as far as I am concerned
Well, uh, for my part, I would just like to say, Warren...About Schmidt · 2002 — 第 1 / 16 章 · 3'25" · B1
Ray's Toast at the Retirement Dinner, Explained：retire in glory
Everyone at the dinner is toasting Warren, but Ray Nichols uses his turn to say the gifts, the pension and the fuss don't matter. "I did it. I did my job," he says, is the only thing a man can retire on.
あらすじ
At Warren Schmidt's retirement dinner, a young replacement gives a polite toast, promising to fill his shoes. Then Ray Nichols, an old colleague, takes the floor and delivers a blunt speech: the gifts, the dinner and the pension mean nothing. What matters, he says, is having devoted your life to something meaningful.
注目の表現
fill your shoesgo way backgoddamnsuperficialities
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このシーンの表現
retire in glory
leave a career with honor
Ray concludes that a man who did his job can retire in glory and enjoy non-monetary riches.
She chose to retire in glory rather than fade out over one more slow year.
このシーンの他の表現
- fill your shoes
replace someone capably
- go way back
have known each other for years
- goddamn
a curse word used for emphasis
- superficialities
shallow, surface things
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 17 件のメモ
replace someone capably
The new man taking over tells Warren he hopes to fill his shoes.
...that as the new guy taking over for you, I hope I can fill your shoes.judging by how it appears
Because from the looks of the people here...make someone feel at home
...and you all have just made us feel so welcome.stop in for a visit
...to drop by the office to visit anytime you want.a toast to you
Well, anyway, here's to you, Warren.Soften here's and to; let the beat land on you.
Well, anyway, here's to you, Warren.take control of something
How do you feel about these young punks taking over our jobs?cocky newcomers — Said by older workers about newcomers; too rude for formal talk.
How do you feel about these young punks taking over our jobs?have known each other for years
Ray claims a long shared history with Warren going back to their first office.
Warren and I go way back.old news, long settled Not the school subject; here it means long-past events.
- But that's ancient history. - Heh.give one's whole life to something
...is the knowledge that you devoted your life to something meaningful.be held in respect by others
To building a fine home. To being respected by your community.friendships that endure
To having wonderful, lasting friendships.conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; only then does the main clause about retiring in glory follow.
At the end of his career, if a man can look back and say: "I did it. I did my job."leave a career with honor
Ray concludes that a man who did his job can retire in glory and enjoy non-monetary riches.
Then he can retire in glory...look at someone carefully
...take a good look at a very rich man.「Ray's Toast at the Retirement Dinner」を読み解く
What's really going on
The dinner is supposed to honor Warren, but the speeches quietly measure him. The replacement's compliment — "I hope I can fill your shoes" — is really about succession; the company has already moved on. Ray, who says "Warren and I go way back," turns his toast into a verdict. He lists the gifts, the dinner, the Social Security and the pension and dismisses them all, insisting that only meaningful work and lasting friendships count. The men around him applaud anyway. About Schmidt's opening leaves a question hanging: if Ray is right, Warren has traded his whole life for a company that will forget him by Monday. The room's warmth and the speech's cool judgment never quite meet.
Theme
DutyRay defines a life well spent as devoted work and family, the very terms Warren has organized his whole career around.
SatireThe polite office ritual collapses into blunt truth, and the applause suggests no one, including Warren, wants to hear it.
このチャプターで学べること
- Fill your shoes means matching what the person before you built.
- Go way back claims a history older than anyone else at the table.
- Ray curses the gifts to say the ceremony is not the point.
- Retire in glory means leaving with self-respect, not with money.
発音のポイント
- here's to you — Soften here's and to; let the beat land on you.
How do you feel about these young punks taking over our jobs?An older employee asks Warren how he feels about younger workers replacing them, calling the newcomers punks half-jokingly, half-bitterly.
And this dinner doesn't mean a goddamn thing.Ray says the retirement dinner itself is worthless, setting up his point that gifts and ceremonies are not what a career is worth.
At the end of his career, if a man can look back and say: "I did it. I did my job."Ray's test of a good career: being able to look back and honestly say you did your job, not that you were rewarded for it.
Anyway, I know something about retirement.Ray claims the authority to speak on retirement, hinting he has already been through it and knows what the ceremony is really worth.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Ray say the gifts and the dinner don't mean anything?
Ray argues that retirement rituals and benefits are superficialities. What actually gives a career value, in his speech, is having devoted your life to meaningful work, family and lasting friendships.
Is Ray insulting Warren with this speech?
It seems harsh, but Ray says he has known Warren for decades and calls him a very rich man in non-monetary terms. The toast attacks the ceremony, not Warren, even if it lands awkwardly.
What does "fill your shoes" mean here?
The young replacement says he hopes he can fill Warren's shoes, meaning he hopes to be as good as Warren was. It is one of the few warm lines in a night of measured speeches.
Does Warren enjoy the retirement dinner?
He says little, thanks Ray, and calls him buddy. The film plays the applause and the speeches as an uneasy ritual, so his real feelings stay hard to read.
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