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MRS. FORD: All the better for seeing you, stranger.Belfast · 2021 — 第 10 / 14 章 · 3'05" · B2
The Family Debates Moving to Australia, Explained：bet the house
The men swap a racing tip — "if I tell you, the odds'll come down" — and shrug off Catholic neighbours being forced out. Then over an atlas the real argument surfaces: one voice wants to move to Australia, another says they might as well go to the moon. "This is our home," comes the reply.
あらすじ
On the street and in the pub, a racing tip is teased out and neighbours talk about Paddy being moved out. At home, Buddy tells his father how he and a friend were chased, and later the family opens an atlas to Australia: one side imagines a new life, while the other points out the distance, the cost, and the news they have just heard.
注目の表現
bet the houseget used to itturn the cornerput the heart across me
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このシーンの表現
bet the house
to risk everything you own
In the pub one man waves off the tip talk, saying he will not risk everything.
Don't bet the house on one interview.
このシーンの他の表現
- get used to it
you will get accustomed to it
- turn the corner
to get past the hardest part
- put the heart across me
gave me a fright
- citywide violence
unrest across the whole city
- bloody
a mild British swear word
このシーンのメモ一覧
69 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
Practise linking you're a as yor-ra in one breath.
-Welcome home. -Ah, you're a silver-tongued charmer.exactly the person wanted
MR. STEWART: Ah, just the fella.a man, a guy — Casual for a man; too loose for formal talk.
MR. STEWART: Ah, just the fella.conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause gives the result with will.
I have, but if I tell you, the odds'll come down.to risk everything you own
In the pub one man waves off the tip talk, saying he will not risk everything.
Christ, I'm not gonna bet the house.a win-or-place bet — A racing bet; only makes sense at the track.
Fancy Man, each way. She'll get you a pint.you will get accustomed to it
One man says the world is mad; the other answers flatly that he should get used to it.
-It's a mad world. -Well, get used to it.In fast speech used to reduces to yoos-tu.
-It's a mad world. -Well, get used to it.mouth, in slang — Street slang for mouth; avoid it in polite company.
Then he gave the big one a dig in the gob and ran like hell.to get past the hardest part
The boy describes escaping by turning a corner before the chase could see them.
Then we ran into me Uncle Tony's and turned the corner before they could see us.gave me a fright
The kids burst in on Uncle Tony and gave the old man a real fright.
We put the heart across me Uncle Tony.to study racing form and bet
He was on the toilet, doing his horses, and then he dropped his pencil down the loo.unrest across the whole city
A news anchor reports overnight violence across the city, right after the pub banter.
And amid more citywide violence overnight,would you like the idea of it
How do you fancy that?no better option, so why not
We might as well be going to the moon if we went down there.Stress might, then glide through as well.
We might as well be going to the moon if we went down there.nothing at all, empty talk
And pay for it with what, Scotch mist?not born yesterday
I didn't come up the loch in a bubble.to be able to pay the fare
There's no one from round here can afford the fare to go down there.contact clause: A relative pronoun is dropped after no one, a common spoken pattern.
There's no one from round here can afford the fare to go down there.「The Family Debates Moving to Australia」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter keeps sliding between small talk and real danger. A racing tip is guarded like state secrets — "if I tell you, the odds'll come down" — while the forced removal of Catholic neighbours is met with "get used to it." Under the chatty surface, the film is showing a community normalising the unthinkable. The atlas scene turns that unease into a family fight. Australia is not really a holiday plan; it is an escape route, and the argument exposes who can imagine leaving and who cannot afford to. "We might as well be going to the moon," one says, and the distance is the point: the cost, the jobs, the fare. Against that, "This is our home" is both love and resignation.
Theme
Family conflictThe atlas turns an abstract worry into an open argument about whether to stay or emigrate, with no easy answer.
SurvivalA racing tip, a forced move, and an unemployment report sit side by side: ordinary people doing what they must to get by.
このチャプターで学べること
- Might as well turns a distance into a joke
- Each way is a betting term, not a direction
- Get used to it can shut down sympathy
- Afford the fare is the quiet reason nobody leaves
発音のポイント
- you're a — Practise linking you're a as yor-ra in one breath.
- used to — In fast speech used to reduces to yoos-tu.
- might as well — Stress might, then glide through as well.
I have, but if I tell you, the odds'll come down.The tipster refuses to share his horse: once others bet on it, the odds fall and his own winnings shrink. A neat look at how information itself has a price.
We might as well be going to the moon if we went down there.The case against emigrating: Australia is so far that leaving might as well mean another planet, full of people you will never see again.
There's no one from round here can afford the fare to go down there.A blunt money argument: the dream of Australia is real, but the ticket price puts it out of reach for the whole neighbourhood.
He said he wasn't joining anything they belonged to.Buddy's friend refused to be recruited by any side. In a city split by sect, staying unaligned is itself a dangerous act.
このシーンについての質問
What does 'bet the house' mean?
It means to stake everything, not literally a house. The man is refusing to risk all his money on one horse — the same caution the family shows about staking everything on a move abroad.
Why does the family argue about moving to Australia?
Belfast is getting more dangerous and jobs are scarce, so one side wants to emigrate. The other side points to the distance, the cost of flights, and the lack of work waiting there, and insists home is worth keeping.
Why does Paddy have to move out?
He is Catholic, and the chapter links his departure to the sectarian pressure on the street. "Poor Catholics have no choice," someone says, tying the housing move to the wider trouble.
Does Buddy tell his father about the fight?
Yes. He admits he and a friend were chased after the friend refused to join a gang and threw a punch. His father listens and then wonders whether he should keep the boys where he can watch them.
Why does Buddy's father ask whether he has delivered for the boys before?
He suspects the gang has been using Buddy and the empty bottles, and wants his son to say it aloud. Buddy admits he knows now, and his father takes the confession as a sign the boy still trusts him.
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