你是第十一个知道这件事情的人
“you are the eleventh person to know about this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“including the President of the United States,”
你是 第十一个知道 这件事情 的人
“you are the eleventh person to know about this.”
半个月後
“In two weeks,”
“This is strictly top secret; do not dare leak a single word.”
Emphasizing the exact head count of privy individuals underscores privileged status while simultaneously applying heavy moral and legal pressure to keep silent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the eleventh
Ordinal prefix '第' followed by number and measure word, used here to quantify extreme rarity.
person who knows about this matter
A relative clause structure using '...的人' to identify a specific privileged group.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't hear those rumors until today.”
“That's why I wrote "received" here.”
“I believe no one else knows about this.”
“there's something I've known for a long time.”
“I have actually heard about this matter.”
“Yes, and that's when I realized”