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Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 3 / 15 章 · 2'45" · B2

Lottery Winners Get a Pitch, Explained：make a killing

The lottery story is warm, funny, and full of wonder — "I never held that kind of money in my hands" — until the talk slides from celebrating a windfall to steering it into a hotel venture with a promised 20 percent return.

あらすじ

At a home gathering, the talk starts with a lottery win — 200,000 dollars, a once-in-a-lifetime stroke of luck — and a wish to start a construction company. The conversation turns when someone proposes putting the money into a low-risk, high-yield hotel development in the Caribbean instead.

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注目の表現

come into moneydrop deadonce-in-a-lifetimelow-risk, but very high-yield

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このシーンの表現

make a killing

make a large profit quickly

Someone urges the other person to include them, framing huge profit as a casual favour with no hint of risk.

Investors can make a killing on that downtown property.

このシーンの他の表現

  • come into money

    inherit or suddenly get money

  • drop dead

    literally to die suddenly; used to exaggerate shock

  • once-in-a-lifetime

    extremely rare, never repeated

  • low-risk, but very high-yield

    safe-sounding but highly profitable

  • Am I right?

    a tag that invites agreement

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2come into money

inherit or suddenly get money

Someone urges Augie to explain where the money came from, excited and slightly teasing.

We came into some money. Tell him how, Augie.
発音came into

Link 'came' into 'into' smoothly; avoid a hard pause.

We came into some money. Tell him how, Augie.
表現 · B1put away some money

save a small amount regularly Here it means saving, not storing something away

Put away a little each week.
表現 · A2play the lottery

buy lottery tickets

We always play the lottery, and we never even get two numbers. Am I right?
スラング · B2hit it

won the lottery or hit the jackpot — Casual talk about winning or succeeding; not for formal writing.

Uh-huh. But last week, we hit it.
スラング · B1bucks

dollars — American casual speech; use 'dollars' in formal contexts.

We got 200,000 bucks.
表現 · B1that kind of money

that much money

I never held that kind of money in my hands. I mean, ever.
発音that kind of

Keep 'that' light and let 'kind of' run together.

I never held that kind of money in my hands. I mean, ever.
表現 · B2a once-in-a-lifetime chance

extremely rare, never repeated

Someone calls the win a rare event, half-jokingly passing the excitement to the other person, half in earnest.

Me? You had to see her. I had to tell her, this is a once-in-a-lifetime.
表現 · B2know the first thing about something

know nothing at all about something

I mean, not with my one chance to-- Hey, come on. We don't know the first thing about money, but he does.
表現 · B2give half your money to the government

hand over a large share in taxes Here it points to taxes, not a donation

First thing is how not to give half your money to the government.
文法 · B2how not to give half your money

wh-infinitive: The phrase turns 'how to avoid taxes' into a compact noun-like clause.

First thing is how not to give half your money to the government.
表現 · B2low-risk, high-yield

safe-sounding but highly profitable

Someone floats a hotel project, pairing low risk with high return as if doing the math for them.

Suppose I put you in a venture that was low-risk, but very high-yield.
文法 · B2Suppose I put you in a venture that was low-risk

hypothetical clause: It frames the pitch as a hypothetical, making the offer sound tentative.

Suppose I put you in a venture that was low-risk, but very high-yield.
表現 · B2develop a group of hotels

build and run a hotel group

He's developing a group of hotels in the Caribbean.
表現 · B1the whole thing

the entire amount Here it means the entire lottery sum

Jeez, investing what? You mean the whole thing?
スラング · B1Jeez

a mild exclamation of surprise — Mild surprise among acquaintances; avoid it in formal settings.

Jeez, investing what? You mean the whole thing?
発音money to

Keep 'to' weak and quick; stress both 'money' beats.

You need money to make money. Am I right?
表現 · B2let someone in on something

include someone in a deal or secret Not letting them enter a room, but letting them join

Let them in on one of your--? The hotel deal or something.
表現 · B2make a killing

make a large profit quickly

Someone urges the other person to include them, framing huge profit as a casual favour with no hint of risk.

It'd be great for them. Make a killing.
表現 · B1take the day off

take a day away from work

Tomorrow I'm taking the day off.
表現 · B2do your duty

do what you are expected to do

Here, for doing your duty.
文法 · B2Not bad taste for a philistine businessman

elliptical sentence: Dropping 'That's' makes the compliment sound casual and teasing.

Not bad taste for a philistine businessman, huh?
発音bad taste

Stress 'bad' and 'taste'; let 'huh' lift lightly.

Not bad taste for a philistine businessman, huh?

「Lottery Winners Get a Pitch」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like friendly boasting, but the real action is a pitch: people who admit "We don't know the first thing about money" are being steered toward someone who claims to know better. The promise is calibrated: not 6 or 7 percent but 20, and the phrase "low-risk, but very high-yield" makes the offer sound safe and exceptional at once. The lottery story supplies the emotional proof — "I never held that kind of money in my hands" — while the pitch supplies the social pressure. The line "You need money to make money. Am I right?" makes putting the money in sound like common sense. Even "Make a killing" is doing work: it makes the venture feel like a favor rather than a sales pitch.

Theme

MoneyA lottery windfall becomes the stake in a pitch about hotels, taxes, and 20 percent returns.
ClassThe promise of low-risk wealth exposes the gap between people who have money and people who admit they don't understand it.

発音のポイント

  • came into — Link 'came' into 'into' smoothly; avoid a hard pause.
  • that kind of — Keep 'that' light and let 'kind of' run together.
  • money to — Keep 'to' weak and quick; stress both 'money' beats.
  • bad taste — Stress 'bad' and 'taste'; let 'huh' lift lightly.
I never held that kind of money in my hands. I mean, ever.

The speaker is marveling at the sheer size of the lottery win: not just a large sum, but an amount they have never physically handled before.

I'm not talking about 6 or 7 percent. I'm talking about 20 percent.

The pitch contrasts ordinary returns with an extraordinary 20 percent, making the investment sound exceptional.

You need money to make money. Am I right?

A familiar saying used to justify risking the whole sum; the tag question invites agreement.

It'd be great for them. Make a killing.

The speaker frames the investment as a favor and predicts a huge profit.

Not bad taste for a philistine businessman, huh?

A teasing compliment about a gift: 'philistine businessman' sounds like an insult, but the point is that the gift shows good taste.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the pitch promise 20 percent?

The offer is built on contrast: "I'm not talking about 6 or 7 percent. I'm talking about 20 percent." The higher number makes the hotel venture sound exceptional enough to justify putting in the whole lottery sum.

What does "make a killing" mean here?

It means to make a large profit. The line "Make a killing" is used to encourage the couple to join the hotel investment.

Why does the lottery win matter to the conversation?

It supplies the money being discussed: "We got 200,000 bucks." Without that sum, the later pitch about investing "the whole thing" has nothing to work with.

Are they still planning to start their own business?

The dialogue raises the idea — "Start your own construction company? Great idea" — but then redirects: "No, we mean investing with Hal." The talk moves from a business to an investment.

Is the hotel venture presented as risky?

No. It is called "low-risk, but very high-yield," and the pitch promises 20 percent. The sales language stresses safety and high return.

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