之前在海边 您让我写字
“Before, when we were at the beach, you asked me to write something,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么想到的
“How did you come up with it?”
之前在海边 您让我写字
“Before, when we were at the beach, you asked me to write something,”
我就在想
“and I started wondering”
“My inspiration came entirely from following the exercise you assigned me.”
Subordinates or students in Chinese culture frequently credit their mentors' guidance when explaining their own achievements or ideas to display humility and respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
earlier at / previously at
Standard spoken phrase to set the temporal and physical background for an explanation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When I was little, I loved building beach sandcastles.”
“When I was little, I loved building beach sandcastles.”
“face the ocean,”
“The ocean brings out the crazy side in people.”
“But you almost ran into the sea today.”
“Like the Monkey King when he first saw the sea.”