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By the way, we do still need that check for the church.About Schmidt · 2002 — 第 12 / 16 章 · 4'23" · B2
Warren Meets Randall's Family, Explained：easy on the eye
Warren arrives at the Hertzel house for wedding preparations and is talked at from the doorway. Roberta runs the schedule, Larry storms out, and she smooths it over with praise: Randall is "sensitive, devoted" and "quite easy on the eye."
あらすじ
Warren drives to Denver and moves into the Hertzel home before Jeannie and Randall's wedding. Roberta inundates him with logistics — florist, dress, relatives, RSVPs — and reminds him the church still needs his check. Her ex-husband Larry blows up over a broken gadget and is thrown out, then Roberta confides in Warren about Randall, praising him at length. Jeannie and Randall finally arrive.
注目の表現
fuckingeasy on the eyetaken withI'm not a mind reader
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このシーンの表現
easy on the eye
pleasant to look at
Having praised her son's devotion, Roberta adds that he is handsome, as if it were an afterthought.
Their garden is small but very easy on the eye.
このシーンの他の表現
- fucking
a strong intensifier, very offensive
- taken with
charmed by someone
- I'm not a mind reader
I can't guess what you want
このシーンのメモ一覧
76 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
for quite a while
Because we've needed it for some time now.something of a nuisance
Actually, it's been a bit of a problem.The d in goddamned often drops before thing.
I can't make this goddamned thing work.ruined it — Spoken for botching something; a touch stronger than messed it up.
I mean, somebody really screwed it up.already have plenty of troubles
Don't you think I have enough to deal with?someone who can read thoughts
- Just get out. I'm not a mind reader.from that time onward
He's like a little boy. I mean, ever since our divorce...the sole method
...he thinks the only way he can get my attention is by causing a fuss.make a scene
...he thinks the only way he can get my attention is by causing a fuss.prove to be in the end
- He turned out to be a real asshole. - Oh, heh.shock or surprise people
Not one minute. People used to raise their eyebrows...used to: Used to marks a past habit that no longer holds.
Not one minute. People used to raise their eyebrows...pleasant to look at
Having praised her son's devotion, Roberta adds that he is handsome, as if it were an afterthought.
And he's also quite easy on the eye.at the risk of boasting
If I do say so myself.Link how's and it: how-zit, with no break.
- How's it hanging? - Oh, uh...how are you doing — A casual male-to-male greeting; too loose for formal settings.
- How's it hanging? - Oh, uh...very excited — Youthful slang for being thrilled; fine with friends, not in reports.
- I'm stoked. - Hi, Dad.happen to encounter
But, uh, I did run into a lot of traffic heading into town this afternoon.subject clause: The what clause is the subject; is then introduces the advice.
What you wanna do next time is get off 25 at Speer and take a left.It collapses to whaddaya wanna in fast speech.
What you wanna do next time is get off 25 at Speer and take a left.non-defining clause: The which clause adds extra detail about the road rather than identifying it.
That'll turn into First which will lead you directly to Gaylord.can we do this later
Oh, sure, Dad, um, can it wait?「Warren Meets Randall's Family」を読み解く
What's really going on
The wedding is everywhere except on the bride and groom, who are the last to appear. Roberta treats the event as a test of her management — and of her son, whom she defends as "sensitive, devoted" and "quite easy on the eye." When Larry erupts over a trivial task, the household's fault lines show, and Roberta narrates him to Warren as a little boy who only wants attention. Warren's problem is the opposite: he is so agreeable that he becomes a wall to talk at. Asked to pay for the church, he is told the money is overdue; asked for an opinion, he offers only that Jeannie is taken with Randall. "It's very important. I need some time alone with you," he finally tells his daughter, but the evening keeps getting in the way.
Theme
Family conflictThe wedding turns a first meeting into a battlefield: Larry erupts, Roberta manages every detail, and Warren can only watch and be talked at.
ParenthoodRoberta presents Randall as the product of her care, from breastfeeding to his looks, making the wedding as much about her mothering as about the couple.
このチャプターで学べること
- 'I'm not a mind reader' sends the blame back for unclear instructions.
- 'The only way' claims there is exactly one route, often to win an argument.
- 'Easy on the eye' praises looks without turning creepy.
- Roberta's whole monologue is a bill disguised as small talk.
発音のポイント
- goddamned thing — The d in goddamned often drops before thing.
- How's it — Link how's and it: how-zit, with no break.
- What you wanna — It collapses to whaddaya wanna in fast speech.
And he's also quite easy on the eye.Roberta's boast about Randall: not just sensitive and devoted, but handsome too, and she says it without any sense of how odd it sounds.
If I do say so myself.The phrase that admits the boast is a boast: Roberta knows she is praising her own son, and says it anyway, which sums up the whole evening.
Honestly, don't you think he's something special?Roberta asks Warren to confirm her view of Randall, leaving no room for a real answer; he shows restraint by talking only about Jeannie's feelings.
I'll do it myself. Like I have to do everything else around here.The line from the Larry blow-up: a small failure becomes a speech about being unappreciated, which is how resentments surface in this house.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Roberta so controlling about the wedding?
She treats the wedding as her project, down to the church check and the RSVP list, and Warren is a captive audience who cannot say no.
Why does Larry explode during the visit?
He and Roberta are divorced and, as she tells it, he thinks the only way to get her attention is by causing a fuss. Failing at a small task becomes the excuse.
Is Roberta serious about the breastfeeding story?
She tells it as proof of devotion — she nursed Randall until he was almost five — and offers the results as her defence without a trace of embarrassment.
Does Warren agree that Randall is special?
He dodges: he will only say Jeannie seems taken with him, which Roberta happily takes as agreement and turns back into praise.
Why does Warren want to talk to Jeannie alone?
He has been carrying something important and asks for time after dinner, but the wedding chaos keeps putting the conversation off — a pattern that continues through the visit.
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