你前几年 是不是一直很积极地想上大学啊
“For the past few years, you've been trying really hard to get into college.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My mom mentioned something a while back.”
你前几年 是不是 一直很积极地 想上大学 啊
“For the past few years, you've been trying really hard to get into college.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Attending university in China represents a pivotal path to upward mobility, making persistent attempts to pass the entrance exam a widely recognized life struggle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the past few years
A colloquial time reference referring vaguely to recent years.
go to college / attend university
Standard idiomatic phrase for entering or pursuing higher education.
Softens the interrogative tone to sound casual and friendly rather than interrogative.
