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Beaches · 1988 — 第 20 / 30 章 · 4'26" · B1

Hillary Tells CC She's Pregnant, Explained：get this straight

Hillary isn't just sharing good news. Behind "I'm not fat. I'm having a baby" is a mess: she caught Michael with another woman, and now she's having his child alone because he's marrying someone else. CC toasts to it anyway, and the joy and the wound arrive in the same breath.

あらすじ

Hillary visits CC and drops two bombshells in a row: she's three months pregnant, and she caught Michael with another woman who he now plans to marry. CC, stunned, orders a double and makes her repeat the story. Later, at a hospital appointment with Dr. Milstein, the two friends keep talking — about CC's career, divorce, and what a normal life might look like.

Comforting a friendAt the doctorConfessingComfortingFriendsB1slowamerican
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注目の表現

having a babyget this straightworth itcrap

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このシーンの表現

get this straight

let me make sure I understand

Hillary asks to get this straight, making sure she heard the affair story right.

Let me get this straight: you quit without telling anyone?

このシーンの他の表現

  • having a baby

    expecting a child

  • worth it

    worth the effort

  • crap

    junk, said lightly

  • sick of

    tired of something

  • giving up

    to stop doing or keep

このシーンのメモ一覧

72 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2have a baby

expecting a child

CC answers the fat joke by announcing she is having a baby.

I'm not fat. I'm having a baby.
発音having a baby

Having a runs together, with a kept light.

I'm not fat. I'm having a baby.
表現 · A2N months pregnant

to be N months pregnant

-I'm three months pregnant. -That's great!
表現 · B1make love

to have sex

Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
表現 · B1catch someone with someone

to find someone with another

Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
文法 · B1Before I caught him with that woman

time clause: The before-clause sets the timeline of the affair before she got pregnant.

Before I caught him with that woman, we made love and...
表現 · A2marry someone

to wed someone

Except he doesn't want it because he's going to marry her.
文法 · B1because he's going to marry her

reason clause: The because-clause gives his reason for walking away from the baby.

Except he doesn't want it because he's going to marry her.
表現 · B2get something straight

let me make sure I understand

Hillary asks to get this straight, making sure she heard the affair story right.

-Would you make this a double, please? -(CHUCKLES WEAKLY) Let me get this straight. You caught Michael with another woman?
表現 · A2on one's own

alone, without help

And now you're going to have a baby all on your own?
発音going to

Going to is usually reduced to gonna in speech.

And now you're going to have a baby all on your own?
表現 · B1name someone after someone

to name it for someone

And if it's a girl, will you name it after me?
表現 · A2forget it

never mind, drop it

-No, I want you to come. -Forget it.
表現 · B1how someone feels about something

someone's feelings on it

Because you know how I feel about sickness.
表現 · B1a big fan of someone

a devoted admirer

-Herself. -I've always been a great fan of yours.
表現 · A2be worth it

worth the effort

CC hopes the doctor's stormy trip to see her show was worth it.

Really? Gee, I hope it was worth it.
スラング · B1Gee

a mild exclamation — Casual surprise or hesitation; not for formal speech.

Really? Gee, I hope it was worth it.
表現 · A2get divorced

to end a marriage

I just got divorced last year.
表現 · A2sorry to hear that

sympathy for bad news

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear it.
表現 · B1grow up in a place

to be raised somewhere

-Oh, no, I grew up in the provinces. -Uh-huh.
表現 · B1anxious to do something

eager to do it

-I suppose you're anxious to get back. -To the Bronx?
表現 · B1be sick of something

tired of something

CC admits she is sick of the show business life.

Well, maybe I'm sick of the show business life.
表現 · B1for a change

as a break from the usual

Maybe I want to have something normal for a change, huh?
文法 · B1to be a wife, and a mother, and have kids

parallel structure: The parallel infinitives stack her ordinary wishes into one rushing list.

Maybe I'd like to be a wife, and a mother, and have kids, and join a quilting bee and have a station wagon.
表現 · B1give up something

to stop doing or keep

Hillary asks whether CC would really consider giving up her career for marriage.

You mean you'd consider giving up your career for marriage?
発音giving up your

Giving up your runs together, with the p almost silent.

You mean you'd consider giving up your career for marriage?
表現 · A2the right guy/girl

the right partner

If I met the right guy, maybe.
スラング · A2guy

a man, casually — Common in speech; avoid it in formal writing.

If I met the right guy, maybe.

「Hillary Tells CC She's Pregnant」を読み解く

What's really going on

CC's reaction is the scene's real subject. She hears that her oldest friend is pregnant and alone after a betrayal, and her first instinct is delight — then a joke: "if it's a girl, will you name it after me?" The cheer is genuine, but it also reveals how differently these two live. Hillary has money, a name, and a man walking away; CC has a stage name and an audience. Yet later, in the hospital, it's CC who quietly admits "maybe I'm sick of the show business life" and floats the idea of being "a wife, and a mother." The one who built everything around performing is the one who suddenly wants what Hillary already had.

Theme

FriendshipTwo best friends can celebrate and wound each other in the same breath.
ParenthoodHillary chooses to have the baby alone, and CC's first offer is to share the name.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Having a baby is the natural way to say pregnant
  • Get this straight asks to confirm the facts
  • Sick of means fed up, not ill
  • For a change means as a break from routine

発音のポイント

  • having a baby — Having a runs together, with a kept light.
  • going to — Going to is usually reduced to gonna in speech.
  • giving up your — Giving up your runs together, with the p almost silent.
I'm not fat. I'm having a baby.

Hillary corrects CC's joke: the weight is a pregnancy, and she says it flatly, before the harder news lands.

Maybe I'd like to be a wife, and a mother, and have kids, and join a quilting bee and have a station wagon.

CC, tired of performing, imagines an ordinary domestic life — wife, mother, quilting bee, station wagon — and means it.

It's sonar, and I thought you weren't coming because you don't like sick people.

Hillary teases CC for avoiding hospitals, then admits she expected her friend to skip the appointment.

And now you're going to have a baby all on your own?

CC checks the hardest fact out loud: her friend will raise this child without Michael.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't Michael want the baby?

Hillary says he doesn't want it because he's going to marry the other woman. The pregnancy happened before she caught them, so he's treating the child as an inconvenience tied to a relationship he's already ending.

Is CC really happy for Hillary?

Her "I think that's so wonderful" reads as sincere, but she immediately makes the news about herself by asking Hillary to name the baby after her. The scene lets both things be true.

Why doesn't CC want to go to the hospital?

She tells Hillary that sickness depresses her. Hillary answers that pregnancy isn't sickness, and CC eventually shows up anyway, so the fear doesn't stop her from being there.

Why does CC mention a station wagon?

It's shorthand for an ordinary suburban life: a husband, kids, a quilting bee, a family car. Coming from a performer who lives on attention, it's the most surprising thing she says.

Does CC actually consider giving up her career for marriage?

She says "if I met the right guy, maybe." She isn't announcing a plan, just admitting she'd trade the show-business life for something normal.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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