一九四二年三月二十日
“March 20, 1942.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谢谢长官
“Thank you, sir.”
一九四二年三月二十日
“March 20, 1942.”
美国陆军部
“The United States War Department”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese strictly follows a macro-to-micro hierarchy when expressing time, starting with year, then month, and finally the day.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the year 1942
In Chinese, years are read digit by digit followed by 年 (nián).
March 20th
Dates follow the standard Chinese order of month first, then day, ending with 日 (rì) or 号 (hào).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“On October 15, 1942,”
“June 1942”
“Early morning, April 2, 1942”
“June 16, 1942”
“April 25, 1947”
“in the "Weekly Report" dated July 5, 1942,”