Every Underdog Has His Day每個人都有實現夢想的一天

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The Peanuts Movie（《史努比：花生大電影》）改編自查爾斯·舒爾茨的連環漫畫Peanuts（《花生漫畫》）。影片講述了小男孩Charlie Brown（查理·布朗）因為新同學紅發小女孩的到來，非常希望甩掉“失敗者”的標簽，做一名“成功人士”，以得到新同學的關注，無奈麻煩依然不斷。他精心準備了一個魔術節目，卻因為妹妹演套牛人被同學嘲笑牛是假的，于是臨時套上斑點布扮演奶牛;他考試得了滿分，卻在全校表彰大會上誠實吐露考卷不是自己的;他在舞會上勇敢地跳了一支弗拉門戈舞……他雖然沒有成為一名“成功人士”，但最終如愿以償成為了紅發小女孩的筆友。《史努比：花生大電影》向我們證明了：每個人都有實現夢想的一天。

查理·布朗與紅發小女孩成為搭檔，共同完成一篇讀書報告。可是紅發小女孩因為家中有事而請了假，查理·布朗決定獨自完成讀書報告。

Marcie： Charles？ Ive never seen you in here before.

Charlie Brown： Oh， Marcie. Thank goodness（謝天謝地） I found you. Can you help me find a copy of Leos Toy Store？

Marcie： Did you say Leos Toy Store？

Charlie Brown： Yeah. Peppermint Patty told me you said it was the greatest ...

Marcie： Stop right there， Charles. Come with me. This is what youre looking for. Leo Tolstoys War and Peace（《戰爭與和平》）.

Charlie Brown： Ohhh. Yikes（表示驚訝，呀！）. How long was this war？

Marcie： Are you sure， that is the book you want to read？ Might I remind you， Charles， you only have the weekend to complete（完成） your report.

Charlie Brown： I have to， if Im gonna win that gold star.

經歷了各種丟臉的事后，查理·布朗不明白紅發小女孩為什么仍然選自己做她的筆友。

Linus： Charie Brown， where have you been？ Its the first day of summer. You should be down there having fun with everyone else.

Charlie Brown： I cant stop thinking about it， Linus. After all the humiliating（丟臉的，羞辱性的） disasters（災難，不幸） she witnessed（目睹） this year， why would she choose me？ Was she feeling sorry for me？ I dont want her to choose me just because she was feeling sorry for me. I have slightly（輕微地） more dignity（尊嚴） than that.

Linus： Charlie Brown， it might be time to consider the wild possibility（可能性） that youre a good person and that people like you. But you know， youll never really know the answer unless ...

Charlie Brown： I just go up and talk to her. I should have listened to you all along.

于是，紅發小女孩告訴查理·布朗選他做筆友的原因。

The Little Red-haired Girl： Oh， hi， Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown： You remembered my name？

The Little Red-haired Girl： Of course I did.

Charlie Brown： Before you leave， theres something I really need to know. Why， out of all the kids in our class， would you want to be partners（搭檔） with me？

The Little Red-haired Girl： Thats easy. Because Ive seen the type of person you are.

Charlie Brown： An insecure（不自信的）， wishy-washy（不堅定的） failure（失敗的人）？

The Little Red-haired Girl： Thats not who you are at all. I like the compassion（憐憫，同情） you showed for your sister at the talent show（才藝表演會）. The honesty you had at the assembly（集合，集會）. And at the dance， you were brave， and funny. And what you did for me， doing the book report while I was away， was so sweet of you. So， when I look at you， I dont see a failure at all. You have all the qualities（品質） that I admire（欣賞）. Sorry， I have to go now.

Charlie Brown： Wait. I think this belongs to you. （Charlie Brown gives her the pink pencil.）

The Little Red-haired Girl： Oh， thank you！ Ive been looking everywhere for this！ Ill write to you， pen pal.

Peanuts（《花生漫畫》），是一部連載的漫畫，作者是查爾斯·舒爾茨。該漫畫于1950年10月2日開始在美國報刊上登載，至2000年2月 13日作者病逝時停止更新，刊登的漫畫總數約為1萬7千多則。漫畫的主人公為Charlie Brown（查理·布朗），以及他養的小狗Snoopy（米格魯獵兔犬史努比）。