你仔细想一想啊 如果你上了大学
“Think about it. If you do go to college,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是上大学这事 如果我们结婚是不是就可以算了
“So about college, if we get married, maybe you could let that go?”
你 仔细想一想 啊 如果你 上了 大学
“Think about it. If you do go to college,”
“we'd just get married and you'd leave.”
“Don't be naive; going off to college will tear us apart right after we get married.”
In 1970s and 1980s China, the resumption of the Gaokao created tension between pursuing higher education in distant cities and settling down into traditional domestic life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
think carefully about it
A common conversational phrase used when asking someone to deliberate thoroughly before making an impulsive decision.
attend university / enter college
Used to describe the transition into higher education.
Softens the imperative command, making it sound more like an earnest plea or gentle reminder.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“didn't you always want to go to college?”
“Here's how I see it. You want to go to college,”
“Can you tell me why you want to go to university so badly?”
“In my opinion, women should still enroll in colleges.”
“If you don't get into a good college,”
“she kept dreaming about college and trying to climb higher.”