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Bad Education · 2019 — 第 4 / 18 章 · 4'46" · B2

Rachel Asks About the SkyWalk Bids, Explained：the annals of history

At the Dickens book club, a mother confides in Frank about her son's hard time with the separation; he comforts her warmly. Back at the office, student reporter Rachel presses him about the construction bids for the new SkyWalk, and Frank deflects — the bids are "locked in the basement, lost in the annals of history."

あらすじ

At this week's Dickens book club, hosted by Sharon Katz, a mother confides in Frank Tassone that her son Jonah is struggling with his parents' separation. Frank comforts her, saying the boy has opened up and that there is nothing to be ashamed of. Later, student reporter Rachel Bhargava questions Frank about the SkyWalk construction bids, and he deflects with a joke.

Small talkInterrogationsComfortingAskingFriendsB2slowamerican
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not for everyonewound upopen upnothing to be ashamed of

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このシーンの表現

the annals of history

the recorded pages of history

Frank jokes that the bids are buried in the annals of history.

The old custom vanished into the annals of history.

このシーンの他の表現

  • not for everyone

    not to everyone's taste

  • wound up

    ended up doing something

  • open up

    to start talking freely

  • nothing to be ashamed of

    no reason to feel shame

  • shit

    a mild curse of annoyance

このシーンのメモ一覧

94 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ

表現 · B2X is not for everyone

not to everyone's taste

A guest dismisses the book, and Frank refuses to argue about taste.

You know, Frank, the culture is not for everyone.
表現 · B2wind up doing something

ended up doing

Eh, I thought we wound up having a really good discussion, ultimately.
表現 · B1ask a personal question

a private question

Frank, can I ask you a personal question?
表現 · B2have a hard time with something

to struggle with something

you know, having a really hard time with the separation.
文法 · B2having a really hard time with the separation

participial phrase: The participial phrase describes what the boy is going through.

you know, having a really hard time with the separation.
表現 · B2open up (to someone)

to start talking freely

Yeah. You know, Ms. Schlacter, uh, told me that he's opened up a little bit in Banana Splits?
表現 · B2get someone in

to get someone admitted

-Thank you for getting him in. -No, of course.
表現 · B2be a tremendous help

a huge help

such a tremendous help.
表現 · B1there's nothing to be ashamed of

no reason to feel shame

Frank lifts the shame a divorced mother is carrying.

That's nothing to be ashamed of.
表現 · B2at the end of the day

when all is said and done

you know, I think at the end of the day, her memory is still very fresh.
発音end of the day

Link end of the into one running sound.

you know, I think at the end of the day, her memory is still very fresh.
表現 · B2screw something up

to mess something up

Jenny screwed up some paperwork earlier.
スラング · B2screwed up

messed it up — Casual talk about a mistake; not for formal reports.

Jenny screwed up some paperwork earlier.
表現 · C1save someone's ass

to bail someone out Literally saving her rear; here it means bailing her out.

I'm saving her ass.
表現 · B2nowhere near one's type

not your kind at all

She's nowhere near your type.
表現 · B2a toughie

a hard one

Well, these are too easy. Oh, here's a toughie.
表現 · B2shape up

to be developing

How's that bowling league shaping up this season?
表現 · B2crush someone

to beat someone easily

Jericho, mm. I think you'll crush them.
文法 · B1you'll crush them

object clause: The clause after I think carries the whole judgment.

Jericho, mm. I think you'll crush them.
スラング · B2crush

to beat easily — Sports talk; avoid about people directly.

Jericho, mm. I think you'll crush them.
表現 · B2put something on

to organize an event

Thank you for putting this on.
表現 · B2get pumped for something

to get excited about

hey, are you getting pumped for Vegas?
スラング · B2pumped

excited and ready — Casual for excitement; use excited at work.

hey, are you getting pumped for Vegas?
表現 · A2get away from someone

to escape from someone

It'll be good to get away from the wife for a few days too, huh?
発音get away from

The t in get flaps toward a soft d.

It'll be good to get away from the wife for a few days too, huh?
表現 · C1a deep dive into something

a close investigation

And the student paper wanted a deep dive into construction specs?
表現 · C1give someone free rein

to give someone freedom The standard spelling is free rein; the subtitle has reign.

They're giving me free reign, more or less.
表現 · B2a way into something

a way to enter a topic

I guess I'm just looking for an interesting way in.
表現 · B2an angle for a story

a take on a story

Rachel, so let me give you a great angle for your story.
表現 · A2write something down

to note something down

-Okay. -You wanna write this down -or are you-- -I'm taping.
表現 · C1put someone to shame

to outshine someone

It'll be the first SkyWalk on all of Long Island, and yet one more reason Roslyn schools put Jericho and Syosset to shame.
表現 · B2have something handy

to have something at hand

Do you have the bids handy?
表現 · A2have something on you

to not have it with you

No, they're not on me. They're locked in the basement, lost in the annals of history.
表現 · B1have a period free

to have a free class period

Well, I have next period free.

「Rachel Asks About the SkyWalk Bids」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter pairs Frank's two faces. In the book club he is generous and unhurried, giving a worried mother exactly what she needs — the news that her son has 'opened up a little bit' and the reassurance that wanting the best for him is 'nothing to be ashamed of.' It is genuine kindness, and it is also the skill he lives by: he makes people feel seen. Then the scene cuts to the office, where Rachel, a student journalist, asks for the bids on the SkyWalk project. Frank answers with charm and no information — 'They're locked in the basement, lost in the annals of history' — and when Rachel offers to go and look, he stalls. The same warmth that comforted a parent now functions as a wall. The scene shows how his charm serves both purposes, and how a young reporter notices.

Theme

DeceptionFrank's warmth comforts a parent and, minutes later, hides the missing records from a reporter asking hard questions.
TrustParents trust Frank with their children's problems, while he deflects a journalist's attempt to check the facts.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Nothing to be ashamed of removes shame first
  • The annals of history buries a topic in grand words
  • Put to shame means to outshine
  • A deep dive is a close look at a subject

発音のポイント

  • end of the day — Link end of the into one running sound.
  • get away from — The t in get flaps toward a soft d.
It'll be the first SkyWalk on all of Long Island, and yet one more reason Roslyn schools put Jericho and Syosset to shame.

Frank's pitch about the project: a boast meant to impress the reporter and steer her away from the paperwork.

No, they're not on me. They're locked in the basement, lost in the annals of history.

His answer about the bids — witty, vague, and designed to end the questions rather than answer them.

That's nothing to be ashamed of.

His reassurance to the mother: wanting the best for her son is natural, not shameful.

You know, Frank, the culture is not for everyone.

A comment at the book club about Dickens: the reading isn't to everyone's taste, said lightly to explain a thin discussion.

このシーンについての質問

What is happening at the book club?

The group is discussing Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit at Sharon Katz's home. The talk is thin, and a mother takes Frank aside for a personal conversation about her son.

Why does the mother talk to Frank?

Her son Jonah is having a hard time with his parents' separation. She asks Frank a personal question, and he comforts her and says the boy has opened up.

Why is Rachel asking about the SkyWalk?

She is a student journalist writing a piece on the new SkyWalk. She wants details about the construction bids and which firms submitted them.

What does 'the annals of history' mean?

It means the recorded past — often used jokingly for things that are filed away and forgotten. Frank says the bids are 'lost in the annals of history,' meaning he won't produce them.

How does Frank avoid Rachel's questions?

With charm. He praises the SkyWalk project, gives a polished soundbite, and claims the bids are locked in the basement and lost in the archives, leaving Rachel to push harder.

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