张大哥 烦请你将这封信 送到南京守备府
“Mr. Zhang, please send this letter to the Nanjing Garrison Commander's Manor”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll spill everything in court.”
张 大哥 烦请你 将这封信 送到南京守备府
“Mr. Zhang, please send this letter to the Nanjing Garrison Commander's Manor”
“and make sure you give it to Commander Wu personally.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Addressing an elder male acquaintance or colleague as 'Elder Brother' softens requests, creates social warmth, and invokes moral obligation to assist.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
please trouble yourself to; kindly do me the favor of
A respectful, formal request formula used when imposing a significant task on another person.
to deliver to; to send to
A resultative verb compound combining delivery and the target destination.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Zhang, is there any letter from Nanjing?”
“Mr. Zhang, you're finally here!”
“Mr. Zhang, could you please get me a writing brush and some paper?”
“But boss,”
“Is there anything you want that you can't get, Tang?”
“so long as you help me deliver this letter, you'll be my savior.”