He spent the early 80s living in south London bedsits, flat broke and lonely, working on his craft as a comedian.

他在上世纪80年代早期都住在南伦敦的一室卧房中，身无分文而孤独地研究作为一个喜剧演员的技巧。

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My forty-second birthday had made a lonely visit the week before, and I was once again by myself in the flat.

上星期我独自度过了四十二岁生日，和往年一样自个儿待在公寓里。

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I am a lonely tree, stood one thousand years on the road, lonely waiting, just for one day when you past me, is you dump, hit not flat you even miss life.

我是一棵孤独的树，千百年来矗立在路旁，寂寞的等待，只为有一天当你从我身边走过时，为你倾倒，砸不扁你就算白活了。

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But instead of rethinking the shape of the drama to suit the format, the director, Jean-Jacques Annaud, has taken a small, simplistic plot, filled a couple of lonely roles with flat performers, and marooned them in the midst of a spectacle that is not so much a movie as a demonstration.

NEWYORKER: Wings of Courage