come a long way
- You've travelled far to be here? - No distance would be too great.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 4 / 18 章 · 2'13" · B2
Wilberforce Meets the Abolitionists, Explained：my business is you
Wilberforce is introduced to the Clapham circle over dinner, and they are not there for small talk. "My business in London is you," one of them tells him, explaining that they would rather show him the trade than argue about it. The menu is goose; the subject is the end of slavery.
あらすじ
At a dinner in his honor, Wilberforce meets the group known as the Clapham Sect: the Reverend John Ramsay, Edward Hope, Michael Shaw, Olaudah Equiano, Hannah More and Thomas Clarkson. They talk about making a better world, and Equiano makes their purpose plain: his business in London is Wilberforce himself.
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No distance would be too greatthe older I getthe making ofmy business is you
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このシーンの表現
my business is you
you are the reason I am here
Asked why he came to London, Equiano answers that Wilberforce himself is the reason.
My business today is you, not your manager.
このシーンの他の表現
- No distance would be too great
any journey is worth it
- the older I get
as I grow older
- the making of
the process of creating
- with his own eyes
firsthand
このシーンのメモ一覧
28 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
come the whole way from
Who has travelled all the way from Clapham.allow me to present someone
Finally, let me introduce Mr Thomas Clarkson.Blend It's and a into its-a, then stress hare.
It's a hare, actually.as I grow older
When the goose is feared tough, Wilberforce jokes that age has made him the tender one.
I find the older I get, the more tender I become.the ... the ...: Two comparatives pair up: as one thing grows, the other changes with it.
I find the older I get, the more tender I become.Link older and I so the r carries across.
I find the older I get, the more tender I become.reside in
So, Miss Moore, you live in Clapham.far from being
When certain issues are raised amongst my friends and I, it is anything but tranquil.passive clause: The passive keeps the focus on the issues being raised rather than on who raises them.
When certain issues are raised amongst my friends and I, it is anything but tranquil.matters concerning
Issues regarding the making of a better world.the process of creating
Hannah names their subject as the making of a better world, not idle talk.
Issues regarding the making of a better world.in what respect
Better in which way?in all respects
If you make the world better in one way, it becomes better in every way.if clause: The if-clause sets a general condition, and the present tense states the standing result.
If you make the world better in one way, it becomes better in every way.what brings you here
Mr Equiano, what business brings you to London?want to talk about
What? You wish to discuss something with me?trust hearsay
No. We do not want to talk because we hear that you are a man who doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes.firsthand
Equiano flatters Wilberforce as a man who trusts only what he sees with his own eyes.
No. We do not want to talk because we hear that you are a man who doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes.relative clause: The who-clause defines the kind of man he is, carrying the whole compliment.
No. We do not want to talk because we hear that you are a man who doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes.until clause: Not ... until means belief only arrives after he has seen the thing himself.
No. We do not want to talk because we hear that you are a man who doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes.Reduce his to a light iz and stress own eyes.
No. We do not want to talk because we hear that you are a man who doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes.「Wilberforce Meets the Abolitionists」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is a job interview disguised as hospitality. The Clapham group has invited Wilberforce to dinner because they need a voice in Parliament, and they spend the meal sizing him up. Hannah More's small talk is a test: she says that when certain issues come up, Clapham is "anything but tranquil," and describes their cause as "the making of a better world." Equiano cuts through the politeness with "My business in London is you," and then explains why they won't simply argue: they believe Wilberforce is a man who "doesn't believe what he hears until he sees it with his own eyes." They are not flattering him; they are recruiting him. The goose and the hare are just the setting for a movement quietly asking him to lead it.
Theme
JusticeThe Clapham group courts Wilberforce as the parliamentary voice their campaign against the slave trade needs.
FaithThe dinner is full of religious reformers who frame ending slavery as part of making a better world.
このチャプターで学べること
- Anything but tranquil means the very opposite of quiet.
- My business is you turns a polite question into a claim.
- With his own eyes insists on firsthand proof over rumour.
- The making of names an ongoing project, not a dream.
- No distance would be too great dismisses a long journey.
発音のポイント
- It's a hare — Blend It's and a into its-a, then stress hare.
- the older I — Link older and I so the r carries across.
- with his — Reduce his to a light iz and stress own eyes.
When certain issues are raised amongst my friends and I, it is anything but tranquil.Hannah More's polite way of saying Clapham is not peaceful at all: whenever they discuss their causes, the place is full of argument and purpose.
I find the older I get, the more tender I become.A light dinner-table witticism about ageing and sympathy, said after a joke about the tough old goose.
If you make the world better in one way, it becomes better in every way.Hannah More's belief that all reform is connected: fix one injustice and everything else improves with it.
My business in London is you, Mr Wilberforce.Equiano's blunt statement of purpose. He hasn't come to chat; he has come for Wilberforce, the politician he hopes will end the slave trade.
このシーンについての質問
Who are the Clapham group?
A circle of abolitionists and reformers around Clapham. At this dinner Wilberforce meets Ramsay, Hope, Shaw, Equiano, More and Clarkson.
Why does Hannah More say Clapham isn't tranquil?
She means that whenever she and her friends discuss reform, the place is full of heated argument. It's a polite way of hinting at their cause.
Why does Equiano refuse to just talk?
Because Wilberforce trusts what he sees over what he hears. The group plans to show him the reality of the slave trade instead of only debating it.
What does "with his own eyes" mean here?
It means seeing something personally rather than hearing about it. Equiano says Wilberforce won't believe a report until he sees the evidence himself.
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第 6 章have something made upThe Man in the Box
第 7 章died of kindnessWilberforce and Barbara Fake a Fight
第 8 章with a heavy heartWilberforce Denounces the Slave Trade
第 9 章mean businessCharles Fox Joins the Abolitionists
第 10 章have a confession to makeAbolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship
第 11 章scrape the bottom of the barrelAbolitionists Present a Huge Petition
第 12 章a wave of good intentionsPitt Warns a Friend Over Cards
第 13 章run with bloodPitt Warns Wilberforce About War
第 14 章by halvesNewton Gives Wilberforce His Confession
第 15 章flag of convenienceThe Neutral Flag Trick
第 16 章side windAbolitionists Come at a Side Wind
第 17 章find me as myselfWilberforce Quits Laudanum
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