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The Cannes Film Festival, as its name suggests, takes place in the luxurious, coastal, French city of Cannes.

Steeped in the breezy and refreshing early-summer sea air, the event usually lasts for 11 days throughout the second half of May.

Since it is extensively longer than a single ceremony, the festival features a broader array of activities,

ranging from carpet premieres and movie screenings to meetings, networking, and parties.

In its networking activities, for example, movie producers get to socialize with distributors from all over the world to promote their works,

look out for potential collaboration, and seek distribution of their films to other countries.

戛纳电影节，顾名思义，在奢华的法国海滨城市戛纳举行。

在微风和清新的初夏海洋空气中，这项活动通常持续11天，整个5月下旬。

由于它比一个单一的仪式要长得多，所以它的活动范围更广，

从地毯式的首映式和电影放映到会议、社交和聚会。

例如，在其网络活动中，电影制作人与来自世界各地的发行商进行社交活动，以推广他们的作品，

寻找潜在的合作，并寻求将他们的电影发行到其他国家。

Round-table meetings are arranged for up-and-coming directors to engage in discussions about new directions that film, as an art and an industry, can take.

On this count, the Academy Awards ceremony is the culmination of a months-long award season, the conclusive summary of a competitive race among hundreds of movies produced in the past year.

The Cannes Film Festival, on the other hand, is larger in its scope than award presentations.

It's a little less about competition and a tad more about opening up dialogues.

The most significant award given at the Cannes Film Festival is the Golden Palm, the equivalent for the Best Picture award at the Oscars.

Still, to scoop an award in any category of the two events is a high honor.

圆桌会议是为未来的导演们安排的，讨论电影作为一门艺术和一个产业可以采取的新方向。

就这点而言，奥斯卡颁奖典礼是长达数月的颁奖季的高潮，是过去一年数百部电影竞争激烈的总结。

另一方面，戛纳电影节的范围比颁奖典礼更大。

它少了一点竞争，多一点关于开放对话。

戛纳电影节上最重要的奖项是金棕榈奖，相当于奥斯卡最佳影片奖。

不过，在这两个项目中的任何一个类别中获得奖项都是一种崇高的荣誉。

For years, the Oscars have been bearing the full brunt of criticisms regarding the alleged bias in its results.

Some critics have argued that the Oscars voting committee only set their eyes on high-grossing films made in the US and ignore promising works produced by less well-known directors, let alone international films.

But I don't think that the criticisms detract too much from the credibility of the event.

For movie critics and the public, lobbing swipes has been a tradition in the history of such events,

and, if anything, critiques speak to people's enthusiasm in participating and are likely to nudge those events into welcome changes.

So, if you've exhausted all the films on your current wish list and are craving for some more high-quality, ground-breaking movies to watch,

take a stroll into the pantheon of winners at either the Oscars or Cannes. It'll be worth your time.

多年来，奥斯卡一直首当其冲地受到有关其结果中所谓的偏见的批评。

一些评论家认为，奥斯卡投票委员会只把目光放在美国制作的高票房影片上，而忽视了知名度较低的导演创作的有前途的作品，更不用说国际电影了。

但我不认为这些批评对这一事件的可信度有太大的损害。

对于影评人和公众来说，游说是此类事件历史上的传统，

而且，如果有什么不同的话，批评可以反映出人们参与的热情，并可能推动这些活动发生可喜的变化。

所以，如果你已经用尽了你目前的愿望清单上的所有电影，并渴望更多的高质量，突破性的电影观看，

走进奥斯卡或戛纳获奖者的万神殿。值得你花时间。

美文阅读

㈠即使大天才，也无不努力不懈。今天的大作家之中，名副其实的大天才，少有如金庸者。而他那十几套不朽的名著，正是天天不断地写，写了十七年之久，才写出来的。

　　贝多芬和瓦格纳，都是大天才，可都勤奋过人。

　　没有不懈的努力，有多少天才、天赋，也是枉然。

　　常常听年轻人说，想当作家或者想成为画家。每次听他们说，我就问：“你有没有写？你有没有画？”

　　十次提问就会有十次得到答案，可惜都是：没有。

　　这些年轻幻想派其实不是想做什么。他们只是爱幻想，一旦要付出努力，就不行。

　　想当作家，要写；想当画家，要画。不能光靠幻想。

　　许多青年人是有潜质的，但未付诸实际行动的潜质，永远只是潜质，价值等于零。

　　把潜质变为实质，要行动。年轻幻想派，只有幻想，不肯努力，前途不问而知。一定以零开始，以零收场。

㈡芦苇场的人说：“芦苇就像野草，一岁一枯荣，到了冬天就被割光了，可以用它来编席子和造纸。”于是我立即从栈桥上跳进芦苇荡，不一会儿折了一大把白色的芦花。

㈢青年人比老年人易于发愁些，因为青年人的生机比较强旺。小孩子们的生机也很强旺，然而不知道愁苦，因为他们时时刻刻地游戏，所以他们的生机不至于被抑郁。

朋友，闲愁最苦！愁来愁去，人生还是那么样一个人生，世界也还是那么样一个世界。假如把自己看得伟大，你对于烦恼，当有“不屑”地看待。假如把自己看得渺小，你对于烦恼当有“不值得”地看待；我劝你多打网球，多弹钢琴，多栽花木，多搬砖弄瓦。假如你不喜欢这些玩意儿，你就谈谈笑笑，跑跑跳跳，也是好的。