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Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 2 / 18 章 · 2'10" · B2

Wilberforce Tells Richard He Found God, Explained：ran away with

Lying on wet grass, Wilberforce confesses to his servant Richard that he has had a religious awakening. 'I think he found me,' he says, uneasy that faith does not fit a political career. Richard answers with the Bacon line about dying unknown to yourself — and his own confession about the circus.

あらすじ

Wilberforce lies on the wet grass and admits to Richard, his servant, that something has changed in him: he would rather study dandelions than run the state. Richard asks if he has found God, and Wilberforce corrects him — God found him. The two then trade quiet confessions, including Richard's near escape with the circus.

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このシーンの表現

ran away with

leave town with

Richard shares that at fifteen he nearly ran off with the circus, quietly saying he understands restlessness.

Last summer he ran away with a touring band.

このシーンの他の表現

  • turn away

    send someone off

  • more than usual

    even more than normally

  • have any idea how

    can you grasp how

  • in my heart

    deep down

このシーンのメモ一覧

21 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B2meet someone in secret

meet away from prying eyes

Dear God, I know this is utterly absurd, but I feel I have to meet you in secret.
発音meet you

Blend meet and you into one sound, mee-chu.

Dear God, I know this is utterly absurd, but I feel I have to meet you in secret.
表現 · A2sorry to interrupt

excuse the interruption

Sorry to interrupt, sir. There is a beggar at the kitchen door.
表現 · B1turn someone away

send someone off

I would turn him away, sir, but you insisted I always check.
文法 · B1insisted I always check

insist clause: After insist, the clause simply states the requirement: you must always check.

I would turn him away, sir, but you insisted I always check.
文法 · B1lying down on the wet grass

gerund phrase: The gerund phrase acts as the subject, treating the whole act as one topic.

I know that lying down on the wet grass is not a normal thing to do.
表現 · B1none of my business

not my concern

None of my business, sir.
表現 · A2more ... than usual

even more than normally

Wilberforce asks his butler whether he has been stranger than usual lately, already knowing the answer.

...I've been even more strange than usual lately, haven't I?
文法 · B1haven't I

tag question: The tag invites the listener to confirm the unflattering claim for him.

...I've been even more strange than usual lately, haven't I?
表現 · C1engagements of state

official state duties

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
表現 · B1would prefer to do something

would rather do

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
表現 · B2marvel at something

wonder at

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
発音studying dandelions

Soften the end of studying; stress the first beat of dandelions.

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
スラング · B2arse

backside — Coarse British slang for the backside; fine among friends, not in formal talk.

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
スラング · B2bloody

damn — British intensifier with a swear word's edge; casual, not for formal settings.

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
表現 · B2have any idea how ...

can you grasp how

He asks whether Richard can grasp how inconvenient and foolish his new faith will look.

Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is, how idiotic it will sound?
発音have any

Reduce have, run into any, and stress idea.

Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is, how idiotic it will sound?
表現 · B2a future glittering ahead

a dazzling future ahead

I've a political career glittering ahead of me and in my heart I want spiders' webs.
表現 · A2in my heart

deep down

He admits that under the glittering career he actually longs for spiders' webs.

I've a political career glittering ahead of me and in my heart I want spiders' webs.
表現 · B1run away with someone

leave town with

Richard shares that at fifteen he nearly ran off with the circus, quietly saying he understands restlessness.

When I was 15, I almost ran away with the circus.
表現 · B1could have been something

might have become

They said I could have been an acrobat.
文法 · B2could have been

past modal: Could have been points to a past possibility that never became reality.

They said I could have been an acrobat.

「Wilberforce Tells Richard He Found God」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is a conversion scene played as embarrassment. Wilberforce cannot say the word 'God' without first calling the whole thing absurd; he tells Richard he has '10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.' The comedy is real, but so is the fear: he has a brilliant career waiting and no idea how to want it now. What makes the scene more than a speech is Richard. He does not bat an eye at his master lying on the grass; instead he names the Bacon quote, then offers his own small revelation — he almost ran away with the circus. Master and servant each hand the other something private, and the distance between them shrinks for a moment.

Theme

FaithWilberforce has just been found by God, and the scene is him admitting it out loud for the first time, even though it embarrasses and inconveniences him.
IdentityHe is torn between a glittering political career and what he actually wants in his heart, and Bacon's line about dying unknown to yourself names the fear.

このチャプターで学べること

  • I think he found me reverses who does the finding.
  • Turn someone away refuses them politely at the door.
  • Have any idea how is a challenge, not a real question.
  • In my heart marks the gap between a career and a wish.
  • Arse and bloody color the scene as British and informal.

発音のポイント

  • meet you — Blend meet and you into one sound, mee-chu.
  • studying dandelions — Soften the end of studying; stress the first beat of dandelions.
  • have any — Reduce have, run into any, and stress idea.
I think he found me.

Richard asks if Wilberforce has found God, and he flips it: he was not searching, God came after him. The swap carries the scene's whole idea of grace arriving uninvited.

I've a political career glittering ahead of me and in my heart I want spiders' webs.

Wilberforce names the split at the center of the scene: the great career is real and so is the pull toward small, useless, beautiful things. He cannot want both and knows it.

They said I could have been an acrobat.

Richard's closing joke about the life he nearly had. It matches Wilberforce's confession with one of his own, so the master is not left exposed.

I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.

The speech that makes his crisis funny and clear: duty on one side, wonder on the other. The crude 'wet arse' keeps it from sounding like a sermon.

このシーンについての質問

What is Wilberforce struggling with?

He has just had a religious awakening and cannot square it with his political career. He says he has 10,000 engagements of state but would rather spend the day studying dandelions and spiders' webs.

What does 'I think he found me' mean?

Richard asks if he has found God, and Wilberforce flips it: he did not go looking — God came and found him. The reversal is the point of the whole scene.

Who is Richard?

Wilberforce's servant, who checks the kitchen door and takes his orders. He also proves he is more than a servant by identifying the Francis Bacon quotation and sharing his own circus story.

Why does Richard mention the circus?

It is his way of meeting Wilberforce as a person rather than a master. Wilberforce has just confessed something odd and private, so Richard answers with something odd and private of his own.

What does Wilberforce quote?

A line from Francis Bacon about a man who dies well known to everyone but unknown to himself. Richard names the author, showing he reads the books he dusts.

Amazing Grace · 全 18 章

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