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Id ESLPod_0345_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 345
Episode Title The Seven-year Itch
Title The Seven-year Itch
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The Seven Year Itch is a "classic" (old, well known, and popular) American movie that was made in 1955. In this "comedy" (funny movie), a man sends his wife and son to go on a summer vacation while he stays in New York to work. He is a book reader for a "publishing company" (a company that makes books) and has just finished reading a book about the seven-year itch, which "claims" (states that something is true) that many married men "cheat" (have sex with someone they are not married to) on their wives after the first seven years of marriage.

The 38-year-old man is "determined" (strongly committed to something) to work hard and not live the life of a "bachelor" (an unmarried man) while his family is traveling, but then his life becomes "complicated" (confusing and difficult). A beautiful 22-year-old blonde woman played by Marilyn Monroe, a very famous and "attractive" (pretty and sexy) American actress, moves into the same apartment building. He invites the woman to come over and have a drink in his home.

The man spends a lot of time "fantasizing" (imagining situations, especially related to sex, that are not true) about having an "affair" (a sexual relationship outside of marriage) with the neighbor. But at the same time, he thinks about what it would be like if his wife had an affair with someone on her vacation. These fantasies are very funny to watch.

In the end, the man takes control of his wandering eye and decides not to cheat on his wife.

Topics Daily Life | Relationships + Family

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