那时候有一个小病人
“there was a little patient”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When I was a resident at the main island,”
那时候 有一个 小病人
“there was a little patient”
“who had been in and out of the hospital since childhood.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Beginning an anecdote with time and character introduction is a conventional Chinese storytelling method to draw the listener into shared empathy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
young patient / child patient
A gentle, affectionate term used by healthcare workers to refer to pediatric patients.