但我们连他们是谁都不知道
“but we don't even know who they are.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们杀了那么多人
“They've killed so many people,”
但我们 连 他们 是谁 都不知道
“but we don't even know who they are.”
万一… 万一他们被逼急了 真的要杀你
“What if… What if they want you dead out of desperation?”
“We are totally blind here and in way over our heads.”
In Chinese storytelling, contrasting known dangers with unknown perpetrators heightens dramatic tension and underscores the vulnerability of the protagonists.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not even know...
A common emphatic pattern used to stress extreme ignorance or lack of basic information about a matter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know about the others,”
“I really don't know why they're loyal to you.”
“What's their origin? I don't know.”
“I don't even know who that is.”
“Behind a screen, you don't even know who you're talking to.”
“I don't even know who you are.”
“but… we didn't know who they were.”
“But if I don't know who I am,”
“or where he wants to lead us,”
“Although I don't know who the mysterious person is”
“We didn't know about it”
“We don't know.”
“No way she knows who it is!”