The reader is told the story in flashback.

故事是以倒叙手法向读者讲述的。

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Yet this story, told in flashback form, and in part through the lens of her teenage nephew, is laced with exhilarating songs, childlike though never childish comedy, and oddsome visual details.

然而正是这样的一部以回叙方式、一部分通过她的侄子的视角来展示的故事，交织着的却是欢快的音乐和古怪的视觉细节，一部孩子般天真烂漫却绝非幼稚浅薄的喜剧片。

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The events in his happy family life were shown in flashback.

他幸福的家庭生活是用倒叙法来表现的。

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Host: Flashback 29 years ago, and put yourself in the seat here and pretend you were still in school.

主持人：回首29年前，假装你还坐在这儿,还在商学院念书。

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Even in flashback, the momentousness of the early days comes through.

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Both hyperactive and secretive, he is irritated by his living mom (Sandra Bullock) and in love with his deceased dad (Tom Hanks, seen generously in flashback).

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Grant Warnock and Lena Headey, the young performers who play Tom and his wife-to-be in flashback sequences, bring a convincing and touching adolescent gravity to their roles.

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