精彩对白：

　　Phillipe: My dearest daughter today is your 16th birthday. Congratulations. I present you with this diary to fill the pages with your special thoughts. Special thoughts of your wonderful life. It is a custom in my family to pass on a piece of wisdom when one reaches this age. I pass it onto you as my father passes it onto me. Amelia, courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live for ever but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you’ll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey. I also want you to know I loved your mother very much and still think of her often. Happy birthday, my Mia. All my love, your father.

精彩对白讲解：

　　1. (I present you with this diary to fill the pages with your special thoughts.) 这里大家要特别注意动词present赠送的读法，要与名词礼物的发音区别。另外短语fill with的意思是填满，充满。

　　A: our school theatre is presenting 'Romeo and Julia' by Shakespeare next week.

　　B: wow, that’s one of my favorite. Let’s go together.

　　2. (I pass it onto you as my father passes it onto me) 短语pass on sth to sb意思是传递给某人，pass on特别是强调祖祖辈辈这样的传下去。我把它传给你，就像我的父亲传递给我一样。

　　3. (Amelia, courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.) 这句话的含义非常好，也是Louis重点推荐的公主日记中的经典句型。

　　我们来一起看一下：courage is not the absence of fear 勇气并不意味着没有恐惧，but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. 而是能够判断出还有比恐惧更重要的东西。

　　4. (The brave may not live for ever but the cautious do not live at all.) 这句话也非常经典，咱们先来一起分析一下，the brave勇敢的人，may not live forever 可能不会永远活下去， but the cautious 但是谨小慎微的人，do not live at all是一点都无法生存下去的，愚勇不可取，但是故步自封则一点机会都没有。

　　A: I’m sorry, father. I didn’t do well in today competition.

　　B: it’s ok, my son. Just remember the brave may not live for ever but the cautious do not live at all.