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It is so nice to finally meet you, Mr. Wolfe.Max has told us so much.
终于和你见面了 沃尔夫先生 真是太高兴了 麦克斯常常提起你
Tom! It's Tom. Please.And nice to meet you. Every man jack of you. Or "girl jack," I should say.Max has been circumspect about all these beautiful daughters.A bounteous sea of loveliness.
汤姆! 叫我汤姆就行 也很高兴能来到这里 和你们每一个人见面 应该是每一个女人 麦克斯常常提起 他的这些漂亮的女儿们 放眼望去 真是让人赏心悦目
Max tells us you're working on a new book.
麦克斯告诉我们 你正在写一本新书
I'm nothing if not a big old octopus.
说到底 我其实就是一只大章鱼
An octopus.
大章鱼
One arm still wrapped around O Lost...while another one sneaks over here through the briny deep... to write the new book.I guess you could say I'm... I'm tentacular.
一只触手还忙于修改《啊 迷失》 另一只触手就已经偷偷探出去想要开始写新书了 所以我觉得...我跟章鱼挺像的
What's the new one about?
那新书是关于什么内容的?
It's about America. All of it. I'm trying to capture everything.Every city and village... and stone and leaf and man and child. And every farm and flower, every river.It's about the one acetylene torch... white, bright truth that burns in the heart of every man in this country.And that is the search for a true father. I don't mean biological father.I'm not talking about sperm. I mean, I search for the need of a father of our spirit. It's about every single thing that makes this country great. It's mammoth!
关于美国 我想试着囊括美国的方方面面 每一座城市 村庄 每一块石头 每一片树叶 每一个大人和小孩 每一座农场 每一朵花 每一条河流 是关于那朵能够照亮整个国家每一个人内心的 圣洁而明亮的火焰的 是对父亲真正意义上的探寻 我不是指给予你生命的父亲 也不是在谈论精子 而是说 我们需要寻找精神层面父亲的意义 这本书是关于每一件 能够让这个国家变得更为美好的事 是一本史诗巨作!
重点讲解

sea of sth
a large amount of sth that stretches over a wide area
大量；茫茫一片
He looked down at the sea of smiling faces before him.
他看着眼前这笑脸的海洋。

search for sth
to think carefully about sth, especially in order to find the answer to a problem
思索,细想(问题答案等)
He searched desperately for something to say.
他搜肠刮肚,想找点话说。

capture
(用图画、文章、电影等准确地)表达,刻画,描述
同义词：catch
The article captured the mood of the nation.
这篇文章把国民的情绪表达得淋漓尽致。

sneak
偷偷地走；溜
同义词：creep
I sneaked up the stairs.
我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。

wrap
wrap sth around sth
wrap sth around sb
wrap round sth
wrap round sb
to put sth firmly around sth / sb
用…缠绕(或围紧)
A scarf was wrapped around his neck.
他的脖子上围着一条围巾。
His arms were wrapped around her waist.
他的双臂紧紧环抱她的腰。

视频及简介
该片讲述了汤玛士·沃尔夫做客帕金斯家的故事。