Mate as a tag is unstressed and clipped.
- Bugger off! - Hello, Tom, mate.Another Year · 2010 — 第 9 / 25 章 · 4'44" · B2
Ken Visits Tom and Gerri, Explained：same old, same old
Ken arrives for one of his long visits, all noise and affection, and the talk drifts from his messy flat and annoying young boss to the retirement he keeps postponing. "What thanks do you get? I'm sick of it," he says of forty years of work, before the three of them slip into old football stories.
あらすじ
Ken, an old friend, turns up at Tom and Gerri's house for one of his visits, greeted with jokes and hugs. Over food he talks about his flat, which is a mess but suits him, and about the young supervisor who treats him like a child. Then the conversation turns to retirement and to shared memories of Derby, football crowds and old friends.
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bugger offsame old, same oldcafftreat someone like a child
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このシーンの表現
same old, same old
nothing has changed
Ken sums up his flat with a shrug: same old, same old.
Same old, same old: work, gym, sleep, repeat.
このシーンの他の表現
- bugger off
go away, rudely
- caff
a cheap local cafe
- treat someone like a child
to patronise someone
- owt
anything, in northern dialect
- the tyranny of regular employment
ironic talk for having no job
このシーンのメモ一覧
104 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
a casual hi — A breezy hello for people you know well.
Hiya, Gerri, love.thanks, in British slang — Casual British thanks; too informal for work.
- Would you like a beer? - Oh, I'd love one, ta.second conditional: If plus past, would plus verb: an imagined present that is not true.
If I got a cleaner in, she'd turn round, walk straight out again.a reason to keep going
It might give her a purpose in life.it works for me
- Bit of a mess, but it suits me. - Yeah.to run fast
I usually get the bus, but if I'm late, I have to leg it, if I miss the bus.to grab or collect
I stop at the caff to pick up breakfast.a complete tyrant Not a literal fascist: just a boss who loves control.
Just because of that Steve. He's a right fascist.the line of the unemployed
I mean, you spend nearly 40 years trying to get people out of the dole queue and into jobs.fed up with it
What thanks do you get? I'm sick of it!to leave it behind
At your age, you can walk away, can't you?to enjoy life carelessly
Eat, drink, be merry.the honoured guest
Then, of course, there's yourself, sir. The guest of honour.to have been doing
What else you been up to?to support a team
- Ho, ho, ho! Who'd you cheer for? - Derby, of course.forced to be with
I had to keep quiet, I got stuck with the home mob.Practice saying were where standard English uses was.
- Was there owt worth cheering? - No, it were crap.rubbish — Casual put-down for something bad; not for polite talk.
- Was there owt worth cheering? - No, it were crap.negation with think: The not goes with think, but the real denial is about missing games.
I don't think my brother ever missed one home game.the standing stands at a ground
No. Me and my dad used to stand with him on the terraces.the crowd's loud cheer
You could hear the roar of the crowd from the front room.British exclamation of shock — A very common British shock exclamation, mildly rude.
- Carl's 41. - Bloody hell.to isolate oneself
- So's Ronnie. - He's cut himself off.past habit with would: Would plus verb marks a repeated habit in the past.
When my dad was in the home, I'd go to Derby, he was always in the pub.「Ken Visits Tom and Gerri」を読み解く
What's really going on
The visit is warm, but the chapter keeps brushing against what Ken will not quite say. His chatter about the flat and the young supervisor — '35, looks 12, treats me like a child' — is the sound of a man whose working life has worn him down, and his line about the job, 'What thanks do you get? I'm sick of it!' states the complaint outright. Retirement is the obvious answer, and everyone can see it; Ken can even joke that he would eat, drink and be merry, and call freedom from work 'the tyranny of regular employment.' But he admits it is 'not that easy.' The football memories that follow are the scene's real comfort: a shared past where he belonged, with old friends and a team, standing on the terraces and hearing the crowd roar.
Theme
FriendshipKen's visit is full of jokes and old stories, and the football memories show a past where he belonged.
LonelinessBehind the chatter, Ken is worn down and stuck, avoiding the retirement that might leave him with no purpose.
このチャプターで学べること
- Same old, same old means nothing has changed
- To leg it is to run at speed
- The terraces are the old standing stands
- Owt is northern English for anything
発音のポイント
- mate — Mate as a tag is unstressed and clipped.
- it were — Practice saying were where standard English uses was.
During the Clough glory years, we were at the centre of the footballing universe.A nostalgic claim about the past: during Brian Clough's great years, their city felt like the heart of football.
Yep, that's one of the advantages of being free from the tyranny of regular employment.A dry joke about unemployment: no job means no boss and no schedule, said as if it were a benefit.
What would you do with your time if you retired, Ken?The question that exposes the real problem — without work, Ken has no idea how he would fill his days.
What thanks do you get? I'm sick of it!Ken's outburst about decades of effort met with no gratitude, the frustration under his cheerful manner.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Ken keep postponing retirement?
He admits it is not that easy. Work has organized his life for decades, and when asked what he would do with his time, he can only say the pub and eating, drinking and being merry.
What does "owt" mean?
It is northern English dialect for "anything." Ken asks whether there was owt worth cheering at the match, meaning whether anything was worth cheering about.
What does Ken complain about at work?
His young supervisor, who is thirty-five but looks twelve and treats him like a child. Ken is a graduate too, but the younger man still talks down to him.
Why does the football talk matter to Ken?
It is where he felt he belonged. The shared memories of the terraces, the roar of the crowd and the Clough era give him a past that is warmer than his present.
Who is Ronnie, and what do they say about him?
Ronnie is Ken's brother, now seventy. The friends remember drinking with him, and joke that he never bought a round, which Ken cheerfully agrees with.
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