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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (09:22) HSK 5
nǐ hái jì de dāng nián yīng yǔ bǐ sài nà ge zhān ā yí ma

你还记得当年英语比赛 那个詹阿姨吗

“Do you remember Auntie Zhan from the English competition back then?”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 09:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuò zhè me dà le ya

做这么大了呀

“grown that big?”

nǐ hái jì de dāng nián yīng yǔ bǐ sài nà ge zhān ā yí ma CURRENT FOCUS

你还记得 当年英语 比赛 那个 詹阿姨吗

“Do you remember Auntie Zhan from the English competition back then?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā jiù shì huá tái de

她就是华台的

“She works at Hua TV.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EVOKING SHARED MEMORY
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Remember that well-connected lady? She can help us out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Networking via Fictive Kinship

Calling a family acquaintance 'Auntie' (阿姨) reflects fictive kinship terms commonly used in Chinese culture to bridge social distance when mobilizing personal networks.

INTENT TAGS: #recalling #networking #querying #introducing_topic
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你还记得 SPOKEN CHUNK

do you still remember

A common conversational starter used to trigger common memories before sharing relevant news.

当年 SPOKEN CHUNK

back in those years; back then

Used to evoke nostalgia or refer to a distinct period in the past.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the statement into a standard yes-no question to verify the listener's memory.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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