我跟你说正经事 你给我念 海燕 干啥
“I'm talking with you seriously. Why are you reciting "The Song of the Stormy Petrel" to me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是
“Come on.”
我跟你说 正经事 你 给我 念 海燕 干啥
“I'm talking with you seriously. Why are you reciting "The Song of the Stormy Petrel" to me?”
这些闪电的影子 活像一条条火虫
“While the reflections of this lightning, just like serpents made of fire,”
“Stop clowning around with poetry and get back to reality.”
Maxim Gorky's prose poem 'The Song of the Stormy Petrel' is a classic in standard Chinese school curricula; dramatically reciting it is often used comically to deflect mundane stress.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
talk about serious business / matter
Used to bring a conversation back to order when the other person is joking around or distracted.
what for; why
A common Northern colloquial equivalent of 干什么, often carrying a blunt, impatient, or exasperated tone.
