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Be Here Now · 2015 — 第 14 / 27 章 · 3'01" · B2

Andy Mourns His Lost Career, Explained：the big guns

Andy has signed a six-year deal and stopped auditioning; then a scan meant to clear him for the next stage finds a new area instead. "In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area." The scene is less about the disease than about the career he was forced to grieve while fighting for his life.

あらすじ

After a breakthrough role and a six-year deal, Andy Whitfield seems set for the next stage of his career. Then a PET scan, meant to confirm he is in remission, finds a new area of lymphoma that was never there before. The specialist admits the pattern is unusual and says they will have to use the big guns — strong chemotherapy, ten days in the ward.

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make itin remissionbone marrow transplantin a nutshell

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  1. ❝ 独白Andy on career and illness11 行練習ページ ↗
  27. ❝ 独白Gibson's last option5 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

the big guns

the strongest weapon or drug

Gibson reaches for the strongest chemo and says the big guns are coming out now.

They brought out the big guns to close the deal.

このシーンの他の表現

  • make it

    succeed and be recognized

  • in remission

    disease under control

  • bone marrow transplant

    a transplant of bone marrow

  • in a nutshell

    in short

  • knock it on the head

    put an end to it

このシーンのメモ一覧

31 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B1a N-year deal

a contract of N years

Nine months filming and a six-year deal.
表現 · B1the next career move

the next step in a career

I was planning the next career move.
表現 · B1try to make it

strive to succeed

All that effort of trying to make it.
表現 · B2be in remission

disease under control

Andy says his lymphoma is still not in remission, flat words for a treatment that is not working.

is still not in remission.
表現 · B2for the next little while

for the coming period

I just don't know what my fate is for the next little while.
表現 · A2have something to choose from

have options to pick

I got you some DVDs to choose from.
表現 · B1the next stage

the following step

Had a PET scan yesterday and that was to show that everything was in remission and I could go on and do the next stage, which was the bone marrow transplant.
表現 · B2a bone marrow transplant

a transplant of bone marrow

Andy explains that yesterday's PET scan was meant to clear him for a bone marrow transplant.

Had a PET scan yesterday and that was to show that everything was in remission and I could go on and do the next stage, which was the bone marrow transplant.
表現 · B2have a PET scan

an imaging scan of the body

Had a PET scan yesterday and that was to show that everything was in remission and I could go on and do the next stage, which was the bone marrow transplant.
文法 · B2which was the bone marrow transplant

non-restrictive clause: The which-clause just adds what the next stage actually was.

Had a PET scan yesterday and that was to show that everything was in remission and I could go on and do the next stage, which was the bone marrow transplant.
発音Had a PET scan

The h in had nearly drops and PET runs together as one word.

Had a PET scan yesterday and that was to show that everything was in remission and I could go on and do the next stage, which was the bone marrow transplant.
表現 · A2talk about something

discuss something

He wants to talk about your results."
表現 · B2in a nutshell

in short

The doctor compresses the scan into one line: the old tumor is gone but a new area appeared.

In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.
文法 · B2which was never there before

relative clause: The clause adds that this new area had never shown up before.

In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.
発音In a nutshell

In a blurs into one weak syllable; stress falls on nutshell.

In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.
表現 · B1what's ahead

what comes next

I just don't know what's ahead now.
表現 · B2one round of treatment

one course of chemotherapy

You know, is it one round of chemo?
スラング · A2chemo

chemotherapy — Common in speech; writing prefers chemotherapy.

You know, is it one round of chemo?
表現 · B2find a way of doing something

find a clever method

We've got to find a cunning way of treating this.
表現 · C1knock something on the head

put an end to it

Andy recalls what Professor Gibson said once he reached the ward: they had to put this thing down.

It wasn't until I got to the ward that Professor Gibson said, "We need to knock this on the head.
文法 · B2It wasn't until I got to the ward that

not-until cleft: A cleft that stresses how late the doctor finally spoke.

It wasn't until I got to the ward that Professor Gibson said, "We need to knock this on the head.
スラング · A2stuff

things — Very casual; avoid it in technical talk.

specifically targets really fast growing stuff.
発音going to be

Going to often collapses to gonna in fast speech.

You're going to be here for ten days.
表現 · B2the big guns

the strongest weapon or drug

Gibson reaches for the strongest chemo and says the big guns are coming out now.

This is the big guns now.
スラング · B2big guns

the strongest option — Casual and dramatic; keep it out of formal writing.

This is the big guns now.
表現 · B2have a response to something

react to a treatment

If you're not having response to this kind of chemo, then nothing else is really going to work."
文法 · B2If you're not having response to this kind of chemo

condition clause: The if-clause sets the worst case; then delivers the blunt conclusion.

If you're not having response to this kind of chemo, then nothing else is really going to work."
発音nothing else is

Else and is link together; the sentence falls at the end.

If you're not having response to this kind of chemo, then nothing else is really going to work."

「Andy Mourns His Lost Career」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene turns good news into a trap. Andy's PET scan was supposed to be a formality before the bone marrow transplant, but the result is stranger than failure: "In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before." What he grieves is not only health but the identity he was building — the six-year deal, the film offers, the sense of being "set." He says outright that he has been "mourning the loss of that victory," which puts career and illness in the same sentence. The doctors' language is just as stark: they need a "cunning way" of treating it, then bring out the big guns. The chapter shows a man losing the future he had planned while being asked to stay hopeful.

Theme

Death & griefAndy mourns the career victory he lost to illness even as he prepares for more treatment.
AmbitionHe had reached the success he worked years for, and the relapse takes it from him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A scan can give good news and bad news in one line.
  • Doctors reach for the big guns when nothing else works.
  • Naming the next step helps a patient hold on.

発音のポイント

  • Had a PET scan — The h in had nearly drops and PET runs together as one word.
  • In a nutshell — In a blurs into one weak syllable; stress falls on nutshell.
  • going to be — Going to often collapses to gonna in fast speech.
  • nothing else is — Else and is link together; the sentence falls at the end.
In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.

The scan result in one line: the old cancer is cleared, but a new patch appeared, making the news confusing rather than simply good or bad.

We've got to find a cunning way of treating this.

The specialist admits standard treatment is not enough and that they need an unconventional approach.

I just don't know what's ahead now.

Andy states his uncertainty plainly: the next step, and his future, are both unclear.

I just don't know what my fate is for the next little while.

He admits he cannot predict even the near future, which is what makes the waiting so hard.

It's unusual for lymphoma to respond in one part and grow in another.

The doctor explains why the result is so puzzling: the disease is improving and worsening at the same time.

このシーンについての質問

Why was the PET scan done?

It was a check before the next stage, the bone marrow transplant. It was meant to confirm Andy was still in remission so he could go on.

What did the PET scan show?

The original lymphoma was gone, but a new area appeared that had never been there before. The doctors call it unusual for lymphoma to respond in one part and grow in another.

What are the big guns?

The strongest chemotherapy available. The specialist warns that if this kind of chemo does not work, nothing else really will.

Why does Andy say he is mourning a victory?

He had just signed a six-year deal and stopped auditioning. The illness interrupted the career breakthrough he had worked years to reach, so he grieves it as a lost win.

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