听力文本
My thoughts turned to Melanie.
我又想到梅勒妮
It's unbelievable.
开玩笑
It's fucked up.
全乱套了
They've got kids... little elementary school kids...
他们还有孩子 小孩 还没上小学
doing these massshooting drills in their schools,
在学校搞什么枪战演习
because everybody has to have a gun, because that's the answer...
就因为现在是个人就得有枪 就因为...
I love Melanie's idealism, but maybe that idealism
我爱梅勒妮的理想主义 不过可能正是因为这种理想化
prevented me from ever selling out.
影响了我向别人推销自我
Jason Hatfield married a woman who had money of her own.
杰森的老婆自己就很有钱
She introduced him to rich clients, gave him entrée and status.
把他介绍给有钱的客户 让他名利双收
Diane Fisher's famous in her own right.
费舍的老婆凭自己的本事混出名堂
She and Craig competed with each other,
能和费舍不分上下
pushing each other to succeed.
相互促进 一起成功
Here. Oh.
来尝尝
But Melanie...
可是我老婆
she's so easily satisfied.
真的是知足常乐
It's good.
真好吃诶
Seriously? Yeah!
真的 对啊
Honestly? Yeah, I always love your sauces.
说实话 一直很喜欢你调的酱
Maybe her contentment undermined my ambition.
是不是这种知足才削减了我的雄心壮志呢
Okay.
好吧
重点讲解

contentment
a feeling of happiness or satisfaction
满意；满足
He has found contentment at last.
他最终得到了满足。
a sigh of contentment
满足地舒一口气

undermine
to make sth, especially sb's confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective
逐渐削弱(信心、权威等)；使逐步减少效力
Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats.
他们最近的几次失败已严重动摇了我们对该队的信心。
This crisis has undermined his position.
这场危机已损害了他的地位。

ambition
ambition to be sth
ambition do sth
ambition of being sth
ambition doing sth
something that you want to do or achieve very much
追求的目标；夙愿
She never achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer.
她一直未能实现当名作家的夙愿。
His burning ambition was to study medicine.
他梦寐以求的是学医。
It had been her lifelong ambition.
这是她终身追求的目标。
political / literary / sporting ambitions
政治抱负；文学夙愿；运动目标

视频及简介
该片讲述了一名有着美好工作及家庭的男人，相当羡慕老同学们比他拥有更好的命运。而在陪同儿子前往大学途中的东海岸之旅，他不得不再次面对老友们给他带来的挫败感。