我们要出发了 来不及了
“We have to go. We're running late.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
快吃
“Finish your food.”
我们要 出发 了 来不及了
“We have to go. We're running late.”
我先去健身了 晚一点要开会 开什么会呀
“I'm going to work out now. I've got a meeting later. What kind of meeting?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Morning schedules in urban China are tightly packed, making phrases of urgency like '来不及了' ubiquitous in daily family life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to set off / to depart
Standard verb used when leaving one location to travel to another.
there is no time left / it is too late
Essential spoken phrase to declare that an impending deadline cannot be met without immediate rushing.
Indicates a newly realized change of status and heightened urgency.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Everyone, we're setting off”
“If we set off now, we'll make it. Let's go.”
“We should get going! Okay, coming!”
“I'm already out. Heading over now.”
“but I have to set off now.”
“Let's depart now. Okay.”