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《Road to Success》 S1·E19 (26:08) HSK 4
wǒ zhī qián zài yīng guó de shí hòu tīng guò yí gè wáng fǎ

我之前在英国的时候 听过一个王法

“When I was in the UK, I heard of someone named Winfred.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 26:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wáng fǎ

王法

“Winfred?”

wǒ zhī qián zài yīng guó de shí hòu tīng guò yí gè wáng fǎ CURRENT FOCUS

我之前 在英国的时候 听过一个王法

“When I was in the UK, I heard of someone named Winfred.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tǐng yǒu míng de

挺有名的

“He was quite famous.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INTRODUCING TOPIC
Tone: INFORMATIVE
Emotion: INTEREST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Overseas Experience as Rhetorical Credibility (留洋见闻)

In modern Chinese conversations, citing experiences from living abroad (like studying in the UK) is frequently used to introduce novel perspectives, legal concepts, or worldly authority.

INTENT TAGS: #introducing_topic #storytelling #referencing #informing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
在...的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

back when I was at/in...

Standard temporal construction used to introduce a background story or memory from a past period of time.

我之前 SPOKEN CHUNK

previously / in the past

Extremely frequent conversational phrase to begin introducing a past experience or anecdote.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms an associative time phrase '在...的时候', framing the temporal context of the anecdote.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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