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《The Truth》 S1·E8 (40:55) HSK 5
dāng shí yǒu jǐ gè tóng shì hái yǒu bǎo ān tā men kě yǐ zhèng míng

当时有几个同事还有保安 他们可以证明

“Some colleagues and the security guards can prove this.”

《The Truth》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 40:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn wǒ nà guì zi ràng rén qiào le wǒ zěn me zhǎo dōu zhǎo bù zhe

“But my locker was pried open and I couldn't find them.”

dāng shí yǒu jǐ gè tóng shì hái yǒu bǎo ān tā men kě yǐ zhèng míng CURRENT FOCUS

当时 有几个 同事 还有 保安 他们 可以证明

“Some colleagues and the security guards can prove this.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yīn wèi diū de shì yī fú jià zhí bù dà wǒ yě jiù méi yǒu bào àn

“Since the stolen items weren't valuable, I didn't report it to the police.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROVIDING TESTIMONY
Tone: COOPERATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Third-Party Witnessing (Zhengming)

Invoking institutional third parties like security guards or coworkers is a standard strategy to substantiate one's integrity during official scrutiny.

INTENT TAGS: #corroboration #justification #clarification #providing_proof
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
可以证明 SPOKEN CHUNK

can prove / can testify to this

A standard spoken phrase used when offering corroboration or backing up a factual claim.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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