你凭什么就认为 开发一定是 破坏性的呢
“What makes you think that development must be destructive?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“when the time comes, can you give us priority consideration?”
你凭什么 就认为 开发 一定是 破坏性 的 呢
“What makes you think that development must be destructive?”
“When these mining companies finish stripping the mine and skip town,”
“Your prejudice that all development harms the environment is completely baseless.”
'凭什么' directly attacks the validity of the other speaker's stance, signaling a strong rejection of their moral or factual high ground.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on what grounds / what makes you think
A strong, rhetorical question phrase used to aggressively challenge someone's logic, authority, or claim.
destructive / damaging quality
A formal noun/modifier used widely in socio-economic and environmental policy discussions.
Softens the rhetorical question while inviting the listener to justify their claim.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What makes you think that development must be destructive? On what grounds?”
“you can solve it immediately, right?”
“and do nothing? Then what about development? Are we doing it or not?”
“(City Inspector) we should stop the project. Otherwise, the treasures would be buried.”
“How can you just take away their jobs like that?”
“He calls this a silly game.”