最近又重温了电影《爱在午夜降临前》Before Midnight. 相信很多小伙伴都看过了这经典的爱在系列三部曲，第一部是《爱在黎明破晓前》Before Sunrise，第二部是《爱在日落黄昏时》Before Sunset。 …… 【节目全文可以关注微信公众号zoey八点英语 回复 爱在午夜 获取】 【英文参考】 Many of you may not know that actually the first movie Before Sunrise is based on the director’s true experience. In 1989, Director Richard Linklater met Amy Lehrhaup when he was visiting his sister in Philadelphia. They spent a night together that he never forgot. And since then, their encounter inspired Richard to conceive and direct Before Sunrise. Richard says he wanted to make a film about the feeling between them. But unfortunately, by the time that movie came out, Amy was dead. Unlike the first two films which are all about romance, the third film is about the main characters’ real life after getting married and having children. So it has been nine years after Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple met on a train in Vienna[vi'enə]. They now live in Paris and have their twin daughters. If you may recall, when Celine and Jesse first met back in 1995, they were in their 20s. And then nine years later, in 2004, they teamed up again for Before Sunset. That time, they were in their 30s and were more worried about careers and the future. Now in the third movie Before Midnight, they’re in their 40s. Director Richard says, "It's age appropriate for where they find themselves in life. In the first movie, they're unattached, and you see how easily they can get off a train. Now you see how difficult it is to manoeuvre through life with one other person. It's tough." They argue about many little things in Before Midnight, such as where to live, who should sacrifice for their long-distance relationship, and whether they’ve cheated on each other, etc. In the final scene, in order to make Celine happy, Jesse pretended that he traveled all the way from the future through the time machine. Dear Celiene, this young man, yes, young, and he will be your escort. God knows he has many problems, and he’s struggled his whole life connecting and being presence with those he loves the most. And for that, he’s deeply sorry. But you are his only hope. You’re just like the little girls and everybody else. You wanna live inside some fairy tale. I’m just trying to make things better here. I tell you that I love you unconditionally, I tell you that you’re beautiful...I’m trying to make you laugh. If you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It’s not perfect, but it’s real. 节目全文可以关注微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 爱在午夜 获取 （4.14-4.21在公众号有送书活动噢~）

前段时间提名了六项奥斯卡的电影《婚姻故事》很火，不知道你们去看了没有。 【节目全文可关注 微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 婚姻故事 获取】 A stage director Charlie and his actress wife Nicole are struggling through a divorce. 斯嘉丽饰演的女主Nicole说，"It's not as simple as not being in love anymore." 离婚并不只是我们不爱彼此了那么简单。相反，他们其实仍爱着对方。 So when Nicole was asked to describe her husband, she says, I fell in love with him just two seconds after I met him. And I will never stop loving him. Even though it doesn’t make sense anymore. Nicole回忆说自己当初对Charlie一见钟情，只花了两秒钟就爱上了他。而且永远不会停止爱他，尽管现在已经没有意义了。 而Charlie也是被动离婚，他一开始接到离婚通知书很惊讶，以为是开玩笑。 他们之间最大的问题，不是不够爱，而是不会沟通。 当Nicole被调解员要求描述她的丈夫，她说： He cries easily in movies. He’s very self-sufficient. He can darn a sock, and cook himself dinner, and iron a shirt. He rarely gets defeated, which I feel like I always do. Charlie takes all of my moods steadily. He doesn’t give in to them, or make me feel bad about them...He’s very competitive. He loves being a dad. He loves all the things you’re supposed to hate, like the tantrums, the waking up at night. It’s almost annoying how much he likes it, but then it’s mostly nice...He disappears into his own world. What I love about Charlie. Charlie is undaunted. He never lets other people’s opinions, or any setbacks keep him from what he wants to do. 她说了很多小细节，能看出他们十年的婚姻让彼此对彼此都很熟悉。但Nicole喜欢的Charlie身上的点，像他从来不让别人的观点影响自己的判断，他永远不被打倒，永远淡定，当Nicole向他吐露自己的糟糕情绪的时候，Charlie也总是“takes all her moods steadily, doesn’t give in to them.” 很淡定地面对她的发泄，或许很多是无视。 而当Charlie描述Nicole的时候，他说： What I love about Nicole. She makes people feel comfortable about even embarrassing things. She really listens when someone is talking. Sometimes she listens too much for too long. Nicole很擅长倾听，有时候听了太多太长时间。 Nicole gives great presents. She is a mother who plays, really plays. She never steps off playing, or says it’s too much. And it must be too much some of the time. She’s competitive. She’s amazing at opening jars because of her strong arms, which I’ve always found very sexy. She keeps the fridge over-full. No one is ever hungry in our house. She can drive a stick. After that movie, All Over The Girl, she could have stayed in LA and been a movie star, but she gave that up to do theater with me in New York. She’s brave. Charlie说Nicole是个很好的妈妈，会陪孩子玩，会用自己强有力的手臂拧开罐头，永远不会让家里人饿着。她本可以是个电影明星，但她为了我放弃了。She’s Brave. Charlie认为她很勇敢。 但Nicole却说，I got smaller. 我觉得自己变得更渺小了。He didn’t see me as separate from himself. 他没有把我和他分开。 Nicole: [to Nora] In the beginning, I was the actress, the star, and that felt like something, you know. People came to see me at first, but the farther away I got from that, and the more acclaim the theater company got, I had less and less weight. I just became, “Who?” “Well, you know, the actress that was in that thing that time.” And he was the draw. And that would’ve been fine, but I got smaller. I realized I didn’t ever really come alive for myself. I was just feeding his aliveness. Nicole却在这十年里丧失了自我。她曾经是最耀眼的那个演员，大家都涌过来看她。而到后来，因为时时配合丈夫的事业，he became the draw. Charlie成了焦点。 这让Nicole觉得非常有落差。 后来当Nicole重新开始演戏,她以为会迎来Charlie的支持，但并没有。 Nicole says to her lawyer Nora, And I was embarrassed about it in front of him, but it was also like, “Yeah, this is who I am, and this is what I’m worth.” And maybe it’s stupid, but at least it’s mine. And if he had just taken me into a big hug and said, “Baby, I’m so excited for your adventure. Of course I want you to have a piece of earth that’s yours.” Well, then, we might not be getting divorced. But he made fun of it, and was jealous like he is, and then he realized about the money. Nicole觉得自己终于找回了自己的一小片天地,she wants to have a piece of earth that’s hers. 但Charlie却只想着这让自己的戏院损失了多少钱。 如果当时Charlie给她的反应是oh baby，我太为你高兴了，你又重新做回了你自己。或许他们就不用离婚了。 也正是这些落差，彻底击垮了Nicole. 她决定离婚。 But is Charlie the only one to be blamed? I don’t think so. When Nicole explains that Charlie ruined her life, and that he tried to control her, he reminds her that she chose her life with him. You and I both know you chose this life. You wanted it until you didn’t. You liked this life until you decided you hated it. 曾经也是Nicole自己选择了这样的生活。只是后来后知后觉，她并不喜欢。 而她，也没有及时向Charlie表述自己的不满，自己想做出改变等等。直到要离婚，Charlie还很意外。 如此种种都是因为他们的沟通出现了问题。 Just like what Nicole says at the beginning, ”It's not as simple as not being in love anymore." They both know they deeply love each other. But they didn’t dare to face their problems until they file a divorce, and looking for lawyers to find the best solution. 这次的离婚，反而逼着他们撕破脸去直面婚姻里的问题，去坦诚地沟通。 这或许也是这部影片引起那么多人共鸣的原因。虽然不是大家都在经历婚姻经历离婚，但每个人每一天都在和别人做沟通，都遇到过误会。 倾听和沟通，不光在婚姻里是必需品，在日常生活中也一样。 Julian Treasure曾经在一个TED演讲里分享他的学会倾听的方法。其中最重要的总结是一个acronym，梵文的缩写RASA. which means essence, 本质。 Julian says, RASA stands for "Receive," which means paying attention to the person; "Appreciate," means making little noises like "hmm," "oh," "OK"; "Summarize" -- the word "so" is very important in communication; and "Ask," to ask questions afterwards. R意味着receive，接受。也就是要把注意力放在对方身上。A是appreciate，感激，要做出嗯，噢，好的之类的一些最起码的回应。S意味着So，总结。别人说完后帮着总结。最后一个A是ask，针对对方的内容提出问题。 RASA is a perfect rule for a good communication: to receive, to appreciate, to summarize, and to ask. 预祝大家周末愉快~

最近在家宅着的你是不是有点闷呢？今天和你们分享一首很洗脑、听了就很开心的歌，Fitz & the Tantrums乐队2016年发布的HandClap, 也是《神偷奶爸3》的电影宣传曲。 【节目全文可关注微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 handclap 获取】 【英文参考】 People come up and sing it to me. It’s kind of crazy. It’s sort of a party anthem. I guess that’s where we’re coming from on this record. We just want to make people feel good. There’s a lot of heavy vibes out there — in the world and the country, for sure. Just to come out and say, “We want to make your hands clap” may be a low-brow kind of thing, but that’s what people need. They just need to have fun, and that’s where we’re coming from. Babies generally start clapping before they are one year old, but without encouragement from parents, this tends to be a behavior that isn’t often used. And it certainly is not to show appreciation. The baby may simply discovers it can make a noise with its hands and then becomes fascinated by this. Actually, Greek audiences stamped their feet rather than clapping their hands to applaud. One theory is that the tradition of clapping dates back to 1473 amid an outbreak of cholera. Slapping your hands together was a signal to those around that you were infected. Eventually it became an expression of applause. Ancient Greek audiences expressed their emotions very boldly. They would even throw stones and food at performers they didn’t like. In contrast, happy or enthusiastic crowds often showed their feelings by shouting, stamping their feet and generally doing anything that made as much noise as possible. He says, "There's a moment in the song that speaks to just an innate /ɪˈneɪt/ sense of loneliness sometimes, and you wanna have that connection, you wanna have that love in your life." 这首歌就是很简单，希望你用最原始最简单的方式，表达欢乐，喊出欲望。 希望你听完歌也可以更开心~

明天就是321国际睡眠日了。最近看到“疫情期间人均睡眠时长超八小时”上了热搜，可很多人都说是晚睡晚起，睡眠质量并不高。 …… 【节目全文可关注 微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 睡眠 即可】 【英文参考】 Many people believe that good sleepers always fall asleep in a flash. But actually this attitude can trigger anxiety and further delay falling asleep. It’s “perfectly normal” to lie in bed for 10 or 20 minutes before you drift off. Regularly falling asleep in a moment or two is not a sign of being a good sleeper. In fact, it may be a symptom of excessive sleepiness and an underlying sleep disorder. So first thing first, don’t freak out. Don’t force yourself to fall asleep. I think this is a very important tip as many of us are too easy to get nervous when we can’t fall asleep quickly. And also, if you really find it hard to fall asleep, jut get out of your bed. Dr. Robin says, “The best practice involves going to bed only when one is feeling sleepy and getting out of bed if sleep doesn’t arrive in more than 30 minutes. Spending stretches of time in bed while struggling to sleep negatively conditions the bed for sleeplessness, which can cause future conditioned insomnia.” [ Insomnia /ɪnˈsɑːmniə/ 失眠 ] So if you notice that you have been in bed for 30 minutes or so and nothing is working, maybe you can get out of the bed and do something else, such as writing your journal, or reading a book. But remember, stay away from all your electronics. Using electronic devices late at night is terrible for our sleep. The US National Institutes of Health says, watching TV, playing video games, using a mobile phone and social networking can make it significantly harder for you to fall and stay asleep. And if you often feel groggy after you wake up, you may not have the right amount of sleep. A sleep circle is what your brain does when you’re sleeping. Each circle lasts around 90 minutes. During this time your brain is focusing on two sleep cycle categories, rapid-eye-movement sleep and non-rapid-eye-movement sleep. So maybe you can time your alarm to go off during your lightest sleeping period. And some sleep cycle calculator apps can help you with this. Also if you need to nap during your day time, give yourself a full sleep cycle (90 minutes) can help you recover from fatigue. And many experts say that a nap lasting around 5 to 20 minutes could be beneficial as well, since the farther along you are in your sleep circle, the harder it would be for you to wake up. 你们对于提高睡眠质量有什么妙招也欢迎留言和大家一起分享~ 祝大家今晚都能睡个好觉！

今天和你们分享一部很经典的印度影片，阿米尔汗主演的《我滴个神呐》。这名字听起来好像是个纯粹的喜剧片，其实它包含了很多东西…… 【节目全文可关注 微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 我滴个神呐】 【英文参考】 An alien played by Amir loses the only device he can use to communicate with his family and go back home. His innocent nature and child-like questions force the country to re-think about the impact of religions on its people. Which God should you worship？ One religion tells you to fast on Monday, another religion tells you to fast on Tuesday; one religion says go to the temple without shoes on, but another says wear shoes inside the church; one religion says eat after sunset, one says eat before sunset…it is very confusing. AK: We respect all religions. All my Hindu friends have seen the film and they didn’t find anything hurtful in it. In fact, 99 percent of the crew was Hindu. I respect everyone’s viewpoints, their feelings and their opinions. There are a lot of genuine spiritual gurus who will make you feel better. They inspire and enrich you with ideas and they are great spiritual leaders. This film does not target them. It is for those who are corrupt and are trying to take advantage of you to sell their products. To pray, talk or communicate with God and share my feelings or troubles, I don’t need a mediator. [中介物/传递者] “There are two types of God. The first one created the Universe. He is loving, forgiving宽容的, omniscient/ɑːmˈnɪʃənt/无所不知的, protective and unprejudiced无偏见的. There is another God whom People created. He is forgetful健忘的, wrathful /ˈræθfl/愤怒的, prejudiced, and might punish you if you do not believe in Him. The first God encourages love, while the other God feeds on fear.” But actually there is no one “right” path. The path is always an individual journey. We shouldn’t follow people blindly. We can decide what is right and what is wrong. So when we find something outlandish, we should raise our voice to reject it, no matter who is endorsing it. “Never compromise with what you believe in and what makes you happy, it is too valuable. If you do not compromise during your worst times when you are up against the wall, you will never ever compromise with anything in life. Always stand for what you believe in. You might not always win but the respect you will have for yourself will be greater than any possible outcome.” “永远不要向你相信的东西和让你快乐的东西妥协，它太宝贵了。如果你在最困难的时候不妥协，你在生活中就永远不会妥协。永远坚持你的信仰。你可能不会总是赢，但你对自己的尊重会超过任何可能的结果。” 而对很多没有宗教信仰的我们，相信自己的理智判断，也是自己的信仰。

今天和你们分享一部电影《一呼一吸》，英文名很简单，就是breathe, 呼吸。 …… 【节目全文可关注微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 呼吸 获取】 【英文参考】 The movie is based on a true story. Film producer Jonathan Cavendish made the film to honor his amazing parents. It tells the story of Jonathan’s father, Robin Cavendish, who was stricken with polio at age 28 but went on to live a rich life. And Robin’s wife is always there by his side. After Robin contracted polio, he was told by his doctors that he would live perhaps only three months. Then he was told that he would spend whatever time he had in a hospital bed. Hearing this, Robin wanted to die. But his wife told him he had to live to see their son grow up. So he went on living. His wife knew he wanted to escape from the hospital and be treated at home, and she did all she can to help him. So he left the hospital to live at home, helped develop a wheelchair with a respirator/ˈrespəreɪtər/ so he could leave the house. And he even very often traveled with his wife, Diana, and son, and lived for 36 more years. I’ve accepted the risk of dying. I don’t want to just survive. I want to truly live. “我接受可能会死的风险。我不想只是活着，我想真正地活着。” When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

今天我们来聊聊Taylor Swift最新的纪录片《Miss Americana》。 …… 【英文参考】 【节目全文可关注 微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 Taylor获取】 The documentary is about the personal life and music career of the pop star. “As a teenager who had only been in country music, attending my very first pop awards show, somebody stood up and sent me the message: ‘You are not respected here. You shouldn’t be here on this stage.’” "When you’re living for the approval of strangers, and that is where you derive all of your joy and fulfillment, one bad thing can cause everything to crumble." “I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking（跟踪）, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry.” "I want to wear pink and tell you how I feel about politics. And I don’t think that those things have to cancel each other out." There’s always some standard of beauty that you’re not meeting. Because if you’re thin enough, then you don’t have that ass that everybody wants, but if you have enough weight on you to have an ass, then your stomach isn’t flat enough. It’s all just f***ing impossible. 背景音乐：only the young; you can't stop the girl

昨晚科比和女儿GiGi的追悼会在洛杉矶的Staples Center举行。Beyonce唱了Kobe最喜欢的XO和Halo，乔丹哭着致辞，瓦妮莎说”God knew they couldn’t be on this earth without each other,” 上帝知道他们离不开彼此。大家还是很难接受科比和GiGi已经离开的事实。 …… 【节目全文可关注微信公众号Zoey八点英语 回复 科比】 【英文参考】 Have a good time. Life is too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to keep moving. You have to keep going. Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling. “人生苦短，你会陷入泥潭，灰心丧气，但你不得不砥砺前行，永不言弃。” Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones. 被人讨厌是好事。没有人讨厌还不错的人，只有人讨厌最厉害的人。 Be sad. Be mad. Be frustrated. Scream. Cry. Sulk. When you wake up you will think it was just a nightmare only to realize it’s all too real. 很难过，快要抓狂，非常沮丧，想呐喊，想落泪，说不出话。当你一觉醒来，你会觉得这只是一场噩梦，直到你意识到这一切都太真实了。 Everything negative -- pressure, challenges -- is all an opportunity for me to rise. 压力、挑战，这一切消极的东西都是我进步的机会。 "The last time I was intimidated was when I was 6 years old in karate class. I was an orange belt and the instructor ordered me to fight a black belt who was a couple years older and a lot bigger. I was scared s--less. I mean, I was terrified and he kicked my ass. But then I realized he didn't kick my ass as bad as I thought he was going to and that there was nothing really to be afraid of. That was around the time I realized that intimidation didn't really exist if you're in the right frame of mind." 我上一次感到恐惧是我在6岁上空手道课的时候。我是个黄带，但教练让我去PK一个比我大强壮很多而且是黑带的人。我吓坏了。但后来我发现他也没有我想象中的把我打得那么惨。所以一开始的恐惧其实根本没有必要。我意识到只要思想摆正，就没有所谓的恐惧。 I want to see if I can. I don't know if I can. I want to find out. I want to see. I'm going to do what I always do: I'm going to break it down to its smallest form, smallest detail, and go after it. Day by day, one day at a time. 我想知道我行不行，我不知道我到底行不行，我想去探究，去弄清楚。我会做我一直以来在做的事：把目标细化成最小的形式，最小的细节，然后一天又一天地去执行。 When you make a choice and say, 'Come hell or high water, I am going to be this,' then you should not be surprised when you are that. It should not be something that is intoxicating or out of character because you have seen this moment for so long that ... when that moment comes, of course it is here because it has been here the whole time, because it has been [in your mind] the whole time. 当你做了一个选择然后告诉自己，come hell or high water无论遇到什么困难，我都要成为这样的人。然后当你成功的时候，你没必要惊讶。它不应该是令人陶醉的或出乎意料的东西，因为你已经看到这一刻太久了，以至于当那一刻到来的时候，它当然在这里，因为它一直在这里，它一直在你的脑海里。 You guys know that if you do the work, you work hard enough, dreams come true. You know that, we all know that. But hopefully what you get from tonight is that those times when you get up early and you work hard; those times when you stay up late and you work hard; those times when don’t feel like working – you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself – but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream. That’s the dream. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey. And if you guys can understand that, what you’ll see happen is that you won’t accomplish your dreams, your dreams won’t come true, something greater will. And if you guys can understand that, then I’m doing my job as a father. 我希望我的女儿们明白，那些你早起的时光，那些你努力工作的时光，那些你熬夜的时光，努力学习的时光，那些你感觉自己没有在努力工作，感觉太疲惫的时光，那些你不想再逼迫自己，但仍还是选择继续那样做的时光，那其实就是追寻梦想的意义。不是目的地，而是过程。当你们明白这一点，你会发现你没有实现梦想，但更棒的事情发生了。

不知道最近有没有人跟我一样被伍佰的Last Dance洗脑了，听着听着还感觉快要卡带了…… 最初看《想见你》以为是偶像剧，后来发现是悬疑剧，最后发现它探讨的是关于青少年的自我认同和接受。 【节目全文可关注微信公众号Zoey八点英语回复想见你即可】 【英文参考】 You accept that you have made mistakes and that you are not perfect, but you do not let them define who you are. You always and unconditionally accept yourself without any judgment. Robert Holden says in his book Happiness Now! that "Happiness and self-acceptance go hand in hand. In fact, your level of self-acceptance determines your level of happiness. The more self-acceptance you have, the more happiness you'll allow yourself to accept, receive and enjoy. In other words, you enjoy as much happiness as you believe you're worthy of.” Can you look in the mirror and truly accept the unique, wonderful work-in-progress person staring back at you? You will know that you have achieved your goal of self-acceptance when you can look at yourself in the mirror and accept every bit of what makes you who you are, and when you no longer try to ignore or explain away any faults or flaws—physical or psychological. 背景音乐：live 伍佰 Last Dance

这些天大家因为疫情估计都很紧张，今天我们来聊部电影转移一下注意力吧。 【英文参考】 【节目全文可关注“威信号 Zoey八点英语”回复“寄生虫”即可】 South Korean film Parasite won four Oscars, including Best Picture. This is the first time that a non-English language film has won the top award. ”Once you overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” The film sets up a contrast between the unequal social classes, following the poor Kim family who live in a half-basement apartment and the fabulously wealthy Pu family who own a big house. Paul Piff said in a TED Talk that, as a person's levels of wealth increase, their feelings of compassion and empathy go down, and their feelings of entitlement, of deservingness, and their ideology of self-interest increase...Actually wealthier individuals are more likely to moralize greed being good, and that the pursuit of self-interest is favorable and moral. “The true horror and fear of Parasite isn’t just about how the present-day situation is bad but that it will only continue to get worse. That’s my own fear in my life. I’m 50 now, so I’m going to die in about 30 years. My son is 23 now. When he reaches middle age, after I die, will it get better? I don’t know. I’m not so hopeful. Still, we have to try to live happily.” Human’s greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequality. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity--reducing inequality is the highest human achievement.

Zoey在这里先和你们拜早年啦~ 估计都已经回到家或者在春运的路上了吧。 （抱歉前段日子耳朵出了点问题，暂停更新了几期，感谢等待和支持。） 今天和你们分享一部很适合在回家路上看的电影--Everybody’s Fine. 中文名叫《天伦之旅》。 【节目全文可关注 威信号 Zoey八点英语 回复 “天伦之旅”即可。】 【部分英文参考】 Frank is a recent widower with heart trouble. He retired from a factory job and lives by himself after his wife passed away. In the summer, all of his four kids bail on a reunion. [ bail on:放鸽子] So, against doctor's orders, Frank decides to visit each of his kids to give them surprise. He sets out to see his artist son in New York City, his daughter the ad expert in Chicago, his son the conductor in Denver, and his daughter who's a performer in Las Vegas. However, none of them are as he imagines. “A million feet of wire to get them where they are today.” After Frank’s trip, he says to his wife at her grave, “if I could do it all over again, I would ask less of the kids. As long as they were happy, that would be fine with me. I know I have to stop thinking of them as if they're still children. I can't tell them what to do anymore. They have to find their own way.”

最近那部经典的《美丽人生》时隔23年重映了，又重新去看了一遍。 【节目全文可关注 威信号Zoey八点英语 回复 美丽人生】 【英文参考】 Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Benigni. The story is about a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by marring a lovely woman, Dora, from a nearby city in Italy. Guido and Dora have a son and live happily together after until the occupation of Italy by German forces. Guido tells his son that the Holocaust /'hɒləkɔːst/ is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. He tries to help his son to survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp. Guido is a Jewish. He is the type of person that always wants to please others and make them happy. Dora on the other hand, grew up in very different circumstances. She is from a fairly wealthy family. She is a teacher, and is already engaged to another wealthy man. Dora and I were born on the same street. We went to school together, we had the same friends. Dora is the woman of my life, and I'm the man in her life; therefore, we've decided to get married within the year. As a gentile Italian citizen, she's protected from being deported. But out of love and a desire to keep her family together, she chooses to get on the train. She’s really a powerful woman. Last night, I dreamt about you all night. We were going to the movies. You were wearing that pink suit that I really like. You're all I think about, Princess. I always think about you. Life is always beautiful, no matter it's shape or form. "Life is like the ocean. It can be calm or still, and rough or rigid, but in the end, it is always beautiful."