to be continuing or happening
The doctor opens the consultation by asking Janet how long the sleeplessness has lasted.
So how long's this been going on for?Another Year · 2010 — 第 1 / 25 章 · 3'39" · B1
A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills, Explained：taken your time
At a sleep clinic, a woman who can't sleep just wants pills. The doctor keeps asking — about her worries, her husband, her kids, her drinking, her caffeine — and takes her blood pressure. "Sleeping tablets won't make it go away," the doctor says. "We need to find the cause."
あらすじ
A woman visits a sleep clinic asking for something to help her sleep. The doctor asks how long it has been going on, whether she dozes in the daytime, and about worries, money, her husband and children. After checking her blood pressure, the doctor offers only a week of sleeping tablets, orders a thyroid test, and suggests she see a counsellor.
注目の表現
going ontaken your timegot to do with ittake a few deep breaths
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このシーンの表現
taken your time
you waited a long time
The doctor gently teases Janet for waiting a whole year before coming to see her.
You've taken your time getting here, and the film has already started.
このシーンの他の表現
- going on
to be continuing or happening
- got to do with it
how it is connected to this
- take a few deep breaths
to breathe in deeply a few times
- make it go away
to make the problem disappear
- do you some good
to be good for you
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Practise linking going and on as one smooth chunk.
So how long's this been going on for?you waited a long time
The doctor gently teases Janet for waiting a whole year before coming to see her.
You've taken your time to come and see me, haven't you?tag question: The tag turns a scolding into a question that expects agreement.
You've taken your time to come and see me, haven't you?to put something down quickly
Can you pop your arm on the desk for me?to roll a sleeve up
If you straighten it up and push up your sleeve...to make it straight
If you straighten it up and push up your sleeve...a warm term of address — An affectionate address; too familiar for formal writing.
I understand, sweetheart.right now
Have you got any particular worries at the moment?At reduces to a light schwa and the stress lands on moment.
Have you got any particular worries at the moment?how it is connected to this
Janet pushes back when the doctor raises money and family, insisting they have nothing to do with her sleep.
No. I don't know what that's got to do with it.noun clause: The noun clause is the object of know and keeps question word order inside.
No. I don't know what that's got to do with it.how is someone doing
How are things with husband?to breathe in deeply a few times
The doctor guides Janet through the breathing part of the check-up in a calm, routine voice.
OK, if you just lean forward and take a few deep breaths, in through your mouth.if-clause as instruction: If plus an imperative softens a direct instruction into a polite request.
OK, if you just lean forward and take a few deep breaths, in through your mouth.children — Casual spoken word for children; keep children in formal text.
- Have you got any kids? - Yes.to work alongside someone
- Are they still at home with you? - Son is, works with his father.to stay awake
Are you drinking a lot to keep awake?to get your blood tested
But I do want you to have a blood test, to check your thyroid.to book a time
You can make an appointment at reception. All right?to find the reason
Sleeping tablets won't make it go away. We need to find the cause.Blend make and it into a single sound.
Sleeping tablets won't make it go away. We need to find the cause.to return and talk
So I want you to come back and speak to our counsellor.to be good for you
The doctor ends by gently urging Janet to see the counsellor, leaving the choice open.
I think it will do you some good.「A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a quiet tug-of-war over what the visit is actually for. The patient has one goal — 'So, I just need something to help me sleep' — and the doctor keeps widening the frame: duration, worries, money, marriage, menopause, alcohol, caffeine. The refusal is gentle but firm: 'Sleeping tablets won't make it go away. We need to find the cause.' Every question is also a reading of the life behind the insomnia, and the patient's flat answers — 'No. I don't know what that's got to do with it' — show she would rather not go there. The offer of a counsellor, and the prescription limited to a week, are the doctor's way of treating the cause instead of the symptom, even as the patient tries to reduce the whole visit to one piece of paper.
Theme
LonelinessThe patient's insomnia reads as a symptom of an unhappy, isolated life the doctor tries to name.
Family conflictQuestions about her husband, her children and her home point to trouble the visit only brushes against.
このチャプターで学べること
- Find the cause means look for the real reason
- At the moment simply means right now
- Make it go away means cure the problem
- Taken your time can carry gentle sarcasm
発音のポイント
- going on — Practise linking going and on as one smooth chunk.
- at the moment — At reduces to a light schwa and the stress lands on moment.
- make it go away — Blend make and it into a single sound.
You've taken your time to come and see me, haven't you?A dry greeting that says the doctor knows how long she has waited to seek help. It's a mild reproach dressed as politeness.
Sleeping tablets won't make it go away. We need to find the cause.The doctor's core position: pills treat the symptom, not the insomnia's source, so the visit has to look deeper.
I'm not getting any. That's why I'm here.The patient's blunt answer about her sleeplessness, and a nudge that she came for a fix, not a discussion.
Daughter's left, only see her when she wants something.Her version of family life: a grown daughter who only appears when she needs something, offered flatly and without complaint.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the woman come to the clinic?
She can't sleep and wants something to help — specifically, she asks for sleeping tablets. She says she is 'not getting any' sleep, which is why she is there.
Why won't the doctor just give her sleeping pills?
Because pills won't cure insomnia. The doctor says they treat the symptom, not the cause, so the visit has to look at what is really keeping her awake.
What does the doctor ask her about?
Sleep, worries, money, her husband and children, her menopause, alcohol, coffee and tea. The questions suggest the doctor thinks the insomnia is about more than sleep.
What does the doctor suggest at the end?
A blood test to check her thyroid, and a return visit to speak to a counsellor. The doctor also gives her only a week of sleeping tablets, not a long-term prescription.
How does the patient react to the counsellor idea?
She doesn't welcome it. She keeps steering back to the prescription — 'But you'll give me the prescription now?' — and the doctor has to ask again whether she will actually see the counsellor.
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