就是之前啊 何教授遇到一些事 跟外星科技有关
“Professor He encountered some things recently. Related to alien technology.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是什么大问题
“It's not a big problem.”
就是 之前啊 何教授 遇到一些事 跟 外星科技 有关
“Professor He encountered some things recently. Related to alien technology.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often use '就是' and '之前啊' as discourse softeners to set the conversational stage before dropping surprising or sensitive news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
related to / has to do with
A fundamental sentence pattern used to indicate a connection between two topics or events.
ran into some trouble / experienced some events
A common euphemistic phrase used in conversation to indicate someone ran into unusual or complicated circumstances.
Used mid-sentence after a topic marker to pause, hold the floor, and draw the listener's attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Professor He's visit here wasn't easy to arrange.”
“Tell us a bit, Professor He. Tell us a bit. Alien tech.”
“You don't understand science. I won't argue. Are you done, Professor He?”
“The alien technology is way too advanced.”
“But we all saw with our own eyes Professor He pulled out Fatty's tooth with cosmic energy.”
“They're going to Professor He's class to receive cosmic energy.”