The fault in our stars

1. I believe we have a choice in this world about how to tell sad stories. On the one hand, you can sugarcoat it. The way they do in movies and romance novels... where beautiful people learn beautiful lessons... where nothing is too messed up 太糟糕 that can't be fixed无可补救... with an apology and a Peter Gabriel song. I like that version as much as the next girl does, believe me. It's just not the truth. This is the truth. Late in the winter of my seventeenth year... my mother decided that I was depressed. 2. She just eats like a bird吃鸟食, 吃很少, she barely leaves the house. I am not depressed, Mom. She's reading the same book over and over. The booklets and the websites always list depression as a side effect of cancer. Depression's not a side effect of cancer. It's a side effect of dying. Which is what was happening to me. I may switch you 转到, 换到 to Zoloft. Or Lexapro. And twice a day instead of once. Why stop there?  - Hmm? Really, just keep them coming你就说吧, 可劲说吧. I'm like the Keith Richards of cancer kids. Have you been going to that support group I suggested? Yeah, it's not my thing. Support groups can be a great way for you to connect with people who are on the same journey经历同样的事情. Give it a chance. Who knows, you might even find it enlightening眼界大开的. 3. We are gathered here today literally in the heart of Jesus. We're here with J.C. Who wants to share their story with the group? I'm Patrick. Testicular. I'll spare you the gory 血淋淋的 details 就不让你听了, 免听了 of Patrick's ball cancer. Basically, they found it in his nuts... they cut most of it out, and he almost died, but he didn't die. So now, here he is, divorced, friendless... living on his parents' couch... exploiting his cancer-tastic past in the heart of Jesus. To show us that one day, if we're lucky... we could be just like him. Who's next? I'm Hazel. Uh, thyroid, originally... but now with quite the impressive satellite colony in my lungs. And how are you doing? Uh, you mean besides the terminal cancer? All right, I guess. We're here for you, Hazel. Why don't I play another song? 4. Hey, sweet pea. So... was it awesome? And that was my life. Reality shows. Doctor's appointments. Eight prescription drugs, three times a day. But worst, worst, worst of all...  support group. - You cannot make me强迫我.  - Of course we can. We're your parents. Come on, we've been through this说过这些了, 讨论过了. You need to go. You need to make friends, and be a teenager. Mom, if you want me to be a teenager, you don't send me to support group. You gotta get me a fake ID so that I can go to clubs... and drink gimlets and take pot. Uh, you don't "take" pot. Well, that is the kind of thing I would know with a fake ID. Can you just get in the car, please? And so I went. Not because I wanted to, or because I thought it would help me... but for the same reason I did anything these days. To make my parents happy. I really don't understand why I can't just drive myself自己开车. It's not like 又不是说 you're gonna do anything你又没什么事做, 又不是说你有什么事做. You're just gonna sit here and wait again. Of course I'm not. No, I've got stuff to do. I'm gonna do errands. Have fun. The only thing worse than biting it from cancer... is having a kid bite it ( bite it interjection I. an invitation for someone to bite one's genitals. Person 1: "You suck at playing the drums." Person 2: "Bite it 去死吧.". II. verb. to fall and hit the ground. Someone can "bite it" either by falling while on foot, or by wrecking a human-powered vehicle (bicycle, skateboard, dirt-bike, etc.). That dude was trying to skate down the handrail and totally bit it! Man, you should have seen it. Joey bit it hard this morning on his way down the stairs. III. to fail. He bit it on that test. IV. verb - intransitive to die. be bitten by the ... bug informal to become very enthusiastic about something. Joe was bitten by the acting bug as a five-year-old. bite the bullet informal to force yourself to do something difficult or unpleasant that you have been avoiding doing. We'll just have to bite the bullet and get on with it. bite the dust informal to fail, die, or stop existing. All hope of them winning the championship eventually bit the dust. bite the hand that feeds you恩将仇报 to do something bad to someone who has been good to you and whose help you need. bite someone's head off informal to react angrily or rudely to someone when they think you have no reason for doing this. There's no need to bite my head off. I was just asking a simple question. bite me American very informal used for rudely telling someone that you are upset or annoyed with something they have just said or done. "You're not smart enough to get a job like that." "Bite me!". bite your tongue/lip 忍住不说 to stop yourself from saying something that might upset or annoy someone. I almost told her what I thought of her, but I bit my tongue. it/that bites (the big one) American spoken used for saying that you are disappointed or unhappy with something that has happened. I just found out I owe $500 in taxes. That really bites!) from cancer. - Oh, sorry. I'll take the stairs.  - No problem. So, who would like to start? Does anyone want to start? Who wants to kick it off? Go ahead. I'm Beth. I have spindle cell sarcoma. It's been an okay week. Isaac, I know that you're facing some challenges right now. Do you want to share with the group? Or maybe your friend, here? No, I'll share. I have retinoblastoma. We had surgery on one eye when I was younger... so this is a glass eye. And then I'm going in to the hospital to have another surgery... to take out the other eye. So, after that surgery, I'm just gonna be totally blind. But I'm lucky, because I have this beautiful, smoking hot girlfriend... who's way out of my league. Monica. And I have great friends like Augustus Waters to help me out. So, that's what's up这就是我的事. Thanks. Um, I'm Augustus Waters. I'm 18 years old and I had a touch of osteosarcoma about a year-and-a-half ago. So, I've lost this baby as a result. And, uh, now I'm part cyborg(A cyborg (short for "cybernetic organism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic parts. The term cyborg is often applied to an organism that has restored function or enhanced abilities due to the integration of some artificial component or technology that relies on some sort of feedback.), which is awesome. But, really, I'm just here at Isaac's request要求下. And how are you feeling, Gus? I'm grand, yeah. I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend. Maybe you'd like to share your fears with the group? My fears? Oblivion. You see, I intend to live an extraordinary life. To be remembered. So, I'd say if I have any fears有什么好怕的话, 怕什么的话, 有什么恐惧, it would be to not do that. Would anyone else in the group like to speak to that? Hazel? Unexpected没料到, 没想到, 出乎预料. I just want to say that there's gonna come a time when会有一天 all of us are dead. There was a time before humans and there's gonna be a time after. It could be tomorrow, it could be a million years from now. And when it does, there will be no one left...to remember Cleopatra or Muhammad Ali or Mozart...let alone 更不用说 any of us. Oblivion's inevitable无可避免的, 避无可避的. And if that scares you, then I suggest you ignore it. God knows it's what everyone else does. Well, that's some good advice. And I like all this because it's really nice to hear everybody... 5. I thought we were in a church basement... but apparently we were literally in the heart of Jesus. I didn't say anything我可什么都没说啊. Why are you looking at me like that那么看我? Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people. See, I decided a while back... not to deny myself 拒绝幸福 the simpler pleasures of existence. Particularly, as you so astutely ( [əˈstju:t] 一针见血的 good at judging situations and people quickly and able to use this knowledge for personal benefit. ) pointed out, we're all gonna die pretty soon. Okay, well, that's great. But I am not beautiful. I like it when you say it first我喜欢你先说, 我想你先说. Okay. Always. Always. What is with the "always"? "Always" is, like, their thing. They'll "always" love each other, and whatnot([ˈwɒtnɒt] 之类的事情 other similar things. She has to deal with the various taxes and whatnot.). They probably texted "always" to each other 14 million times this year. He's got to be hurting her boob. Let's go watch a movie. I'm free later this week, we could... No, I mean now. You could be an axe murderer杀人狂魔. There's always that possibility事有万一, 什么事都说不准. Come on, Hazel Grace. Take a risk. Really? That is disgusting. What, do you think that that's cool or something? You just ruined this whole thing. God! There's always a hamartia([həˈmɑ:tɪə] 致命缺点. a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. Hamartia is a word most famously used in Poetics, where it is usually translated as a mistake or error in judgment. In modern discussions of tragedy, hamartia has often been described as a hero's "tragic flaw.".), isn't there? And yours is even though you had freaking cancer... you're willing to give money to a corporation...for the chance to acquire even more cancer? Let me just tell you that not being able to breathe sucks! It totally sucks. "Hamartia"? It's a fatal flaw. Hazel Grace, they don't actually hurt you unless you light them. I've never lit one. It's a metaphor, see? You put the thing that does the killing right between your teeth... but you never give it the power to kill you. Hey, sweetheart. Is it Top Model time? No. Uh... I've made plans with有计划, 计划好 Augustus Waters. 6. Yeah, I failed my [driving] test a couple times. You don't say. Actually, the fourth time I took the test, it was going about how this is going. And when it was over... the instructor looks over at me, and she says... "Your driving, while unpleasant, is not technically unsafe." Cancer perk(an extra payment or benefit that you get in your job. Free theatre tickets are one of the perks of this job. a. 福利. 好处. a benefit or advantage that you get from a situation. At 15 I looked forward to the perks of adult life.). Total cancer perk. So, tell me about you. Um, I was 13 when they found it. Pretty much worst-case scenario. Thyroid, stage four. Not much they could do无能为力. Which didn't stop them, of course. Surgery. Radiation放射疗法, 放疗. Chemo. More radiation. All of which worked for a while. But, then stopped working. And then one day, my lungs started filling up with water. I couldn't breathe. No one could get it under control控制不住. You can let go, sweetie. Don't be afraid. That should have been the end. But then something strange happened. The antibiotics kicked in生效. They drained the fluid from my lungs. I got some strength back. Next thing I know, I found myself in an experimental trial. You know, the ones that are famous in the Republic of Cancervania for not working. It's called Phalanxifor. It didn't work in over 70% of the patients... but for some reason it's been working for me. So, they called it "The Miracle." Of course, my lungs still suck at being lungs... but, theoretically, they could continue to suck like this... for, I don't know, a while maybe. So, are you back in school? I got my GED, so I'm taking classes at MCC. Whoa! A college girl! Well, that explains the aura of sophistication高端, 高级. 7. Welcome to my humble abode 蜗居(the place where you live. of no fixed abode居无定所 legal British without a permanent home. right of abode 定居权, 居住权 official permission to live in a country.). Uh, my folks call them "encouragements." Don't ask. This is Hazel Grace. Hey. Oh, it's just "Hazel."  How's it going, "Just Hazel"? Yeah, we're going downstairs. Bye. This is it. Augusto World. This is my room. It's an impressive collection好多, 好一堆奖杯. Yeah, I used to play. Do you mind if I sit down? Yeah. Make yourself at home就像在自己家里一样. Sorry, the, um, stairs and the standing... Seriously, are you okay? Yeah, yeah. All right. What's your story? I already told you. I was diagnosed when I was 13... No, no, no. Not your cancer story, your real story. Your interests, your hobbies, your passions, your weird fetishes[ˈfetɪʃ] 癖好. "Weird fetishes"? Think of something. The first thing that pops in your head. Something you love. An Imperial Affliction(affliction [əˈflɪkʃ(ə)n] I. an illness. II. a serious problem. afflict [əˈflɪkt] 罹患 if you are afflicted by an illness or serious problem, you suffer from it. More and more children are afflicted by allergies.). Okay. What's that? It's a novel. Wait, does it have zombies in it? Stormtroopers? No, it's not that kind of a book. Okay, what's it about? Uh, cancer. It's about cancer? But not like that. Trust me, it's amazing.  The author, his name is Peter Van Houten. He's the only person I've ever come across in my life...  who, A, understands what it's like to be dying... but, B, hasn't actually died. I will read this horrible book with this very boring title... that does not include zombies or Stormtroopers. And in exchange作为交换... you will read this. This haunting, yet brilliant novelization小说化 of my favorite video game. "Counterinsurgence."? Yeah, don't laugh. It's awesome. It's about honor, and sacrifice, and bravery, and heroism. It's about embracing your destiny, and leaving a mark on the world. Wait, your hands are so cold. Well, they're not so much cold as just under-oxygenated. - Hazel Grace?  - Hmm? I love it when you talk medical to me. That's different. 8. Did he give it to you? By "it," do you mean herpes? It's a mother's dream. Hey, don't worry. Oh, my God, Mom. I'm not worried. It's not a big deal. We just hung out, it's not like I'm waiting for him to call me. Honey, would you like to be excused? Welcome to the sweet torture 甜蜜折磨 of reading An Imperial Affliction. Are you okay? Uh... Me? Yeah, I am excellent. I am, however, with Isaac, and... Isaac, does Support Group Hazel make this better or worse? Isaac! Focus on me. How fast can you get here多快你可以到这里? Great. Well, the door's open. I gotta run. Bye. Isaac, Hazel Grace from the Support Group is here. Isaac's in the midst of a psychotic episode(Psychosis [saɪˈkəusɪs] 精神错乱 a serious mental illness that affects your ability to know what is real and changes your personality and behaviour. It refers to an abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality". People suffering from psychosis are described as psychotic.) right now. You look really nice, by the way. I like this color on you. Isaac, Hazel's here. How you doing? I'm doing okay. It seems Isaac and Monica are no longer a going concern( a business that seems likely to continue to make a profit. A going concern is a business that functions without the threat of liquidation for the foreseeable future, usually regarded as at least within 12 months. It implies for the business the basic declaration of intention to keep running its activities at least for the next year, which is a basic assumption to prepare financial statements considering the conceptual framework of the IFRS. Hence, the declaration of going concern means that the entity has neither the intention nor the need to liquidate or curtail materially the scale of its operations. ). Oh, Isaac, I'm so sorry. Do you want to talk about it? No, I just want to cry and play video games. However, you know, it doesn't hurt to talk to him... if you have any sage words of feminine advice. I actually think that his response is fairly appropriate. "Pain demands to be felt痛苦需要被感知." You're quoting my book. She said she wanted to break up with me before the surgery... because she couldn't handle it. I'm about to lose my eyesight, and she can't handle it. I kept saying "always" to her. Like, "Always."And she kept talking over me打断 and not saying it back, and... it was like I was gone already, you know? You know, sometimes... people don't understand the promises 不知道自己在说什么 that they're making when they make them. I know, but...I feel like such a loser. I still have her necklace on. Take it off. Dude, take that off. Yeah. Here we go, man. Here we go. I just want to kick something. Don't hit that, don't hit that. - Hit this.  - Sorry. I've been wanting to call you for a few days now... but I've been waiting until I could form a coherent thought about 形成一种肯定的想法 An Imperial Affliction. Isaac. Pillows don't break. You need to break something. Try this. - The trophy?  - Yeah. Are you sure? I've been looking for a way to tell my father I kind of hate basketball. Go to town尽情吧, 随便吧, 随心所欲吧! Yes. I'm so glad that you liked it. Yes, I did. But the ending. I know. It is rather abrupt戛然而止, 相当仓促. "Rather abrupt"? Are you kidding? It's evil! I mean, I understand that she dies... but there's an unwritten contract 不成文的规定 between author and... - Gus?  - Yeah? - Cool?  - Sure. Between author and reader. And I feel like ending your book in the middle of a sentence... violates that contract, don't you think? I know what you mean... but, to be completely honest, I think it's just so truthful真实的. You just die in the middle of life. You die in the middle of a sentence说了半截话. But I really would like to know what happens to everyone after Anna dies. Like Anna's mother. Yes, and the Dutch Tulip Man. Have you tried contacting this Peter Van Houten fellow? I've written him so many letters, but he's never responded. Apparently, he moved to Amsterdam and became a recluse, and...- Shame.  - Yeah. Isaac...You feeling better, buddy? That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt. I'll help you clean this up. 9. I cannot stop thinking about this goddamn book. You're welcome. However, we do need closure, don't you think? That is exactly what I was asking Van Houten for in my letters. But he never responded. Um, nope. "Dear Mr. Waters... I am writing to thank you for your electronic correspondence. I am grateful to anyone who sets aside the time抽出时间来... to read my book." What are you doing? I may have found...Van Houten's assistant, emailed her. She may have forwarded that email on to Van Houten. Shall I continue? Oh, my God. Yeah, go, go, go! "I am particularly indebted 亏欠 to you, sir." Hazel Grace, he just called me "sir." Augustus, keep reading, keep reading! "Both for your kind words about An Imperial Affliction... and for taking the time...to tell me that the book, and here I quote you directly... meant a great deal to you and your friend Hazel Grace." "To answer your question, no, I have not written anything else, nor will I. I do not feel like continuing to share my thoughts with readers...would benefit either them or me. However, thank you... for your generous email. Yours most sincerely, Peter Van Houten." So, yeah, that just happened. I'm freaking out. I'm freaking out. Dear Mr. Peter Van Houten, my name is Hazel Grace Lancaster. My friend Augustus Waters... who read your book at my recommendation... just received an email from you at this address. I hope you will not mind that he shared that email with me. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind answering a few questions I have... about what happens after the end of the book. Specifically the following. Does Anna's mom marry the Dutch Tulip Man? And is the Dutch Tulip Man up to something... or is he just completely misunderstood? Lastly, I was hoping you could shed some light on Sisyphus the Hamster. These questions have haunted me for years... and I don't know how long I have left to get answers to them. I know that these are not important literary questions... And that your book is full of important literary questions... but I would just really like to know. And, of course, if you ever do decide to write anything else... I would love to read it. Frankly, I'd read your grocery lists. Yours, with great admiration, Hazel Grace Lancaster." Not bad. You think? Yeah, I mean, it's a bit pretentious... but then again, Van Houten uses words like "tendentious" and "Bacchanalia," so... I think he'll like it. Is it really 1:00 AM? Is it? Yeah, I guess it is. I should probably go to sleep. "Dear Ms. Lancaster... I cannot answer your questions, at least not in writing... because to do so would constitute a sequel够写续篇了... which you might publish or otherwise share on the Internet. Not that I don't trust you, but how could I trust you? I barely know you. Should ever you find yourself in Amsterdam, do pay a visit at your leisure有闲暇时." 10. Mom, look at this. He invited us to Amsterdam. Can we go? I mean, do you think we could actually go? I want you to have everything you want in the world. But we don't have the money, you know? Just getting all the equipment over there. How do we do that? Yeah, duh. I'm sorry. Why don't you just ask the Genies? Use your wish. I already used it. Pre-Miracle. What'd you use it on? Not Disney. Hazel Grace, you did not go to Disney World. - You did not use your last dying wish...  - I was 13. It was actually a really fun trip! That's the saddest thing I've ever heard. Now I'm just embarrassed. I can't believe I have a crush on a girl with such cliche wishes. Terrible. 11. The most important thing in any MRI is to lie completely still. But that day, it was almost impossible. How would you like to go on a picnic with me? Um, I would love to go on a picnic with you. Shall we? No. Let me... I smell like hospital, so I should just change. You're a survivor yourself, huh? Yeah. I didn't cut this fellow off for the hell of it. Although it does make an excellent weight-loss strategy. Legs are very heavy. How's your health now? It's great. NEC(No Evidence of Cancer. ) for 14 months. - That's fantastic.  - Yeah. I'm very lucky. Hey, listen, Gus. You have to understand, Hazel's still pretty sick. And she will be the rest of her life. And she's gonna want to keep up with you.  She's that kind of girl. But the truth is, her lungs... Ready, Gus? 12. Is this where you take all of your romantic conquests? Every last one of them(every last one every one; every single one. You must eat all your peas! Every last one! Each of you—every last one—has to take some medicine.). That's probably why I'm still a virgin. You are not still a virgin. Are you really? Let me show you something. See this circle? That is a circle of virgins. And this... is 18-year-old dudes with one leg. Funky Bones by Joep Van Lieshout. He sounds quite Dutch. And he is. How cool is this? They're using a skeleton as a playground. Think about that. You do love your symbols. Speaking of which, you're probably wondering... why you're sitting here eating a bad cheese sandwich...and drinking orange juice with a guy in a Rik Smits jersey. It actually has crossed my mind. Well, Hazel Grace, like so many before you... and listen, I say this with the utmost of affection... you used your wish moronically. Okay, we've been through this我们讨论过了. I was 13. Hush! I am in the midst of a grand soliloquy, here. You were young, impressionable... the Grim Reaper staring you right in the face... and it led you to rush into making a wish you didn't really want. But, how could little Hazel Grace, having never read An Imperial Affliction... know that her one true wish was to visit Mr. Peter Van Houten... in his Amsterdam exile. But I didn't save it, so... It's a good thing I saved mine. I'm not gonna give you my wish or anything, Hazel. If that's what you're thinking. However... I, too, have an interest in meeting this Mr. Peter Van Houten... and I don't really think it would make much sense... to meet him without the girl who introduced me to the book in the first place... now, would it? So I talked to the Genies, and they're all for it. We leave in a month. Apparently, they... I don't know if they do this that often, but they're willing to bring me, too, and... That's incredible. Hazel, that's so beautiful. And a little insane. Oh, it's super insane. It's... It's... It's... It's crazy! He just met you... And he's giving you his wish. Well, we're sharing the wish. We're... I mean, he... He... Yeah. We're sharing it. That's sweet. Unless... What? Is he your boyfriend? Is that... Stop it! Do not... He is not my... Mom, focus别跑题, we're talking about Amsterdam. - I like him so much. I...  - Stop. Pay attention. Please! Can I go? Right, as your mom, I love this idea. And I... I think we should talk to Dr. Maria. I don't know. But you said that the PET scan was encouraging. Well, the PET scan is encouraging, but we don't know how long it will stay that way. Okay, I'm not seeking political asylum. It's a few days. It's a vacation! - It's true.  - What if you get sick? In a foreign country? They have doctors in Amsterdam. And cancer. Well, not all cancers are alike, and yours is particularly unusual, Hazel. The only way I could ever authorize a trip like this would be if someone familiar with your case... What if my mom came? I'm... I'm sure the Genies would hook it up. They're loaded(be loaded with sth to contain a lot of something: Most fast foods are loaded with fat.). That just might work. And then this happened. So, what happened? The usual. Fluid in the lungs preventing oxygenation. They put a tube in. They drained a liter and a half last night. The good news is... no tumor growth. No new tumors in your body. We're so relieved. This is just a thing, Hazel. It's a thing we can live with. Mr. Lancaster. How's she doing? Better. Yeah, thank you. Much, much better. Uh, they won't let me in. It's family only. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, I get it. Could you just tell her I was here?  Yeah, of course. Of course I will. - Okay.  - Gus, listen, why don't you go home? Get some rest. Normally, the tumors start resisting the treatment产生抗药性... and that hasn't happened here... yet. On the other hand... the drug may be worsening 恶化 the edema. The truth is... very few people have been on Phalanxifor as long as Hazel has. We really don't know the long-term effects. What we're trying to do is prevent endothelial growth... which, when overexpressed, can contribute to disease, decay... vascular inhibition... and the spread of the tumors we're working so hard to eradicate. The survival rate of patients with severe endothelial growth... decreases exponentially the more the condition advances. I have a question. Can I still go to Amsterdam? - That would not be wise at this juncture十字关头.  - Why not? Is there any way we can make that trip happen? It would increase some risks. But so does going to the mall. Yes, but an airplane? But they have oxygen on airplanes. You're stage four. This is an opportunity that I may never get again. Ever. If the medication is working, I don't understand why I can't... Perhaps there's a scenario... I don't know any other way to say this, Hazel. You're just too sick. 11. I know what you're thinking. It's not fair to him. It's not. He doesn't need this in his life. Nobody does. A lot more trouble than it's worth得不偿失(not worth the trouble). No, you're right. Your mom and I were just saying the same thing. I mean, it could be time也许是时间 we tossed you out on the street放手. Drop you off in an orphanage somewhere, make you their problem嫁祸于人. I'm serious. We're not sentimental 好哭的, 爱哭鬼, 伤感自怜, 爱怀旧的, 顾影自怜 people(Geocaching 游戏: Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (Tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little financial value, although sometimes they are sentimental 寄托了个人情感的, 有特殊意义的. I. relating to emotions rather than reason. I kept the clock purely for sentimental reasons情感因素. The stolen items were of great sentimental value to the family (=they were valuable to them for emotional reasons). Typical cache "treasures" are not high in monetary/financial value but may hold personal value 有特殊意义, 有特殊价值 to the finder. II. 感人的. making people experience feelings of sadness, sympathy, love etc, especially in a deliberate and obvious way. a sentimental song/book/film. a. 伤感的. 多愁伤感的. expressing feelings of sadness, sympathy, love etc, especially in a way that seems unsuitable. I'm just a sentimental old man. )(Memories of childhood come flooding back with the smell of cherry blooms. I'm overwhelmed with emotions. Call me sentimental/emotional. Either one would work, though I think "sentimental" conveys the nostalgia for childhood more accurately. Using "emotional" here restates what you've just said with "I'm overwhelmed with emotions". Since you've said it already, you might not need to say it again. If you say "Call me emotional", then you're saying "Call me an emotional person (under any circumstances)". If you say "Call me sentimental", then you're saying "Call me somebody who feels nostalgic about certain things". As far as I am concerned, "emotional情绪多变的" means "often changeable" while "sentimental爱伤感的" has a sense of "sadness". Yes, I agree with Owlman and would add that an emotional person is not necessarily someone who gives in to silent, wistful, nostalgic or tender feelings (as sentimental). Sentimental in BE is pejorative. People don't like to be called sentimental. It suggests that they are overly emotional, given to indulging their feelings beyond the point at which they can be understood by others as deriving from known circumstances. Sentimental people are often unstable, constitutionally unhappy people, given to excessive displays of these feelings. The British are known round the world for phlegm, for being the opposite of sentimental. Emotional does not carry the same sense of excess and nauseating 让人恶心的 over-indulgence沉湎于自己. An emotional person is a sensitive person, maybe a fragile person, but at least a person who preserves their dignity, and hence doesn't forfeit respect. Phlegm 痰 ([ˈflɛm]) is a liquid secreted by the mucous membranes of mammalians. Its definition is limited to the mucus produced by the respiratory system, excluding that from the nasal passages, and particularly that which is expelled by coughing (sputum). phlegmatic [fleɡˈmætɪk] 镇定的, 处变不惊的 able to be calm in a dangerous or frightening situation. kept his composure保持镇定, 保持冷静. unflappable. happy place 冷静冷静 The mental state achieved when one wants to avoid the unpleasant or uncomfortable. Everyone's happy place is different, and usually consists of the things that make them joyous. cooler heads prevail 大家能冷静下来 Fig. the ideas or influence of less emotional people prevail. (Used of a tense situation.) One hopes that cooler heads will prevail and soon everything will calm down. keep one's shirt/pants on 耐心点, 冷静点 Fig. to be patient. to stay calm. The meeting may be pretty unpleasant, so promise me you'll keep your shirt on. Wait a minute! Keep your shirt on! Keep your pants on! I'll be with you in a minute. demure [di'mjuə] adj I. 一丝不苟的. 保守的. 严肃的. 冷静的. sedate; decorous; reserved. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior. Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious. She is a demure young lady. II. affectedly modest or prim; coy. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. keep cool 不着慌, 保持头脑冷静 Inf. to stay calm and undisturbed. Relax, man, keep cool! If Sally could just keep cool before a race, she could probably win. keep one's cool (lose/blow one's cool) Inf. to remain calm and in control. to be calm despite danger or difficulty. Somehow I kept my cool even though Seldon's remarks were unfair and made me angry. Relax, man! Just keep your cool. It's hard to keep your cool when you've been cheated. I try to be patient with her but she was so irritating in that meeting, I just lost my cool. I try to be patient with her but she made so many irritating让人火大的 comments, I absolutely lost my cool. Wow, he really lost his cool! What a tantrum! Whatever you do, don't blow your cool.). 12. Hazel Grace. Are you... are you okay? What's the matter怎么了, 发生什么事了? Talk to me. Everything. I want to go to Amsterdam, Gus. And I want Van Houten to tell us what happens after his book. I also don't really want this particular life. I mean, it's really just the sky. The sky is making me sad. And there's this pathetic old swing set... that my dad built for me when I was a kid and... It's just everything, I guess. Well, I demand to 要求 see this swing set of tears. I do see your point. This is one sad swing set. Hazel Grace, I hope you realize... that you trying to keep your distance from 保持距离 me in no way lessens my affection for you减少我的爱. All your efforts to keep me from you are gonna fail. I like you. And I like hanging out with you and everything...but I can't let this go on any further不能再这样下去了. Why not? Because I don't want to hurt you. I wouldn't mind. - No, you don't understand.  - I do understand. No, you don't understand. I know what you're trying to say. Hazel, I'm saying I wouldn't mind. It'd be a privilege to have my heart broken by you. Gus, I'm a grenade. One day I'm gonna explode... and I'm gonna obliterate everything in my wake and... I don't know, I feel like it's my responsibility... to minimize the casualties. A grenade? I mean, that's why I don't have a hamster([ˈhæmstə(r)] a very small furry animal with a short tail, kept as a pet). Well, we gotta do something about this frickin' swing set. Okay. Swing set needs home. Desperately lonely swing set needs loving home. Lonely, vaguely pedophilia swing set seeks the butts of children. No. No? I like it. That's why. In case you're wondering, that's why I like you, Hazel Grace. You're just so busy being you, you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are. You can't say stuff like that. What? That's how I speak to all my friends. I know, I know. Friends.