田本昌在什么地方
“where is Tian Benchang?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
田本盛
“Tian Bensheng,”
田本昌 在什么地方
“where is Tian Benchang?”
他要是跑了 这通番的死罪可就是你的
“If he really gets away, you'll be the one taking the death penalty for illicit foreign trade.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese jurisprudence, failing to produce a principal criminal often resulted in severe collective punishment or having the crime transferred onto the associate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
where; at what location
A clear, direct question pattern to ask for the physical whereabouts of a person or object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tian Benchang. What are you doing here?”
“Tian Benchang, what are you doing?”
“Tian Benchang, let me ask you this.”
“I want to investigate what Tian Benchang is really up to.”
“Tian Benchang wants to be an official so badly that he is willing to risk his life.”
“Tian Benchang will be even more suspicious. Only by falling into his trap”