先生 吸烟对您的健康不好
“Sir, smoking is not good for your health.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
无法自拔
“and I'm completely stuck.”
先生 吸烟对您的健康 不好
“Sir, smoking is not good for your health.”
“But it's pretty good for this wonderful moment.”
“Please stop smoking right now.”
Framing a prohibition or request as concern for the listener's own health softens the imposition and maintains social harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not good for...
The standard construction used to express that something is harmful or disadvantageous to an aspect of life.
to smoke
A formal and standard term for smoking cigarettes in spoken and written Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hello, Sir. Pardon me, but smoking is prohibited here.”
“Do you smoke, Mr. Zhang? No, I don't.”
“quit smoking. I smelled smoke”
“I announce. I quit smoking. Attention, everyone else.”
“He has a lung condition. Why would he be smoking?”
“But he has a lung disease. Why would he be smoking?”