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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (16:18) HSK 5
wǒ hé zhān ā yí tí qián dǎ tīng guò le shuō shì yǒu yī bù fèn de

我和詹阿姨 提前打听过了 说是有一部分的

“I asked Auntie Zhan about it in advance. She said”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 16:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù zhī dào zhān kē zhǎng yǒu méi yǒu tí qián gēn nǐ men shuō wǒ men tái de qíng kuàng

“Has Section Chief Zhan mentioned our station's situation to you beforehand?”

wǒ hé zhān ā yí tí qián dǎ tīng guò le shuō shì yǒu yī bù fèn de CURRENT FOCUS

我和詹阿姨 提前 打听过了 说是 有一部分 的

“I asked Auntie Zhan about it in advance. She said”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guǎng gào shí duàn shì kě yǐ gòu mǎi de

广告时段是可以购买的

“some of the ad slots were available for purchase,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CLARIFYING INFORMATION
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We already checked with insider connections, so do not try to mislead us about availability.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi and Name-dropping

Mentioning a shared contact or higher-status acquaintance ('Aunt Zhan') establishes legitimacy and exerts subtle pressure during negotiations.

INTENT TAGS: #referencing_contacts #establishing_knowledge #negotiation #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
提前打听 SPOKEN CHUNK

to inquire or check in advance

Use this when you want to show you have done preliminary background checks before an official discussion.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the completion of the inquiring action prior to the current conversation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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