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《文科恋曲》是一部非常典型的小制作文艺片。有评论说这部电影很文艺，也有说当你开始理解男主角的时候，就是你开始变老的时候。

老人喜欢怀旧，对于年轻时的执著愈来愈放不下，正如片中男主角杰西（Jesse）的老师皮特（Peter），退休之际却发觉恋恋不舍多年的教师生涯，满怀“老骥伏枥“之志。

成年人更多的是迷茫，对未来的不确定，对年轻时代的留恋。35岁的杰西婚姻失败，事业平平。回母校的时候遇到了19岁的茨比(Zibby)和有躁郁症的学生Dean。少女的开朗和清纯吸引着杰西，但是成年人的自觉使得他果断结束了两人的关系；同时他也作为“过来人”给Dean人生的指导。

少年们总是想着长大、成熟，茨比觉得与杰西交往能让自己变得成熟，但恋爱的失败才让她渐渐成熟。

经历了人世间的故事，人们才会成长。成长是一个轮回，每个轮回里都有属于你自己爱恋的事物。

片段一：Peter教授在宣布退休之后倍感后悔，前来请求系主任能够让他再执教三年。

Peter: So, Bob, I’m asking myself a lot of tough questions lately. Everybody knows I made a whole stink about leaving this place. You know, how it’s time…

Bob: How if you’d look back, you’d turn into a pillar of salt.

Peter: Yeah, all that. That’s…I think I may have spoken too soon. I think, I think I still got a little gas in the tank.That’s all. I just…

Bob: Well, Peter, you have no bigger fan around here than me.

Peter: Thank you.

Bob: When you announced your plans, we were all sad to see you go, but you insisted that it was time.

Peter: Right, which I thought it was.

Bob: We hired someone, young guy out of UVA. Very impressive candidate. He was our first choice, actually. We didn’t think we would get him, but we did. You said you wanted nothing to do with the search.

Peter: Right. Right. No, I … I just, I just didn’t think it would move so fast.

Bob: Well, there was unanimous enthusiasm for the candidate, so things just moved along faster than normal.

Peter: Bob, give me this one.

Bob: Peter, we can’t. The department has spent thousands of dollars on this search. He’s turned down other offers. You know what goes into this sort of thing.

Peter: I hired you, Bob. You don’t have to tell me how this… And let me tell you. There was no unanimousenthusiasm for you back then. It took a lot of arm-twisting on my part to get people to come around. And now, 20 years later,the only reason that you are the chairman of this goddamned department is ‘cause I loathe politics. And you, for reasons which I cannot fathom, do not. In fact, you seem to have a real taste for it. Wow. I’m asking… I’m asking a favor. Listen. Just give me this one, Bob, okay? I need three more years.

Bob: I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.

Peter因为不想退休，所以一直在找系里，闹得沸沸扬扬。stink本意指“难闻的气味”，引申出“吵闹，争吵”之意，故make a whole stink about sth.意为“大吵大闹（表示不满）”。其他例句，如：I was asking why the players were making a big stink.（我问这些球员在吵什么。）John made a whole stink about being accidentally short changed.（售货员无意中少找了钱，John就大闹了起来。）

《圣经》中罗得（Lot）带领妻女逃离即将毁灭的城市索多玛（Sodom）时，其妻回头探望，即刻变成了一根盐柱。Bob是在表达Peter现在后悔已晚的意思。

get a little gas in the tank，本意“邮箱里还有一点油”，比喻Peter觉得自己还能发挥一点余热。

“you have no bigger fan around here than me”，意为“在这里我最支持你”。……