之前纺织三厂分房子的时候
“when No.3 Textile Factory assigned housing before,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我听说
“I heard that”
之前纺织三厂 分房子的时候
“when No.3 Textile Factory assigned housing before,”
就查出来
“they uncovered”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Before the commercialization of real estate in China, urban apartments were distributed by state-owned enterprises (work units) based on seniority, marital status, and political background, often triggering intense scrutiny and competition.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
allocating welfare housing
Refers specifically to the state-planned housing allocation system in pre-reform and early-reform urban China.
when / at the time of...
A fundamental temporal structure used to introduce a past time frame or setting for an anecdote.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the textile factory you're working at agreed to give me a separate unit.”
“The folks came from all over.”
“that the factory had no choice but to give him a unit.”
“you said housing should prioritize employees with families.”
“When the factory assigned housing, Fang Muyang was supposed to wait for the next round.”
“As a child of the Third Front Plant,”