周末补习班的作业 没写完
“I haven't finished my homework for the cram school.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李尖尖 你去给你哥哥们送吧 我要回教室了
“Li Jianjian, go to your brothers on your own. I'm going back to the classroom.”
周末 补习 班的作业 没写完
“I haven't finished my homework for the cram school.”
你还在生我小哥的气啊 我在家里都跟他说了
“Are you still mad at Ziqiu? I've told him”
“I'm still upset with your brother, so I'm using homework as an excuse to avoid him.”
In Chinese school life, intense academic pressure makes homework a socially acceptable and unimpeachable excuse to decline social interaction or save face when upset.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cram school or supplementary tutoring class
A very common educational term in Chinese-speaking regions referring to after-school tutoring classes.
haven't finished writing or doing (homework)
A frequent resultative verb structure used to indicate that a writing or homework task remains incomplete.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but the teachers at the cram school gave a lot of assignments.”
“She hasn't finished making up last week's missed lessons yet.”
“What other homework do you have left for this week?”
“Haven't you considered going to a cram school?”
“You'll need to work faster on your homework from now on.”
“'Elementary Homework Tutoring Monthly Service.'”