是这样的 我最近在杂志上
“Here's the thing: I recently saw your products”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是D设计师事务所的 助理建筑师
“I'm an assistant architect from D Design Studio.”
是这样的 我最近在杂志上
“Here's the thing: I recently saw your products”
看到你们在陶瓷展上的产品
“at a ceramics exhibition featured in a magazine.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Professional Chinese phone etiquette commonly opens with self-identification followed by the transitional phrase '是这样的' before stating the inquiry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
here is the situation / the thing is
A quintessential business and spoken discourse marker used to transition smoothly into explaining one's purpose.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“look so much like...”
“Liu, here's the situation.”
“look where I stand now.”
“it... it's like this.”
“Actually, it's like this.”