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Blue Velvet · 1986 — 第 2 / 9 章 · 3'14" · B1

Jeffrey Plans the Apartment Break-In, Explained：the creeps

Jeffrey pitches a break-in as self-improvement — "opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience" — while Sandy hears only danger. The plan (pest-control man, Jehovah's Witness, jimmyed window) is absurd, and that is exactly why it might work: "No one would think two people like us would be crazy enough to do this."

あらすじ

At a diner, Jeffrey lays out a plan to Sandy: he will pose as a pest-control man to get inside Dorothy Vallens's apartment, spray it, and leave a window open; Sandy will knock at the door as a Jehovah's Witness to distract her while he jimmies the window. Sandy calls it too dangerous, then agrees to try the first part.

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注目の表現

the creepssettle downhave a pointlearn a lot

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  2. ❝ 独白Jeffrey's pitch4 行練習ページ ↗
  15. ❝ 独白the pest-control plan4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

the creeps

a creepy feeling

At the diner Sandy says the murder talk gives her the creeps.

That empty hallway always gives me the creeps.

このシーンの他の表現

  • settle down

    calm down

  • have a point

    be right about something

  • learn a lot

    gain much knowledge

  • bright boy

    a clever kid, mockingly

  • stall for time

    delay on purpose

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ

発音why we're here

Link why and we're; keep here short and light.

Now are you gonna tell me why we're here?
表現 · B1opportunities in life for something

ironic talk of a learning chance

Jeffrey calls a break-in a chance to learn, and the mismatch is the joke.

There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience.
表現 · A2take a risk

do something risky

Sometimes it's necessary to take a risk.
表現 · A2learn a lot from something

gain much knowledge

Jeffrey frames the break-in as a chance to learn something new.

I'll bet someone could learn a lot by getting into that woman's apartment.
文法 · B1someone could learn a lot

object clause: The whole clause after I'll bet is the object: what he is betting on.

I'll bet someone could learn a lot by getting into that woman's apartment.
発音getting into

In American speech the tt in getting can sound like a d.

I'll bet someone could learn a lot by getting into that woman's apartment.
表現 · B1sneak in / sneak into somewhere

enter secretly

You know, sneak in, hide, and observe.
表現 · B1give someone the creeps

make someone uneasy

Jeffrey, she's possibly involved in murder. This is givin' me the creeps.
発音givin' me

The g drops, so giving sounds like givin'.

Jeffrey, she's possibly involved in murder. This is givin' me the creeps.
スラング · B1the creeps

a creepy feeling — Casual way to say something spooks you.

Jeffrey, she's possibly involved in murder. This is givin' me the creeps.
表現 · B1settle down

calm down

Jeffrey tells a frightened Sandy to calm down before he lays out his plan.

Now just settle down. I have a plan which I think will work.
文法 · B1which I think will work

relative clause: The which-clause describes the plan, with I think tucked in to hedge it.

Now just settle down. I have a plan which I think will work.
表現 · A2very little for someone to do

almost nothing to do

There's very little for you to do, but I do need your help.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Spoken shorthand; keep it out of formal writing.

Don't you even wanna hear the plan?
表現 · B2not go any further than something

stop at a certain point

Tell me any plan you want, but it's not going any further than this diner.
表現 · A2crawl into somewhere

get in on hands and knees

All right. The first thing I need is to get into her apartment - and open a window to crawl into later. - How are you gonna do that?
文法 · B1The first thing I need is to

infinitive predicate: The infinitive after is names the action he needs to do first.

All right. The first thing I need is to get into her apartment - and open a window to crawl into later. - How are you gonna do that?
表現 · B1happen to have something

have by chance

Right out in the car I happen to have some old overalls and a bug-spraying rig.
表現 · A1knock on the door

tap on the door

You knock on the door, draw her attention away from me, and I'll jimmy a window.
表現 · B2draw someone's attention away

divert someone's focus

You knock on the door, draw her attention away from me, and I'll jimmy a window.
発音knock on the door

Knock on runs together and on is reduced.

You knock on the door, draw her attention away from me, and I'll jimmy a window.
スラング · B2jimmy a window

pry a window open — Thief's jargon; avoid it in ordinary talk.

You knock on the door, draw her attention away from me, and I'll jimmy a window.
表現 · A2at the door

at the entrance

- And what do I say to her at the door? - You will be a Jehovah's Witness.
表現 · A1a few seconds

a short moment

I don't need very much time, just a few seconds. Whaddaya think?
スラング · B1Whaddaya think?

what do you think — Very casual speech only; never in writing.

I don't need very much time, just a few seconds. Whaddaya think?
表現 · A2sound like something

seem to be

I mean, it sounds like a good daydream, but... actually doing it's too weird.
文法 · B2actually doing it

gerund subject: The gerund doing it works as the subject, meaning the act itself.

I mean, it sounds like a good daydream, but... actually doing it's too weird.
表現 · B2be crazy enough to do something

bold enough to try

No one would think two people like us would be crazy enough to do this.
表現 · B1have a point

be right about something

Jeffrey concedes that Sandy's worry is fair instead of arguing.

You have a point there.
表現 · A2at least + number

no less than

Give me at least three minutes.
表現 · B1find a good window

spot a usable window

I can stall if it's more, but I need time to find a good window. All right?
文法 · B1if it's more

conditional clause: It is short for more than three minutes; the comparison is dropped.

I can stall if it's more, but I need time to find a good window. All right?
表現 · A1on the Nth floor

the seventh level

Dorothy Vallens, seventh floor.
スラング · B2bright boy

clever kid, mockingly — Teasing between friends; do not use it on strangers or elders.

Look on her mailbox for the number, bright boy.

「Jeffrey Plans the Apartment Break-In」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is a courtship disguised as detective work. Jeffrey wants Sandy's help, but he also wants to impress her with his nerve, turning burglary into an adventure for two. His pitch is quietly absurd — "opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience" — as if peeping into a woman's home were education. Sandy sees through the thrill and names the fear: "This is givin' me the creeps," and the whole scheme shouldn't leave the diner. But she stays, drawn in by the very danger she objects to. The double role-play (pest-control man, Jehovah's Witness) shows how much the pair are inventing themselves as they go. "No one would think two people like us would be crazy enough to do this" is both reassurance and the attraction: being exactly the sort nobody suspects.

Theme

SecretsJeffrey schemes to sneak into a stranger's home and watch her unseen, with an open window as his way back in.
Coming of ageA young man's curiosity pulls him past the edge of safe, ordinary life, and he asks a girl to come along.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jeffrey sells the plan softly, one step at a time.
  • Sandy's doubt is what makes the deal believable.
  • A fake uniform turns a crime into a routine errand.
  • Three minutes works as both a promise and a countdown.

発音のポイント

  • why we're here — Link why and we're; keep here short and light.
  • getting into — In American speech the tt in getting can sound like a d.
  • givin' me — The g drops, so giving sounds like givin'.
  • knock on the door — Knock on runs together and on is reduced.
There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge and experience.

Jeffrey's cover story for the break-in: he frames snooping on a stranger as a chance to grow. The high-minded wording makes the scheme sound noble, and that gap is the joke.

Now just settle down. I have a plan which I think will work.

Sandy is scared and ready to bolt; Jeffrey soothes her and promises his scheme is workable. It is the line of a man talking himself and his accomplice into going through with it.

No one would think two people like us would be crazy enough to do this.

His selling point is camouflage: because they look so ordinary, nobody will guess what they are doing. The same anonymity that makes it safe is what makes the plan irresistible.

Sometimes it's necessary to take a risk.

Jeffrey's blanket excuse for the whole adventure. He turns recklessness into a principle, which is how he recruits the hesitant Sandy.

このシーンについての質問

What does 'the creeps' mean?

It describes a skin-crawling, uneasy fear — the way Sandy feels about the plan. 'That gives me the creeps' is common for anything vaguely sinister, from a dark house to this break-in scheme.

Why does Jeffrey want to break into Dorothy's apartment?

He tells Sandy it is a chance to gain knowledge and experience, and says he could learn a lot by sneaking in, hiding, and observing. Sandy warns that the woman may be involved in a murder, which only adds to his pull toward the plan.

Does Sandy agree to the plan?

Not at first. She says it is not going any further than the diner and calls it too dangerous and too weird. Jeffrey wears her down, and she finally says 'All right' and asks him for three minutes.

Why does Jeffrey need Sandy to come along?

The plan needs a second person at the door to draw Dorothy's attention while he jimmies a window. He insists she has very little to do, but that he does need her help, and casts her as a Jehovah's Witness.

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