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Beaches · 1988 — 第 14 / 30 章 · 2'33" · B2

CC Grills Hillary at Dinner, Explained：the Spanish Inquisition

CC and John host Hillary and her husband at a smart restaurant, and CC can't leave Hillary's new life alone. She asks whether Hillary gets bored as a housewife and keeps pressing until Hillary snaps, "What is this, CC, the Spanish Inquisition?" The warm reunion turns into a quiet contest over who chose better.

あらすじ

Years later, CC and John take Hillary and her husband Michael to dinner at a grand restaurant. John jokes that it is not exactly 'the old dump on Avenue A.' When talk turns to Hillary having given up law, CC keeps probing — does she get bored, how does she keep busy? — until Hillary fires back, 'the Spanish Inquisition,' and lists her charity boards.

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注目の表現

the old dumpdon't you get boredthe poor man's friendkeep busy

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このシーンの表現

the Spanish Inquisition

an endless interrogation

Pressed by CC's endless questions, someone calls the table an inquisition.

My aunt's questions at dinner felt like the Spanish Inquisition.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the old dump

    a shabby old place

  • don't you get bored

    a pointed, needling question

  • the poor man's friend

    a lawyer who helps the poor

  • keep busy

    to stay occupied

  • on the board of

    to serve on a board

このシーンのメモ一覧

59 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1haven't seen someone since ...

not seen you since

I haven't seen you since the night that play opened.
文法 · B1since the night that play opened

since clause: The since clause marks the starting point of an ongoing gap in the present perfect.

I haven't seen you since the night that play opened.
表現 · A2it's been a long time

it has been ages

Yeah, it's been a long time.
発音what do you

In fast speech what do you blends into a single juh sound.

So, Hillary, what do you think of the place, huh?
表現 · B1the old dump

a shabby old place

CC jokes about the shabby flat she and Hillary once shared.

Not exactly the old dump on Avenue A, huh?
表現 · B2practice law

to work as a lawyer

No, I don't miss practicing law at all.
表現 · B1mean so much to someone

mattered a lot to you

But it meant so much to you.
表現 · B2in the same household

under one roof

It's a little difficult having two lawyers in the same household.
文法 · B2having two lawyers in the same household

gerund subject: The gerund phrase is the real subject, moved to the end after the placeholder it.

It's a little difficult having two lawyers in the same household.
発音a little

In American speech the t in little flaps toward a d sound.

It's a little difficult having two lawyers in the same household.
表現 · B2the poor man's friend

a lawyer who helps the poor

CC teases Hillary about her do-gooder past, and Hillary answers with a wry claim.

There are lots of ways to be the poor man's friend.
表現 · B1what have you been doing with yourself

how you have been spending your time

John, tell me what you've been doing with yourself.
スラング · B2the high life

a glamorous, luxurious life — A joking way to say someone lives large; not for formal settings.

Oh, living the high life with hi-ho here.
表現 · B2mount a successful production

hit stage shows

The theater's mounted a lot of new, successful productions this year.
文法 · B2now that you're a housewife

now that clause: Now that sets up a premise for the question, and here the premise itself stings.

So what do you do all day now that you're a housewife?
表現 · A2get bored doing something

to become bored

I mean, don't you get bored sitting around all day?
表現 · A2sit around

to idle about

I mean, don't you get bored sitting around all day?
発音don't you

The t and y merge, so don't you comes out like don-cha.

I mean, don't you get bored sitting around all day?
表現 · A2keep busy

to stay occupied

Not convinced, CC presses Hillary on how she keeps busy all day.

-(LAUGHS) I beg your pardon? -How do you keep busy?
表現 · B1I beg your pardon

excuse me, what?

-(LAUGHS) I beg your pardon? -How do you keep busy?
表現 · B1spend one's time doing something

to use one's time on

I spend my time working on various charities.
表現 · B2be on the board of something

to serve on a board

Cornered about her days, Hillary answers with a list of board seats.

I'm on the board of the Junior League, the Stately Homes Preservation Society.
スラング · B2the toast of Broadway

Broadway's biggest star — Theater-world flattery for whoever is the current favorite.

NICKY: This is the toast of Broadway, CC Bloom.

「CC Grills Hillary at Dinner」を読み解く

What's really going on

The dinner is a measuring contest disguised as a reunion. CC has become 'the toast of Broadway,' and she uses hospitality as a way to take Hillary's temperature, asking whether a housewife 'get[s] bored sitting around all day' and then, when Hillary objects, 'How do you keep busy?' Hillary answers with status of her own — the Junior League, the Stately Homes Preservation Society, being a docent at the art museum — and Michael needles back that there are 'lots of ways to be the poor man's friend.' The old intimacy is still there, but it comes out as needling. Hillary's line, 'What is this, CC, the Spanish Inquisition?', names what the evening has become: not catching up, but an interrogation neither woman will admit she is running.

Theme

FriendshipA reunion between old friends turns competitive, each measuring the life she chose against the other's.
ClassStatus is displayed through restaurants, charity boards and a docent's role at the museum.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Keep busy can sound caring or like an interrogation
  • The Spanish Inquisition jokes about too many questions
  • The poor man's friend means a legal-aid lawyer
  • On the board of states a social title, not a job

発音のポイント

  • what do you — In fast speech what do you blends into a single juh sound.
  • a little — In American speech the t in little flaps toward a d sound.
  • don't you — The t and y merge, so don't you comes out like don-cha.
I haven't seen you since the night that play opened.

The greeting that dates their estrangement to CC's opening night, a reminder of how long they have drifted.

You may not be aware of it, but gardening's an art.

Hillary's defensive reply when her charity work is mocked, insisting her pursuits deserve respect.

There are lots of ways to be the poor man's friend.

Michael's pointed comeback, hinting that charity can be a substitute for the law career Hillary gave up.

What is this, CC, the Spanish Inquisition?

Hillary's exasperated protest at CC's endless questioning, naming the dinner as an interrogation.

このシーンについての質問

Why does CC keep asking Hillary about her life?

CC is comparing their choices. She asks whether Hillary gets bored as a housewife and how she keeps busy, which Hillary hears as an interrogation rather than friendly interest.

What has Hillary given up, and why does it come up?

She no longer practices law. John says it meant a lot to her, and Michael hints that she has traded a law career for charity work and entertaining.

What does 'the Spanish Inquisition' mean here?

It is a joking way to say someone is interrogating you with endless questions, from a famous comedy sketch. Hillary uses it to call out CC's prying.

Who is Nicky?

The restaurant's host. He greets CC and John warmly, tells CC she has her favourite table ready, and introduces her as 'the toast of Broadway.'

Are CC and Hillary still close?

They have not seen each other since the play's opening night, and the dinner is tense. The old ease is gone, replaced by needling questions about each other's choices.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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