我那学生马上要考试了 她妈想让我给她补补课
“My student has an upcoming exam. Her mom wanted me to tutor her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是啊
“Yeah.”
我那学生 马上要考试了 她妈想让我给她 补补课
“My student has an upcoming exam. Her mom wanted me to tutor her.”
“It got too late, so I stayed at her place.”
“Don't blame me or wait up for me; I have a legitimate reason to stay out late.”
Extra tutoring before exams is widely accepted in Chinese society as an unassailable priority, making it a nearly incontestable excuse in personal obligations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
about to ... soon
A common temporal grammatical frame indicating an imminent action or event.
to give/take remedial lessons; to tutor
A ubiquitous cultural term in Chinese education referring to extra academic tutoring outside standard hours.
Combined with 马上要 to mark an imminent change of state.