thejoyluckclub对白1.docVIP

thejoyluckclub对白1 1 00:00:26,474 -- 00:00:29,068 The old woman remembered a swan she had bought... 2 00:00:29,143 -- 00:00:32,908 many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. 3 00:00:34,816 -- 00:00:37,079 This bird, boasted the market vendor... 4 00:00:37,151 -- 00:00:39,414 was once a duck that stretched its neck... 5 00:00:39,487 -- 00:00:41,579 in hopes of becoming a goose. 6 00:00:41,655 -- 00:00:45,921 And now look. It is too beautiful to eat. 7 00:00:52,000 -- 00:00:54,764 Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean... 8 00:00:54,835 -- 00:00:57,270 many thousands of li wide... 9 00:00:57,338 -- 00:01:00,670 stretching their necks toward America. 10 00:01:07,281 -- 00:01:09,875 On her journey, she cooed to the swan... 11 00:01:09,950 -- 00:01:14,046 In America I will have a daughter just like me. 12 00:01:14,121 -- 00:01:17,215 But over there, nobody will say her worth is measured... 13 00:01:17,290 -- 00:01:20,691 by the loudness of her husbands belch. 14 00:01:23,697 -- 00:01:26,564 Over there, nobody will look down on her... 15 00:01:26,634 -- 00:01:31,037 because I will make her speak only perfect American English. 16 00:01:37,144 -- 00:01:42,549 And over there, she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow. 17 00:01:48,322 -- 00:01:52,087 She will know my meaning because I will give her this swan... 18 00:01:52,159 -- 00:01:56,221 a creature that became more than what was hoped for. 19 00:02:05,739 -- 00:02:08,174 But when she arrived in the new country... 20 00:02:08,241 -- 00:02:11,507 the immigration officials pulled the swan away from her... 21 00:02:11,579 -- 00:02:13,842 leaving the woman fluttering her arms... 22 00:02:13,914 -- 00:02:17,715 and with only one swan feather for a memory. 23 00:02:25,092 -- 00:02:27,993 For a long time now, the woman had wanted... 24 00:02:28,062 -- 00:02:30,188 to give her daughter the single swan feather... 25 00:02:30,264 -- 00:02:34,860 and tell her, This feather may look worthless... 26 00:02:34,936