一说起家庭条件不好 就像是丢人的事儿
“If they say they have a poor background, they describe it as something embarrassing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“they are just bullying the old folks from the village for having no access to the internet so they keep slandering them.”
一说起 家庭 条件不好 就像是 丢人的事儿
“If they say they have a poor background, they describe it as something embarrassing.”
一说起父母有求孩子 就讲自我 不讲情理
“Once they talk about parents making requests to children, they call them self-centered and being unreasonable.”
“It is completely unfair and shallow that people treat being poor as if it were a personal moral defect.”
Under rapid economic transformation, modest socioeconomic backgrounds are often unfairly equated with personal failure, offending traditional communal values.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
speaking of; whenever it is mentioned
A common conversational starter used to introduce a familiar topic or societal grievance.
humiliating; disgraceful; losing face
Essential colloquial term indicating a loss of face, self-respect, or social standing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Our family isn't very well off.”
“My family isn't well off. It hasn't been easy for them to take me in all these years.”
“that we couldn't achieve anything.”
“he's no match for a wealthy family.”
“No matter how good your home is,”
“Not as fine as home. Home is better.”