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An affair to Remember

Plot(from Wiki)
Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant), a well-known playboy and dilettante in the arts, meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) aboard the Transatlantic ocean liner SS Constitution en route from Europe to New York. Each is involved with someone else. After a series of chance meetings aboard the ship, they establish a friendship. When Terry joins Nickie on a brief visit to his grandmother when the ship anchors near her home at Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean coast, she sees Nickie with new eyes and their feelings blossom into love. During their visit, it is revealed that Nickie has had a talent for painting, but has dropped said trait due to his critical attitude towards his own art. As the ship returns to New York City, they agree to reunite at the top of the Empire State Building in six months' time, if they have succeeded in ending their relationships and starting new careers.

On the day of their rendezvous, Terry, in her haste to reach the Empire State Building, is struck down by a car while crossing a street. Gravely injured, she is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Nickie, waiting for her at the observation deck at the top of the building, is unaware of the accident and, after many hours, finally concedes at midnight that she will not arrive, believing that she has rejected him.

After the accident Terry, now unable to walk, refuses to contact Nickie, wanting to conceal her disability. Instead, she finds work as a music teacher. Nickie has pursued his talent as a painter and has his work displayed by an old friend, an art shop owner. Six months after the accident, she sees Nickie with his former fiancée at the ballet, which she herself is attending with her former boyfriend. Nickie does not notice her condition because she is seated and only says hello as he passes her.

Nickie finally learns Terry's address and, on Christmas Eve, makes a surprise visit to her. Although he steers the conversation to make her explain her actions, Terry merely dodges the subject, never leaving the couch on which she sits. He gives her a shawl that his grandmother left for Terry after she died. As he is leaving, Nickie mentions a painting that he had been working on when they originally met, and that it was just given away at the art shop to a woman who liked it but had no money. He is about to say that the woman was in a wheelchair when he pauses, suddenly suspecting why Terry has been sitting unmoving on the couch. He walks into her bedroom and sees his painting hanging on the wall, and a wheelchair concealed there. He now knows why she did not keep their appointment. The film ends with the two in a tight embrace, each realizing that the other's love endures. In closing, Terry says, "If you can paint, I can walk; anything can happen, don't you think?"
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Sleepless in Seattle

Plot(From Wiki)
Chicago architect Sam Baldwin loses his wife Maggie to cancer. He and his eight-year-old son Jonah start a new life in Seattle, Washington, but Sam continues to grieve. A year and a half later, on Christmas Eve 1992, Jonah—who wants his father to find a new wife—calls in to a radio talk show. Jonah persuades a reluctant Sam to go on the air to talk about how much he misses Maggie. Hundreds of women from around the country who hear the program and are touched by the story write to Sam. One of the listeners is Annie Reed, a Baltimore Sun reporter who is engaged to amiable Walter but feels there is something missing from their cordial relationship. After watching the film An Affair to Remember, Annie impulsively writes a letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day. She does not intend to mail it, but her friend and editor Becky does it for her and agrees to send Annie to Seattle.

Sam begins dating a co-worker Victoria, whom Jonah dislikes. Jonah, a baseball fan, reads Annie's letter and likes that it mentions the Baltimore Orioles, but he fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet Annie. On the advice of his playmate Jessica, Jonah replies to Annie, agreeing to the New York meeting. While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting from her plane and is mesmerized by her, although he has no idea who she is. Annie later secretly watches Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together but mistakes Sam's sister for his girlfriend. He recognizes her from the airport and says "Hello," but Annie only responds with another "Hello" before fleeing. She decides she is being foolish and goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day.

With Jessica's help, Jonah flies to New York without his father's permission and goes to the Empire State Building searching for Annie. Distraught, Sam follows Jonah and finds him on the observation deck. Meanwhile, Annie sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room where she is dining with Walter and confesses her doubts to him, amicably ending their engagement. She rushes to the Empire State Building just moments after the doors to the down elevator close with Sam and Jonah inside.

In spite of the observation deck being deserted, Annie discovers a backpack that Jonah left behind. As she pulls out Jonah's teddy bear from the backpack, Sam and Jonah emerge from the elevator, and the three meet for the first time. On the advice of the elevator operator, Sam indicates they should go and offers his hand to Annie. The three then enter the elevator together before the door closes.
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※nonchalant  : (Learn from " Did I Mention I love you?"book series→having an air of easy unconcern or indifference)
【Synonym: apathetic ,disinterested, incurious, perfunctory, unconcerned】
※hipster:
(1) a person follows the latest styles ,fashions, etc
(2)someone who is very influenced by the most recent ideas and fashions
【Synonym】modern ,stylish, fashionable, trendy, exclusive, snappy, cool,chic, voguish
※snappy: being in the latest or current fashion
＊Make a sentence→That snappy outfit really should impress your date

 snappy outfit

※exclusive:being in the latest or current fashion
(1)expensive and only for people who are rich or of a high social class
【For example】
an exclusive private club
an exclusive part of town
(2)
※skyscraper: a very tall building in a city
【Synonym】mansion, villa, castle,manse,estate, edifice
※edifice : 
(1)a large or massive structure
(2)a large and usually impressive building (such as a church or government building)

Sun Life Building (Edifice Sun Life) (Montreal, Canada)

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Leasing Information of Sun Life Building
(From Sun Life Building official website)
Beyond the imposing Corinthian columns that guard the building, and through the polished brass doors engraved with the coat of arms of Canada’s 10 provinces, lies the sumptuous neoclassical hall with its 30-foot ceiling lushly garnished with leaves of gold, bronze and brass. 

The elevator bank leading to the offices is distinctive with its rich marble and sandstone surfaces, contrasting beautifully with the ornamental plaster ceilings and the gleaming brass wall sconces. Welcome to the Sun Life Building!

Leaders of the Canadian business community have called the Sun Life Building home since 1914. Over the course of the years, these corporations have shaped the country’s economic and financial landscape. Through their vision, they have developed companies that have played a key role in the economic growth of various industries. Like them, you can make a winning decision and move into the Sun Life Building.

Ensuring tenant and occupant satisfaction is a constant preoccupation for the team of real estate professionals charged with managing the Sun Life Building. A staff of 80  focuses on this mission on a daily basis.

Highlights:

26 floors
Approximately 1,000,000 sq.ft. of gasing area
From 17,000 to 71,000 sq.ft. per floor
9' 6" ceilings 
1,500 computer-controlled heat pumps, with individual controls for each 750 to 1,000 sq.ft. area
Fully cabled building with state-of-the-art technology, including rooms with optic fiber technology
Electronic monitoring service; 24-hour surveillance
Controlled access using encoded magnetic cards
Elevators: 23 Otis Elevonic 411 passenger elevators, 2 service elevators, 1 parking elevator
Wide choice of businesses, restaurants and services
Easy access to security personnel 24/7
※elevon: an airplane control surface that combines  the functions of elevator and aileron
※personnel: 
(1)the people who work for a particular company or organization
(2)a department within a company or organization that deals with the people who work for it
【Synonym】help,labor force, manpower, force,  pool,staff, workforce
※plaster: 
(1)a wet substance that hardens when it becomes dry and that is used to make smooth walls and ceilings
(2)a piece of material that is put on the skin over a small wound;
a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic)spared with a usually medicated substance;
something applied to heal and soothe
※sconce:
(1)electric light fixture patterned on a candle sconce
(2) a bracket candlestick or group of candlesticks
※pattern: to decotrate or mark(something) with a design : to form a pattern on (something)
※sumptuous: 
【Synonym】Babylonian, deluxe,lavish,luxe, opulent, luxurious,plushy, extravagant, showy 
(1)very  expensive,rich, or impressive
(2)extremely expensive, rich, or impressive
※deluxe: very comfortable and of very high quality
※luxe: luxurious, sumptuous
※opulent:
(1)very comfortable and expensive
(2)very wealthy
※plushy: expensive, comfortable, and of high quality
※plush: a thick ,soft fabric
※neoclassical: made in a style that is based on the art and building designs of ancient Greece and Rome
※neo-(prefix)
: new or recent, or in a modern form
【For example】neo-fascist，neo-Nazi，neo-realist cinema
※fiber:
(1)plant material that cannot be designed but that helps you to digest other food 
(2)a thin thread of natural or artificial material that can be used to make cloth,paper
(3)material such as cloth, that is made from thin threads : something made of fibers
※The Arms of Canada (French: Armoiries du Canada), 
also known as the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada or formally as the Arms of Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada 

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※hacienda:a large estate especially in a Spanish-speaking country Leasing Information

hacienda