大学的时候，上网还很贵。校园网贼慢贼慢的，一小时网费还不便宜。记得当时学校有个资源库的机房，专门放各种英文视频资源。我有时能在那里泡一下午。
当时看得最多的，就是这部美剧《绝望的主妇》。很生活化的场景，没有那么多晦涩难懂的术语，聊的是日常琐屑，演绎的是人生百态。
人无完人这四个字在这部美剧里体现得淋漓尽致：
Susan很随和可爱，又有些神经质幼稚。但这个角色的迷人之处在于，她特别敢爱敢恨，敢想敢为。
得知前夫出轨，她宁愿放弃锦衣玉食也要与之决裂。但也窘迫到为了生计去做色情主播。命悬一线的时候，老同学用她最需要的肾源换和她的婚姻，她拒绝了，哪怕会为此付出生命的代价。
她是一个把爱情看得比自己的生命都要重的女人。
Mike这句土味情话如今看来依旧感动满满
Bree是个完美主义者，表面上看是个挑不出毛病的女人：优雅知性，无所不精无所不能，烘焙、园艺、家政、仪容、相夫教子……她甚至为了掩盖家丑，假扮怀孕，把所有事情一肩挑。但就是这样一个上得厅堂下得厨房的女人，经营出了千疮百孔的家庭。她不是没有脆弱崩溃的时候，她不是没有想过逃离，但最后她选择与自己和解。放下铠甲，不等于妥协。
Lynette曾经是叱咤职场的女强人，却为家庭任劳任怨，四个孩子连轴转还不够，就连Tom也是个巨婴。要论无私，这四个女人里，她排第一。
我刚生完宝宝做全职妈妈，经常被孩子的各种琐事逼到崩溃，总会想起Lynette，才深刻地体会到，她为家庭放弃的，绝不仅仅是自己属于职场的那份能力和骄傲，更是人生的尊严和自信。
纵然伟大如Lynette，为家庭奉献太多，为自己考虑得太少，家庭也非一帆风顺，总有这样那样的坎坷，比如Tom出轨还有私生女，这是对她最致命的打击。
Gaby放到今天，我们可能会说她是精致的利己主义者：漂亮，又有点小狡猾，从不掩饰自己对利益的追逐，也清楚地知道利用自己的美貌优势获得想要的东西。
但即便精致利己如Gaby，也有不离不弃的忠贞。丈夫失明之后，她一人挑起了生活的重担，曾经的超模也成了为生活疲于奔命的大妈。印象最深是她丈夫Carlos恢复视力，家庭情况渐渐好转后，给她买了一件高档的丝绒睡衣。身材松垮的她看着空荡荡的衣柜里这件金光闪闪的睡衣，泪如雨下。
第二季结尾时，Mary Alice在独白里说：
The trick is to keep moving forward to let go of the fear and the regret that slow us down and keep us from enjoying a journey that will be over too soon. Yes, there will be unexpected bends in the road, shocking surprises we didn't see coming, but that's really the point, don't you think?
秘诀就是，继续前行，驱走放慢我们脚步的恐惧与悔恨，享受短暂的人生之旅。诚然，前方总会有始料不及的转折，也有不期而遇的惊喜。这才是最重要的，不是吗？
一语道破人生真谛。
这也是我喜爱这部美剧的原因，每一集开头结尾的独白将各种人生哲学大道理娓娓道来。
大学时，还不习惯做电子笔记，当时专门弄了个小本子，将每一集的独白都给抄了下来，慢慢品味。
有些独白，在当时就很有共鸣，比如关于真相与谎言：
When the truth is ugly, people try to keep it hidden, because they know if revealed, the damage it will do. So they conceal it within sturdy walls, or they place it behind closed doors, or they obscure it with clever disguises, but truth, no matter how ugly, always emerges, and someone we care about always ends up getting hurt, and someone else will revel in their pain, and that's the ugliest truth of all.
比如关于恐惧与坚强：
There is much to be afraid of in this world. But what we fear has nothing to do with gruesome masks, or plastic spiders, or lifelike monsters. No, it's the thoughts in our head, that terrify us the most... What if she comes to regret her decision? What if he really is unhappy? What if the chance for love has passed forever? How do we conquer these terrifying thoughts? We start by reminding ourselves what does not kill us...just makes us stronger.
有些独白，在当年人生阅历尚浅的时候还无法体会，但这些随着人生不断翻开新篇章，总是会不时想起，荡起涟漪：
比如关于信任：
Trust is a fragile thing, once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom； but once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course the truth is, we never know who we can trust. Those we are closest to can betray us. And total strangers can come to our rescue. In the end, most people decide to trust only themselves. It really is the simplest way to keep from getting burned.
关于责任：
Sooner or later, the time comes when we all must become responsible adults, and learn to give up what we want, so we can choose to do what is right. Of course, a life time of responsibility isn’t always easy, and as the years go on, it’s a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear. But still we try to do what is best, what is good. Not only for ourselves, but for those we love. Yes, sooner or later we must all become responsible adults. No one knows this better than the young.
咪蒙说，你的文章里如果有那么一两句写得特别深刻，引起读者的共鸣，那么这篇文章就很容易得到转发。
英文写作也是如此。如果一篇文章中，有那么一段或一句特别精髓，引起读者或阅卷老师的共鸣，他们应该不会吝啬自己给出的印象分。
而这些大段大段的独白也是非常好的口语和写作素材。
比如，如果写幸福往往就藏在身边的小事里，这段独白就可以整段用上：
Happiness, it's something everyone searches for. Some are sure they'll find it once they've moved back home. Some think they'll find it by making a new friend. Some hope to find it once they defeated the competition. Then ther are those who stop searching for happiness, because they look up one day to discover it was right ther in front of them all the time.
写母爱，这段独白可以作为引子：
It happens the second Sunday of every May. We celebrate the women who give us life and so much more: the ones who protect us at all costs, who have the courage to fight those who would do us harm, who put our happiness ahead of their own. But mostly, we celebrate a mother's love, which is constant, eternal, and there from the very beginning.
歌颂友情，可以写这句：
There is nothing more important than friendships that endure, especially in a world that insists on changing.
简洁又深刻。
绝望的主妇，desperate一词不止是绝望，更有走投无路之时放手一搏的无畏。
这部剧在2012年就完结了，从那之后，我再也没有重温过。但往后的日子里，我时常能想起这四个女人，想起她们的乐观坚强。
她们的字典里从没有“一蹶不振”这四个字，她们的人生是对“生活吻我以痛，我却报之以歌”的实力诠释。
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