柳阿姨的孩子怎么能这样呢
“How could Ms. Liu's children behave like this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太气人了
“This is outrageous.”
柳阿姨的孩子 怎么能这样呢
“How could Ms. Liu's children behave like this?”
用这种下三滥的手段
“Using such despicable methods”
“I can't believe they could stoop so low and act so shamelessly.”
In Chinese culture, a person's bad behavior often reflects on their parents, which is why referring to someone as 'Aunt Liu's child' emphasizes a failure of family upbringing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
How could (someone) act like this?
A very common rhetorical phrase used to express shock and moral disapproval toward someone's inappropriate action.
Softens the rhetorical question while sustaining an accusatory and questioning mood.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ms. Liu raised you like her own.”
“Don't worry, Ms. Liu. You're completely in the right here.”
“Ms. Liu has been desperate to get her husband's ashes back.”
“These are Ms. Liu's treasures.”
“Ms. Liu values that urn more than her own life.”
“If Ms. Liu really has something she can't say,”