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《River Sunset》 S1·E4 (41:59) HSK 4
tā men de rèn wù shì cóng jiàn chuán shàng qǐ fēi

他们的任务是从舰船上起飞

“their mission is to take off from the ships,”

《River Sunset》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 41:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yóu jí mǐ · dù lì tè zhōng xiào shuài lǐng

由吉米·杜立特中校率领

“led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle,”

tā men de rèn wù shì cóng jiàn chuán shàng qǐ fēi CURRENT FOCUS

他们 的 任务 是 从 舰船上 起飞

“their mission is to take off from the ships,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN fēi dào dōng jīng

“fly to Tokyo,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DELEGATING ASSIGNMENT
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Operational Clarity in Command

Military Chinese relies on clear syntactic frames like '任务是...' (The mission is...) to eliminate ambiguity in chain-of-command directives.

INTENT TAGS: #briefing #instruction #clarification #assignment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
任务 SPOKEN CHUNK

mission; assignment; task

Used universally in professional and military contexts to define core obligations or specific operational orders.

从...起飞 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take off from...

Standard directional pattern using the preposition '从' followed by a departure location and the verb '起飞'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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