我是后来才知道
“I only found out later”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
该道歉的是我
“I should apologize.”
我是 后来才知道
“I only found out later”
叔叔那天发生了意外
“that something happened to your dad that day.”
“You don't need to apologize to me; I would have acted differently if I had known what happened.”
When someone offers an apology, revealing that an unforeseen misfortune occurred helps neutralize interpersonal debt and restores harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only found out later
A very common pattern used to explain that one's current understanding differs from what was known at the time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I only learned later”
“From then on, I knew”
“Yes, and that's when I realized”
“It was only six months ago that I found out”
“I only found out later. Of course you didn't have to think much.”