Twenty years ago this morning, two planes held hostage by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, USA. Of the 2,752 children under the age of 18, with an average age of less than 8, who lost a loved one, about 86 percent lost their father. The little Oscar in the film, from that day onwards, lost the best father, the omniscient father, the father who took him on adventures to treat his Asperger's disease, and the one who told him "never give up searching" 's dad. A year later, he stumbled across a key in his father's room, so he went out looking for a lock for the key. The roar of the plane and the noise of the crowd, which had frightened him at first, became particularly loud, but he did not give up his search, because in the noise, he could hear his father's voice, so close.
1. be all set ready
We often hear this sentence when others are helping us with errands. For example, in the film, Dad is preparing a business card for Oscar, or when we check in at the front desk of a hotel and check in at the customs, the clerk's sentence "You're all set" means "You're all set" Things are done, we can leave. We can also take the initiative to ask: Am I all set?
"I am all set" can also mean "that's it." For example, when we are dining in a restaurant, the waiter comes over and asks if we need dessert. If you don't want to eat it, you can say "No, thanks. I'm all set." means no need, I'm already very satisfied.
2. be up to sth / doing sth
After reading through Baidu and Google, asking good teachers and helpful friends, scrutinizing, and searching hard, I feel that this Chinese subtitle is not quite right!
First of all, be up to sth/doing sth means a diagram, intending to do something. Sometimes it is also translated as busy doing something because of the context.
Go and see what these naughty boys are up to.
-What's your plan tonight?
-I guess I'm up to a party with some friends.
but! In negative and interrogative sentences, be up to sth/doing sth also means competent/fit to do something.
for example:
She is not up to her work.
Do you think she is up to doing it alone?
So I think be up to sth here should take the last "capable" meaning. Oscar's grandfather did not "decide not to have a family" (after all, he already had a family) because of the trauma he experienced, but it meant that he could not afford a family, or was not suitable for starting a family. (How do you understand it? Welcome to leave a message to discuss~)
3. one's eyes water
The water in one's eyes water is of course tears, tears. Compared with tears, water is more extensive. It can be because of emotional tears, or because of external forces, such as cat hair allergies, cutting onions or smoky tears. And be in tears is generally because of emotions (sad/moved, etc.).
Eye-watering has been upgraded to an adjective that means (a number/indicator/price etc. is too high) heart-wrenching, unbelievable.
This state is built based on eye-watering taxes.
4. give it a whirl
Whirl means to rotate, and give it a whirl means to try something that has never been done before, and similarly there are many give it a go/shot/try that can express the meaning of giving it a try.
Though it is hard for me I would like to give it a shot.
The father in the film did not see little Oscar "give it a whirl" on the swing before he died, because he felt very insecure, and the limited behavioral pattern was a manifestation of Asperger's disease, so when the film finally ended, Oscar finally sat on the swing. , As he swayed higher and higher, he must have seen his father's proud smile.
5. be in the middle of sth
When you are very busy and want to refuse to be interrupted by others, is it the first thing that comes to your mind to use "I'm busy"? In fact, "I'm busy" is not polite, and has a strong meaning to send others off. Using "I'm in the middle of something." is authentic and polite. The other party generally understands, and will not ask "What kind of something?" like little Oscar. This is actually a symptom of Asperger's disease. When communicating with others, it is impossible to observe words and expressions and understand the "meaning" behind the language.
6. bathroom break convenient time
The bathroom break is the time to go to the bathroom. In the middle of the meeting, you may say I want to take a bathroom break. I want to go there for convenience.
The daily routine of many workers is to take a long bathroom break and squat with pay, and then usher in the lunch break, and a pleasant morning is over.
Asperger's syndrome is a type of generalized autism. Contrary to the autism that we generally know, children with Asperger's are actually very willing to communicate and establish connections with people. However, in the process of communicating with people, they often do not have the ability to understand each other's facial expressions, body language, and puns, etc., so they will appear "difficult to communicate".
I saw a lot of people say in the barrage and film reviews of this film: "There is so much to say about autism.", "This child is so rude.", "How can you say such a thing to my mother, this child really makes me Disgusting." In fact, when I watched the first half of the film, I was also confused by the way little Oscar communicated with strangers and his mother, but as long as we understand this disease a little bit, looking back, we will find all his Both behavior and logic are self-consistent. He did say "I wish it was you in the building" to his mom, but he also said "Dad always said you were a good girl" to his mom who missed her husband. He just kept it real.
We have not experienced this disease, and we have not experienced the suffering of others. We cannot truly and have no obligation to "empathize", because in the film and outside the film, everyone has their own pain. Saying "you can't" in the name of kindness, saying "you don't understand" as an empath, or avoiding it because of the heavy trauma of 9/11, and treating any related works as "selling gimmicks", perhaps, I am in Saying that you're listening can be better snuggling.
｜The author of this article: Jing Bawu
｜Reviewer: Juliet
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