to keep working in the same job
The father reports that the boss wants him to stay on at the job.
They want me to stay on.Belfast · 2021 — 第 11 / 14 章 · 3'06" · B1
Da Asks Ma to Move to England, Explained：welcome us with open arms
Da has a job offer in England: permanent, management, a free house, and enough to clear the family's back tax. Ma answers with the neighbourhood's claim on their children and the hostility waiting across the water: “If we go over the water, them people's not gonna understand a word we say.”
あらすじ
At a crowded Belfast bus station, Da tells Ma about a permanent job in England: more money, a house for each boy and a garden. Buddy is with them, and he asks whether he can play football there. Ma pushes back, listing everything they would lose by leaving, and the argument narrows to one question: Christmas, and who really gets to decide.
注目の表現
stay onmove into managementa wee bitget on top of
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このシーンの表現
welcome us with open arms
to greet someone warmly
The mother asks if the father really thinks they will be welcomed with open arms.
They welcomed us with open arms at the reunion.
このシーンの他の表現
- stay on
to keep working in the same job
- move into management
to start working as a manager
- a wee bit
a little bit
- get on top of
to finally deal with a problem
- sounds like
it seems that
このシーンのメモ一覧
50 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
To weakens to a light tuh, so want me to blurs into one block.
They want me to stay on.to start working as a manager
The father says the offer means moving into management.
Wanting me to move into management.to come as part of the deal Here it means the house comes with the job, not that it walks along.
There's a house that goes with it.relative clause: The that-clause describes the house: it comes as part of the job.
There's a house that goes with it.to have a chance to own it
We get it rent-free, with a chance to own it if things go well.if everything goes well
We get it rent-free, with a chance to own it if things go well.a little bit
The father says the new house is a wee bit bigger than this one.
A wee bit bigger than what we have here.small, little — Northern Irish and Scottish casual speech; too informal for formal settings.
A wee bit bigger than what we have here.one for every boy
A room for each of the boys.to be permitted to do something
Are you allowed to play football in that garden, Daddy?yes — A regional yes for casual replies; keep it out of formal writing.
Aye, son.to slowly deal with a debt
We could start getting on top of that back tax now.another chance like that
This family's not gonna get another chance like that in this town, not now.Not gonna swallows the t and slides the going: it lands as gonna.
This family's not gonna get another chance like that in this town, not now.to watch out for something
Hey, watch out for that traffic there.mum, mother — An Irish family word for mother, warm but regional.
I'm watching it now, Mammy. It's okay.to get on a bus or plane Here it means get on the bus, not stand on a deck.
Get on board if you're coming. Last tickets now.to have known each other
You and me, we've known each other since we were toddlers.since-clause: The since-clause marks when it started; the perfect shows it still holds.
You and me, we've known each other since we were toddlers.The n links straight into each: known-each-other runs together.
You and me, we've known each other since we were toddlers.for as long as you can recall
We've known this street and every street round it all our lives.to take care of someone
everybody likes them and everybody looks after them.to not understand a single word Literally one word; with not it means not a single word gets through.
If we go over the water, them people's not gonna understand a word we say.if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause gives the result.
If we go over the water, them people's not gonna understand a word we say.those people — Dialect for those people; standard English would say those people.
If we go over the water, them people's not gonna understand a word we say.shit, crap (swearing) — Coarse swearing for anger only; never in formal or polite talk.
They'll think we don't give a shite.to settle it before Christmas
We need to decide by Christmas.let's go
Right, off we go.「Da Asks Ma to Move to England」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is logistics — money, a house, a school run. Underneath it is a tug of war over who the family belongs to. Da measures the offer in what it fixes: the back tax, the cramped house, the danger of staying. Ma measures it in what disappears: streets where everyone knows her children and looks after them. Her worry is concrete, not sentimental — “half of them, they'll take the hand out of us for sounding different,” she says, and the other half will hate them for what Belfast men are doing on Belfast streets. When Da says “Things change,” she agrees; she just refuses to pretend the change is free. Even the last exchange about who has to decide keeps the choice between them, unsettled, as the bus to Aldergrove is called.
Theme
Family loveDa's offer is for the family's comfort, and Ma's refusal is to keep it together; both are trying to protect the same people.
IdentityThe whole argument turns on accent, neighbours and belonging: who will understand them, and who they are to strangers.
このチャプターで学べること
- Stay on means keep the same job
- I want my family with me is a direct plea
- Get on top of a debt means clearing it slowly
発音のポイント
- want me to — To weakens to a light tuh, so want me to blurs into one block.
- not gonna — Not gonna swallows the t and slides the going: it lands as gonna.
- known each other — The n links straight into each: known-each-other runs together.
This family's not gonna get another chance like that in this town, not now.Da argues the England offer is a one-off escape from Belfast's decline and danger, and that hesitation could cost them the chance.
I want my family with me.Not a business decision but a plea: he is asking Ma to come, framing the job as pointless without the family reunited.
We've known this street and every street round it all our lives.Ma names the roots a move would cut: decades of familiarity with the place and the people who fill it.
You and me, we've known each other since we were toddlers.She starts where the two of them began, as children, to make leaving feel like splitting up something older than the marriage.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Ma refuse to move to England?
She believes the family would lose a street where everyone knows and looks after the children, and would face mockery for their accent and hostility over what is happening in Belfast.
What does “take the hand out of us” mean?
It is an Irish expression meaning to mock or make fun of someone. Ma says people in England would laugh at them for sounding different.
Is Da trying to make the decision alone?
Not quite. He says the family needs to decide by Christmas, but Ma corrects him — “you need to decide” — pointing out that the choice is ultimately his.
What does Buddy ask his father at the station?
He asks whether he can play football in the new garden, and later whether his father is coming back. Da answers the first kindly and deflects the second.
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