盘尼西林的事
“Regarding the penicillin,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
盘尼西林 的事
“Regarding the penicillin,”
应该是假话
“it's likely a lie.”
“Let's focus on the penicillin claim—what do you make of it?”
Mandarin frequently introduces the subject or matter upfront using '...的事' without a preceding preposition, setting the conversational focus immediately.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the matter/issue concerning...
A very handy spoken formula placed after nouns or verb phrases to set up a topical frame for discussion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Although this medicine is penicillin,”
“We need to find some Penicillin.”
“I just wanted to find her a couple doses of penicillin.”
“if you were allergic to penicillin,”
“Get Mr. Li to get you some anti-inflammatory drugs.”
“Medics in every unit have this medicine.”