电影《拇指先生》以拇指先生三更的工作和爱情为主线，描述新农村下的人对金钱和物质以及感情的变化。故事刻画了一个身残志不残的侏儒从默默无闻到家喻户晓的三更的心路历程，通过不断的成长，最终达到了心灵的真正成熟。
希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。
Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.
现有版本的电极已经小到可以植入手机中，Yang先生宣称它们很快会被缩小到拇指甲大小，使人们携带在身上却不被他人注意。
Existing versions of this electrode are small enough to fit into a mobile phone and Mr Yang claims they will soon be shrunk to the size of a thumbnail, enabling people to wear them without noticing.
那是一个繁忙的早晨，大约8点半钟，一位80多岁的老先生来到诊所，他的想要医生帮忙拆掉他拇指上的缝合线。
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.
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