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Eat Pray Love

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Eat Pray Love
《美食、祈祷和恋爱》

Date: Oct 06 2010

Themes: Travel

Grammar: Modal Verbs

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Most people have probably fantasized about leaving everything and running off to a foreign country. But few actually do it. Eat Pray Love is the true story of one woman who realized how unhappy she was in her current life and decided to divorce her husband, leave her home, and spend a year traveling the world in pursuit of joy and fulfillment. She traveled to Italy, India, and Indonesia, all in the hopes of finding…well, herself. Find out if Devan and Marni ate up Eat Pray Love.

大部分人可能都幻想过放下手中的一切,跑到异国他乡去生活,但是很少有人真的这样做。《美食、祈祷和恋爱》讲述了一个女人的真实故事:她意识到自己当前的生活并不幸福,于是她决心离婚,离开自己的家,用一年时间到世界各地旅行,追求快乐和满足。她去了意大利、印度和印度尼西亚旅行,希望能找回她自己。让我们来看看德凡(Devan)和玛尼(Marni)是如何看待《美食、祈祷和恋爱》这部电影的。

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Marni

Marni

Devan

Devan

Marni:  So Devan, I recently went and saw what you might consider a super chick flick, Eat Pray Love. Have you seen it?

Devan:  I haven’t seen it. Did you read the book before you went and saw it?

Marni:  I did indeed, I read the book, and I really liked the book. It spoke to me in, you know, certain ways. So I had a lot of expectations, and I was a little unclear about the casting of Julia Roberts ‘cause she’s just so different from the woman who wrote the book. But I have to say, it was decent. It wasn’t amazing, but they did a good job.

Devan:  So, the reason I’ve been kind of turned off about wanting to see the film or read the book is because I get the impression it’s about an independently wealthy woman who goes through a divorce and then travels the world, and I feel like I couldn’t really connect to that idea of being rich and traveling, like, how is that supposed to…you know, how am I supposed to connect to that on an emotional level?

Marni:  Yeah, that’s perfectly valid, and I…You know, she was a writer and obviously made her living as a writer. And ironically, the book actually helped her become so wealthy and successful. But it was a quest for her to find herself, find her identity. And she wrote this memoir about her year of travel. And I think, you know, people connect to certain parts and people might be put off by certain parts of the text. And I certainly think your argument is valid. It’s like, so you got to travel for a year, how sorry am I supposed to feel for you?

 

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The book Eat. Pray. Love. was a huge success and now a movie has been made from it starring Julia Roberts. Marni enjoyed the book, but was worried that the movie would disappoint. However, she was pleasantly surprised by how much she liked the film, even if it was a chick flick.

In the movie, a woman who is unhappy with her life decides to spend a year traveling in order to try to find herself. Devan thinks this is a hard story to relate to, since most people can’t just run off to a foreign country whenever they’re feeling dissatisfied with their life. Marni agrees that it isn’t easy to feel sorry for someone who has enough money to spend a year traveling the world.

If you could spend one year traveling, where would you want to go?

 

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Jib_fbk

Jib_fbk

Thailand

if i had money,i would go to China

12:15 PM Oct 06 2010 |

Olga_Alina

Germany

I would like to go to USA and then Latin America.

11:44 AM Oct 06 2010 |

holly1433

Philippines

i haven't watched the movie yet but i will as soon as i got hold of it's dvd…i agree it's not easy to feel sorry for her in fact i envy her that she have the money to travel… i really would love to travel someday.. It's my greatest dream!

11:35 AM Oct 06 2010 |

azzatarek

azzatarek

Egypt

hello i like the movie

07:59 AM Oct 06 2010 |

bystander :-)

Hungary

'one year travelling' ..it sounds too long time but I could spend a few months running off and quest.

I read the book to check why there is so much ado around it but it was not as bad as my expectations :) actually it was worth reading. 

06:42 AM Oct 06 2010 |

dragonwarrior

China

yea…i expecet to see this moive cause the proganist is Julia Roberts … i really like her performance ….so i support this movie without any hesitation …. hahaaa.. i am still on the emotional level .. but why not .. .. living a rational life sometimes made people tired …so go with your innerheart… that is what the Eat Pray LOVE tell us … support it .. .come on

06:03 AM Oct 06 2010 |

emmashow1280

China

sounds like a nice movie, but frist of all i have to say i really admire there copyright pertection ,you  write books, and made your living, and yes the book helped you become wealthy and successful ,and then you can do anything you want.,i just remember a song "sweet dream""i travel the world and seven seas" that is wonderful things 

05:45 AM Oct 06 2010 |

sunny gz

sunny gz

China

really amazing film.amazing story….if i can go  no matter where ,i will so happy too!if i can let myself get risk,i will….when can i?

02:47 AM Oct 06 2010 |

tr0yquint0

tr0yquint0

Philippines

I would like to travel in Paris, this place is the most famous place in world. It is also the most traveled place. I would also like to experience traveling around the world. But in reality it would be very difficult to happen because of financial boredom. First I need to become successful on my career to have lots of money then after that I think there will be  a possibility to happen.  

02:40 AM Oct 06 2010 |

moowyare

moowyare

Uganda

If I could spend one year traveling, I would probably go to UK, KSA and some countries in South America.Thank you again for the lesson, it has a lot of usefull words and phrases.

01:53 AM Oct 06 2010 |

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