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Be Here Now · 2015 — 第 15 / 27 章 · 4'47" · B1

Andy Shaves His Hair With the Kids, Explained：broach the subject

On high-dose chemo, Andy lists what it's doing to him — ulcers, receding gums, a rash — and says, "I just feel sorry for my body, for my cells." Then the kids arrive, and the harder task is explaining it to them without ever saying the word cancer.

あらすじ

Andy is on a high dose of chemo and describes its toll: mouth ulcers, receding gums, stomach trouble, and a rash. He says he feels sorry for his body and his cells. When his children visit, he weighs how much to tell them, broaching the subject without ever saying 'cancer,' and frames the fight as something the whole family gets through together.

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このシーンの表現

broach the subject

raise a topic

Andy explains how he edges toward the topic with his children.

I finally broached the subject of moving out.

このシーンの他の表現

  • feel sorry for

    pity someone

  • taking a battering

    being badly damaged

  • in remission

    disease under control

  • get through

    survive something hard

  • man of the house

    the one in charge at home

このシーンのメモ一覧

90 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

文法 · B1it feels like it's getting more of his attention

feel like + clause: Feel like plus a clause reports an impression rather than a fact.

Before, it was an easy case for him and now it feels like it's getting more of his attention.
表現 · B1high dose something

strong chemotherapy

I'm having a high dose chemo now.
表現 · B1feel sorry for someone

pity someone

Andy describes his chemo side effects and says he pities his own cells.

And, I just feel sorry for my body, for my cells.
表現 · B1take such a battering

beaten up badly

They're taking such a battering.
表現 · B1get something under control

bring under control

So hopefully this big hit will get it under control and we'll get back on track for the transplant.
表現 · B1get back on track

back to normal

So hopefully this big hit will get it under control and we'll get back on track for the transplant.
スラング · A2guys

you all — Casual with friends; avoid it in formal settings.

Oh, I've missed you guys.
表現 · A2be up to something

be doing

What've you been up to?
発音What've you

What've you runs together and can blur into one sound.

What've you been up to?
表現 · A2look after someone

take care of

You been looking after everyone for me?
発音You been

In speech You've been often drops 've and sounds like you been.

You been looking after everyone for me?
表現 · B2be in remission

disease under control

Andy says he expected the disease to be under control by now.

I really should be in remission by now,
表現 · B1drag on

go on too long

but treatment's dragged on for nearly a year.
表現 · B1a bit of a something

somewhat

And that's sometimes a bit of a heavy burden,
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; not for formal writing.

You know, it's a sort of semi-serious context, but, "hey don't worry, I'm gonna be fine."
文法 · B2as long as what they're seeing matches what they're being told

as long as clause: As long as introduces the condition that must hold for the result.

I think with kids, as long as what they're seeing matches what they're being told, it's kind of easy to understand and go along with.
文法 · B2what they're seeing matches what they're being told

noun clause subject: Two what-clauses act as noun phrases, one the subject and one the object.

I think with kids, as long as what they're seeing matches what they're being told, it's kind of easy to understand and go along with.
表現 · B1be in it together

sharing the struggle

We're all in it together and getting through it as a family.
表現 · B1get through something

survive it

We're all in it together and getting through it as a family.
発音in it

Link in and it so they sound like one unit.

We're all in it together and getting through it as a family.
スラング · A2mum

mother (British) — Common in British English; Americans say mom.

And of course, my mum's been so brilliant and supportive.
表現 · B1the man of the house

the one in charge at home

Someone jokes about who runs the home now, and Andy answers with a wry line.

She's the man of the house these days.
表現 · A2at the moment

right now

I'm the man of the house at the moment.

「Andy Shaves His Hair With the Kids」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene shows the gap between what Andy says and what he lets himself admit. To the camera he is clinical about the damage — ulcers, gums, a trashed stomach, a rash — and then allows one feeling through: "I just feel sorry for my body, for my cells." With his children he does the opposite, choosing his words carefully. He talks about blood that needs fixing and never once says cancer, explaining that "as long as what they're seeing matches what they're being told, it's kind of easy to understand and go along with." Shaving his head in front of them is part of the same instinct: make the frightening thing visible and ordinary rather than secret. "We're all in it together and getting through it as a family" is less a slogan than a plan for managing what the kids can't be protected from.

Theme

Family loveAndy, Vashti and the grandparents pull together so the family gets through treatment as one.
ParenthoodAndy decides how much to tell his kids and chooses honesty without the word cancer.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Illness here is a shared family project, not one man's fight.
  • He protects his children by choosing plain, hopeful words.
  • Children follow what they see, not only what they are told.
  • A joke about hair lets everyone breathe for a moment.

発音のポイント

  • What've you — What've you runs together and can blur into one sound.
  • You been — In speech You've been often drops 've and sounds like you been.
  • in it — Link in and it so they sound like one unit.
And, I just feel sorry for my body, for my cells.

Sympathy aimed inward: the treatment is wrecking his own body to save it, and he grieves for what the drugs are destroying.

I think with kids, as long as what they're seeing matches what they're being told, it's kind of easy to understand and go along with.

His parenting philosophy in one line: children cope when words and reality line up. It explains why he keeps the explanations plain and consistent.

We're all in it together and getting through it as a family.

The scene's thesis. Cancer is treated as a team problem, not Andy's private burden — everyone is enlisted in surviving it.

I'm having a high dose chemo now.

Plain statement of where he is in treatment: the strongest round yet, which is why the side effects are this severe.

I don't know what effect it's having on the children.

An honest admission of uncertainty: he can control what he tells them, not what they absorb from living through it.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Andy on high-dose chemo?

It's the strongest round before a planned stem cell transplant, meant to get the disease under control. The intensity is why the side effects hit so hard.

Why doesn't Andy tell his children he has cancer?

He wants them to cope, and he believes kids handle things best when what they see matches what they're told. So he talks about blood that needs fixing instead of using the word cancer.

Why does Andy shave his head in front of the kids?

His hair is falling out from the medicine, so he turns it into something visible and ordinary rather than hiding it. Letting the children watch is part of the same honesty.

What does 'man of the house' mean here?

It means the person in charge at home. Andy jokes that Vashti, or maybe he himself, is the one running the household while he's sick.

Be Here Now · 全 27 章

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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再生中 · 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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