都需要花上两个小时的时间 来装修自己吗 对啊
“do you really need two hours to get ready like this? Of course.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这是每次和贝律师见面
“every time you meet Lawyer Bei,”
都 需要 花上 两个小时的 时间 来 装修自己 吗 对啊
“do you really need two hours to get ready like this? Of course.”
你就穿这个去吃饭
“And you're going to dinner dressed like that?”
“Of course I spend two hours; looking this good for him takes serious work!”
Investing significant time in grooming before meeting someone of high status or a romantic interest shows respect and desire to present one's best self.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spend / take up (a certain amount of time/money)
Used before a duration or amount to emphasize the extent of expenditure.
to spruce oneself up / renovate oneself
A humorous, metaphorical use of '装修' (renovate a house) to describe putting on makeup and dressing up elaborately.
Marks the rhetorical question completing the previous turn's query.
Softens the direct agreement '对' into a casual, breezy confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How much time should we take?”
“need a bit more time. I can handle it myself.”
“It will take about half an hour.”
“It's fine. It's only been about half an hour.”
“It should take about 2 hours and 9 minutes.”
“So it should take ten to fifteen days”