现在我给你机会 让你自己说
“Now I'm giving you a chance to speak for yourself.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是他指使的你
“He ordered you to do it.”
现在我 给你机会 让你自己说
“Now I'm giving you a chance to speak for yourself.”
“I... What? What silencing?”
“This is your final chance to save yourself before we throw the book at you.”
In Chinese legal culture, authorities often present the opportunity to confess as a benevolent gesture that can lead to lighter sentencing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to give you a chance / opportunity
Commonly employed in high-stakes or superior-subordinate contexts as a veiled ultimatum.
speak for yourself; confess voluntarily
Puts conversational onus entirely on the listener to come clean without being prompted.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm giving you a chance to come clean now.”
“Come on. You speak. You speak. Fine, I'll speak.”
“I'm giving you a chance now. Think it over carefully. I...”
“I'm giving you a chance here, understand?”