2. An Education 成長教育

In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor is a 16-year-old schoolgirl, on track to enter Oxford University when she meets a charming older man, David Goldman, who pursues her romantically. He takes her to concerts, clubs, and fine restaurants, and easily charms her parents into approving of the relationship. When Jenny recognizes that David is a con man who makes money through a variety of shady practices, she is initially shocked but silences her misgivings in the face of David's persuasive charm.

When David proposes marriage, Jenny accepts and leaves school. She then discovers David is already married. When she reveals her discovery to David, he drops out of sight. Jenny despairs, feeling she has thrown her life away, but with the help of her favourite teacher, resumes her studies and is accepted at Oxford the following year.

16歲的珍妮是一個聰明開朗的小姑娘，就讀于英國倫敦鄉(xiāng)下一所女子學(xué)校的預(yù)科班，她的成績很好，是眾所期待考上牛津大學(xué)的"種子選手"。某天，她遇見了成熟時髦、風(fēng)趣迷人的男人大衛(wèi)，并閃電般地與他陷入愛河不可自拔。大衛(wèi)帶她見識了大都市的燈紅酒綠和浮華奢靡，這一直是她非常向往的生活。在此之前她從來未曾想過，這種生活如此輕易就能得到。很快她就沉迷其中不可自拔，備考牛津的念頭也被拋諸到九霄云外。與大衛(wèi)一起的日子看起來是如此美妙，但是某一天，真相卻如一記磚頭重重地敲在珍妮頭上。她從一個天真活潑的女學(xué)生變成了一個世故圓滑的女人，她開始反思這種生活是否真的是她想要的……