问我爸这周是不是天天加班
“asking if my dad is working overtime every day this week.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Miss Fang Fang texted me this afternoon,”
问我 爸这周 是不是 天天加班
“asking if my dad is working overtime every day this week.”
不应该啊
“That shouldn't be the case.”
“Someone just tipped me off, and Dad's overtime excuse doesn't add up.”
Due to pervasive high-pressure work culture, overtime is a common, often unchallengeable excuse that sometimes covers up marital misconduct or private avoidance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
working overtime every single day
Used colloquially to emphasize an exhausting or suspicious frequency of extra working hours.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the first thing that comes to your mind is actually working overtime? If you keep doing this long-term, you will lose all your abilities.”
“But if you're working overtime, you must take care of yourself.”
“Is Dad home every night? Pretty much.”
“Look at me, a while ago work wasn't going well for me.”
“I need to work overtime tonight.”
“Don't tell anyone that I'm working overtime here.”