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Beaches · 1988 — 第 22 / 30 章 · 3'03" · B1

CC Directs John in Her Show, Explained：business is business

Years later, CC is directing a show and asks John to act in it. He is surprised she wanted him, and she tells him he is 'the only person with enough talent to play the part.' He says yes, and the two agree that 'business is business.' Later, CC collapses and wakes to the news of a baby girl.

あらすじ

Years later, CC is directing a show and asks John to perform in it. He cannot believe she asked for him; she says he is the only actor talented enough for the part, and he agrees, adding, 'Business is business.' Rehearsals begin Monday. Later, CC collapses and wakes in a hospital to the birth of a baby girl.

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このシーンの表現

business is business

work is work, feelings aside

CC agrees to the job and says business is business, putting old feelings aside.

We are friends, but business is business.

このシーンの他の表現

  • changed a bit

    look exactly the same

  • play the part

    to act the role

  • have to do with

    to be connected with

  • bring that up

    to raise an old subject

  • of my entire life

    in all my life

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2a bit + adj

a little

Gee, you haven't changed a bit.
スラング · A2Gee

an exclamation of surprise — Mild surprise between friends; too casual for formal talk.

Gee, you haven't changed a bit.
表現 · A2look great

to look very good

You look great.
文法 · B2it was you who

cleft sentence: The cleft sentence puts the emphasis on you.

told me it was you who wanted me for this show, I...
表現 · A2can't/couldn't believe it

to be stunned

I just couldn't believe it.
表現 · B1enough talent to do something

sufficient skill

You're the only person with enough talent to play the part.
表現 · B1play a part / play the part

to act the role

John flatters CC into taking the role, and the compliment is also an offer.

You're the only person with enough talent to play the part.
発音with enough

Link with and enough; do not pause between them.

You're the only person with enough talent to play the part.
表現 · B2business is business

work is work, feelings aside

CC agrees to the job and says business is business, putting old feelings aside.

Business is business.
表現 · B1at 10:00 sharp

exactly on the hour

1 0:00 sharp.
表現 · B1have to do with something

to be connected with

CC snaps back, asking what blood has to do with snakes.

What does that have to do with anything?
表現 · B1can't even stand something

to be unable to tolerate

I can't even stand to hear someone say "mucous membrane."
発音can't even

The t in can't nearly disappears before even.

I can't even stand to hear someone say "mucous membrane."
表現 · A2be someone's partner

to work as someone's partner

-You were going to be my partner. -I've made a terrible mistake.
表現 · B1make a terrible mistake

a serious error

-You were going to be my partner. -I've made a terrible mistake.
表現 · B1should have known

to have been able to predict

I should have known you'd do something like that!
文法 · B2should have known

modal perfect: Should have known means she ought to have predicted it.

I should have known you'd do something like that!
表現 · B1not the first time

not happening for the first time

This isn't the first time!
表現 · B1leave someone waiting

to keep someone waiting

The time you left me waiting in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel and you never showed up.
表現 · A2show up

to arrive or appear

The time you left me waiting in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel and you never showed up.
表現 · B2the most inconsiderate thing

the most thoughtless act

It was the most inconsiderate thing anyone's ever done to me.
表現 · B1a million times

countless times

I told you a million times what happened.
表現 · A2be getting married

to be about to marry

Oh, yeah, yeah. Thanks. I hear you're getting married.
文法 · B1aren't you

tag question: The tag aren't you asks for confirmation while sounding casual.

You're going to stay, aren't you?
発音gotta be

The tt in gotta is a flap, almost like gadda.

You gotta be joking!
スラング · A2gotta

got to, have to — Common in casual speech; avoid it in writing.

You gotta be joking!
表現 · B1the ... of one's entire life

in all my life

In the delivery room, Hillary holds her newborn and calls it the most important moment of her life.

This is the most important moment of my entire life.

「CC Directs John in Her Show」を読み解く

What's really going on

The reunion is a truce staged as a job. CC does not invite John to talk about the past; she hires him, and the flattery is real — 'You're the only person with enough talent to play the part' — but it also lets both of them avoid the harder conversation. John's answer, 'Business is business,' is a boundary: whatever they were, they will now be colleagues. The old hurt is never far, though. When someone backs out at the last moment, the fight that follows is not really about the show but about 'the time you left me waiting in the lobby of The Plaza Hotel,' still remembered as 'the most inconsiderate thing anyone's ever done to me.' Against all that, the birth that closes the chapter resets the scale: 'This is the most important moment of my entire life.'

Theme

FriendshipTwo old friends rebuild a working relationship, and the chapter shows how much history can be carried by a job offer and a joke.
MemoryThe Plaza Hotel grievance and the reunion both turn on the past, with old slights resurfacing just as a new life begins.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Play the part means act the role in a show.
  • Business is business puts work above old feelings.
  • Bring that up again means raise an old grievance.

発音のポイント

  • with enough — Link with and enough; do not pause between them.
  • can't even — The t in can't nearly disappears before even.
  • gotta be — The tt in gotta is a flap, almost like gadda.
You're the only person with enough talent to play the part.

CC's flattering invitation to John: calling on his talent is both a real compliment and a way to avoid discussing their past.

It was the most inconsiderate thing anyone's ever done to me.

The old grievance at full volume: an old failure to show up is still remembered as the worst thing anyone has done to her.

This is the most important moment of my entire life.

The line that reframes everything at the end: the birth of the baby puts the career and old quarrels in a much smaller place.

I told you a million times what happened.

The exhausted reply in the argument: the same excuse has been offered so many times it has stopped carrying any weight.

このシーンについての質問

Why does CC ask John to act in her show?

She is directing and wants the best actor for the part. She tells him he has the talent for it, and he accepts, saying 'business is business.'

What does 'business is business' mean?

It means personal feelings should not interfere with work. John uses it to say he will take the job while keeping his distance from their romantic past.

Why do the characters fight about The Plaza Hotel?

Someone backed out of being a partner at the last moment, and the other brings up an old incident when she was left waiting at The Plaza, still seen as the worst slight.

Why does CC collapse?

After the reunion and the quarrel, she faints. She is then in a hospital, where she wakes to the news that a baby girl has been born.

What moment does CC call the most important of her entire life?

The birth of a baby girl. After she wakes in the hospital and is told 'It's a girl,' she says that moment matters more than anything else in her life.

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