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主播：Flora（中国）+Erin（美国）

歌曲 ：can you hear me? (by Munn)

今天我们来聊一聊最近的一部关于“中式教育”的电影——《抓娃娃》（Successor）。

01. 影片名《抓娃娃》和Successor

Successor意为“继承者”，指影片中父亲马成钢培养儿子马继业为自己的“继承者”。而“抓娃娃”则为“抓孩子”或者抓孩子的education（教育）。

02. 《抓娃娃》的影片内容

There was a tycoon(富翁) named Ma Chenggang who had two sons.

由于长子（his elder son）在优渥的条件下（under the favorable conditions）没多大成就，马成钢将此归咎于the living conditions were so good that he did not appreciate them（生活条件太好，所以他并不珍惜）。他觉得大儿子没能“成才”肯定是因为没有艰苦条件的磨炼。

Then he decided that he would make sure (决定要确保) that his youngest son would be admitted to Qingbei University (小儿子被清北大学录取) to fulfill the wish that he had not