Pursue virtue and knowledge；be true to ourselves

西安外國語大學 孟 潔

《無問西東》講述了四代清華學生在四個非同凡響的時空中追逐熱愛、興趣與夢想的故事。他們不斷叩問內心，做自己真正想要去做的事情，不問世俗言語，立德立言，無問西東。

From World War to revolution and eventually rebirth, Forever Young is the story of four generations going through a hundred years of modern Chinese history.Each generation facesitsown unique challenges.Up against the trials and suffering of the Cultural Revolution,and one's duty to nation in time of war,they are faced with choosing their individual paths through history.But as the challenges and crisis of each generation may differ as time changes,what was learned in the past cannot help but effect the choices that are made in the future as it ispassed downfrom generation to generation.And that is the universal message thatbeing true to yourselfis precious.It is the source of strength that inspires one to become the person they want to be,to march forward as far as their hearts desire,into the future.

The ending of the movie reminds us that no matter what we go through in life,we should never forget our own value.We all experience difficult times and are susceptible（易受影響的）to forgetting who we are.The ending moves us by reminding us that we are precious no matter what we've gone through and no matter what we are forced to deal with.It is an important reminder to everyone living in an ever-changing world.

The message of the movie is very impressive and is something that everyone can feel andrelate to.We all go through life with certain outside expectations and influences,but it's when we listen to our inner voice,we all feel happiest.

Reading Check

Forever Young is about four 1.______,who were all faced with choosing their individual 2.______,going through a hundred years of 3._____Chinese history.What impressed the audience most was that in no case should we forget our own 4.______and listen to our 5. voice______.

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.Up against the trials and suffering of the Cultural Revolution,and one's duty to nation in time of war,they are faced with choosing their individual paths through history.

翻譯：____________________________

【點石成金】本句是一個復合句。主句為they arefacedwith...；句中，upagainst意為“面臨……”，Up against...在句中是介詞短語作狀語。

2.The ending moves us by reminding us that we are precious no matter what we've gone through and no matter what we are forced to deal with.

翻譯：_____________________________

【點石成金】本句是由一個主句和兩個從句構成的。no matter what在句中引導讓步狀語從句，意為“無論什么……”。remind sb that意為“提醒某人……”。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.up against面臨

2.pass down使世代相傳；流傳

3.be true to yourself做真實的自己；忠于自己

4.go through 經歷；遭受

5.be forced to do被迫做某事

6.relate to與……有關；了解

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the phrases given above.

1.It is important and uncommon that pay no attention to what others think and ______.

2.Now we know what we are ______,how do we get out of this trap and go on?

3.The boss sincerely apologized to the staff who ______his violent temper on the day he left.

4.Working as we want and not ______anything that we don't really want to do is beautiful and unrealistic.

5.There should be some small warm and touching stories ______from generation to generation in the ancient town.

6.Many people often divide these things and fail to find how they ______one another.

Cultural Background

電影《無問西東》最初是作為向清華大學百年校慶獻禮的作品，片名《無問西東》取自清華大學校歌中的一句歌詞：立德立言，無問西東。2012年4月16日，該片在北京的拍攝部分完成，之后劇組前往云南拍攝取景；同年12月31日，電影正式殺青。此外，影片還在甘肅、廣東等地取景，并且全片采用膠片進行拍攝。