我连你是谁我都不知道
“I don't even know who you are.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但现在
“But right now,”
我 连 你是谁 我都不知道
“I don't even know who you are.”
我怕我告诉你
“I'm afraid that if I tell you,”
“Why should I trust or deal with you when I have no clue who you really are?”
Chinese interpersonal communication relies heavily on establishing clear background information before granting trust or establishing rapport.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not even know...
A classic emphatic structure used to stress total ignorance or absurdity about an essential fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You know nothing, don't tell anyone,”
“You didn't even know who I was, yet you dared to elope with me.”
“Behind a screen, you don't even know who you're talking to.”
“but we don't even know who they are.”
“I don't know. Who are you?”
“I don't even know your name.”
“What do I know that the task force doesn't?”
“Whatever I ask, you don't know. Do you work here?”
“Do you know who I am?”
“I don't know. I don't know what you mean.”
“Now I don't even know who I am.”
“You don't know who I am.”
“Don't you know who I am?”
“yet even he doesn't know where you came from.”