5. The Holiday 恋爱假期
Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) with her best friend Miles (Jack Black) owns a company that produces movie trailers. She handles editing while he provides incidental score, and scenes concerning her are occasionally accompanied by narration in the voice of Hal Douglas. Amanda is an extreme workaholic. Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) is a society column editor for The Daily Telegraph in London. Both women are suffering from heartache: While Amanda discovers that her live-in boyfriend (Edward Burns) has cheated on her, due to their lackluster relationship, Iris learns that Jasper Bloom (Rufus Sewell), the object of Iris' unrequited love, is engaged after he announces it at the office Christmas party. Seeking an escape, Iris posts an ad for her "quaint cottage in Surrey" on a home-swap website, which Amanda eagerly accepts...
爱丽斯(凯特•温斯莱特 Kate Winslet饰)住在英国伦敦的乡村,而阿曼达(卡梅隆•迪亚兹 Cameron Diaz饰)则是洛杉矶的美国丽人。她们在天南地北的两端,却遇上了同样的问题:在感情上遭受了挫败,令生活灰暗无光。二人在网上聊天,商议在圣诞节到来之前,到对方的环境去生活,交互双方的住所作为度假场地。于是,一场令人兴奋的旅行开始了。爱丽斯来到美国大都市,阿曼达则乘班机前往极具英伦情调的英国乡村。除了新鲜的生活环境,当地男生的魅力更让她们猝不及防。