The Pursuit of Happyness" -- the title comes from a misspelled schoolhouse mural -- has a lot on its mind but mostly this: If America is about the promise of bettering oneself, why does it have to be so freaking hard? In the movie, Jefferson's Declaration of Independence words about happiness kept recurring to Chris Gardner. Every day, Christ had to work hard from morning till night, but still could hardly make a living. Chris saw a bunch of suits, mostly male, pouring out of the Dean Witter Reynolds brokerage firm in downtown San Francisco. They all looked “happy,” “Why not me? “ Christ wondered. He did have an adorable boy, Christopher, but wife Linda was becoming a scarecrow of overworked anxiety. Finally, his wife left Christ because of life pressure, leaving him and her five-year-old son, Christopher. And naturally, Christ became a single father.
With the failure of his business, Christ had no money to pay for the rent, so they were driven away from the flat. They became homeless. They slept in asylum, subway station public bathroom or anywhere as a temporary shelter. The destitution of life was absolutely depressing, but for his son’s future, for his own belief, Christ never gave up and he still strongly believed that happiness would come one day if he worked hard enough today.
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With his great efforts, Christ won a six-month internship at Dean Witter, but there was no pay at all. So on one hand, Christ had to work hard to make a living; on the other hand, he had to fight for his intern work, since only one of the twenty interns would succeed finally. Besides, he had to take good care of his son after day care. However, Christ made it with his amazing willpower.Chris Gardner’s words
Rú ɡuǒ nǐ yǒu mènɡ xiǎnɡ, jiù yào shǒu hù tā .
如果你有梦想，就要守护它。
You got a dream, you gotta protect it.
Dānɡ rén men zuò bú dào yì xiē shì qínɡ de shí hou ， tā men jiù huì duì nǐ shuō nǐ yě tónɡ yànɡ bù nénɡ.
当人们做不到一些事情的时候，他们就会对你说你也同样不能。
People can't do something by themselves; they wanna tell you you can not do it.
Yǒu le mù biāo jiù yào quán lì yǐ fù.
有了目标就要全力以赴。
You want something. Go get it！
Mǎ dīnɡ ： rú ɡuǒ wǒ ɡù yōnɡ le yí ɡè méi yǒu chuān zhuó chèn shān zǒu jìn lái de rén， nǐ huì zěn me shuō ?
马丁：如果我雇佣了一个没有穿着衬衫走进来的人，你会怎么说?
Martin Frohm: What would you say if a man walked in here with no shirt, and I hired him? What would you say?
Kè lǐ sī • jiā dé nà ： tā yí dìnɡ chuān le yì tiáo hěn bànɡ de kù zi.
克里斯•加德纳：他一定穿了一条很棒的裤子。
Chris Gardner: He must have had on some really nice pants.
Wǒ shì zhè yànɡ de rén ,rú ɡuǒ nǐ wèn de wèn tí wǒ bù zhī dào dá àn ,wǒ huì zhí jiē ɡào su nǐ “ wǒ bù zhī dào ”.dàn wǒ xiànɡ nǐ bǎo zhènɡ : wǒ zhī dào rú hé xún zhǎo dá àn ,ér qiě wǒ yí dìnɡ huì zhǎo chū dá àn de .
我是这样的人，如果你问的问题我不知道答案，我会直接告诉你“我不知道”。但我向你保证：我知道如何寻找答案，而且我一定会找出答案的。
I'm the type of person, if you ask me a question, and I don't konw the answer, I'm gonna to tell you that I don't konw. But I bet you what: I konw how to find the answer, and I'll find the answer.
Bié rànɡ bié rén ɡào su nǐ nǐ chénɡ bù liǎo cái ， jí shǐ shì wǒ yě bù xínɡ 。
别让别人告诉你你成不了才，即使是我也不行。
Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something, not even me.
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