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There used to be 40 houses here in this mainly Roman Catholic street.Belfast · 2021 — 第 13 / 14 章 · 4'32" · B1
Buddy Gets Pulled Into the Riot, Explained：paving the way for
It looks like a night of chaos, with looting, soldiers, and a child swept along, but the real battle is over who controls the street. "This city belongs to the Protestants!" one voice cries, while a mother hauls her son home and threatens anyone who drags him in again. Change arrives, and not everyone comes through it unscarred.
あらすじ
It is August 1969 in Belfast. After a day of betting slips, comics, and chips, the city erupts: gangs loot the supermarket, armored cars roll in, and soldiers order everyone off the streets. Buddy is caught up in the crowd before his mother drags him home and unleashes a furious warning on the men who would use him.
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grass uppaving the way forthe hellloot
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このシーンの表現
paving the way for
making it possible for something to happen
Armored cars roll in and, in effect, open a path for the mob to follow.
Cheap loans are paving the way for a housing boom.
このシーンの他の表現
- grass up
to inform on your mates
- the hell
a swear used to add force
- loot
to steal goods during chaos
- the statement we're trying to make
the message we mean to send
- take my head off
to shout at or punish someone angrily
このシーンのメモ一覧
91 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
The d in used to drops; it sounds like yoos-tuh.
There used to be 40 houses here in this mainly Roman Catholic street.what is happening
What's going on in your comic?to collect someone in a car
I'll come and pick you up after I've seen my father, -okay, son? -All right, Daddy.Pick you up runs together, almost like pi-kyu-p.
I'll come and pick you up after I've seen my father, -okay, son? -All right, Daddy.a small boy, said fondly — Warm and informal, used for a small boy; never in formal talk.
Right, wee fella, you did well for not grassing us to the police, so you're in.a member of our group
You're one of us now, and this is it.One of us links into wuh-nuh-vus, with no gap.
You're one of us now, and this is it.worked up and eager to fight — Said of a crowd worked up and ready to fight; too rough for polite talk.
Our blood's up, lads. Our bloods up.mates, a group of men — Men addressing men; not for mixed or formal settings.
Our blood's up, lads. Our bloods up.making it possible for something to happen
Armored cars roll in and, in effect, open a path for the mob to follow.
Armored cars paving the way for the hooligans to come in.participial phrase: A participial phrase describing how the armored cars clear the way for the mob.
Armored cars paving the way for the hooligans to come in.calm down, do not rush
Take it easy, man!any kind of problem
We don't want any trouble!to be owned by someone
This city belongs to the Protestants!mum, in Irish speech — An Irish word for mum, used by children; it sounds very local.
Mammy! Mammy!something of that kind
And if you ever, ever do anything like that again, I will kill you.to empty a street of people
Clear the street now!permission to pass safely
So you two are going to guarantee safe passage for me and my men.to shoot someone
If you try to run, I'll put a bullet in your son's head.conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause states the threat that follows.
If you try to run, I'll put a bullet in your son's head.To reduces to tuh; let try carry the stress.
If you try to run, I'll put a bullet in your son's head.to shout at or punish someone angrily
The gang leader refuses to release the prisoners, saying a soldier would punish him badly for it.
No, I think if I do, one of them soldiers is gonna take my head off.to dislike or object to something
Folks always have a problem with change.to become accustomed to something
But you'd better get used to it, mister.cleft sentence: The it's ... that frame puts the blame squarely on people like you.
And it's people like you that bring us all down.「Buddy Gets Pulled Into the Riot」を読み解く
What's really going on
The violence is not random; it is a power grab, and the film keeps it at a child's eye level. Buddy is handed a place in the gang simply for staying quiet: "You're one of us now, and this is it." His mother answers with a threat of her own, because she knows exactly what that membership costs. When a man tells her "That's not the statement we're trying to make," the language of politics collides with a woman protecting her son. Later, the man taking over the street says it plainly: "Folks always have a problem with change," and "People like me run this town now." The scene is about a city being redivided, and a family deciding which side of that line it can live on.
Theme
PowerGangs and soldiers alike claim the street, and the man behind the looting says it outright: "People like me run this town now."
IdentityA child is told he is "one of us now," while his mother insists the family is not part of the violence tearing the street apart.
このチャプターで学べること
- One of us now removes any way out
- The hell adds force to a flat answer
- Threats here stay plain and quiet
- Looting gets dressed up as a statement
発音のポイント
- used to — The d in used to drops; it sounds like yoos-tuh.
- pick you up — Pick you up runs together, almost like pi-kyu-p.
- one of us — One of us links into wuh-nuh-vus, with no gap.
- try to — To reduces to tuh; let try carry the stress.
You're one of us now, and this is it.He is welcomed into the gang for not informing on them. The words sound warm, but they turn a child into a participant in what comes next.
Folks always have a problem with change.Said by the man taking over the street: people resist change, so they had better adapt, because he now holds the power.
That's not the statement we're trying to make.A gang member objects to the mother putting stolen goods back, because it undercuts the message the violence is meant to send.
People like me run this town now.A plain claim of power: the old order is gone, and the new men in charge expect to be obeyed.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the gang let Buddy join?
Because he kept quiet when it mattered. He is told he did well for not grassing them to the police, and that earns him a place: "You're one of us now, and this is it."
Who is the man threatening the mother and son?
He is one of the armed men holding the street. He says the two of them will guarantee safe passage for him and his men, and warns that running will cost the boy his life.
What does "grass up" mean here?
It is British slang for informing on someone to the police. Buddy is accepted because he did not give the gang up, which is exactly the loyalty they reward.
Why is the mother so furious with her son?
Because he came home with stolen goods, and she can see the gang using him. Her threat is not really about the washing powder; it is about keeping him out of something far worse.
Why is the washing powder line funny?
Everyone else is grabbing valuables, and the boy proudly turns up with laundry soap, then insists it is "biological." The gap between the drama of a riot and the dullness of detergent is the joke.
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第 4 章double-bluffBilly Clanton Threatens the Family
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第 6 章what's yours is mineBuddy's School Crush
第 7 章benefit of the doubtBuddy Learns to Game the Odds
第 8 章cut out forBuddy and Moira Steal Chocolate
第 9 章in the clearThe Tax Letter Backfires
第 10 章bet the houseThe Family Debates Moving to Australia
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第 12 章money's a bit tightGrandpa Tells Buddy Who He Is
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