樊总 我拦不住她 樊总
“Mr. Fan, I couldn't stop her. Mr. Fan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您不能进去
“You can't go in.”
樊总 我 拦不住 她 樊总
“Mr. Fan, I couldn't stop her. Mr. Fan.”
没关系 你去吧
“It's fine. You can go.”
“Please don't be angry at me for this interruption; I tried my best to keep her out.”
Assistants and receptionists are strictly expected to shield executives from unscheduled disruptions; failing to do so requires an immediate, deferential display of effort to avoid losing face or being reprimanded.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to stop / cannot hold back
A resultative complement structure used when someone is physically or figuratively too persistent to be blocked.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Fan. Mr. Fan. Mr. Fan, I need to tell you something.”
“I couldn't stop him. Thankfully, Mr. Pei helped out.”
“Mr. Fan. Sorry to interrupt. I need Mr. Xiao for something.”
“The Fan family is so unlucky.”
“She's held the family together all on her own.”
“I can throw you out of this house whenever I please!”