thought about saving them?”
“You know your family will perish—are you really going to sit back and do nothing?”
Family bonds are of paramount importance in Chinese culture; facing the foreknowledge of one's kin dying carries immense moral and emotional weight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
close relatives; family members
Refers warmly and broadly to one's flesh-and-blood family members.
will all; will inevitably
Combines totality with future certainty to state an unavoidable outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“nor whether your relatives are still alive.”
“Losing his only family,”
“her parents and relatives have all died of old age.”
“He said his whole family is dead.”
“one may be forever parted from those dearest to them.”
“I couldn't even save my own loved ones.”