worried about something
Nothing to be nervous about.An American Crime · 2007 — 第 4 / 16 章 · 3'33" · B1
Sylvia and Jennie Move In, Explained：take them in
Sylvia and Jennie arrive at Gertrude's house on the Southside, where the neighbors greet Paula with crude jokes. A former partner visits, and the money fight reveals why the girls are there: "I had to take them in, because of you."
あらすじ
Sylvia and Jennie move into Gertrude Baniszewski's house on the Southside. Gertrude reassures them, "Everyone's really nice here. I promise," but the neighborhood boys joke crudely with Paula. A man Gertrude once lived with stops by before boot camp and asks to borrow money; she refuses, and the visit exposes how reluctantly she took the girls in.
注目の表現
I promiseplay with yourselvesgoddamnNice to see you too
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このシーンの表現
I promise
I give you my word
Arriving at the Baniszewski house, Sylvia calms her nervous sister and adds I promise.
It won't take long, I promise.
このシーンの他の表現
- play with yourselves
go amuse yourselves; a crude joke
- goddamn
damned; an intensifier
- Nice to see you too
a sarcastic greeting back
- take care of
look after someone
- hang out with
spend time with someone
このシーンのメモ一覧
61 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ
Link to be into tə-bi and stress the first syllable of nervous.
Nothing to be nervous about.lose one's virginity
Hey, Paula, get your cherry popped, this summer?lost virginity — Crude slang; keep it out of polite talk.
Hey, Paula, get your cherry popped, this summer?looking like that
You sure didn't, Teddy, not with a face like that.a repeat troublemaker
Coy is okay, but Teddy is a goddamn delinquent.a young troublemaker — A disapproving label for a repeat young offender.
Coy is okay, but Teddy is a goddamn delinquent.bother or tease someone
Those guys, they're always messing with somebody.share a home with someone
- You live with Paula and them? - Yeah, for a bid, I guess.very close by
I live right around the corner, I'm Ricky Hobbs.used up my whole day
It took me all day to quiet him.while someone is present
- Not in front of the baby! - Why? He don't care.look after someone
When the young man says he is leaving for the army, Gertrude asks who will support him then.
Who's gonna take care of you?Gonna reduces to gənə, and the k in take is barely released.
Who's gonna take care of you?going to — Spoken reduction of going to; avoid it in formal writing.
Who's gonna take care of you?ask for a small loan
if I could borrow a few dollars...wish I could afford it
If I had the money, I'd give it to you.unreal conditional: The past form with would imagines something untrue now: he does not actually have the money.
If I had the money, I'd give it to you.new paying lodgers
I saw your new boarders.paying lodgers — People who pay to live in your house.
I saw your new boarders.out of kindness, not money
Don't tell me, you're doing that for charity.give someone a home here it means to give them a home, not to carry them inside
I had to take them in, because of you.refuse to foot the bill
I ain't paying for another man's kids.isn't; aren't — Dialectal and working-class; not for formal use.
I ain't paying for another man's kids.someone's first school day
So, how was the first day at school?befriend a few people
Well, I made a couple friends.collect someone by car
Can you, pick up the kids and bring'm home?work an added shift
Just tell mama, I picked up an extra shift at work.increasingly alike
You know, Paula is looking more and more like you everyday.spend time with someone
She's been hanging out with Bradley again.present perfect continuous: Has been doing shows an action running from the past into now and still going on.
She's been hanging out with Bradley again.Hanging out links into hangin-nowt, with the with kept weak.
She's been hanging out with Bradley again.a tendency to get angry
Discussing Bradley, they note his wife has a bad temper, hinting the fallout would be ugly.
His wife's got a bad temper.have got: Have got is the spoken way to say has or have; here it simply means possession.
His wife's got a bad temper.「Sylvia and Jennie Move In」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene sets up the power in the house without stating it. Gertrude tells the girls, "Everyone's really nice here. I promise," and the promise is almost immediately undermined: the boys' talk is crude, and the adults are haggling over money. When her former partner comes by, Gertrude explains the girls' presence with "I had to take them in, because of you" — not kindness, but obligation. He answers that he won't pay for another man's children, which tells us exactly how the household sees these two. The later exchange about the extra shift shows the same habit of managing the truth: the children are told a convenient story. By the end of the chapter, the girls have a bed and a school, but no one in the house is actually on their side.
Theme
MoneyThe adults' fight over money and child support decides why the girls can stay, turning charity into a bill.
ClassThe Southside is sketched through crude jokes and cramped rooms, a place where the girls are boarders, not guests.
このチャプターで学べること
- A promise is how one kid steadies another.
- Money talk reveals who really holds the power here.
- Ain't marks class and attitude, not just grammar.
- Living on charity is counted, never forgotten.
発音のポイント
- to be nervous — Link to be into tə-bi and stress the first syllable of nervous.
- gonna take care — Gonna reduces to gənə, and the k in take is barely released.
- hanging out with — Hanging out links into hangin-nowt, with the with kept weak.
Everyone's really nice here. I promise.Gertrude's reassurance to the new girls; the crude jokes and money talk around them quickly show how hollow it is.
I ain't paying for another man's kids.The former partner refuses any responsibility, and states plainly how the household regards the two new girls.
If I had the money, I'd give it to you.Gertrude turns down the loan request with a polite conditional; the answer is really about money she will not share.
See, we're not such bad people, here on the Southside.Told to Sylvia after her first day at school, it defends the neighborhood while quietly asking her to accept it.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Sylvia and Jennie move in with Gertrude?
Their parents are away and the girls need somewhere to stay. Gertrude later admits she took them in because of her former partner, not out of kindness, which frames the arrangement from the start.
Who is the man who visits Gertrude?
A former partner of hers, who is about to leave for boot camp and wants to borrow money to visit his brother first. He refuses to support another man's children, and the visit ends in an apology, not a deal.
Why does Gertrude tell the girls to say she picked up an extra shift?
It gives a harmless reason for her absence and keeps the children from asking questions. The invented shift is an early sign of how information is managed in the house.
Is Paula actually in trouble with the neighbors?
The boys' crude remarks and the later talk about Bradley suggest she is the subject of gossip. Whether or not the rumors are true, the talk shapes how the household is seen.
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次のチャプター · 第 5 章none of your businessPaula Reveals Her Pregnancy
第 1 章have a chance toSylvia Meets Friends at Church
第 2 章for a livingPaula Brags About Her Married Boyfriend
第 3 章make a differenceGertrude Takes In the Likens Girls
再生中 · 第 4 章take them inSylvia and Jennie Move In
第 5 章none of your businessPaula Reveals Her Pregnancy
第 6 章knows bestBradley Shows His True Face
第 7 章narrow gatePaula Accuses Sylvia of Spreading Lies
第 8 章long-distance callSylvia and Jennie's Long-Distance Call
第 9 章nothing but troubleGertrude Catches Sylvia's Call
第 10 章come betweenGertrude Lays Down the Rules
第 11 章learns her lessonGertrude Says Sylvia Went to Juvenile
第 12 章tie someone upThe Children Testify Against Gertrude
第 13 章know what it's likeGertrude's Basement Confession
第 14 章get to the bottom of somethingReverend Collier Visits Gertrude
第 15 章faking itSylvia Dies While No One Acts
第 16 章take the standJennie and Gertrude Take the Stand第 4 / 16 章 · 残り約 39 分