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幸福是什么？怎样追求幸福？当通往幸福的路上布满荆棘时我们应该如何守护梦想最终拥抱幸福？这些问题的答案，我们都可以从《当幸福来敲门》这部美国励志大片中找到，我们还可以从影片中汲取我们所需的养分和动力激励自己努力生活，追逐幸福。该影片自上映后受到热捧并获得了包括奥斯卡金像奖在内的多项提名。

Plot：

The Pursuit of Happyness is based on the true story of a famous black investor expert Chris Gardener （starred by Will Smith）. It described the hard journey of Chris Gardener， a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year-old son Christopher and finally obtained1 a position as a stock broker and became rich and happy. This inspiring movie contains many positive worldviews such as diligence2， faith， father-and-son bond and pursuit of happiness and so on. As a result of the meaningful theme and excellent acting， this film enjoyed great popularity since its release in December 2006.

《当幸福来敲门》是根据著名的黑人投资专家克里斯·加德纳（威尔·史密斯饰演）的真实故事改编而来。它讲述了克里斯·加德纳这个来自旧金山的底层销售员是如何奋力为自己和五岁的儿子打拼并最终成为股票经纪人过上富裕幸福生活的艰难历程。这部励志大片向我们传递了很多积极的世界观比如说勤奋、信念、父子情和追求幸福等等。该片主题深刻经典，演员演技卓绝，因此自2006年12月上映以来一直很受欢迎。

Chris Gardener was a bright but unlucky salesman. He worked hard from morning till night but still failed to make much money. In 1981， he invested all his money to buy a kind of medical equipment. Unfortunately， those equipment were expensive but useless， making it hard for Chris to sell. As a result， his wife Linda had to take full responsibility for supporting the family. At last， Linda couldnt bear the pressure of poverty and left home for NewYork alone. Chris， therefore， became a single father raising his 5-year-old son on his own.

克里斯·加德纳是一个很聪明但运气欠佳的销售员。他从早到晚地勤勉工作却仍然赚不了多少钱。1981年，他用全部积蓄买入一种医疗器械。不幸的是这种设备不仅昂贵而且用处不大，克里斯很难卖出去。因此他的妻子琳达不得不承担起养家的全部责任。最后，琳达因为无法忍受贫穷的压力独自去了纽约。克里斯从此成为了一个单身父亲，独自抚养五岁大的儿子。

With the failure of his business， Chris had no money to pay for the rent. So， they were forced to move out of the flat and became homeless. They slept in the church， in the public bathroom or anywhere they can find. Despite3 all the difficulties， Chris never gave up his belief and strongly believed that happiness would come one day if he worked hard enough today.

克里斯因生意失败付不起房租所以从租房里被赶出来了，寄居在教堂，公共厕所或任何一个能找到的地方。尽管困难重重，克里斯却从来没有气馁并坚信只要努力工作幸福总有一天会降临。

Luckily， Chris accidentally won a six-month internship4 at Dean Witter which is a famous stock brokerage. The problem is that there was no pay at all during the six months and only one of the 20 people could survive the fierce5 competition. Chris had to struggle for making a living， taking care of his son and fighting for the job at the same time. But Chris took a positive attitude toward this， making phone calls， learning from others and constantly improving himself. Through his amazing willpower6 and hard work， Chris finally got the position. Whats more， Chris opened his own company and became a millionaire and since then he and his son enjoyed a happy and satisfactory life.

幸运的是克里斯偶然获得了在著名证券机构丁·威特实习六个月的机会，但问题是这六个月是没有工资的并且在激烈的竞争后20个人里面只有一个能留下来。克里斯必须同时应付生计、照顾儿子和争取工作这三个任务。但克里斯选择积极面对，拼命打电话，积极学习并不断提升自己。在他惊人的意志力和努力下，克里斯最终得到了那份工作，后来还自己开了一家公司成为了百万富翁，从此和儿子过上了幸福的生活。

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We may notice that there is a misspelling in “Happyness” in the title The Pursuit of Happiness. Actually， it was specially designed by the director to convey the theme of this inspiring movie. Chris found the mistake on the gate of Christophers daycare center and pointed out that there is no “Y” in Happiness， there is an “I”. Indeed， there is no “Why” in happiness， there is only “I” in it who is responsible for pursuing happiness in our life. In reality， we may meet many difficulties when we fight for our happiness. What we should do is not to give in to hardship. Instead， we should always have faith in ourselves， have faith in life and always keep it in mind that life will get better if we fight really hard for it. As the classical saying goes： “when the going gets tough7， the tough gets going.”

我们也许发现了标题中有一个拼写错误（Happyness）， 但其实这是导演专门设计用来揭示主题的。克里斯在儿子托儿所的大门上发现了这个错误并指出，幸福里没有“Y”，幸福里只有“I”。确实，幸福没有为什么（Y），幸福里只有自己。在追求幸福的道路上我们可能会碰到许多的困难，但我们不应该向困难妥协而是应该相信自己，相信生活，并且确信只要努力奋斗生活终将变得更好。就像那句名言说的一样：“当前进的路变得坎坷时，只有坚毅的人才能挺过去。”

Classical lines：

1. You have a dream， you got to protect it.

如果你有梦想，就要守护它。

2. People cant do something by themselves； they wanna tell you you can not do it.

当人们做不到一些事情的时候，他们就会对你说你也同样不能。

3. You want something. Go get it！

有了目标就要全力以赴。

4. There is no “Y” in HAPPINESS， there is an “I”.

幸福没有为什么，幸福只有靠自己。

[1] obtain v. 获得 [2] diligence n. 勤奋，勤勉 [3] despite prep. 尽管，不管

[4] internship n. 实习生；实习期 [5] fierce adj. 猛烈的 [6] willpower n. 意志力；毅力

[7] tough adj. 艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的