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감독: Lasse Hallström

주연: Robert Redford/Jennifer Lopez/Morgan Freeman/Becca Gardner

* The film is based on the Mark Spragg novel of the same name.

주인공 Einar Gilkyson은 절친 친구를 돌보며 목장을 운영하는데, 아들의 죽음으로 인해 상처가 많으며 늘 아들을 그리워하며 지낸다.  갑자기 찾아온 며느리와 손녀딸로 인해 갈등과 화해를 다룬 story.

One year ago, a wild bear stole a calf from Mitch (Morgan Freeman) and Einar’s (Robert Redford) ranch. The two friends attempted to save the calf, but the bear viciously attacked Mitch — and because Einar was drunk, he failed to save him from serious injury. The bear escaped into the mountains.

A year later, Mitch’s wounds still cause him constant pain. Einar cares for Mitch daily, giving him morphine injections, food and friendship. He leans his guilt on emotional crutches, while Mitch struggles to walk with a cane. The bear later returns to forage for food in town — and around the same time, Einar’s long-lost daughter-in-law Jean (Jennifer Lopez) shows up on his doorstep.

Sheriff Crane Curtis (Josh Lucas) captures the bear and displays him in the town zoo. Jean and her daughter Griff (Becca Gardner) move in with Einar and Mitch. Einar’s son, Griffin, had moved away and married Jean years ago, causing a rift in the family that snapped when Griffin died in a car accident. Tension mounts between Einar and Jean because both are still grieving for Griffin.

Since Griffin died, Jean has fallen into a series of abusive relationships. She moved in with Einar to escape her latest abusive boyfriend, Gary (Damian Lewis), but like the bear, her past will return to haunt her. Jean slowly falls in love with Sheriff Curtis, but little Griff can’t open up to him or trust him because of Jean’s bad experiences.

Jean starts working at a local coffee shop. There she befriends Nina, another waitress (Camryn Manheim), who helps her understand Einar’s gruff ways and dark past.

Tensions in the family continue to build. One night, Gary arrives to harass Jean and Griff. He and Einar have an explosive confrontation that pushes Einar to the brink.

Einar returns to the ranch and demands that Jean tells him how Griffin died. Jean says they flipped a coin to determine who would drive — she lost. At 3 a.m., the two tired souls set out for the last leg of their trip. Jean fell asleep at the wheel. The car flipped six times. Griffin died, but Jean survived and discovered she was pregnant with Griff. When he learns the truth about why his son was ripped from him too soon, Einar says they’ll have to talk about Jean moving out. Jean says she’s through talking. The next morning she takes Griff with her and leaves to stay with Nina. Griff, who loves her grandfather as the first strong male figure in her life, runs back to the ranch alone. Einar and Mitch teach her to be a real Wyoming cowgirl.

Einar meets Jean at the diner and invites her to come back and live with him and Griff after a camping trip. The camping trip is cover for carrying out a request from Mitch to set the bear who handicapped him free. The plan does not go off without a hitch as Griff accidentally knocks the gearshift lever into neutral while Einar is luring the bear into the cage, freeing the bear who attacks Einar. Griff drives Einar to the hospital, where he and Jean attempt to reconcile. Back at the ranch, Mitch survives a peaceful confrontation with the bear from his past. It flees to the mountains where it belongs.

Gary makes one last attempt to drag Jean and Griff back “home”; this ends with Einar beating him up and tossing him on a bus out of town. In the final scene, Einar affectionately talks with one of his cats, who throughout the whole story he coldly ignored. Griff then invites Sheriff Curtis for lunch. All is well as Mitch narrates the last seconds of the story, describing to Einar, his dreams of flying above the earth and coming to understand things about life.

Q: 안녕하세요. 미국 석사유학가는 학생입니다.

Q: 안녕하세요.

미국 유학을 알아보고 있는데 궁금증이 생겨서 질문올립니다.

조건부 입학은

공인어학성적을 면제 받기위해서

학교와 연계된 어학기관에 영어어학연수를 등록해서 다니고

일정 수준을 통과하면 입학할 수 있는 거잖아요.

그런데 제가 카플란 pathway과정에 대한 글을 본적이 있는데

조건부입학이랑 비슷하길래 전 이게 조건부입학인 줄 알았거든요.

근데 또 찾아보니 조건부입학이랑 pathway과정은 다르다는거에요.

pathway는 1학년으로 입학은 하는데

유학생 1학년 코스?? 처럼 해서 대학수업을 듣는데 적응하기 위해

필요한 과목이수와 영어수업을 듣는다고 봤거든요

그럼 이건 대학교에서 하는거아닌가요?

카플란은 사설어학원인데 왜 pathway과정이 있는거죠?

그리고 또 어떤글을 보면 pathway과정은 2학년 입학이라는데 이건 또 무슨 얘긴지...ㅠㅠ

정확하게 조건부입학과 pathway과정의 차이를 알고싶습니다! 도와주세요 ㅠㅠ

A:

1) 조건부 입학: 미국대학교 입학시에, 다른 성적표나 기타 서류부분에서는 대학교 입학조건이 되는데, 영어점수가 없거나 부족할시에, 진학하려는 학교의 어학연수과정이나 그 학교가 정한 어학학교에서 어느레벨을 이수하면 토플점수 없이 정규과정 입학을 허가한다는 의미입니다.

이런 조건부 입학은, 영어시험점수가 생각보다 잘 나오지 않거나, 한국에서 영어점수 받으려고 오랜시간을 보내지 않고 미국에 가서 어학과정을 하고 정규과정을 안전하게 입학하고쟈 하는 학생에게 유리합니다.

토플점수를 제출하지 않아도 어학 단계별로 차근차근 이수해서 입학할수가 있기 때문입니다. 또한 어학연수하면서, 각 대학교가 제시하는 토플점수를 받게되면, 더이상 추가적으로 어학연수를 안해도 되구요.

2) Pathway: 이 과정은 간단하게 얘기하면 국제학생 특별전형이라 생각하면 쉽습니다. 당연히 조건부입학에 속합니다. 각 pathway 과정이 정한 목표를 이루어야 2학년 편입이던, 규정에 맞게 입학이 가능하기 때문입니다.

이 pathway 과정은 일반 대학교입학 신입생 모집조건보다 쉽고, 영어가 부족할시에는 pathway 과정에 추가적으로 esl과정을 포함시켜 보통 esl+대학교 1학년 과정(보통 30학점: 10과목/년)을 이수하게 됩니다. 그리고 2학년으로 편입되는 특별프로그램인것이지요.

본인의 여건과 좀더 쉽고 시간적으로도 계획에 맞추어서 정하면 되겠습니다.