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In the back of this truck. At the lake.Blue Jay · 2016 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 2'06" · B1
Amanda Asks Jim to Kiss Her, Explained：something about
They're laughing about a sixteen-year-old's clumsy first time in the back of the truck, but the jokes keep sliding toward something else. "Never really been like it was with us" is the line the whole scene turns on: both of them admit, quietly, that no one since has matched what those two dumb kids had.
あらすじ
Jim and Amanda, once high-school sweethearts, are sitting in the back of his truck by the lake, going through old memories. She teases him about lasting thirty-eight seconds their first time; he jokes that he has since been "servicing" the entire Tucson area. Then the talk turns serious, and Amanda asks him to kiss her.
注目の表現
servicingsomething aboutnostalgiaasking for
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このシーンの表現
something about
an indefinable quality
Amanda says there was just something about those reckless kids that made it different.
There's something about this song.
このシーンの他の表現
- servicing
servicing (double meaning)
- nostalgia
longing for the past
- asking for
requesting something
- It's funny
oddly enough
このシーンのメモ一覧
23 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
felt excited
Oh, shut up. I was excited. I was sixteen, okay?The t in shut up flaps between vowels.
Oh, shut up. I was excited. I was sixteen, okay?come off it — Playful between friends, not for formal settings.
Oh, shut up. I was excited. I was sixteen, okay?from that time on
I've developed some serious skills since then, in fact I've been servicing the entire Tucson, Arizona area...actually
I've developed some serious skills since then, in fact I've been servicing the entire Tucson, Arizona area...real, impressive skills Here serious means impressive, not solemn.
I've developed some serious skills since then, in fact I've been servicing the entire Tucson, Arizona area...Since then runs together as one word.
I've developed some serious skills since then, in fact I've been servicing the entire Tucson, Arizona area...Are you some kind of ...?
-With... -What are you, a plumber?oddly enough
Amanda pauses and uses It's funny to pivot from joking toward the real point.
It's funny though 'cause...the way it used to be
Never really been like it was with us.ellipsis: The subject and auxiliary are dropped at the start.
Never really been like it was with us.a kind of ... thing
You know, that's a nostalgia thing.also true for me
This is same for me.an indefinable quality
Amanda says there was just something about those reckless kids that made it different.
It's something about those dumb kids.silly, foolish — Casual put-down, often affectionate between friends.
It's something about those dumb kids.it's magical
It's magic, yeah that's right.kiss me
Will you kiss me.what I am requesting
I know what I'm asking for...noun clause: The whole clause is the object of know.
I know what I'm asking for...What I'm links into one smooth sound.
I know what I'm asking for...「Amanda Asks Jim to Kiss Her」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene plays as nostalgia, but it is really two people testing whether a feeling still exists. One of them names it first — "You know, that's a nostalgia thing" — as if the label could keep it at arm's length. The other answers with "Never really been like it was with us," admitting that the summer they were sixteen still sets the bar. What begins as teasing about an awkward first time in the back of a truck becomes a way of asking, without asking, whether any of it was real and whether any of it is left. By the time "Will you kiss me" arrives, the jokes have run out and the real question is on the table.
Theme
MemoryThe whole scene is two people replaying a summer from high school, measuring the present against what they remember.
RomanceOld feelings surface as teasing turns tender, ending with a direct request: "Will you kiss me."
このチャプターで学べること
- Never really been drops the subject on purpose.
- Something about names a quality you cannot define.
- Servicing is a straight-faced pun in this scene.
- Asking for something means owning its weight.
発音のポイント
- shut up — The t in shut up flaps between vowels.
- since then — Since then runs together as one word.
- what I'm — What I'm links into one smooth sound.
Never really been like it was with us.Nothing since has felt the way it did when they were together — the past still sets the standard.
It's something about those dumb kids.There's a quality about who they were back then that is hard to name but impossible to forget.
You know, that's a nostalgia thing.The speaker brushes the feeling off as mere nostalgia, as if naming it explains it away.
I know what I'm asking for...A line that acknowledges the request is a real one with real consequences, not a careless whim.
I've developed some serious skills since then, in fact I've been servicing the entire Tucson, Arizona area...A joke that sounds like boasting about sexual experience, with "servicing" playing on a plumber's house calls.
このシーンについての質問
Why do they keep joking about the back of the truck?
It is where their first time happened, when they were sixteen, and it lasted all of thirty-eight seconds. The joke lets them talk about something intimate without having to be earnest about it.
Does "servicing" mean what I think it means?
Yes. The line plays on the everyday meaning of servicing equipment and the innuendo of offering "service," which is why the reply is "What are you, a plumber?"
Is Amanda really asking Jim to kiss her, or just testing him?
She says it plainly — "Will you kiss me" — and follows it with "I know what I'm asking for," so she is not being coy. What Jim does next is the real question.
Why does the conversation turn serious so suddenly?
The teasing runs out of steam once both admit the past was special. "Never really been like it was with us" is the moment the jokes stop working, and everything after follows from there.
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第 2 章footloose and fancy freeJim Reunites with Amanda
第 3 章put a wager onJim and Amanda Bet at Wayne's Store
第 4 章take the edge offJim Breaks Down in the Old House
第 5 章take it personalJelly Beans and the Screaming Boy
第 6 章have a field dayJim and Amanda Find Romance Novels
第 7 章time capsuleJim and Amanda Open a Time Capsule
第 8 章bound toPlaying the Tape From 1994
第 9 章in his own wayAmanda's Anniversary Surprise Dinner
第 10 章tricks left in my sleeveJim and Amanda's Pretend Anniversary
第 11 章don't get me wrongJim and Amanda on the Rooftop
第 12 章on the slyJim and Amanda Play Husband and Wife
第 13 章after all these yearsJim and Amanda Plan an RV Trip
第 14 章phrenologyAmanda's Phrenology Head Rub
第 15 章there was a timeConfessing Under the Stars
第 16 章on my behalfAmanda Talks About the Empty House
再生中 · 第 17 章something aboutAmanda Asks Jim to Kiss Her
第 18 章let something go onAmanda Finds Jim's Old Letter第 17 / 18 章 · 残り約 3 分