今年的收成都不好
“The harvest is bad this year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就这么多
“That's all.”
今年的收成都 不好
“The harvest is bad this year.”
家家都这样
“It's the same for every family.”
“Don't push me for more; this really is all we could manage under the circumstances.”
Attributing shortfall to widespread agricultural failure is a traditional way to plead helplessness without personal loss of integrity when dealing with collectors or authorities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
poor harvest; bad crop yield
Frequently used in agricultural or everyday rural discussions to explain scarcity or financial hardship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and the harvest was less than 20 percent of normal,”
“Growing quite well. Looks like the harvest this year should be good.”
“things are not looking up for us.”
“Terrible news!”
“You're wasting food.”
“Why is there no meat at all? The harvest wasn't good this year.”