你这刚分完房 就惦记上电视机了
“You just got assigned a unit, and you're already eyeing a TV?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你这 刚分完房 就 惦记上 电视机了
“You just got assigned a unit, and you're already eyeing a TV?”
“Aren't you asking too much too fast?”
“Be satisfied with what you just got; do not get ahead of yourself.”
In planned-economy and reform-era China, urban housing was allocated by state work units, representing one of life's most coveted milestones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely / no sooner than ... then ...
A vital sentence pattern expressing rapid succession or premature action.
to set one's sights on / to crave or constantly think about getting something
Often carries a colloquial, mildly critical connotation about someone coveting resources.
Marks a newly emergent situation or state of mind.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll give you the money for the TV.”
“It's a TV cabinet. We'll come over to watch TV then.”
“My new cabinet. It's specially for the TV.”
“I have a 100-inch TV now.”
“Then, Changyuan, we'll buy it. How can I take your money?”
“I was so excited, you know? I pointed at the TV and told the person next to me,”
“one TV set could cause so much trouble?”
“Smash the TV when you leave.”
“Besides, how small a TV screen is.”