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Be Here Now · 2015 — 第 9 / 27 章 · 2'21" · B2

Andy Comes Home After Chemo, Explained：six pack

The chapter mixes hospital days with home life. Andy jokes through chemo and in the car, trading gags with his wife, then comes home to the children. The tone is light, but the last lines are not: "It's good to have him home" is followed by a quiet admission of anxiety about caring for him.

あらすじ

It is the first day of Andy's chemotherapy. He records himself in the ward, glad when his wife arrives to make him laugh, and they joke in the car about him developing a six pack. Back home, the children are told to be gentle with him before bed, and his wife admits she is glad to have him home — and a little anxious about caring for him.

At the doctorSmall talkTeasingComfortingSpousesB2mediumbritish
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このシーンの表現

six pack

visible abdominal muscles

In the car, Vashti jokes that chemo might leave Andy with a six pack.

He does sit-ups every night hoping for a six pack.

このシーンの他の表現

  • day one

    the very first day

  • wake someone up

    make someone stop sleeping

  • fucking

    a crude intensifier

  • I am Spartacus

    a famous film-line call-back

  • a sense of anxiety

    a feeling of worry

このシーンのメモ一覧

33 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2day one of something

the very first day

In the hospital, Andy marks the start of his chemo for his wife.

It's Friday, day one of chemo.
スラング · B1chemo

chemotherapy, casually — Everyday shorthand for chemotherapy; keep it out of formal writing.

It's Friday, day one of chemo.
表現 · A2be somewhere for X days

a four-day stay

I'm going to be here for four days now.
表現 · B1there's no joy

no fun at all

And I've just realized there's been no joy until my gorgeous wife arrives and we have a giggle.
表現 · B1have a giggle

a laugh together

And I've just realized there's been no joy until my gorgeous wife arrives and we have a giggle.
表現 · A2up and down

back and forth

You can press up, and down, and up and down.
発音up and

Link up and so it almost sounds like one word.

You can press up, and down, and up and down.
スラング · B1abs

abdominal muscles — Gym talk; formal writing prefers abdominal muscles.

-How are your abs? -Burning.
表現 · B1have a six pack

visible abs

You could have a six pack by the end of your chemo. [laughs] -Anyway. -Where are we going?
表現 · A2by the end of something

when something finishes

You could have a six pack by the end of your chemo. [laughs] -Anyway. -Where are we going?
スラング · B2fucking

a crude intensifier — A heavy swear; never use it at work or around elders.

Ugh, I've got fucking holes everywhere.
表現 · A2wake someone up

make someone stop sleeping

Andy bargains with his wife not to be woken for checks through the night.

Will you promise that you won't wake me up every three hours and take my temperature and blood pressure tonight?
表現 · A2take someone's temperature

check someone's temperature

Will you promise that you won't wake me up every three hours and take my temperature and blood pressure tonight?
文法 · B2that you won't wake me up

object clause: The that clause is the object of promise, spelling out what is promised.

Will you promise that you won't wake me up every three hours and take my temperature and blood pressure tonight?
表現 · B2do one's husbandly duties

a husband's obligations

I will be expecting you to do your husbandly duties, though.
文法 · B1will be expecting

future continuous: Future continuous pictures the action happening later; here it sounds teasing.

I will be expecting you to do your husbandly duties, though.
表現 · B2get oneself a lover

take a lover

It's those actions that you have to do so that your wife doesn't get herself a lover.
文法 · B2those actions that you have to do

cleft sentence: The cleft frames those actions as the point, and the so that clause explains why.

It's those actions that you have to do so that your wife doesn't get herself a lover.
表現 · B2take nausea pills

pills for nausea

I'll be on my nausea pills.
表現 · A2give someone a cuddle

a warm hug

Give me a cuddle.
表現 · A1be all gone

completely gone

It's all gone, though.
発音It's all

It's all runs together and can sound like a single word.

It's all gone, though.
発音get into

In fast speech the t in get can flap, sounding close to a d.

Let's go and get into bed.
表現 · A2look after someone

taking care of

But I do feel a tiny sense of anxiety about the fact that I am going to be looking after him
表現 · B2a sense of something

a feeling of worry

But I do feel a tiny sense of anxiety about the fact that I am going to be looking after him
文法 · B2the fact that

appositive clause: The fact that introduces the exact content behind the noun fact.

But I do feel a tiny sense of anxiety about the fact that I am going to be looking after him

「Andy Comes Home After Chemo」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter's lightness is deliberate. Andy frames the day around his wife — "there's been no joy until my gorgeous wife arrives and we have a giggle" — and the couple keeps trading jokes, from his punctured arms to the joke about a six pack. Even the request not to be woken every three hours for checks becomes a gag about husbandly duties. But the humour is doing work: it keeps fear at arm's length, and it lets them be a normal family for an evening. The children are told to be gentle with 'daddy bear,' and he is tucked in like anyone coming home tired. Then the voiceover changes register. "It's good to have him home," one of them says, before admitting to a tiny sense of anxiety about the months of care ahead. The last line gives the earlier jokes their meaning.

Theme

Family loveChemo is eased by a wife's humour, children told to be gentle, and the simple comfort of coming home.
MarriageThe couple keeps each other laughing through treatment, and the same intimacy lets her admit her fear.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jokes can be a couple's way of carrying fear.
  • A quiet aside reveals more than a comic scene.
  • Homecoming feels different when someone is ill.
  • Banter about duty hides real helplessness.

発音のポイント

  • up and — Link up and so it almost sounds like one word.
  • It's all — It's all runs together and can sound like a single word.
  • get into — In fast speech the t in get can flap, sounding close to a d.
And I've just realized there's been no joy until my gorgeous wife arrives and we have a giggle.

Andy's summary of the day, and a compliment inside a complaint. The chemotherapy is the backdrop; the real event is his wife showing up and making him laugh.

It's those actions that you have to do so that your wife doesn't get herself a lover.

A deadpan definition of 'husbandly duties.' The joke is in the bureaucratic phrasing, which turns intimacy into a task with a stated purpose.

Will you promise that you won't wake me up every three hours and take my temperature and blood pressure tonight?

A real hospital complaint delivered as a plea. It names the night-time checks that break his sleep, and the couple immediately turns it into banter.

It's Friday, day one of chemo.

The plain opener that frames everything else. Stating the day and the treatment like a diary entry keeps the tone matter-of-fact.

It's good to have him home.

The line that reveals the relief underneath the jokes. After the lightness, it names the simple fact the family has been waiting for.

このシーンについての質問

What is happening at the start of the chapter?

It is Andy's first day of chemotherapy, which will keep him in the hospital for several days. He records a short update and says the day only gets joyful when his wife arrives.

What joke do Andy and his wife share in the car?

They joke that he might develop a six pack by the end of chemo, because the treatment is making his stomach muscles work. It is a light moment during a hard week.

Why does the mood change at the end?

After the jokes and the bedtime routine, Vashti says it is good to have Andy home but admits she feels a tiny sense of anxiety about looking after him in the months ahead.

Who else is at home when Andy returns?

The children. They are told to be gentle with 'daddy bear' and to give him a big kiss before bed, and one of them asks about his arm.

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第 1 章take it day by dayAndy Shows His Kids the Sword第 2 章that's how we rollAndy Wins the Role of Spartacus第 3 章breeze throughAndy Whitfield's Cancer Returns第 4 章second opinionAndy and Vashti Get a Second Opinion第 5 章crossroadsAndy and Vashti Face a Crossroads第 6 章here's the thingAndy Asks Vashti for Support第 7 章good for someoneAndy Visits an Indian Astrologer第 8 章go with the flowAndy Learns to Go With the Flow再生中 · 第 9 章six packAndy Comes Home After Chemo第 10 章lost my mindAndy's Bad Reaction to Chemo第 11 章make a differenceAndy's Mum Comes to Help第 12 章wipe outAndy Toasts Another Year of Adventure第 13 章on the back burnerAndy's Long Road to Acting第 14 章the big gunsAndy Mourns His Lost Career第 15 章broach the subjectAndy Shaves His Hair With the Kids第 16 章be there for someoneVashti Reads the Update to Andy第 17 章have your cake and eat itHow Andy and Vashti Met第 18 章bull in a china shopThe Doctor Reads Andy the Riot Act第 19 章make or breakAndy Faces His Own Mortality第 20 章made peace withDo What's in Your Heart第 21 章wiped outAndy Turns Fear Into Love第 22 章battle throughAndy's Scan Results and Radiation第 23 章live with somethingAndy Gets Back to Work第 24 章draw a line in the sandAndy Gets the Bad Scan Results第 25 章buy timeDoctors Give Andy Three to Six Months第 26 章at the end of the dayAndy and Vashti Move House第 27 章broken like a butterflyAndy Says Goodbye to His Kids
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