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Beautiful Thing · 1996 — 第 5 / 11 章 · 2'20" · B1

Jamie Rubs Lotion on Ste, Explained：stink of

On the surface it's two lads bunking down for the night; Jamie is rubbing lotion into Ste's bruised back while Ste talks about a new job. Underneath, Ste is testing whether he can be wanted — "Have you ever kissed anyone?" — and Jamie answers the only way he dares: "I don't think you're ugly."

あらすじ

Ste is sleeping at Jamie's flat after his father beat him. Lying in Jamie's bed, he talks about a job at the sports centre while Jamie rubs peppermint lotion into his sore back. Ste asks whether Jamie has ever kissed anyone, admits he feels ugly, and Jamie quietly disagrees. Sandra calls through the door about a film, and Ste asks to move up to Jamie's end of the bed.

Comforting a friendConfessing feelingsComfortingConfessingFriendsB1slowbritishClean
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このシーンの表現

stink of

to give off a strong smell

Ste jokes that the peppermint lotion will leave him smelling of mint.

My gym bag stinks of old socks.

このシーンの他の表現

  • innit

    a tag meaning right?

  • Have you ever

    asking about past experience

  • I don't think

    a softened way to disagree

  • make too much noise

    to create a lot of sound

このシーンのメモ一覧

27 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

発音Cold, innit

Isn't it is swallowed into innit.

Cold, innit?
スラング · B1innit

a tag meaning right? — Casual chat only; avoid it in formal settings.

Cold, innit?
表現 · A2work at a place

to have a job somewhere

I'm gonna work at the sports centre.
表現 · B1do one's shifts

to work shifts Here me stands for my in London speech.

Do me shifts in the fitness pool, do me shifts in the leisure pool.
表現 · A2a good swimmer / a good cook

someone who swims well

You're a good swimmer.
表現 · B1on one's own

alone, without help

You're on your own when you're swimming.
文法 · A2when you're swimming

time clause: The when-clause sets the moment for the main claim.

You're on your own when you're swimming.
発音on your own

Your weakens to juh and links onto on.

You're on your own when you're swimming.
発音stink of

Stink and of run together as one sound.

I'm gonna stink of mint.
表現 · A2Have you ever ...?

asking about past experience

Ste works up the nerve to ask Jamie whether he has ever kissed anyone.

Have you ever kissed anyone?
表現 · B1stick one's tongue in

to put your tongue inside

And stuck your tongue in?
表現 · A2look like this

having this look

Looking like this?
スラング · B1ain't

casual negative form — Spoken only; never use it in formal writing.

You ain't ugly.
文法 · B1I don't think you're ugly

negation transfer: The negative attaches to think, softening the disagreement.

I don't think you're ugly.
表現 · A2turn over

to roll onto the other side

Turn over, I'll do your front.
表現 · A2too much + noun

too loud

I'm too sore. I'd make too much noise and your mum'd come in.
文法 · B2your mum'd come in

contracted would: Mum'd is would squeezed to one sound after a noun.

I'm too sore. I'd make too much noise and your mum'd come in.
表現 · B1show off to someone

to boast

I wanna show off to Tony. Sorry, lads. It won't happen again.
スラング · A2wanna

want to, slurred — Very casual speech; write want to instead.

I wanna show off to Tony. Sorry, lads. It won't happen again.
表現 · A2come up to a place

to come over

Can I come up that end with you?
表現 · A2stay where you are

to stay put

You stay where you are.

「Jamie Rubs Lotion on Ste」を読み解く

What's really going on

Neither boy can say what he means, so the bed does the talking. Ste has been hurt at home and is ashamed of his body; when he asks "Have you ever kissed anyone?" he isn't making conversation, he's asking whether someone like him is allowed to want and be wanted. Jamie's answer, "I don't think you're ugly," is the closest either of them can get to a confession. The lotion on Ste's back gives Jamie a reason to touch him, and Ste's request to come up to Jamie's end of the bed is the real question of the scene. Jamie's "You stay where you are" reads as refusal, but he is also frightened of what he feels.

Theme

Coming of ageTwo teenagers feel desire for the first time and have no words for it; the lotion and the bed turn care into something neither can name.
RomanceJamie and Ste move from friendship to something more, built on small gestures rather than declarations.

このチャプターで学べること

  • On your own means nobody can do it for you
  • Innit turns a statement into a tag question
  • Stink of describes a strong smell
  • Show off means to seek attention

発音のポイント

  • Cold, innit — Isn't it is swallowed into innit.
  • on your own — Your weakens to juh and links onto on.
  • stink of — Stink and of run together as one sound.
You're on your own when you're swimming.

In this scene it is Ste's way of saying that in the water nobody can reach him. He answers to no one there, and it is the one place he feels free and in control.

Have you ever kissed anyone?

Ste turns a casual question into a nervous test. He is asking about experience, but really asking whether people like them get to be close to someone.

I don't think you're ugly.

Jamie's softest possible denial. By saying "I don't think" instead of "You're not", he gives his own opinion without arguing, and it is as close to "I like you" as he gets.

I'm too sore. I'd make too much noise and your mum'd come in.

Ste refuses to turn over because his beaten body hurts and any sound would bring Jamie's mother in — an excuse that hides both his pain and his fear of being caught this close.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Ste refuse to turn over?

He is too sore from the beating, and he is also afraid that any noise would bring Jamie's mother into the room and expose how close the two of them are.

Why does Jamie say "I don't think you're ugly" instead of "You're not ugly"?

It lets him give his own opinion rather than argue with Ste. It is a gentler, more personal way of telling him he likes how he looks, and it is the closest Jamie comes to admitting his feelings.

Why does Ste say he's on his own when he's swimming?

He means that in the water nobody can tell him what to do or hurt him. He is free and in control there, which is why he wants a job at the pool.

Why does Ste ask to come up to Jamie's end of the bed?

He wants to be closer to Jamie. His question is really about whether Jamie wants him there, and Jamie's refusal shows how scared Jamie is of what he is starting to feel.

Why does Sandra call out about the baroness?

She is watching an old film and wants the actor's name so she can show off to Tony. She has no idea what is happening in the bedroom, and her interruption makes the boys pull back.

Beautiful Thing · 全 11 章

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