The t in want is often dropped before Japan.
You want Japan or New York?Blue Jay · 2016 — 第 8 / 18 章 · 2'12" · B1
Playing the Tape From 1994, Explained：bound to
A dare — 'Do you dare? Are you brave enough?' — pulls an old cassette out of the boxes: a recording from May 1994 labeled as a 'classic performance.' What plays back is teenage bravado, and what they find underneath is a family video, taped over without a second thought.
あらすじ
Going through boxes in the house, the two find an old cassette labeled 'hanging out, May 1994.' They dare each other to play it, and it turns out to be a recording of their younger selves — an over-the-top performance that taped over a family homecoming video about work and a lost client.
注目の表現
bound totaped overoutrageouswinds of change
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このシーンの表現
bound to
certain to happen
Jim teases Amanda that her unlocked stuff is sure to get broken into.
If you leave it unlocked, it's bound to get stolen.
このシーンの他の表現
- taped over
recorded over, erased
- outrageous
shocking, wild
- winds of change
signs of big change
- fucking
damn (intensifier)
- don't deserve
not worthy of
このシーンのメモ一覧
34 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
a photo of someone
I found a picture of you that is outrageous.Practice linking picture of you into one smooth run.
I found a picture of you that is outrageous.incidentally
You don't deserve this by the way.search through
Digging through my stuff.be broken into
Listen man, you don't have lock on your shit it's bound to get broken into.passive voice: Get plus a past participle forms a casual passive, as in get broken into.
Listen man, you don't have lock on your shit it's bound to get broken into.stuff — Vulgar; only joking among close friends.
Listen man, you don't have lock on your shit it's bound to get broken into.all these things
Man, I can't believe you still have all this stuff.somewhat of a
Mom was a bit of a hoarder.bold enough
Are you brave enough?spend time together
"This first classic performance is entitled hanging out, may 1994."best of luck
I don't know whats happening. Good luck.Gonna is the spoken contraction of going to.
What's it gonna be?everyone, people — A folksy way to address a crowd.
She just don't understand oh, she jealous, she jealous That's right folks and mamma her mamma and mamma had a son -she just don't understand. -No way.envious
She's jealous, she's jealous, she's jea...past continuous: Was recording shows the action was in progress at that past moment.
You fuckin' taped over it, -i was recording over... -God damn it.damn (intensifier) — A vulgar intensifier; avoid in formal settings.
You fuckin' taped over it, -i was recording over... -God damn it.be running low on
We were running out of tape.wait a moment
- Wait hold on. - - Welcome home.great to see you
Thanks sweetheart so good to see you.close an account
You know Glen donavon is canceling his account with us.present continuous for future: Present continuous can mark a fixed future plan, here a decided cancellation.
You know Glen donavon is canceling his account with us.out of nowhere
Talk turns to business, and a man sighs that a 23-year partnership ended just like that.
Twenty three years doing business together just like that, can you believe it?「Playing the Tape From 1994」を読み解く
What's really going on
The tape is a time capsule, and not a flattering one. What they recorded as teenagers — 'This first classic performance is entitled hanging out, may 1994' — is the kind of earnest, embarrassing thing you'd never keep on purpose. Playing it means letting the other person see the version of you that had no idea how you'd turn out. The lighter banter before it, about unlocked stuff being 'bound to get broken into,' already sets the tone: nothing stays protected, not belongings and not memories. Then the tape keeps going past their performance into someone else's family video — 'Welcome home,' a spouse asking 'How is work?' — because they'd been running out of tape and recorded right over it. That accidental erasure is the quiet joke: the past they meant to save was never only theirs, and the machine didn't care which memories it kept.
Theme
MemoryAn old tape plays back a version of the past the two can't control — and accidentally erases someone else's.
FriendshipDigging through shared history becomes a way for two old friends to test how close they still are.
このチャプターで学べること
- Bound to means certain to happen.
- Tape over means to record on top of old footage.
- By the way makes a jab sound offhand.
- The profanity here is friendly trash talk.
発音のポイント
- want Japan — The t in want is often dropped before Japan.
- picture of you — Practice linking picture of you into one smooth run.
- gonna be — Gonna is the spoken contraction of going to.
I found a picture of you that is outrageous.Teasing over an old photo: outrageous here means hilariously over the top, said with affection.
Listen man, you don't have lock on your shit it's bound to get broken into.A mock lecture about leaving things unlocked, warning they're bound to get taken — part joke, part an excuse for snooping.
Mom was a bit of a hoarder.An explanation for the packed house: a mother who kept everything, which is why so much old stuff survives.
"The winds of fucking change are blowing tonight."A dramatic line from the old recording, teenage grandiosity played back years later.
"This first classic performance is entitled hanging out, may 1994."The title the teenagers gave their recording, quoted now with mock ceremony.
Twenty three years doing business together just like that, can you believe it?On the tape beneath, a business complaint: a long partnership ending overnight, captured in 'just like that.'
このシーンについての質問
What is on the tape they find?
A recording the two made as teenagers in May 1994, introduced as their 'classic performance.' Further along, the same tape holds a family homecoming video with talk about work and a lost client.
Why does the tape switch to someone else's conversation?
Because they ran out of tape back then and kept recording over the old home video. One line explains it: 'We were running out of tape.'
Why do they dare each other before playing it?
Because hearing your teenage self is embarrassing. 'Do you dare? Are you brave enough?' turns the playback into a small test of nerve between them.
Why does one of them say the other doesn't deserve the stuff?
It's teasing. 'You don't deserve this' plus the unlocked-door lecture is a joke about who's been digging through whose belongings.
Why is the mother mentioned?
The house is full of old things because 'Mom was a bit of a hoarder,' which is why the tape and the photos are still around at all.
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