A Star Is Born · 2018 — 第 5 / 13 章 · 4'29" · B1

Jack Refuses to Wear Ear Plugs, Explained:the door's wide open

A pushed-to-the-limit fight breaks out over ear plugs, and someone throws out 'The door's wide open if you wanna go.' It looks like an argument about hearing, but the real subject is being told what has already been lost.

あらすじ

On tour, Jack is told to wear ear plugs so he does not lose more of his hearing; he refuses and the argument boils over. Across town, the driver Jack sent comes to Ally's work and offers to take her to the show. Her father pushes her to go, she resists, then quits her job and gets in the car.

Parents & kidsPersuasionSaying noPersuadingParent & childB1fastamerican
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the door's wide openpick someone upopportunity of a lifetimerub off on

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このシーンの表現

the door's wide open

you are free to leave

Jack refuses the ear monitors, and a partner answers that the door is open if he wants to go.

The door's wide open for anyone who wants to join.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pick someone up

    collect someone by car

  • opportunity of a lifetime

    a once-in-a-lifetime chance

  • rub off on

    spread to someone

  • asshole

    a rude, nasty person

  • get used to

    become accustomed to

このシーンのメモ一覧

98 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2put something in

insert them

You gotta put 'em in, man.
表現 · B1the only way to do something

the sole method

The doctor said it's the only way to manage this thing, Jack.
文法 · B1the only way to manage this thing

infinitive modifier: The infinitive to manage modifies the only way, naming the method.

The doctor said it's the only way to manage this thing, Jack.
文法 · B1if you wanna go

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition under which the door stays open.

The door's wide open if you wanna go.
スラング · B2that shit

that crap — Crude and angry; only with people you know well.

You know what? Don't start that shit.
発音pride in

Listen for pride in linking across the d and i.

Show a little fucking pride in what you're doing, buddy.
表現 · A2on one's way

on the way

I just wanna know if she's on her way or not, that's all.
発音pick you up

Listen for pick you squeezing into one sound.

Jack sent me to pick you up and take you to the gig.
表現 · A2right down the street

just down the road

I can't leave, so I'll be in my car right down the street.
表現 · B1a guy like that

a man of that kind

Look, a guy like that invites you to a show...
表現 · B1the opportunity of a lifetime

a once-in-a-lifetime chance

This could be the opportunity of a lifetime.
発音opportunity of a

Listen for of a reduced almost to nothing.

This could be the opportunity of a lifetime.
表現 · B2rub off on someone

spread to someone

Ally tells her father that fame will not rub off on her just by being near celebrities.

I don't have the same disease that you have, Dad. You get around celebrities, and it's like they're gonna rub off on you.
表現 · B1a drunk

an alcoholic

He's a drunk! You know all about drunks.
表現 · B2pop someone in the face

punch someone in the face

Yeah, he was being an asshole to Jack, so I fucking popped him in the face.
スラング · B1gangster

badass, cool — Youth slang for impressive or bold; not for formal talk.

Yo, that is so gangster.
表現 · B1all the way to somewhere

the whole way to

Wait, he's been following you from your house all the way to work?
文法 · B2he's been following you

present perfect continuous: The perfect continuous shows an action running up to now and still going.

Wait, he's been following you from your house all the way to work?
表現 · B1get used to something

become accustomed to

In the fancy backstage room, Ally jokes she could get used to this kind of treatment.

I could get used to this shit.
スラング · B2this shit

this stuff — Crude slang for stuff or luxury; casual only.

I could get used to this shit.
スラング · B1baby girl

an affectionate address — A warm, familiar address; too forward with strangers.

You need to date more rock stars, baby girl, you know what I'm saying?
表現 · A2ear plugs

ear plugs

Ear plugs. You'll need these, it's loud up there.
表現 · A2the wrong way

the wrong direction

Guys, guys, guys. This way. Sorry, wrong way.
表現 · A2watch yourself

be careful

Staff guide Ally through the crowded backstage and tell her to watch herself.

Oh, watch yourself.

「Jack Refuses to Wear Ear Plugs」を読み解く

What's really going on

Two stories run side by side and both are about refusing to be helped. Jack cannot put in ear plugs because it would mean accepting that his hearing is gone; the fight gets ugly fast, and the line that lands is 'The door's wide open if you wanna go' — a threat that is really an invitation to walk out on each other. Ally's version is quieter: she keeps saying she has to work, and her father answers with 'This could be the opportunity of a lifetime.' She tells him he has a disease for celebrities, that getting close to famous people is not something that rubs off on you. By the time she gets in the car, she is not chasing fame; she is going because the people around her will not let her say no.

Theme

DreamsEveryone around Ally treats the invitation as her big break, while she keeps insisting she has to work instead.
Family conflictAlly fights with her father over the show, and the argument turns on his habit of living through the famous people he drives.

このチャプターで学べること

  • An open door line hands the choice back without a fight.
  • The only way frames the last option as unavoidable.
  • Pick someone up means collect them by car.
  • Get used to is about growing comfortable, not the past.

発音のポイント

  • pride in — Listen for pride in linking across the d and i.
  • pick you up — Listen for pick you squeezing into one sound.
  • opportunity of a — Listen for of a reduced almost to nothing.
The door's wide open if you wanna go.

A way of saying no one is keeping you here, so leave if you want. In the fight it is not a real offer — it is a dare, and it pushes the argument past anything about ear plugs.

It's the only way we can manage what you still got.

The point is not recovering the hearing Jack lost; that is gone. Wearing the plugs is the one way to protect the hearing he still has left, which is what makes his refusal so frustrating.

I don't have the same disease that you have, Dad. You get around celebrities, and it's like they're gonna rub off on you.

Ally is telling her father that his weakness is not hers. He hangs around famous people and seems to believe their success can transfer to him by contact, which is why he pushes her at every star.

You need to date more rock stars, baby girl, you know what I'm saying?

A teasing line aimed at Ally in the middle of all the luxury. It treats her sudden access to a rock star's world as a joke, and she answers flatly that they are not dating.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't Jack wear the ear plugs?

He says they make everything sound like it is inside his own head, and he wants to feel present with the crowd and the band. He would rather lose the hearing he has than play a show sealed off from everyone.

Who is Phil, and why does he keep showing up?

Phil is Jack's driver. Jack sends him to pick Ally up from work and bring her to the show; when she refuses, Phil says he will wait in his car down the street, which is why he seems to be following her.

Why does Ally's father push her so hard to go?

He sees the invitation as a once-in-a-lifetime break and cannot believe she would turn it down. He keeps asking whether Jack even knows she sings, because in his eyes this is the chance he never got.

Why does Ally hesitate to go?

She is worried about her shift and about Jack himself. She tells Phil she cannot leave, and her father answers that the man is a drunk, so her hesitation is about both the job and who is asking.

Why does Ally quit her job so suddenly?

She keeps telling Phil she has to work, then changes her mind after her father's push. She walks out mid-shift, tells Bryan she is leaving, and promises she will come back, but she has already decided to take the ride.

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