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Brian's Parents Meet Arielle, Explained：Pardon my French

Brian introduces Arielle to his parents at a restaurant, and the meal turns into an interrogation. His father recites her situation - married, French, two children - and argues that any part of it is reason enough to walk away. Brian defends her while his father insists he is only worried about the life his son is choosing.

あらすじ

Brian brings Arielle to meet his parents before a show. He starts with a French lesson, explaining how the verb baiser has changed meaning, then quickly apologizes for the word. His father is unimpressed and recites Arielle's situation - a married French woman of thirty-three with two children - and says any single detail is reason enough not to be in the relationship. He then attacks her Frenchness instead.

Family dinnersParents & kidsConfrontingWarningParent & childB2mediumamerican
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Pardon my Frenchto fuckmy pancreas will explodedwell on

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このシーンの表現

Pardon my French

excuse for a crude word

Right after the crude word lands, Brian softens it with Pardon my French, and the reply waves it off.

Pardon my French, but that proposal was a total mess.

このシーンの他の表現

  • to fuck

    crude word for having sex

  • my pancreas will explode

    absurd excuse to avoid a topic

  • dwell on

    keep thinking about

  • turn out to be

    end up being

  • in golden tones

    with high praise

このシーンのメモ一覧

62 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

文法 · B2which used to mean to kiss

relative clause: The which-clause adds the old sense while the real main clause is that the meaning has changed.

Dad, the meaning of the verb, baiser which used to mean to kiss has changed a bit over the years.
発音used to

Say it as one word, 'useta'; the d is not released.

Dad, the meaning of the verb, baiser which used to mean to kiss has changed a bit over the years.
表現 · B1on top of that

and besides that

Seriously though, $42 for 2 hours plus tip and then on top of that, after this, we have to drive all the way across town to another parking lot in the Theater District yet.
表現 · B1all the way across something

clear across town

Seriously though, $42 for 2 hours plus tip and then on top of that, after this, we have to drive all the way across town to another parking lot in the Theater District yet.
発音on top of that

Run top of into one blur; the of nearly disappears.

Seriously though, $42 for 2 hours plus tip and then on top of that, after this, we have to drive all the way across town to another parking lot in the Theater District yet.
表現 · B1flat or sparkling

still or bubbly Still or carbonated, not flat or shiny.

- Flat or sparkling? - No, just table water.
表現 · B2be passed out

unconscious from drink

You'll be passed out by intermission and I'll have to sing the second act in the car on the way home.
表現 · B2..., if you would

if you please

With a syringe, if you would.
表現 · B1school-taught something

French learned in a classroom

So first of all, did you ever hear anybody speak better school-taught French than this kid?
表現 · A2out of the country

abroad, away from home

And this is within his whole life not one day out of the country.
発音out of the

Weak of and the shrink into a single light syllable.

And this is within his whole life not one day out of the country.
表現 · A2free till + 时间

available until seven

Brian says you're, uh, only free till 7.
表現 · C1speak of someone in golden tones

with high praise

Arlene sets the tone kindly, saying Brian always speaks of Arielle in golden tones.

So, Arielle of whom my son speaks in golden tones tell us about yourself.
文法 · C1of whom my son speaks

prepositional relative: Of whom turns his praise into a clause describing Arielle, a formal choice.

So, Arielle of whom my son speaks in golden tones tell us about yourself.
表現 · B1along the way

over the course of it

You could stop that sentence anywhere along the way and have reason enough not to be in the relationship.
表現 · B2reason enough to do something

justification sufficient

You could stop that sentence anywhere along the way and have reason enough not to be in the relationship.
表現 · B2dwell on something

keep thinking about

The father admits he is dwelling on a smaller fault, which quietly hides the real anger.

So instead, I'm dwelling on the relatively benign but still objectionable issue of her Frenchness.
表現 · B1have to do with something

be connected to

- Have you any idea how hard that is to do? - What does that have to do with anything?
表現 · C1a cousin once removed

a cousin one generation apart

And his cousin, once removed was at Omaha Beach, unbelievable in gratitude.
表現 · B1know what one is doing

be sure of your own choice

I really hope you know what you're doing, my boy.
表現 · B2turn out to be something

end up being

The father wraps his warning in a wish, so the coming regret sounds like a prayer instead of a threat.

I really hope this does not turn out to be one of those decisions that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse.
文法 · B2that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse

relative clause: The that-clause pins the consequence onto the decisions, making the warning concrete.

I really hope this does not turn out to be one of those decisions that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse.
スラング · B1what the hell

what on earth — Blunt surprise or annoyance with friends, not in formal settings.

Now what the hell is going on over there?
表現 · B2weigh in on something

join the discussion

Arlene, you wanna weigh in, please on the subject of la femme Robinson over there?

「Brian's Parents Meet Arielle」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a comedy of parental resistance. Brian's father is given every fact he could want - a married French woman with two children - and he uses them like a prosecutor, but the film lets him be funny rather than cruel: "You could stop that sentence anywhere along the way and have reason enough not to be in the relationship." What he will not say is the real objection, so he settles on her nationality, and even Brian's mother is invited to join the attack. Under the jokes is a genuine warning: the father sees his son drifting into an arrangement he cannot understand, and he says plainly, "I really hope this does not turn out to be one of those decisions that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse."

Theme

Family conflictBrian's parents turn a first meeting into a case against the relationship, and he spends the meal defending his choice.
GenerationsThe father's prejudices and old grievances collide with his son's very different ideas about love and commitment.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Pardon my French softens a crude word at a polite table.
  • The father attacks her nationality to avoid the real topic.
  • Turn out to be frames a choice as future regret.
  • Weigh in invites the quiet mother into the fight.

発音のポイント

  • used to — Say it as one word, 'useta'; the d is not released.
  • on top of that — Run top of into one blur; the of nearly disappears.
  • out of the — Weak of and the shrink into a single light syllable.
You could stop that sentence anywhere along the way and have reason enough not to be in the relationship.

The father's central objection, stated as logic: any single fact about Arielle - married, French, a mother - should be enough to end things.

I really hope this does not turn out to be one of those decisions that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse.

Beneath the jokes, the father's real fear: that Brian is choosing something that will damage the life he already has.

So instead, I'm dwelling on the relatively benign but still objectionable issue of her Frenchness.

A self-aware admission that he is attacking the least important thing because the real objections are too painful to name.

I really hope you know what you're doing, my boy.

The father's parting line - half warning, half surrender - after failing to talk Brian out of the relationship.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Brian's father object to Arielle?

On the surface, because she is French; underneath, because she is married with two children. He says any single part of her situation is reason enough for Brian to end the relationship.

What does Pardon my French mean here?

It is a joking apology for using a swear word. Brian says it right after translating the French verb, so the phrase is doing double duty - excusing his language and punning on the word French.

Why does the father attack French people?

Because he cannot admit the real objection. He admits as much, saying he would rather dwell on her nationality than discuss her marriage and children, which would upset him more.

What does the father fear for Brian?

He worries Brian is making a decision that will spoil a good life. His warning is not about Arielle personally but about the direction his son's life is taking.

How does Brian respond to his father?

He defends Arielle and refuses to back down. His replies stay short, and he insists the worry is misplaced - a quiet resistance rather than a full argument.

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