bring the dead back to life
The Romans believed this water would restore the dead to life.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 1 / 18 章 · 3'24" · B2
Wilberforce Meets Barbara in Bath, Explained：anything but
Wilberforce insists he has come to Bath to be cured of politics, while his friends work to fix him up with Barbara Spooner. "Anything but politics," he says, batting away both the matchmaking and the cause he can't stop thinking about. Each of them admires the other and neither will admit it.
あらすじ
At the spa in Bath, Henry Thornton teases Wilberforce about single life and tries to introduce him to Barbara Spooner, who is there with Marianne. Wilberforce refuses to be matched and says he came to Bath to be cured of politics. He and Barbara spar, then admit, indirectly, that they like each other.
注目の表現
a picture of healthstarved ofnever mindin other circumstances
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このシーンの表現
anything but
everything except
Wilberforce rules out politics entirely and jokes that Bath is his cure for it.
Take anything but the red one; it scratches easily.
このシーンの他の表現
- a picture of health
the very image of good health
- starved of
badly short of something
- never mind
drop it, forget about it
- in other circumstances
under different conditions
このシーンのメモ一覧
36 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
Link dead and to so the t softens into a quick d.
The Romans believed this water would restore the dead to life.the other way round
Most pump water I've investigated works in the opposite direction.waiting for a guest
Marianne, are you expecting someone else?the very image of good health
Henry boasts that marriage has turned him into the picture of health.
You may have noticed, since I married Marianne, I have been a picture of health.time clause: Since marks the starting point, and the present perfect says the state continues to now.
You may have noticed, since I married Marianne, I have been a picture of health.Run picture and of together without a gap.
You may have noticed, since I married Marianne, I have been a picture of health.fade and decline
Single men wither away and die in rooms that smell of feet and armpits.chatter on about
Henry, what are you babbling on about?Can and be reduce; the stress lands on late.
The water has been here a million years. How can we be late?wrap something into a parcel Not finishing up; literally parceling a Tory and posting him.
Marianne, if I'd known you were so starved of political conversation, I'd have wrapped up a Tory and sent him to your home by mail for you to shout at.inversion: Fronting in gives the entrance a snap, as if the husband steps in at that very moment.
Here we are discussing the abolition of the slave trade and in walks my husband with William Wilberforce himself, the most committed abolitionist in England and also, of course, the most unmarried.devoted to Praise of her causes, setting up the marriage joke.
Very committed to very many good causes.ceaseless hard work
However, Mr Wilberforce, if we had met in other circumstances, I would have told you how deeply I admire your tireless efforts to force our ridiculous Parliament to abolish the slave trade.third conditional: Had met plus would have told marks an unreal past: they did not actually meet elsewhere.
However, Mr Wilberforce, if we had met in other circumstances, I would have told you how deeply I admire your tireless efforts to force our ridiculous Parliament to abolish the slave trade.switch topics
If you had, I would have changed the subject and talked about botany.freed from something for good Politics is treated as an illness to cure.
Anything but politics. I'm in Bath to be cured of politics.under different conditions
Barbara frames her admiration as something she would only say in other circumstances.
So, even in other circumstances, it would have been a disaster.past unreal: Would have been states a guessed outcome in a past that never happened.
So, even in other circumstances, it would have been a disaster.「Wilberforce Meets Barbara in Bath」を読み解く
What's really going on
The comedy runs one way and the truth runs the other. Henry jokes that "single men wither away and die in rooms that smell of feet and armpits," and the whole spa scene is built on matchmaking — everyone can see Wilberforce and Barbara should be together. But Wilberforce keeps saying he is here for his health, that he wants "anything but politics." That line is a tell: politics is exactly what he cannot put down, and the woman who just praised his abolition work is the one person in the room who could share it. Barbara says she would have admired him "in other circumstances," then lets him talk about botany; he says even that would have been a disaster. They are both protecting themselves, and the politeness is the flirtation.
Theme
RomanceFriends engineer a meeting between Wilberforce and Barbara, and their awkward banter is the start of their courtship.
DutyWilberforce claims politics is behind him, yet the cause keeps surfacing even in a spa meant to cure him of it.
このチャプターで学べること
- A picture of health calls someone the model of good condition.
- Anything but politics draws a line without sounding rude.
- Starved of means kept badly short of what you need.
- In other circumstances wraps a hard truth in a past unreal.
発音のポイント
- dead to — Link dead and to so the t softens into a quick d.
- picture of — Run picture and of together without a gap.
- can we be — Can and be reduce; the stress lands on late.
Most pump water I've investigated works in the opposite direction.Wilberforce's dry joke about spa water: in his experience these mineral waters do the opposite of healing. It sets up his wry, skeptical tone.
Marriage and health are twins. Inseparable.Henry's comically earnest theory that being married is what keeps a man healthy. He uses it to sell Wilberforce on marrying.
Anything but politics. I'm in Bath to be cured of politics.Wilberforce's refusal to talk about his life's work. He claims the spa is a cure for politics, which only shows how much of it he carries.
Single men wither away and die in rooms that smell of feet and armpits.The punchline of Henry's argument for marriage: he paints single life as slow decay in a filthy room, half joking and half selling.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Wilberforce in Bath?
He says he is there for his health and to be cured of politics. In practice, the trip is also how his friends arrange for him to meet Barbara Spooner.
Who is Barbara Spooner?
A woman Marianne brings to Bath, known for supporting many good causes. Friends see her and Wilberforce as a match, and their banter starts a real courtship.
What does "a picture of health" mean here?
It means someone looks extremely healthy. Henry uses it to claim that marrying Marianne has made him the picture of health, part of his case for marriage.
Why does Barbara admire Wilberforce?
She respects his tireless campaign to abolish the slave trade. She tells him she would have said so directly if they had met under different circumstances.
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第 3 章where your heart liesPitt Asks Wilberforce to Return
第 4 章my business is youWilberforce Meets the Abolitionists
第 5 章gentle drizzleWilberforce Visits John Newton
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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