可我也没想到你上大学这事
“But I didn't expect your enrollment”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自然就解决了
“would be resolved.”
可我也 没想到 你 上大学 这事
“But I didn't expect your enrollment”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Higher education in China is seen as a pivotal destiny-altering milestone for ordinary households, making any disruption or uncertainty a profound family crisis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't expect / never thought that
Essential conversational chunk used to express unexpected occurrences or sudden realizations.
this matter of attending university
Combines a verb-object phrase with 'zhe shi' to treat an entire event as a spoken topic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Getting into college isn't as hard as it used to be.”
“didn't you always want to go to college?”
“I'm just not meant for university?”
“Here's how I see it. You want to go to college,”
“If you don't get into a good college,”
“We're about to go to college,”