这茅老师这么久 没出过杭城 他该不会是
“Mr. Mao hasn't made a trip out of Hangcheng for so long. Could he be...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对哦
“Oh, right.”
这茅老师 这么久 没出过杭城 他 该不会是
“Mr. Mao hasn't made a trip out of Hangcheng for so long. Could he be...”
茅老师
“Mr. Mao!”
“Don't you think it's fishy that he never leaves town? Could something bad or secretive be going on?”
Leaving a sensitive deduction unsaid allows interlocutors to reach the same unspoken conclusion without taking explicit responsibility for slander.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that... / don't tell me that...
A classic spoken chunk used to introduce a worried, suspicious, or speculative hypothesis.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“yet I just can't quit before meeting Mr. Mao.”
“to have Mr. Mao recommend me.”
“Mr. Mao, get some rest today. I'll show you around tomorrow.”
“But Mr. Mao can only protect me for so long. He can't protect me forever.”
“Is this the master as renowned as Mr. Mao,”
“Mr. Mao, you're joking. My fellow classmates and peers”