小时候我过得特别好
“When I was little, I had a wonderful life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么了
“What is it?”
小时候 我 过得特别好
“When I was little, I had a wonderful life.”
我爸在纺织工业局 我妈在酒厂
“My dad worked at the Textile Bureau, and my mom at a distillery.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Having parents working in state textile bureaus and state breweries signifies an enviable, privileged upbringing within China's planned-economy era.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in childhood / when I was little
The standard conversational phrase used to begin a story about one's childhood.
lived exceptionally well
Used with the complement marker '得' to describe quality of life or well-being.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's much better than what I had as a kid.”
“when I was little,”
“She said I had a bitter childhood,”
“(Chen Liyang) I had been doing okay these years.”
“This is where I grew up.”
“In my childhood, I suffered greatly,”