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Thinking about the Movie, Arrival

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ID: 3070 Upper Intermediate
Having seen the movie Arrival, a wife suddenly starts thinking about the future, and about what she would do if she could see into the future. Would they get married, if they knew it would end in divorce many years later?
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
发呆 fādāi to zone out
拯救 zhěngjiù to rescue
发花痴 fāhuāchī to be lovesick; to fantasize
之所以 zhī suǒyǐ the reason that
老婆老婆你吃个饭发什么呆呀
lǎopó 老婆lǎopó 老婆nǐ 你chī 吃gè 个fàn 饭fā 发shénme 什么dāi 呆ya 呀
Darling! Darling! Why are you zoning out during your meal?
我是在想昨天看的电影降临
wǒ 我shì 是zài 在xiǎng 想zuótiān 昨天kàn 看de 的diànyǐng 电影jiànglín 降临
I was thinking of the film I saw yesterday, 'Arrival'.
又是什么英雄拯救世界的科幻片原来不是发呆是发花痴呀
yòu 又shì 是shénme 什么yīngxióng 英雄zhěngjiù 拯救shìjiè 世界de 的kēhuànpiàn 科幻片yuánlái 原来bùshì 不是fādāi 发呆shì 是fā 发huāchī 花痴ya 呀
Is it another sci-fi film in which the hero saves the world? So you're not just zoning out, you're fantasizing about the lead!
不是你想过吗如果你能预知我们二十年后会离婚你还会跟我结婚吗
bùshì 不是nǐ 你xiǎng 想guò 过ma 吗rúguǒ 如果nǐ 你néng 能yùzhī 预知wǒmen 我们èrshí nián 二十年hòu 后huì 会líhūn 离婚nǐ 你hái 还huì 会gēn 跟wǒ 我jiéhūn 结婚ma 吗
No! Have you ever thought about... If you were able to know in advance that we would get divorced in twenty years, would you still marry me?
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