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【经典电影】在云端

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又是周一了。上班族们即将开始新一周忙碌的工作。工作难免辛苦，但比工作更可怕的是失业。在今天牧牧给大家带来的电影中，好莱坞著名的钻石王老五—乔治.克鲁尼将饰演一位翱翔在云霄之上，通知别人光荣下岗的特殊工作者。（但愿，他别出现在我们的办公室里⊙﹏⊙）

在电影中，克鲁尼饰演的Ryan同两位女主角：成熟迷人的Alex和娇小可爱Natalie均有精彩的对手戏。三人也皆因剧中的完美演绎而获得了09年奥斯卡最佳男主和最佳女配的提名。下面这段这是Natalie在“被短信分手”后，与两位前辈的对话，反映出了两位女性对于爱情、婚姻和事业不同的看法。

---He broke up with you with a text message?
---It’s kind of like firing someone over the internet.
---What a weaselly prick.
---Yeah, but what does that make me? Someone who falls for a prick.
---We all fall for them.
Pricks are [---1---].
Then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.
---I followed him to Omaha.
---You did?
---I had a job waiting for me in San Francisco when he got an offer from ConAgra. He said we could start a life together. So I followed him.
---To Nebraska?
---I thought I'd be engaged by now. No offence.
---None taken.
---That's all right.
---When I was 16, I thought by 23 I'd be married, maybe have a kid, [---2---], entertaining at night. I was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by now.
---Life can [---3---] you that way.
---I mean, where did you think you'd be by um...
---It doesn't work that way.
---At a certain point, you stop with the deadlines.
---It can be a little [---4---].
---I don't want to say anything that’s [---5---]. I really appreciate everything your generation did for me.
---It was our pleasure.
---Well done.
---But sometimes it feels like, no matter how much success I have, it's not gonna matter until I find the right guy.
---You really thought this guy was the one?
---I could have made it work. He um... He really [---6---]. You know?
---The bill?
---White collar, college grad. Loves dogs, likes funny movies. Six-foot-one, brown hair, kind eyes, works in finance but is outdoorsy... you know, on the weekends. I always imagined he'd have [---7---] like Matt or John...or Dave. In a perfect world, he drives a 4Runner, and the only thing he loves more than me is his golden lab. And a nice smile.
---What about you?
---Let me think.
---You know, honestly, by the time you're 34, [---8---]. Like you secretly pray that he'll be taller than you. Not an asshole would be nice. Someone who enjoys my company, comes from a good family. You don't think about that when you're younger. I don't know... someone who wants kids. Likes kids. Wants kids. Healthy enough to play with his kids. Please let him earn more money than I do. You might not understand that now, but believe me, you will one day. Otherwise that's [---9---]. And hopefully some hair on his head. But I mean even that's not [---10---] these days. A nice smile. Yeah, a nice smile. Nice smile just might do it.
---Wow, that was depressing.
---I should just date women.
---Tried it. We're no picnic ourselves.
---I don't mind being married to my career. And I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I fall asleep. I just don't want to settle.
---You're young. Right now you see settling as some sort of a failure.
---It is... by definition.
---But by the time someone is right for you, it won't feel like settling. And the only person left to judge you will be the 23-year-old girl with a target on your back.