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Be Here Now · 2015 — 第 13 / 27 章 · 3'30" · B2

Andy's Long Road to Acting, Explained：on the back burner

This chapter is Andy's career story, told as a series of accidents: modelling discovered in a cafe, small TV parts, engineering on the side. Then comes the turn — an unpaid lead role he wants to refuse, and Vashti's question that changes his mind: "What would you rather tell your son?"

あらすじ

Andy traces how he became an actor: spotted by a photographer in a cafe, then a successful model, then small television parts while he kept working as an engineer. When Vashti became pregnant, he decided to set acting aside — and the very next day his agent called with an unpaid lead role. He wanted to refuse it until Vashti asked what he would rather tell their son.

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このシーンの表現

on the back burner

set aside for now

With a baby coming and bills to pay, Andy says he will set acting aside for now.

I put my driving lessons on the back burner while I changed jobs.

このシーンの他の表現

  • end up

    finally turn out to be

  • I was like

    I said, I thought

  • bitch

    a vicious slur for a woman

  • Great

    sarcastic, the opposite of great

  • the lead role

    the main part

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2after all the hard work

effort put in

I mean, we've all seen it and we love it, so it's kind of nice that we get a chance to finally share it after all the hard work.
発音kind of

Kind of is often reduced to kinda in fast speech.

I mean, we've all seen it and we love it, so it's kind of nice that we get a chance to finally share it after all the hard work.
スラング · A2kind of

somewhat — A casual softener; keep it out of formal writing.

I mean, we've all seen it and we love it, so it's kind of nice that we get a chance to finally share it after all the hard work.
文法 · B1where I wanted to be

noun clause: The where-clause names the place he was aiming for, not a separate sentence.

I finally got to where I wanted to be.
表現 · B1a career counselor

a job guidance adviser

I don't remember like a career counselor going, "So what do, you know, what is it you wanna do?"
表現 · A2go to university

attend university

I don't remember any of that. I just remember someone saying, "You need to go to university.
発音Who's your

Link Who's your smoothly so it sounds like one word.

And then one day, some girl grabbed me in a cafe and she said, "Who's your agent?"
スラング · B1I was like

I said, I thought — A casual quotative; too loose for formal speech.

I was like, "I don't have an agent."
表現 · B1end up somewhere

finally turn out to be

A casual photo ran in a magazine, and Andy ended up a model almost by accident.

And that ended up in a magazine and then I was a model.
表現 · B2step into something

walked into it

He kind of stepped into modeling, was hugely successful very quickly.
表現 · B1at one point

at a certain time

And he was at one point the highest used model for Australian TV commercials.
表現 · A2give up something

quit or abandon

There wasn't enough work to give up my engineering.
表現 · A2for a couple of years

for a few years

So I balanced it for a couple of years.
文法 · B2investors arriving in half an hour

participle phrase: The participle phrase describes the investors: they are the ones about to arrive.

I've got investors arriving in half an hour
文法 · B2was supposed to have printed out

be supposed to: Was supposed to have printed out means it should have been done already, and sounds like blame.

and they're supposed to have publicity material, which your secretarial services was supposed to have printed out.
表現 · B1take time off

take time away from work

Then I'd take a month off and go to LA and try and get something big.
スラング · B2skinny bitch

a body-shaming slur — A heavy insult aimed at a woman; never use it.

Do you think I'd go for a skinny bitch like you?
スラング · B1sort of

kind of — Vague and casual; avoid it in formal writing.

And then Vashti fell pregnant and I sort of realized, "Oh, my god, I've got to provide for everybody now."
表現 · B2put something on the back burner

set aside for now

With a baby coming and bills to pay, Andy says he will set acting aside for now.

and I just thought I'm just gonna put acting on the back burner.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

and I just thought I'm just gonna put acting on the back burner.
表現 · A2literally the next day

the following day

And then literally the next day, my agent rang and said they've got an audition.
表現 · B1the lead role in something

the main part

His agent calls with the lead role, then adds that it pays nothing, changing everything.

They rang the next day and said, "They've offered you the lead role in this movie.
表現 · B1would you rather do A or B

which would you prefer

And then Vashti said, "What would you rather tell your son?
文法 · B2you've been trying to do for years

present perfect continuous: The continuous form stresses a pursuit that has gone on for years and is still unfinished.

That you didn't do this thing you've been trying to do for years because of money
発音trying to

Trying to often elides into tryna in rapid speech.

That you didn't do this thing you've been trying to do for years because of money
表現 · A2talk to someone

speak to me

You gotta talk to me. Listen, you gotta talk to me.
発音talk to

The two t sounds blur together, almost like tal-kda.

You gotta talk to me. Listen, you gotta talk to me.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Spoken shorthand; too casual for formal writing.

You gotta talk to me. Listen, you gotta talk to me.

「Andy's Long Road to Acting」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter frames a career as something that mostly happened to Andy rather than being planned. He has no memory of a career counsellor asking what he wanted; what he remembers is being told to go to university and pick something, and a neighbour who was an engineer — the safe path. Acting arrives by chance, after a stranger in a cafe asks for his photograph. The serious decision comes later, when money and family collide. Vashti is pregnant, he has decided to park acting, and then the call offers him a lead role with no pay. His instinct is to say no; what moves him is Vashti's question — 'What would you rather tell your son?' — which reframes the choice as one about the story he wants to live, not the income he needs. The answer, 'So I just did it,' is the chapter's quiet turning point.

Theme

DreamsAndy chases acting through chance and side jobs, and an unpaid lead role becomes the dream he chooses to chase.
AmbitionHe measures his life by how far he has come, from model and engineer to the lead of a hit series.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A career can start by accident, not by plan.
  • An unpaid role can still be the turning point.
  • Saying Great can mean the opposite.
  • Ambition and family often pull apart.
  • The same plea, twice, sounds more desperate.

発音のポイント

  • kind of — Kind of is often reduced to kinda in fast speech.
  • Who's your — Link Who's your smoothly so it sounds like one word.
  • trying to — Trying to often elides into tryna in rapid speech.
  • talk to — The two t sounds blur together, almost like tal-kda.
This time last year, I was the lead of a big successful American TV series.

The contrast the chapter keeps returning to: one year ago he had everything, and now the same voice is telling the story from the other side of illness.

Shoot me if you must, but I beg you, hear what I have to say first.

A line from a film clip, but it echoes Andy's own situation: asking to be heard before being judged. The plea is dramatic because the stakes feel real.

You gotta talk to me. Listen, you gotta talk to me.

The desperation of someone trying to reach a person who has shut down. It matches the chapter's other fear: not being able to reach the ones you love.

I finally got to where I wanted to be.

The summit of the story, stated plainly. Coming before the illness, it makes the later loss of that position heavier.

And then little parts in TV started showing up.

How the career actually grew: not a plan but a trickle of small roles. It is the unglamorous middle of a success story.

このシーンについての質問

How did Andy get into modelling?

By accident. A woman in a cafe asked who his agent was, then offered to take his photograph; the picture ended up in a magazine, and he quickly became a successful model.

Why did Andy keep his engineering job at first?

Because there wasn't enough acting work to live on. He balanced engineering with small TV parts for a couple of years until the roles grew.

What did the agent's call offer Andy?

The lead role in a movie — but it was unpaid. The offer came the day after he'd decided to put acting aside because Vashti was pregnant, so he first wanted to refuse.

What did Vashti ask Andy about their son?

She asked what he would rather tell their son: that he didn't do the thing he'd chased for years because of money, or that he did it anyway. That reframing made him take the role.

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次のチャプター · 第 14 章the big gunsAndy Mourns His Lost Career
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再生中 · 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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