早干什么去了 现在才说
“Where were you before? Why bring this up now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以我们必须要申请 国家力量的介入
“So we must apply for state intervention.”
早干什么去了 现在才说
“Where were you before? Why bring this up now?”
建立保护区的想法 我一直都有
“The idea of establishing a reserve is something I've always had.”
“You should have spoken up much earlier; bringing it up now just causes unnecessary trouble.”
Colleagues working under high stress or close collaboration often drop polite indirectness to sharply challenge untimely proposals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Why didn't you do it earlier? / What took you so long?
A common rhetorical complaint used to blame someone for acting or speaking far too late.
only saying it now
Used to point out someone's delay in disclosing important information.
Marks a completed state and reinforces the speaker's impatient, rhetorical tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now you're worried? So what were you doing back then?”
“What was he doing before this? Did he have to do it at this point?”
“What do you mean? Where were you earlier?”