现在都这样 就算我们勤工俭学嘛
“My schoolmates are doing it too. We do part-time jobs to cover our tuition.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
省理工大 教小学生是不是有点 大材小用了
“Provincial Tech University. [Personal Information] Isn't teaching elementary school kids a waste of your education?”
现在都这样 就算 我们 勤工俭学 嘛
“My schoolmates are doing it too. We do part-time jobs to cover our tuition.”
我想想吧
“I'll think about it.”
“Don't be so proud; money is money and everyone takes these jobs.”
Graduates of prestigious universities often feel loss of face doing primary tutoring, requiring concepts like work-study to rationalize humble gigs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
work-study program; part-time work while studying
A set idiomatic phrase referring to students working side jobs to pay for tuition or living expenses.
even if / let's consider it as...
Useful for conceding a point or reframing a situation to make it more palatable.
Softens the persuasion by presenting the justification as an obvious, acceptable common-sense truth.