你们卡着分数线就上去了
“you can get in just by meeting the cutoff.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
填得好呢
“If you fill it out well,”
你们 卡着分数线 就 上去 了
“you can get in just by meeting the cutoff.”
填得不好
“If you don't fill it out well”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In China, filling out university preference forms is considered an art where strategic choice can allow students to maximize borderline exam scores.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just barely meeting the score cutoff line
Describes strategically maximizing one's score to gain admission to the highest-tier institution possible.
successfully admitted or promoted
Colloquially used in education to indicate getting into a desirable school or higher educational tier.
Indicates the anticipated completion of successful admission once the condition is met.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You talk like you're guaranteed to get in.”
“I made it.”
“(Trainee, County Qinqiang Opera Troupe) I gave you my word, right?”
“How could I possibly have gotten in?”
“but if the admission score is the same as last year, I might fail”
“If your score meets last year's associate degree cutoff, they'll let you transfer.”