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American Underdog · 2021 — 第 2 / 27 章 · 2'28" · B1

Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl, Explained：none of your business

Kurt needs to learn to dance, and fast, because there is a girl. He asks his friend Hud for lessons, and Hud cannot stop grinning: "You have no idea how happy this makes me." At the bar, Kurt fumbles through a barn dance and finally gets to talk to the woman who caught his eye.

あらすじ

Kurt asks Hud, his friend and teammate, to teach him how to dance. Hud teases him about the girl behind the request, but agrees. At a bar, Kurt requests a barn dance, cuts in on a cowboy, and dances with a woman named Brenda. He introduces himself, but she refuses to give her name.

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注目の表現

stay in the pocketcan't waitnone of your businessgrab your partner

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このシーンの表現

none of your business

not your concern

Hud guesses that Kurt is doing this for a girl, and Kurt shuts the topic down.

How I spend my weekends is none of your business.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stay in the pocket

    hold your position

  • can't wait

    eager, or here, ready to be amused

  • grab your partner

    take your dance partner

  • seems fair

    looks unfair

  • look good

    appear well

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ

表現 · B1stay in the pocket

hold your position

The coach barks this at Kurt in practice, drilling him to hold his spot.

No, no, no, no. Stay in the pocket.
スラング · B1hotshot

a cocky guy — teasing between teammates, not for formal talk

Bingo, hotshot.
表現 · C1off-Broadway

off the main stage Here it means the Jets are playing away from the main stage.

The MO Morris Lewis show of the New York Jets opened up well off-Broadway in Pittsburgh against the Steelers who already had a preseason...
表現 · A2ask someone a favor

ask for help

Hud? I'm gonna need to ask you a favor and I'm gonna appreciate you not laughing at me too much.
表現 · A2teach someone how to do something

show me how to do it

I need you to teach me how to dance.
表現 · B1line dance

a country group dance

Well, like, dance, like, line dance?
表現 · B1barn dance

a country barn dance

Like line dancing, barn dancing, all the dancing...[LAUGHING]
表現 · B1none of someone's business

not your concern

Hud guesses that Kurt is doing this for a girl, and Kurt shuts the topic down.

That's none of your business.
表現 · A2have no idea

have no clue

You have no idea how happy this makes me.
文法 · B1how happy this makes me

noun clause: The clause tells you the degree of the happiness, filling the slot after have no idea.

You have no idea how happy this makes me.
発音no idea how

Blend no idea into how as one run; listen for the linking.

You have no idea how happy this makes me.
表現 · A2look good

appear well

The girl sizes Kurt up and pays him a compliment, easing the tension after his rejection.

You look good.
表現 · B1a barn dance

a country dance

A barn dance for me?
表現 · B1grab your partner

take your dance partner

The caller shouts this over the music, cueing every guest to take a partner.

Grab your partner, do-si-do.
表現 · A2look like someone

resemble someone

You don't look like a cowboy.
文法 · A2'cause I'm not

ellipsis: The rest of the sentence is dropped because the previous line already supplied it.

That's 'cause I'm not.
発音'cause I'm

The middle sound drops; you hear kəz rather than because.

That's 'cause I'm not.
スラング · A2'cause

because, shortened — everyday speech only, not in writing

That's 'cause I'm not.
表現 · B1hardly seem fair

does not seem fair

That hardly seems fair.
表現 · A2give someone something

hand yours over

You're not gonna give me yours?

「Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl」を読み解く

What's really going on

The dance lessons are really a courtship in disguise. Kurt won't admit why he wants them, snapping "That's none of your business" when Hud guesses it is about a girl, yet he is determined enough to ask the favor and to make a fool of himself at the bar. The scene plays his awkwardness for humor — he doesn't even know the difference between a line dance and a barn dance — but it also shows his persistence. When he finally reaches Brenda, he moves straight to honesty: "My name is Kurt Warner. What's yours?" Her refusal to answer, "Nope. Not yet," is the first real spark between them, a challenge rather than a rejection. His ability to keep going after a small humiliation is the same trait that will carry him later.

Theme

RomanceKurt learns to dance only to meet a woman, and their first exchange is a playful standoff over names.
CourageHe risks looking foolish asking for lessons and cutting in at the bar, all for a chance with her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • None of your business closes a private question in six words.
  • Have no idea how measures a feeling by the other's surprise.
  • Stay in the pocket means hold your spot under pressure.

発音のポイント

  • no idea how — Blend no idea into how as one run; listen for the linking.
  • 'cause I'm — The middle sound drops; you hear kəz rather than because.
You have no idea how happy this makes me.

Hud's delight: Kurt's request to learn dancing amuses him so much he can barely contain it.

I need you to teach me how to dance.

Kurt's blunt request to his friend, the whole reason the scene happens.

That's none of your business.

Kurt's refusal to admit the dance lessons are about a girl, shutting down Hud's teasing.

Excuse me, cowboy. I'm gonna take this one. Thank you very much.

Kurt politely asks another man to step aside so he can dance with the woman he has spotted.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Kurt want to learn to dance?

Because of a girl. He will not admit it to Hud, but the request comes right after he sees her, and he wants to be able to dance with her at the bar.

Who is Hud, and how does he react?

Hud is Kurt's friend and teammate. He finds the request hilarious, guessing at once that a girl is involved, and teases Kurt even as he agrees to teach him.

Why won't Brenda tell Kurt her name?

She is not rejecting him so much as testing him. "Nope. Not yet." turns the introduction into a game and makes him work for the answer, which is why it reads as a spark rather than a brush-off.

What does "stay in the pocket" mean?

It is a football term. The pocket is the protected area around the quarterback, so staying in the pocket means not scrambling out of position before the play develops.

Does Kurt actually learn to dance?

He learns just enough to get by. He still confuses a line dance with a barn dance, but he manages to cut in at the bar and dance with Brenda, which is all he really needed.

アメリカン・アンダードッグ · 全 27 章

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次のチャプター · 第 3 章make something ofKurt Earns Brenda's Name
第 1 章stand your groundKurt Warner's Impossible Dream再生中 · 第 2 章none of your businessKurt Learns to Dance for a Girl第 3 章make something ofKurt Earns Brenda's Name第 4 章on his own journeyKurt Fixes the Radio第 5 章run from adversityKurt Confronts His College Coach第 6 章whirlwind romanceKurt and Brenda's First Date第 7 章a work in progressBrenda Tells Zack's Miracle Story第 8 章a dark horseKurt's NFL Draft Day第 9 章make the most ofKurt Gets the Packers Call第 10 章elephant in the roomJim Foster Recruits Kurt Warner第 11 章hold someone upA Father's Advice to Kurt第 12 章drop outKurt and Brenda's Blizzard Night第 13 章did hell freeze overKurt Joins the Barnstormers第 14 章pull the triggerKurt Warner's Arena Football Debut第 15 章buy someone timeKurt's Arena Football Debut第 16 章hidden gemBrenda's Surprise Visit Goes Wrong第 17 章pin that on meBrenda Breaks Up With Kurt第 18 章seal the winKurt Wins but Loses Brenda第 19 章all inKurt Proposes to Brenda第 20 章slow as molassesThe Barnstormers Lose the Arena Bowl第 21 章ride it outKurt Is Humbled at Rams Camp第 22 章in the wildernessVermeil Gives Kurt His Shot第 23 章in the driver's seatKurt Tells Vermeil This Is His Time第 24 章opportunity of a lifetimeKurt's First NFL Start第 25 章got your backKurt Warner Proves Them Wrong第 26 章on the ropesKurt Warner's Breakout Game第 27 章where we go from hereKurt Warner Goes From Hy-Vee to MVP
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