Which are you - an optimist or a realist?

你是哪一种？乐观主义者还是现实主义者？

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The realist is skeptical - and sometimes downright negative - because his or her focus is on the steps along the way, not on the outcome.

而现实主义者是怀疑态度的，有时候直接就是消极的，因为他或她集中注意力在过程上，不是结果上。

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Which are you - an optimist or a realist?

乐观主义者还是现实主义者？

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Their story across both books has as many interpretations as characters: Stuart (pedestrian materialist or honest realist) is the victim (all's fair in love and war) of his best friend Oliver (pretentious parasite or inspired romantic) who steals (wins) his wife, Gillian, and goes to live with her in France.

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In fact, the manic pace of the film precludes sustained meditation on Jamal's urban surroundings--the kind of revelations that arise from the languorous long takes of a realist filmmaker like Satyajit Ray or, to a lesser extent, Mira Nair (for example, in 1988's Salaam Bombay).

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And realist claims to the contrary, most readers do not want to be depressed or made to read acres of unattractive and banal verbiage.

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