还记着咱以前 开那小车吗 你再看现在这车
“Do you remember the small car we used to drive? Look at this car now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好好吃一顿
“Let's have a feast.”
还记着 咱 以前 开那小车吗 你再看现 在这 车
“Do you remember the small car we used to drive? Look at this car now.”
“Look how far we have come; we finally made it.”
Recalling early hardships while reveling in modern material success is a common cultural motif to affirm personal achievement and status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
now look at; by contrast, look at
Used spoken to direct the listener's attention to an obvious, dramatic contrast.
Marks a rhetorical or nostalgic yes-no question reminding the listener of the past.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It was this car. I remember it clearly.”
“that car surely wouldn't be mine either. Cut the crap. Just hurry up”
“Let's talk about the car just now. Okay.”
“Do you remember what you told me before?”
“Now I remember. I've seen this car before.”
“That was a long time ago. You were still little then. You wouldn't know him.”