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I'm only trying to help you!American Beauty · 1999 — 第 12 / 14 章 · 4'52" · B2
Ricky and Jane Share Their Secrets, Explained：put him out of his misery
Two teenagers trade the worst thing about themselves. Jane can barely stand seeing her own face on Ricky's tape, and he answers with "Can't believe you don't know how beautiful you are." Then they go darker: he's been locked away by his father, and she's openly wishing hers dead.
あらすじ
Ricky and Jane are alone in his room, watching a tape he shot of her. She says it's strange to see herself, and he tells her she's beautiful. She asks about his time in the hospital, and he explains how his father sent him to military school, then had him committed. She answers by confessing how much she hates her own father.
注目の表現
that shitnot a bad manget kicked outhave a crush on
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このシーンの表現
that shit
that crap, that nonsense
Jane shuts down Ricky's compliment with a sharp, defensive curse.
I am not going to sit through that shit again.
このシーンの他の表現
- not a bad man
the quiet line that hides real damage
- get kicked out
be forced to leave a place
- have a crush on
be secretly attracted to someone
- role model
someone worth imitating
このシーンのメモ一覧
53 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
the way someone appears
It's weird watching myself. I don't like how I look.hard to believe it is true
Can't believe you don't know how beautiful you are.crap, nonsense — Heated talk among friends only; never in formal settings.
Look, I'm not gonna sit here for that shit.describe it to me
So tell me about being in the hospital.be forced to leave
Well, of course, I got kicked out.joke at someone's expense
And the next day at school, some kid made a crack about my haircut.lost control suddenly — Everyday for describing a sudden emotional break.
And I just snapped.unreal conditional: Would've marks a past possibility that did not happen.
I would've killed him...cause someone to be hospitalized
That's when my dad put me in the hospital.Practice reducing left me into /leftmi/ and gliding into in there.
They drugged me up and left me in there for two years.you can be sure of it
You'd better believe I'd hate my dad if he did something like that to me.a contemptible person — A harsh insult for someone you despise; risky in public.
He's a total asshole.be secretly attracted to someone
Jane is disgusted that her father has a crush on her friend Angela.
He's got this crush on my friend Angela, and it's disgusting.nowhere close by comparison
But it'd be nice if I was anywhere near as important to him as she is.Link anywhere near as into one smooth run.
But it'd be nice if I was anywhere near as important to him as she is.cause harm to someone
He's doing massive psychological damage to me.someone worth imitating
Jane says she needs a father who can be a role model, not an embarrassment.
I need a father who's a role model.relative clause: The who-clause says which kind of father she needs.
I need a father who's a role model.a total loser, so lame — Teen put-down; too childish for formal writing.
What a lame-o.end someone's suffering
Someone really should just put him out of his misery.present perfect continuous: Have been doing since shows an action continuing from a past start.
I've been babysitting since I was about ten.put money aside for a goal
Course, I was saving it up for a boob job.a mean thing to do
You know, that's not a very nice thing to do.tag question: The tag turns the statement into a pointed challenge.
I guess I'm not a very nice girl, then, am I?Pause after then and let am I rise.
I guess I'm not a very nice girl, then, am I?「Ricky and Jane Share Their Secrets」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is the first time either teenager has said the truth out loud, and it happens because someone is finally listening. Jane starts by hating her own image; Ricky doesn't argue, he just says it isn't true. That small kindness is what lets her go further, and she ends up admitting she wants her father gone. The shock line is how lightly she says it: "I guess I'm not a very nice girl, then, am I?" Ricky's own story lands differently. He was sent away and drugged for two years, yet when Jane assumes he must hate his father, he only offers "He's not a bad man." Neither kid is being ironic for its own sake. They're testing whether the other will keep talking after hearing the worst part.
Theme
SecretsBoth teens confess what they've never told anyone, and the scene turns on who can be trusted with it.
Family conflictTwo fathers have already broken their kids: one sent his son away, the other only looks past his daughter.
このチャプターで学べること
- Ricky answers Jane's self-doubt without flattery.
- The mercy line is a joke that hides real anger.
- Jane's tag question refuses to apologize for the joke.
- The two trade abuse stories like small talk.
発音のポイント
- left me in — Practice reducing left me into /leftmi/ and gliding into in there.
- anywhere near as — Link anywhere near as into one smooth run.
- then, am I? — Pause after then and let am I rise.
Can't believe you don't know how beautiful you are.Said to someone who's just criticized her own looks. It's a plain compliment: she's beautiful and genuinely hasn't noticed, which makes it land harder.
But it'd be nice if I was anywhere near as important to him as she is.She isn't asking for romance. She's saying her father gives her friend all the attention she wants for herself, and she'd settle for a fraction of it.
Someone really should just put him out of his misery.On the surface, mercy for a man in pain. Here it's half a joke about her father being so pathetic that death would be a kindness.
I guess I'm not a very nice girl, then, am I?Her reply to being told that hiring a killer isn't nice. She accepts the label without defending herself, which is what makes it unsettling.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Jane say she's not a very nice girl?
Because she just offered to pay Ricky to kill her father, and when he points out that isn't kind, she agrees instead of taking it back. The scene treats it as a joke between them, but she doesn't really deny wanting her father gone.
Why won't Ricky say he hates his father?
His father sent him to military school and had him hospitalized for two years, yet Ricky only says, "He's not a bad man." He doesn't defend the man so much as refuse to make it simple, and that refusal is what unsettles Jane.
What does "put him out of his misery" mean here?
It usually means to end a person or animal's suffering, sometimes by euthanasia. Jane is joking about killing her father, so the phrase works as a dark, softened way of saying she wants him dead.
Why does Ricky film Jane in the first place?
He films everything he finds beautiful, and he tells her that she is. The tape isn't about catching her off guard; it's his way of showing attention, which is exactly what she isn't used to from her own father.
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