为什么也没了音信
“(Why haven't we heard from her?)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可她去了哪里呢
“(But where did she go?)”
为什么 也 没了音信
“(Why haven't we heard from her?)”
小名
“(Xiaoming, you must be at Qingzhou University by now, right?)”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Losing all news or letters was historically a painful disruption in personal connections during periods before modern instant messaging.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
disappeared without a trace / ceased all contact
Idiomatic spoken chunk to describe someone completely dropping out of touch.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you don't pull out the antenna, how will it get a signal?”
“Why'd he go quiet?”
“However, I never heard from him again.”
“After that, there was no further word.”
“But now, there's no news of him.”
“but still hasn't replied up to this moment.”