进入中国的时候被击落了
“while entering China via Burma.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your predecessor was shot down”
进入中国 的时候 被击落了
“while entering China via Burma.”
到现在还下落不明
“He is still missing.”
“Be on high alert; your mission is perilous and people have already died.”
In mission briefings, leaders recount previous operational casualties to instill vigilance without causing outright panic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to shoot down (an aircraft)
A standard compound verb in military and news contexts describing aviation targets being destroyed in flight.
Marks the completion of the action and realization of a definitive historical event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you are shot down and captured,”
“his plane suddenly crashed, and he died.”
“crashed and died.”
“What if your plane gets shot down by an enemy plane”
“when he learned of the Pearl Harbor air raid.”
“He could have been killed”