对待新同事 不应该友好一点吗
“I'm your new coworker. Shouldn't you be friendly?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对待新 同事 不应该 友 好一点 吗
“I'm your new coworker. Shouldn't you be friendly?”
“You are being unnecessarily rude and unprofessional, back off.”
Using indirect polite phrasing to criticize someone often gets interpreted in Chinese workplaces as 'yin yang guai qi' (sarcastic mock-politeness).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat; to handle (someone or something)
A versatile verb often followed by a person or an attitude, used to describe behavior toward others.
shouldn't [one]...?
A common rhetorical question structure used to point out obvious social norms or moral obligations.
Forms a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to reflect on their unreasonable behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Newbie, aren't you joining us for a drink?”
“You don't have to be so polite. We're colleagues.”
“Is that your new colleague? I haven't seen her before.”
“Since we're colleagues now,”
“I didn't expect us to become colleagues.”
“Work? We'll be colleagues from now on.”