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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969 — 第 12 / 12 章 · 2'14" · B1

Butch and Etta Discuss the Future, Explained：ways of going straight

Butch and Sundance talk about quitting robbery: there are other ways of going straight, they agree, but farming is unknown and a ranch is a young man's game. Then Etta raises the idea of going home ahead of them, and the easy mood shifts. 'Whatever you want, Etta,' is all anyone can say.

あらすじ

Butch and Sundance are weighing what else they could do besides robbing. Somebody suggests there are other ways of going straight, and they run through options: farming, buying a place, running a ranch. Neither likes the work, and a ranch, they agree, is a job for a young man. Then Etta mentions maybe heading home before them.

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ways of going straightknow how torustlin'much good at it

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このシーンの表現

ways of going straight

routes to an honest life

Etta steers toward an honest life, saying there are other ways of going straight.

There must be ways of going straight without losing who you are.

このシーンの他の表現

  • know how to

    be able to do

  • rustlin'

    cattle stealing

  • much good at it

    not very skilled

  • thinking of it

    considering it

  • maybe I'll go

    I might leave

このシーンのメモ一覧

20 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1other ways of doing something

other options

There are other ways of going straight, you know.
文法 · B1ways of going straight

gerund phrase: The preposition of takes a gerund, not a to-infinitive.

There are other ways of going straight, you know.
表現 · B1other ways of doing something

alternative paths

There are other ways of going straight.
表現 · A2buy a place

purchase a property

We could buy a place.
表現 · A2know how to do something

be able to do

Butch admits he does not know how to farm, closing off that option at once.

I don't know how to farm.
表現 · A2what about ...?

how about

What about a ranch, then?
発音What about

What about links up and sounds like whadabout.

What about a ranch, then?
表現 · B1the last time ...

the previous occasion

The last time we tried a ranch was during our rustlin' days.
文法 · B2The last time we tried a ranch

nominal clause subject: The whole noun phrase acts as subject, with was explaining when it happened.

The last time we tried a ranch was during our rustlin' days.
スラング · B2rustlin'

cattle stealing — Old West slang for cattle theft; write it as rustling formally.

The last time we tried a ranch was during our rustlin' days.
表現 · B1even then

even at that time

And even then we weren't much good at it. It's hard. Hours are brutal.
表現 · B2be good at something

not very skilled

Butch admits they weren't much good at ranching even then, and adds the hours were brutal.

And even then we weren't much good at it. It's hard. Hours are brutal.
文法 · B1even then we weren't much good at it

concessive adverbial: Even then concedes the point before admitting they still lacked skill.

And even then we weren't much good at it. It's hard. Hours are brutal.
発音good at it

Good at it links into a single blur, good-a-dit.

And even then we weren't much good at it. It's hard. Hours are brutal.
表現 · B1start something

set up a ranch

No, you gotta be a kid to start a ranch.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Everyday speech for have to; formal writing should avoid it.

No, you gotta be a kid to start a ranch.
表現 · B1ahead of someone

before you do

I might go back ahead of you.
文法 · B1might go back

modal of possibility: Might marks a tentative possibility, softer than will.

I might go back ahead of you.
表現 · A2think of something

considering it

Asked about going home, Etta only says she was thinking of it, keeping the choice soft.

I was thinking of it.
表現 · A2go home

return home

Etta's thinking of maybe goin' home ahead of us.
表現 · B1ahead of someone

before us

Etta's thinking of maybe goin' home ahead of us.
発音goin' home

Going drops its g and runs straight into home.

Etta's thinking of maybe goin' home ahead of us.
スラング · A2goin'

going — A relaxed going with the g dropped, common in casual talk.

Etta's thinking of maybe goin' home ahead of us.
スラング · A2then

in that case — A spoken way to close a decision, too casual for documents.

I'll go, then.

「Butch and Etta Discuss the Future」を読み解く

What's really going on

The talk of farming and ranches is really a talk about whether these two men can imagine any life at all outside robbery. They run through the options without much conviction, and one of them says you have to be young to start a ranch. Etta's quiet 'Maybe I'll go' exposes what the men avoid: the partnership has no plan for a future that doesn't involve running. Nobody argues with her. The 'Whatever you want, Etta' that follows sounds generous, but it also clears the way for her to leave.

Theme

IdentityThe men try to picture who they could be without robbery, but every other identity feels out of reach.
FriendshipThe three companions talk about a shared future, yet Etta's news quietly pulls the group apart.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Every honest option is closed before the farewell arrives.
  • Etta's soft maybe carries more weight than an argument.
  • The men answer her with permission, not protest.
  • Even going straight is imagined as a young man's game.

発音のポイント

  • What about — What about links up and sounds like whadabout.
  • good at it — Good at it links into a single blur, good-a-dit.
  • goin' home — Going drops its g and runs straight into home.
There are other ways of going straight, you know.

Someone points out that leaving crime behind doesn't have to mean only one thing; there are options.

The last time we tried a ranch was during our rustlin' days.

Their only ranching experience came while they were stealing cattle, so the idea isn't as innocent as it sounds.

No, you gotta be a kid to start a ranch.

Starting a ranch takes youth and stamina they no longer have, so the idea is ruled out.

Etta's thinking of maybe goin' home ahead of us.

One of the men relays Etta's plan to leave first, turning her private thought into news for the group.

このシーンについての質問

What does "going straight" mean?

It means giving up crime and living honestly. The scene's idea is that there are other ways to do it besides robbing, though the men can't settle on one.

Why don't Butch and Sundance become ranchers?

They admit they were never much good at ranching, don't know how to farm, and figure starting a ranch takes a young man's energy.

Why does Etta decide to go home?

She's thinking about it on her own and says maybe she'll go. The men don't try to stop her—'Whatever you want, Etta'—so she takes that as permission and leaves.

Is the farm and ranch talk serious?

It's half-serious at best. They list options but shoot each one down, which shows they can't really picture a life without robbery.

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