在葡萄成熟的一年里

In a Year of When Grapes Ripen

中年危机的故事总是被导演青睐的,也被观众青。在去北方的旅途中看了部《杯酒人生》,挺老的片子,但并不过时——中年危机总是不过时的。片中的麦尔斯是个一不开眼,浑身写满了没劲儿。他离婚一年,仍对前妻念念不忘。他的朋友杰克是个过气的十八线演员,靠着曾经在电视剧和广告中露过的脸四处搭——他对身边任何一文学中年,普通教师,谢顶、木讷、微胖,总像没睡醒般位陌生女子都有兴趣。

In the winter of Yantai,I visited wine chateaus where stacks of oak barrels were put in good orders in the cellars.In Ianother museum,I saw the"Barrel King of Asia",with a capacity of 15,000 liters,capable of filling 20,000 bottles of wine.The body of the barrel is made of over-1o0-year-old oak trees from France-the age of oak trees used for barrel-making typically ranges from 150 to 250 years old.Only the middle section of an over-30-meter-tall oak tree is suitable for wine barrel making.Usually it takes two to three years for the wood to become dry and stable.Then,after undergoing processes like roasting and carbonizing,the wood can be made into large or even massive leak-proof barrels.