要不是想着给厂里创收
“If I wasn't trying to make money for the factory,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“In this dump, the more you do, the more you screw up.”
要不是 想着 给厂里创收
“If I wasn't trying to make money for the factory,”
也不至于待岗
“I wouldn't be stuck on suspension.”
“I was punished for taking initiative to help the company, which is utterly unfair.”
In traditional state-owned enterprises or collective factories, workers often faced bureaucratic pitfalls where taking proactive business risks could backfire into losing one's active post.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if not for / were it not for
A highly useful spoken conditional pattern used to introduce a crucial counterfactual reason or excuse.
to generate revenue / to create additional income
Common workplace and organizational vocabulary referring to generating income or boosting institutional earnings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The plant hasn't been doing well lately.”
“our plant's performance started going downhill.”
“If it weren't for the boss,”
“that our plant isn't doing so well.”
“I saw the factory getting worse and worse.”
“the HQ might be affected.”