of course, please do
By all means, bring your food.5 to 7 · 2014 — 第 4 / 10 章 · 3'18" · B2
Arielle's Husband Meets Brian, Explained：speak highly of
Arielle's husband Valery approaches Brian, introduces himself, and reports how highly his wife speaks of him. Far from angry, he thanks Brian for the light he has brought into her eyes - and invites him to supper on Saturday. Later, Brian asks how Valery found out, and learns that Arielle told him herself.
あらすじ
Arielle's husband, Valery, appears where Brian and Arielle meet. He introduces himself politely, says Arielle speaks highly of Brian, and thanks him for the light he has brought into her eyes. Then he invites Brian to supper at their home on Saturday. Brian is suspicious, but Arielle later tells him to accept: Valery's kindness is real, and the world can surprise you.
注目の表現
speak highly ofhot dog related moisturecared to join ushave in mind
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このシーンの表現
speak highly of
praise someone warmly
Valery tells Brian that Arielle speaks highly of him, politely showing he already knows.
Colleagues speak highly of her calm under pressure.
このシーンの他の表現
- hot dog related moisture
comic talk for hot-dog grease
- cared to join us
would agree to come
- have in mind
what someone intends
- notions
fixed assumptions
- surprise you with its grace
show unexpected kindness
このシーンのメモ一覧
54 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
Run By all means together as /baɪ-ɔːl-miːnz/.
By all means, bring your food.excuse my interruption
Only if you will forgive my intrusion.praise someone warmly
Arielle speaks very highly of you.a genuinely good person
She says you're a very fine person.visible spark of happiness
For the little time since she has known you I have seen a light in her eyes that I had never seen before.relative clause: The clause that I had never seen before pins the light to something new.
For the little time since she has known you I have seen a light in her eyes that I had never seen before.Link light in and weaken her to /ər/.
For the little time since she has known you I have seen a light in her eyes that I had never seen before.would agree to come
Valery invites Brian to supper with an old-fashioned if you cared to join us.
I would be pleased if you cared to join us at our home this coming Saturday for supper.conditional clause: The if-clause uses a past form to soften a polite offer, not to mark past time.
I would be pleased if you cared to join us at our home this coming Saturday for supper.participle phrase: The participle phrase designed to... describes what the ploy is for.
Is there any chance that this is a gentlemanly ploy designed to relax me before your driver turns around and impales me with a fleur-de-lis?Stress gentlemanly and ploy to sharpen the irony.
Is there any chance that this is a gentlemanly ploy designed to relax me before your driver turns around and impales me with a fleur-de-lis?eagerly await
I thank you for the invitation and I look forward to attending.discover
How did he find out? Was it a credit card bill or something?offer information unprompted
- With great joy. - You just volunteered it?an extremely awkward matter
To me, this is a wildly, wildly awkward thing.intend or plan
I don't know what he has in mind.your business with him alone
You must understand, this is between you and him.strongly suggest
I highly recommend it to you, by the way.grow to value over time
You will come to treasure his friendship. He's that sort of person.drop your fixed ideas
Put aside your notions about how people are, Brian.「Arielle's Husband Meets Brian」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a test of Brian's assumptions, and he fails it quietly. Valery is neither a rival nor a fool; he arrives with hot-dog hands, good manners, and a speech so generous it disarms suspicion. He makes the affair official by inviting Brian to supper, which is both hospitality and a kind of claim: if the marriage can absorb this, it can survive anything. Brian's instinct is to look for the trap - a gentlemanly ploy meant to relax him before the driver strikes - and Arielle has to tell him there is none. Her closing advice, "The world will surprise you with its grace if you let it," is the film's creed: the arrangement is strange but honest, and Brian's moral discomfort is the only thing making it ugly.
Theme
MarriageValery treats the affair as something the marriage can hold, inviting the lover to dinner rather than pretending he does not exist.
TrustBrian assumes deception until Arielle tells him the husband knows everything and is not playing a trick.
このチャプターで学べること
- Speak highly of transfers praise from a third party.
- By all means grants permission warmly and firmly.
- Look forward to answers an invitation with grace.
- Have in mind hints at an intention nobody can read.
発音のポイント
- By all means — Run By all means together as /baɪ-ɔːl-miːnz/.
- light in her eyes — Link light in and weaken her to /ər/.
- gentlemanly ploy — Stress gentlemanly and ploy to sharpen the irony.
The world will surprise you with its grace if you let it.Arielle's closing advice: Brian's suspicion is a choice, and if he drops it he may find the situation generous rather than threatening.
For the little time since she has known you I have seen a light in her eyes that I had never seen before.Valery's reason for welcoming Brian: the affair has visibly changed his wife for the better, and he says so without resentment.
Is there any chance that this is a gentlemanly ploy designed to relax me before your driver turns around and impales me with a fleur-de-lis?Brian's nervous joke about the invitation, revealing he cannot yet believe the courtesy is genuine.
You don't understand things yet, do you?Arielle pointing out how young Brian still is in this arrangement, half teasing and half fond.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Valery invite Brian to dinner?
He treats the affair as something the marriage can accommodate, and the invitation makes that official. It is generous, but it also puts the arrangement on his terms.
How did Valery find out about the affair?
Arielle told him herself, with great joy. That detail is what unsettles Brian - he assumed discovery would be a crisis, not a confession.
Why is Brian suspicious of the invitation?
He expects a jealous husband and a trap. A polite invitation fits neither expectation, so he jokes about being lured somewhere and attacked.
What does Arielle mean by the world will surprise you with its grace?
She is telling Brian to drop his assumptions about how people should behave. If he stops looking for betrayal, he may find the arrangement kind rather than cruel.
Why does Brian feel guilty?
Because he does not understand the arrangement yet. He assumes guilt where Arielle and Valery see an open, workable situation, and his confusion turns into bad conscience.
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