Nicolars Sparks 的作品結(jié)局中皆大歡喜的不多，常常是相愛的人最后天人永隔。但種在彼此心中的愛意卻成為終生的動力，鼓舞活著的人繼續(xù)以積極健康的心態(tài)繼續(xù)生活下去。《羅丹島之戀》也不例外。Paul為了幫助兒子搶救藥品，被埋在了泥沙之中，悲痛的Adrienne數(shù)日里不言不語。而此時，一直叛逆的女兒Amanda扛起了一切。

Adrienne: Thank you. Look, um I've been wanting to explain to you, but I don't think... 謝謝。嗯，我一直想向你解釋，但是我不認為……

Amanda: Yeah, but you don't think that I can handle it. because, in your mind, I'm still just a little girl. But I'm not. And I know stuff. Like what happened with you and Dad. He told me about how he hurt you. And all that time that I was so mean to you. I'm really sorry. But I do know what happens. I do. So you can tell me. 是的，但是你不認為我能處理。因為，在你心中，我只是一個小女孩。但是我不是。我知道一些事情，你和爸爸之間發(fā)生的事情，他告訴我他是怎么傷害你的。一直以來 我對你都那么刻薄。我真的很抱歉。但是我知道發(fā)生了什么事情，我真的知道。所以你可以告訴我。

Adrienne: Okay. While your father and I were apart, I met a man. I know you've only ever known your father and me. And I love Jack because he's your father. But there's another kind of love, Amanda. One that gives you the courage to be better than you are, not less than you are. One that makes you feel that anything is possible. I want you to know that you could have that. I want you to hold out for it. I want you to know that you deserve it. You hear me? 好的。當你父親和我分開的時候，我遇到了一個男人。我知道你只了解你父親和我。我愛杰克因為他是你們的父親，但是還有另外一種愛，阿曼達。那種給你力量找回你自己而不是喪失你自己的愛。那種然你感覺一切皆有可能的愛。我想讓你知道你可以擁有它。我希望你知道你可以伸手去拿到它。我希望你知道你是值得擁有它的，你聽到了嗎?

Amanda: Tell me about him. You made this for him? 跟我說說他的事。你為他做了這個?

Adrienne: I was going to give it to him. These are letters that I sent to him which came back to me. 我本來準備送給他。里面是我寫給他的信，現(xiàn)在又回到我這兒了。

“One that gives you the courage to be better than you are, not less than you are.”因為愛，我們想要改變，想要變的更好，幾乎是所有Nicolars Sparks作品的精髓所在。Paul的改變，Adrienne的改變，Amanda的改變。

Adrienne告訴自己的女兒，她可以得到那種高尚的愛戀，并希望孩子將來能夠hold out for it. hold out for, 固定短語，“堅持得到，堅持要求”。比如：Suitors settle for what is on offer now, even if plumper or shorter than the ideal , rather than hold out for the perfect partner. 求婚者可勉強地接受近在眼前的對象而不愿執(zhí)著地追求完美伴侶，即使對方是身形豐腴或體格矮小，并遠非理想。

電影的最后，Adrienne帶著兩個孩子又一次來到羅丹島，雖然斯人不再，但曾深愛，曾深深被愛的過往，將一直陪著Adrienne勇敢的生活下去。好了。告別美麗的羅丹島，下期，我們一起聽電影學英語。