1、TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton返老还童返老还童第1页content1、Protagonists2、Background3、Storyline4、Lines5、Questions返老还童第2页BenjaminButtonDaisyThemaincharactersinthismovieareBenjaminButtonandDaisy:返老还童第3页返老还童第4页返老还童第5页BenjaminButtonwasborninBaltimore.Strangely,heisa eighty year old baby when he was born.His fathe
2、rabandonedhimontheroad.Luckly,hisfostermother(养母)tookhim.BenjaminButtonseemedtobeoldandclumsywhen he was a child,so the people who knew of himlookedathimwithstrangeeyes.Hegrewupwiththecareand guidance from his foster mother Queeney(奎 尼).Therewasanotherstrangething.Hesgettingyoungerandyoungerwhentheo
3、therpeopleweregettingold.HemetDaisywhenDaisywassix.Thesweetandkindgirl touched his heart.Then theyre apart until theperiodjust after the Second World War.Daisy was a charmingdancerthattime.返老还童第6页WhentheSecondWorldWarbegan,BenjaminButtonwenttoEnglandtocontributetotheantifascistwarbyshipfromAmerica l
4、ike many compatriots(同 胞).During thisperiod,heknewaboutmanykindsofpeople.TheBritishTrade Minister lady Elizabeth Abbott was one ofthem,and it is Benjamins first section of love life thattime.Hesurvivedtherealwar,andrealizedthetragedyofwar and life,but also understood the greatness ofhumanity.Benjami
5、nwentbacktoAmericaafterthewar,whenhewasnt an old person,and became a handsome andgraceful middle-aged person.Fatefully,his dream loverDaisywhenhewasachildwentintohislifeagain.andshe was a beautiful and successful dancer thattime.Thenthetwopeoplewenttogetheraftertheywentintoa返老还童第7页committed relation
6、ship.It was the happiest time theyever had when their age and appearance were allmatched.As time went by,the vitality of the othersgradually disappeared with years,but Benjamin wasyoungerandsmarter.Onemorning,hesaidgoodbyetohis wife and walked toward the future unknown byhimself.More than ten years
7、later,Daisy adopted littleBenjaminandhediedinherarmsasababyatlast.返老还童第8页DaisymetBenjaminwhenshewasalittlegirlhadagoodimpressionofeachother.ThentheyseparatedforawhileandDaisybecameanexcellentdancer.ShemetBenjaminagainandmarriedhimatlast.ThewholestorywasrecordedinadiarybyDaisy.返老还童第9页Thestoryhappened
8、inthetimeafterthefirstworldwar.AclockmakerMr.Getussonparticipatedthefirstwaranddiedinthewar.Sohemadeacounterclockwiseclockforthetrainstation,andwishedthatifthehourhandwascounterclockwiserotation(逆时针旋转),everysecondofhistorywouldgoback,andthewarwouldnothappen,andthepeoplediedinthewarwouldbealive,andth
9、entheycouldgohome,andwork,till(耕种),marrywithchildrenoftheirown,anddeathwouldcomeafterthebeautifullife.Thisfilmisadaptedfromthenovelwiththesametitle,whichwaswrittenbyFrancisScottKeyFitzgerald.HewasoneofthegreatestAmerican返老还童第10页writersinthe20thcentury.HeisoneoftherepresentativewritersoftheLostGenera
10、tion,andalsocalledpoetlaureate(桂冠诗人)oftheJazzAge.ThefamousnovelTheGreatGatsbyishiswork.AsoneoftherepresentativewritersoftheLostGenerationhewasconfusedandhesitantaboutthefuture,andfeltstronglyaboutthespiritualcrisisofthewarthoughhehadntparticipatedwar.Hedescribedtheclassesthathewasfamiliartoshowthato
11、lddreamwaslikeabubble,andAmericanDreamsdidntexist.Allcharactersinhisworksexperiencedfrustrationsandpainofawakeninganddisillusion.返老还童第11页AstrangebabynamedBenjaminButtonwasabandonedbyhisbiological(亲生)parentsafterbirth,becauseofthis,ahitherto(前所未有)unknownfreak(奇异事物)actuallybornamanlikeolden.Fortunatel
12、y,onekindblackwomanadoptedButtonthisweirdbaby.Thenhemetthesecondwomeninhislifewhocompletelychangedhislife,Dasiy,one6yearoldlittlegirl.Thelovebetweenthetwopeoplesheartbegantosprout.返老还童第12页Tenyearslater,theflamesoftheWorldWarIIismoreviolentburningthewholeworld.BenjaminButtonparticipatedinthewar.Durin
13、gthisperiod,hemetallkindsofpeople,mettheBritishTradeMinisterMrs.ElizabethAbbott,andtastedthefirstparagraphoflifelove.返老还童第13页 BenjaminreturnedtotheUnitedStatesafterWorldWarII.Hewasoutofchildhoodage,childhooddreamloverDaisywhowasadancerwithsuccessfulcareerandinfinitecharmappearedagaininhislife.Afterm
14、aturecommunication,theyspendafewyearstogetherwithhappiness.Finally,helefttheDasiytothegrowthofthedaughter.返老还童第14页Imblindintheoneeye,Icanthardlyhear,Igettwitchesandshakesoutofnowhere,Ilosemylineofthought,butyouknowwhat?GodkeepsremindingmeImluckytobealive.我瞎了一个眼睛,几乎听不见晨间喧嚣,动不动就抽搐,总是丢三落四,上帝却依然扔下闪电来提醒我
15、,能够活着已经是桩幸运事了。ThereisalwayssomethingthatIshouldrememberfortherestofmylife.总有一些事情是我需要铭记一生。Youcanbemadasamaddogatthewaythingswent,Youcanswear,cursethefates,regreteverythingyoueverdidbutwhenitcomestotheend,Youhavetoletitgo.你能够像疯狗那样对周围一切愤愤不平。你能够诅咒命运,不过等到最终一刻到来之时,你还得平静放手而去。返老还童第15页Everybodyfeelsdifferent
16、aboutthemselvesonewayoranother.Wereallgoingthesameway,justtakingdifferentroadstogetthere.每个人对于自己感受都不一样。我们都走向同一个方向,只是走路不一样罢了Ihopeyoumakethebestofit.Ihopeyouseethingsthatstartleyou.Ihopeyoufeelthingsyouneverfeltbefore.Ihopeyoumeetpeoplewithadifferentpointofview.Ihopeyoulivealifeyoureproudof.Ifyoufindt
17、hatyouarenot,Ihopeyouhavethestrengthtostartalloveragain.我希望你有时能驻足于这个令你感到惊叹世界,体会你从未有过感觉。我希望你能见到其它与你观点不一样人们。我希望你能有一个值得自豪人生。假如你想象生活不一样,我希望你能有勇气重新启程。返老还童第16页Weremeanttolosethepeoplewelove.Howelsewouldweknowhowimportanttheyaretous.我们命中注定要失去我们所爱之人,不然我们怎么知道他们在我们生命中有多主要。Forwhatitsworth,itsnevertoolate,orinm
18、ycase,tooearly,tobewhoeveryouwanttobe.Theresnotimelimit,stopwheneveryouwant.Youcanchangeorstaythesame.Theresnorulestothisthing.Wecanmakethebestortheworstofit.AndIhopeyoumakethebestofit.只要是有意义事再晚去做还有意义(或者对我来说,太早),成为你想成为人。没有时间限制,只要愿意什么时候都能够开始。你能从现在开始改变也能够一成不变。这件事没有规矩可言。你能活出最精彩自己也可能搞得一团糟,但我希望你能活出最精彩自己。
19、返老还童第17页QUESTION1:prematurelystrikinglypostcardtwitchesplanadeduplextoereconcileplaymatedementia过早,先天显著地、出奇明信片抽搐;急拉海滨大道、平坦空地二倍,复式公寓脚趾;足尖使和解;调停玩伴、游伴痴呆walkoncaughtupseemlikecrossingtheroadcursethefates返老还童继续走、走下去抓住、遇上看起来像过马路诅咒命运第18页Might I say you are looking youthful.Honey,she needs a father,not a .I
20、 get and shakes out of nowhere.Im just not sure how to this.We sold my fathers house on .He has the beginnings of .We bought ourselves a .Did you count the?Ill send you a .Hes old.返老还童prematurelystrikinglypostcardtwitchesplanadeduplextoereconcileplaymatedementia过早出奇明信片抽搐海滨大道复式公寓脚趾使和解玩伴痴呆strikinglyre
21、concileesplanadedementiaduplextoepostcardprematurelyplaymatetwitch第19页Daisy:Button:QUESTION2:Inyouropinion,whatisthemostimportantthingforlove?返老还童第20页ThemoviewasbasedonButtonsdiarythatanoldmotherwantherdaughterreadforher.返老还童第21页QUESTION3:WhytheoldmotherwanttotellButtonsstorytoherdaughterevenshewasonherdeathbed?返老还童第22页返老还童第23页返老还童第24页QUESTION4:Howdoyouthinkthebadthingsinyoulife?返老还童第25页END THAKS!返老还童第26页