他声称他不知道她会来 这是她临时决定的
“He claims he had no idea she was coming, that this was last minute.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她爸爸是个酒鬼 是个人渣
“Well, her dad was a drunk. A shit.”
他声称他 不知道 她 会 来 这是 她 临时决定 的
“He claims he had no idea she was coming, that this was last minute.”
所以 也许情况就是很简单 她收到了威胁 然后逃跑了
“So maybe it is as simple as she was threatened and ran away.”
“That's his story, but we should verify whether he is telling the truth.”
In Chinese legal and formal reporting, using verbs like '声称' (claim) rather than '说' (say) subtly marks the information as unverified testimony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to claim; to allege
Typically used in formal or investigative contexts to distance the speaker from endorsing the statement's truth.
a last-minute decision; to decide spur-of-the-moment
A very useful everyday collocation when plans change suddenly or unexpectedly.
Part of the '是……的' construction, focusing on the manner and circumstances of her decision.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I wonder who she was targeting.”
“(I wonder who she was targeting.)”
“I don't know what got into her today.”
“I don't know why she did this.”
“(or they both really don't know about the truth.)”
“I don't know when she'll suddenly ask me”
“I thought she had already left. So you don't know”