我是这块料吗 不像 不像 确实
“Do I look like one? -Not at all. -You're right.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
同学 你的理想是什么 我说 老师我想当科学家
“"What is your dream?" I said, "I want to be a scientist."”
我是 这块料 吗 不像 不像 确实
“Do I look like one? -Not at all. -You're right.”
人本主义心理学创始人
“The founder of humanistic psychology,”
“Who was I kidding? I never had what it takes to be a scientist.”
Aspiring to become a scientist was an almost mandatory, standardized childhood dream taught to Chinese primary school students for decades, making adult realization of its impracticality a common comedic trope.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be cut out for something; to have the talent for
Frequently used in the negative or in rhetorical questions to express that someone lacks natural talent.
indeed; truly
Used to confirm an assessment, often humorously endorsing an obvious fact about oneself.
Forms a rhetorical question emphasizing self-doubt or impossibility.
