July Rhapsody 2002
男人四十
Outwardly, Lam takes pride in his job teaching Chinese literature at an elite school and in his caring wife and two sons. But deep down, the forty-year-old wrestles with unfulfilled desires stoked by jealousy over his friends’ professional successes and the advances of a flirtatious student. The sudden return of his former mentor finally upsets this delicate balance, forcing Lam to unearth the long-hidden truth about who he is and gain a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life.
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Vocabulary
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| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 价值 價值 | value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 事实 事實 | fact | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 同意 同意 | to agree; to consent; to approve | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 力 力 | power; force; strength; ability; strenuously | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 线 線 | thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 人员 人員 | staff; crew; personnel | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently | |
| 城市 城市 | city; town | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 支持 支持 | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by | |
| 能力 能力 | capability; ability | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |