听力文本
Soon after, the government
不久之后 政府
stepped in and banned tulip trading.
介入并禁止郁金香交易
Overnight, the market crashed.
一夜之间 市场崩溃
Thousands were left destitute.
数以千计的人一无所有
All this stemmed from a love of beauty,
这一切都源于对美的热爱
a passion for flowers
对花的热情
whose lives are even briefer than our own.
它们的生命比我们自己的还要简短
But while the blooms had faded,
但是当花朵凋谢的时候
the paintings remained.
画作仍存
You have brought her to life.
你画的真是栩栩如生
Only to torment me the more by knowing she's dead.
她的死 更折磨我
You know that, Mr. Van Loos? Yes.
你知道吗 凡·卢斯先生？ 是
She drowned herself.
她自己淹死的
We cannot say we know more than we can know.
冥冥之中 必有天意
Leave the rest to God.
剩下的交给上帝
He doesn't like mopers.
他不喜欢懒散者
重点讲解

mope
to spend your time doing nothing and feeling sorry for yourself
闷闷不乐；自怨自艾
同义词：brood
Moping won't do any good!
自怨自艾一点用处都没有！

drown
to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to kill sb in this way
(使)淹死,溺死
Two children drowned after falling into the river.
两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.
他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。

stem from sth
(not used in the progressive tenses)
to be the result of sth
是…的结果；起源于；根源是

ban
to decide or say officially that sth is not allowed
明令禁止；取缔
同义词：prohibit
Chemical weapons are banned internationally.
国际上禁止使用化学武器。

视频及简介
电影是在郁金香狂热背景下发生的，讲述了一名已婚女子与其雇来画像的穷画匠之间的爱情故事。