好像这个美国人
“it seems this American”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好像这个美国人
“it seems this American”
就在我们的眼皮底下
“is right under our noses,”
“Be alert; this target is much closer to us than we thought.”
Using markers like 好像 allows speakers to put forth strong intuitive suspicions without overcommitting before conclusive proof is verified.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it seems like; as if
A very common conversational hedge used to soften a claim or propose an intuitive deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“"I am an American."”
“Once we catch this American...”
“this American on our island?”
“...there might have been another American.”
“It's possible they came to pick up this American.”
“With that American we haven't found,”