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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4 (38:39) HSK 5
wǒ hái shì huì qī dài tā men yǐ zhuān yè de fāng shì xíng shì

我还是会期待他们以专业的方式行事

“And I'd still expect them to behave professionally.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 38:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà bàn gōng shì nèi ne ? rén men jīng cháng huì fā zhǎn chū bàn gōng shì liàn qíng

那办公室内呢? 人们经常会发展出办公室恋情

“What about inside the office? People have relationships all the time.”

wǒ hái shì huì qī dài tā men yǐ zhuān yè de fāng shì xíng shì CURRENT FOCUS

我 还是会 期待 他们 以 专业的 方式行事

“And I'd still expect them to behave professionally.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rú guǒ rén men dōu àn wǒ men de qī wàng zuò shì nà nǐ hé wǒ dū huì shī yè

如果人们都按我们的期望做事 那你和我都会失业

“If people did what we expected of them, you and I would be out of a job.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: STATING PRINCIPLES
Tone: PRINCIPLED
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I don't care how common office romances are; professional boundaries should still matter.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Gong Si Fen Ming (Separating Public from Private)

In modern professional Chinese settings, maintaining a clear distinction between duty and personal emotion is praised as the gold standard of professional ethics.

INTENT TAGS: #setting_standards #moralizing #asserting_boundaries #principled_stance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
以专业的方式 SPOKEN CHUNK

in a professional manner

Useful in formal or workplace discussions to specify professional demeanor or conduct.

行事 SPOKEN CHUNK

to act; to conduct oneself

A slightly formal, dignified verb for behavior or carrying out actions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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