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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E5 (30:04) HSK 5
kàn shàng qù xiàng shì shé bú shì

看上去像是蛇 不是

“It looks like a snake. Wait,”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 30:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì hé shén me dōng xī dǎ dòu de hén jì ne

“What did they struggle with?”

kàn shàng qù xiàng shì shé bú shì CURRENT FOCUS

看上去像是 蛇 不是

“It looks like a snake. Wait,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shé yǒu zhè me dà de shé ma

“a snake? Are there snakes this huge?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SPECULATING AND SELF CORRECTING
Tone: TENTATIVE
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

INTENT TAGS: #speculation #deduction #self_correction #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
看上去像是 SPOKEN CHUNK

it looks like / appears to be

A very common spoken formula used to offer an initial deduction or visual observation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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