打算去国外留学镀镀金
“so I planned to study abroad to improve my resume.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我高考成绩不理想
“I didn't do well in the college entrance exam,”
打算 去国外留学镀镀金
“so I planned to study abroad to improve my resume.”
当时家里把房卖了
“My family sold our house back then”
“I wasn't serious about academics; I just needed a foreign diploma to look impressive back home.”
In contemporary Chinese society, 'gilding' oneself with a foreign degree is widely recognized as a strategy to compensate for poor domestic Gaokao scores and secure better employment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
studying abroad merely to boost one's resume / gain superficial prestige
A common idiom often used self-deprecatingly or critically about acquiring overseas credentials purely for social status.
plan to go
Standard conversational structure to introduce upcoming plans or past intended actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He immediately arranged for me to study abroad.”
“if possible, please share your experiences studying abroad over the past few years.”
“Can a family”
“if I study abroad and take a year of preparatory course?”