get a voice
Mark wonders whether the home would differ if he had had a voice back then.
The home environment wasn't what-- Had I had a say in what it should be...American Movie · 1999 — 第 9 / 19 章 · 4'52" · B1
Mark Lists His Debts, Explained：go out of their way
On paper this is a scene about money: a lottery ticket, a fistful of debts, a relative who won't lend another dime. But the same breath carries the family history behind it—"There always was conflict. You never knew what was going to happen."—and the drinking that fills the empty hours.
あらすじ
Mark narrates his debts and his family in the same flat voice: a childhood of conflict, a father who withdrew, a mother he describes as a Swedish girl. He runs a scratch-off, wins two dollars, talks about the lottery versus drugs, then sits with the camera and recites what he owes.
注目の表現
in sympathy withget off this kickcut outgo out of their way
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このシーンの表現
go out of their way
make a special effort
Someone doubts viewers would make a special trip to buy Mark's films.
People won't go out of their way for a film they can stream.
このシーンの他の表現
- in sympathy with
agree with
- get off this kick
drop a habit
- cut out
remove
- had a say
get a voice
- pissed off
angry
このシーンのメモ一覧
72 行のセリフに 39 件のメモ
inverted conditional: A conditional with if dropped, had fronted to the subject.
The home environment wasn't what-- Had I had a say in what it should be...pull away from
was completely withdrawing from the family.either-or: Either-or lays out the two possible outcomes side by side.
So I'll either win ten or a dollar if I win.over the past week
I've been losing about ten bucks a day for the last week.dollars — Casual US slang for dollars.
I've been losing about ten bucks a day for the last week.buy lottery tickets
Here's what I think of the lottery: I think when you play the lottery...preferable to
But it's better than using drugs or alcohol...mom — Affectionate spoken word for mother.
I'm telling this to my ma. His Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor...give someone a ride there
drives him over to his Gamblers Anonymous meetings.instant lottery tickets — US term for instant lottery tickets.
No, I mean, does he do scratch-offs?payments for a child
$3,600 to child support...a state's tax
I owe like state tax $50.no longer
Did you say Cliff said he won't give Mark any more money?have no interest in
I'm not interested in financing something...agree with
Mark's father says he will not fund a film he cannot fully agree with.
that I can't be 100% in sympathy with myself.relative clause: A relative clause spelling out exactly what he cannot agree with.
that I can't be 100% in sympathy with myself.remove
The father says the profanity has to be cut out of the film.
He'd have to cut out the language part of it...drop a habit
Mark's father wants him off the drinking before he helps.
and get off this kick with the bottle, all that sort of thing.at an equal rate
So, what we gotta do is film you coming down like that at the same pace...The t in gotta nearly disappears in fast speech.
So, what we gotta do is film you coming down like that at the same pace...have got to — Spoken contraction of got to.
So, what we gotta do is film you coming down like that at the same pace...as I see it
It seems to me that with so many movies out there and such a big selection...subject clause: It stands in for the that-clause, the real subject of the sentence.
It seems to me that with so many movies out there and such a big selection...what makes X so
what is it about these movies that he thinks are special...make a special effort
Someone doubts viewers would make a special trip to buy Mark's films.
that people will go out of their way to purchase?Link out, of and their into one smooth run.
that people will go out of their way to purchase?was terrible — Casual complaint, informal only.
- That sucked, man. - Let me unbend it.used to: Used to marks a past habit that no longer holds.
and I always used to get pissed off inside...Used to collapses so the d and t merge.
and I always used to get pissed off inside...suddenly
Then, all of a sudden, Mark came over...Reduce were to a quick weak form.
But anyway, we were drinking vodka, and I was so happy...The d glides into someone as one sound.
that I found someone who would drink vodka with me, you know?constantly
So, then Mark would drink vodka with me all the time.past habit would: Would plus a verb recalls a repeated past habit.
So, then Mark would drink vodka with me all the time.a bottle of vodka
Mike says the two would buy a fifth of vodka and split it.
I'd go over there all the time, and we'd buy a fifth of vodka and share it.be certain
I'm serious, man. Make sure it stays integrated, enmeshed.don't stop filming
Keep it rolling.did well — Colloquial, nonstandard for did well.
Thank you. Done good, son.「Mark Lists His Debts」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene keeps sliding between two kinds of failure: the family Mark grew up in and the money he cannot hold on to. He speaks about his parents without self-pity—"My mother and my father, they just don't mix very well"—then totals up what he owes with a gambler's calm. The lottery is where the two halves meet: a two-dollar win, a lecture that it beats drugs and alcohol, a sponsor with his own problem. Money here is not just cash; it is a measure of how far he has drifted from the life he was promised. Even the offer of more funding comes with conditions he cannot meet.
Theme
MoneyDebts, a two-dollar lottery win and a refused loan frame the scene as a reckoning with what he owes.
Family conflictMark traces his present troubles back to parents who never mixed and a father who withdrew.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mark recites his debts the way other people recite a schedule.
- His father's help comes with conditions attached.
- A fifth of vodka was the bond between two lonely friends.
- Don't mix is a quiet way to say two people never fit.
発音のポイント
- gotta do — The t in gotta nearly disappears in fast speech.
- out of their — Link out, of and their into one smooth run.
- used to get — Used to collapses so the d and t merge.
- we were — Reduce were to a quick weak form.
There always was conflict. You never knew what was going to happen.Mark's summary of his childhood home: constant fighting and unpredictability, which he offers as the root of the life he has now.
My mother and my father, they just don't mix very well.A bare explanation of his parents' marriage—not blame, just two people who never fit together.
I'd go over there all the time, and we'd buy a fifth of vodka and share it.The friendship that runs through the film: Mark and a friend bonding over cheap vodka, each grateful for the company.
I've been losing about ten bucks a day for the last week.His running losses on scratch-offs, said as casually as a grocery budget, even as his debts pile up.
このシーンについての質問
How much does Mark say he owes, and to whom?
About $10,000 to his dad, $3,600 in child support, $1,500 to the IRS, plus cards, phone and state tax. He lists it all calmly, like a shopping list of his life.
Why does Mark defend the lottery?
He says playing is better than drugs or alcohol, because with the lottery you sometimes win, while with addiction you always lose. It's a gambler's logic, but also a survival argument.
Why won't Cliff give Mark any more money?
He says he can't finance a film he isn't fully in sympathy with. He wants Mark to cut the rough language and get off the bottle first, so the refusal is about conditions, not just cash.
What does "a fifth of vodka" mean?
A fifth is a standard bottle size, about 750ml, so it just means a full bottle. Here it marks the ritual Mark and a friend share when they drink together.
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