干眼症是什么绝症
“What kind of cancer is xerophthalmia?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你要有心理准备
“Be prepared.”
干眼症 是 什么 绝症
“What kind of cancer is xerophthalmia?”
就是 医生说 目前没有药能治好 要一直滴眼药水
“It is... The doctor said there is no cure for now. I have to keep using eye drops.”
“Why are you being so dramatic over dry eyes? It's not like someone is dying.”
Using '...是什么+extreme noun' is a common colloquial formula to challenge an exaggerated emotional response from someone close.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dry eye syndrome
Standard medical term used in daily speech for chronic dry eyes.
terminal illness / incurable disease
Used literally for fatal diseases like cancer, or rhetorically to call out unwarranted panic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've just been blind.”
“He must've been sleep-deprived for a long time, which makes him sensitive to light.”
“Are you blind?”
“Has your eye condition gotten better or not?”
“Are you blind?”
“Maybe it was because I was born blind.”