但她要一张电视机票
“But she wants a TV coupon.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那不是好事吗
“Isn't that a good thing?”
但她要一张 电视机票
“But she wants a TV coupon.”
电视机票
“A TV coupon?”
“It sounds nice, but her asking price is unrealistically high.”
In China's planned economy era (prior to market reforms), purchasing durable goods like TVs required special coupons that were scarce and used as high-value bargaining chips.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
television ration ticket/coupon
Historical term referring to the planned economy era when luxury goods required scarce government-issued coupons to buy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They even promised they could get me a television coupon.”
“to get you a television coupon.”
“Where are we supposed to get that?”
“You gave me a fake TV coupon! How could you?”
“Still worrying about the TV coupon?”
“When I gave you that coupon, I told you”