但你要做好心理准备
“But you need to prepare yourself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但你要 做好心理准备
“But you need to prepare yourself.”
什么心理准备
“Prepare for what?”
“Brace yourself, because what comes next is going to hit you hard.”
Chinese communicators deliberately use pre-announcement cushions like advising mental preparation to soften the shock before delivering devastating or delicate information.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
brace oneself; prepare mentally
Essential idiom used whenever alerting someone to prepare for bad news or hardship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you need to be mentally prepared.”
“you should be prepared.”
“Be mentally prepared.”
“You need to mentally prepare yourself.”
“You should brace yourself for that.”
“You should be ready.”
“Prepare yourself mentally.”
“You'd better be prepared.”
“But you need to mentally prepare yourselves.”
“prepare yourself mentally.”
“You need to be mentally prepared. Prepared for what?”
“I advise you to be mentally prepared.”