我们周总 不是没有给过你机会
“It's not like Mr. Zhou never gave you a chance.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟其他员工相比 你的价值是极其单薄的
“Compared to the others, your value is extremely meager.”
我们周总 不是没有给过 你 机会
“It's not like Mr. Zhou never gave you a chance.”
“You were the one who had disappointed us.”
“We were more than generous with you, so you have nobody to blame for getting fired but yourself.”
Chinese management rhetoric often highlights having given multiple chances to show moral righteousness before delivering a final, harsh sanction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not that [someone] hasn't...
A double negative structure used to emphatically stress that an action actually did take place.
gave you opportunities / gave you chances
Commonly used in professional and interpersonal disputes to highlight prior benevolence or tolerance before taking disciplinary action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to help me do all that, Mr. Zhou.”
“Mr. Gao, please give me a chance.”
“Say, Mr. Zhou. Could you please do me a favor?”
“Eric. Give me one more chance. Mr. Zhou. I will definitely win. Mr. Zhou.”
“That's wise, Mr. Zhou. I'll arrange it right away.”
“You won't get the chance.”