不 我们在上课
“No. We're in a class.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
开会吧
“Having a meeting?”
不 我们 在上课
“No. We're in a class.”
这些都是我的学员
“These are all my students.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese institutional and corporate training contexts, establishing the boundary between a formal meeting and a seminar or instructional course is important for setting authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in class / having class
Used by both teachers and students to state that an ongoing instructional session is taking place.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But when you taught us, that's not what you said.”
“Let's begin today's class. Yesterday, we read the first part”
“Well, I have class.”
“Thank you, but it's against protocol.”
“Our relationship isn't at that stage.”
“I can't take these. I have class. Bye.”