Beaches · 1988 — 第 29 / 30 章 · 3'14" · B2

CC Signs Hillary Out of the Hospital, Explained:the wind beneath my wings

Hillary, dying in a hospital bed, asks to be taken home: "I don't want Victoria to see me here." CC fights the hospital to release her, answering the nurse's "Do you know how sick she is?" with "Yes, I know how sick she is, and so does she." Then comes the song for her: "the wind beneath my wings."

あらすじ

CC visits Hillary in the hospital, and Hillary's only request is to leave: she does not want Victoria to see her this way. CC agrees and tries to arrange her release. When a nurse asks whether she knows how sick Hillary is, CC says she does, and so does Hillary. Told they cannot let her go, CC demands to speak to the doctor in charge.

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the wind beneath my wingsa step behindin chargelet her go

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このシーンの表現

the wind beneath my wings

a quiet, constant supporter

CC sings the line to Hillary at the end, thanking her for years of quiet support.

My mentor was the wind beneath my wings through every hard year.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a step behind

    trailing just behind someone

  • in charge

    having authority or control

  • let her go

    to allow someone to leave

  • absolutely

    a firm, complete yes

  • hide the pain

    to keep one's hurt hidden

このシーンのメモ一覧

29 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · A2wait for someone

to wait for someone

I waited for you.
発音waited for you

The t in waited taps; link it into for you.

I waited for you.
表現 · A2Are you sure (that) ...?

are you certain

Are you sure? Are you really sure?
表現 · A2speak to someone about something

to talk to someone about

Who do I speak to about getting Hillary Whitney released?
表現 · B2get someone released

to have someone released Here released means discharged from hospital.

Who do I speak to about getting Hillary Whitney released?
文法 · B1about getting Hillary Whitney released

gerund phrase: After about, the gerund names the actual business she wants handled.

Who do I speak to about getting Hillary Whitney released?
発音speak to about

Link speak to about into one smooth run.

Who do I speak to about getting Hillary Whitney released?
表現 · B1how + adjective + subject + is

how seriously ill she is

Do you know how sick she is?
表現 · B1and so does/do + subject

and she does too

Yes, I know how sick she is, and so does she.
文法 · B1and so does she

inversion: So plus does and the subject means she is just as aware.

Yes, I know how sick she is, and so does she.
表現 · B1let someone go

to allow someone to leave

The nurse hesitates to release Hillary; CC insists it is what she wants.

-She wants to go. -I don't think we can let her go.
表現 · A1talk to someone

to speak with someone

I have to talk to the doctor in charge.
表現 · B1the doctor in charge

having authority or control

The nurse says only the doctor in charge can release Hillary.

I have to talk to the doctor in charge.
表現 · B2must have been + adjective

must have been, past certainty

It must have been cold there in my shadow
発音must have been

Have nearly disappears, so it sounds like must-uv been.

It must have been cold there in my shadow
文法 · B1To never have sunlight

infinitive phrase: The fronted infinitive describes a life without sunlight reaching her face.

To never have sunlight on your face
表現 · B2be content to do something

willing to do something

You were content to let me shine That's your way You always walked a step behind
表現 · B1a step behind someone

trailing just behind someone

The lyric says Hillary chose to stay a step behind while CC took the spotlight.

You were content to let me shine That's your way You always walked a step behind
表現 · B1hide the pain

to keep one's hurt hidden

The lyric describes Hillary smiling to hide the pain she carried.

A beautiful face without a name For so long A beautiful smile to hide the pain
表現 · B1Did you ever know (that) ...?

did you ever realize ...

Did you ever know that you're my hero
表現 · A2would like to be something

to want to become

And everything I would like to be?
表現 · B1fly higher than something

to fly higher than

I can fly higher than an eagle

「CC Signs Hillary Out of the Hospital」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a farewell dressed as logistics. Hillary does not ask to be saved; she asks to leave, and specifically to spare her daughter the sight of her in a hospital bed: "I don't want Victoria to see me here." CC's job is to fight the institution that wants to keep her — nurses who insist they cannot release her, and a doctor in charge CC must argue with. CC's line — "Yes, I know how sick she is, and so does she" — states the whole truth plainly: everyone understands what is happening, and so the only kindness left is to honor Hillary's request. The chapter closes with a song that says what the friends cannot: "I can fly higher than an eagle, for you are the wind beneath my wings."

Theme

FriendshipCC honors Hillary's last request and fights the hospital to take her home, a final act of the friendship.
Death & griefThe scene turns toward death: Hillary says goodbye to her daughter in advance, and the closing song names what she has been to CC.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Let her go can mean release or let someone leave
  • In charge points to the person with authority
  • The wind beneath my wings names quiet support
  • Speak to someone about asks who to approach

発音のポイント

  • waited for you — The t in waited taps; link it into for you.
  • speak to about — Link speak to about into one smooth run.
  • must have been — Have nearly disappears, so it sounds like must-uv been.
I don't want Victoria to see me here.

Hillary's reason for leaving: she wants to protect her daughter from the memory of her mother in a hospital bed.

Who do I speak to about getting Hillary Whitney released?

CC starts the practical fight to take Hillary home, using a formal question to cut through the hospital's authority.

Did you ever know that you're my hero

The opening of the closing song, naming Hillary as the person CC has always looked up to.

For you are the wind beneath my wings

The image at the heart of the song: Hillary is the quiet force that made CC's success possible.

このシーンについての質問

What does "the wind beneath my wings" mean?

It names the person who quietly supports you and makes your success possible without taking credit. In the song, CC tells Hillary that she has been that force all along.

Why does Hillary want to leave the hospital?

She does not want Victoria to see her in a hospital bed. Her request is about sparing her daughter, not about denying how sick she is.

Why won't the hospital let Hillary go?

The staff believe she is too sick to be released and say they cannot let her go. CC insists that Hillary knows her own condition and has the right to decide.

What does CC argue to the nurse?

When the nurse asks if she knows how sick Hillary is, CC says she does, and so does Hillary. She means the decision belongs to Hillary, who understands the situation fully.

Who is Victoria?

Hillary's daughter. Hillary's reason for leaving the hospital is that she does not want Victoria to see her in a hospital bed, so the request is about protecting her child.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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