The film shows the society and life in Beijing in 1920s through the eyes of a 6 year old girl. Yingzi Lin moves to Beijing from Taiwan with her parents. They live in a lane in the southern part of the city. As an energetic but sensitive girl, she spends a lot of time hanging out with her friends. They run around the busy streets and lanes, and do a lot people watching. She meets all kinds of people, including a mad woman at the door of a guildhall, her playmate Niuer who was mistreated, a guy who steals to pay for his brother’s tuition fees hiding himself in a deserted courtyard, Amah Song who was a wet nurse in her family and her loving father, a highly respected professor, who is seriously ill and dies of disease. After experiencing a bitter life, Yingzi leaves Beijing with her mother.
参考翻译：
这部电影通过一个6岁女孩的眼睛展示了20世纪20年代北京的社会和生活。林英子和父母从台湾搬到北京。他们住在城市南部的一条小巷里。作为一个精力充沛但敏感的女孩，她花了很多时间和朋友们在一起。他们在繁忙的街道和小巷里跑来跑去，吸引了很多人观看。她遇到了各种各样的人，包括在市政厅门口的一个疯女人，她被虐待的玩伴纽尔，一个躲在一个废弃的院子里偷东西来支付哥哥学费的家伙，她家里的一个奶妈阿玛·宋，以及她深爱的父亲，一位备受尊敬的教授，他病得很重，死于疾病。在经历了痛苦的生活后，英姿和母亲离开了北京。
重点词汇释义
run around东奔西跑; 四处奔忙
tuition fees学费
wet nurse奶妈，乳母
