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Lee Meets Anna at the Bar, Explained：the real thing
Over drinks, Lee and Anna talk about the dead writers whose letters Lee sells. Someone toasts Lee as 'a brilliant writer who happens to still be alive,' and Anna urges her to write about herself; Lee jokes that when she dies she just wants somebody to feed her cat.
あらすじ
Lee meets Anna at a bar and shows off the old literary letters she has been selling. Someone toasts Lee as 'a brilliant writer who happens to still be alive,' and Anna asks whether she has ever written about herself. Lee shrugs it off; Anna tells her she should, instead of waiting for a biography.
注目の表現
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このシーンの表現
the real thing
the genuine article
Alan flips through the letters and asks, half doubting, whether they are genuine.
This watch looks like a copy, but it is the real thing.
このシーンの他の表現
- go easy on someone
treat someone gently
- live on
continue to exist
- happen to
do something by chance
- give something a read
read it once
- quite the mouth
a sharp tongue
このシーンのメモ一覧
62 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
In fast speech how you doing blurs into how-ya-doin.
How you doing, Mrs. Ungur?express thanks for
Thank you for those cookies.tag question: The tag weren't they turns a statement into a request for agreement.
Those were good cookies, weren't they?less good than
Chatting over cookies, Lee politely ranks them just below the chocolate babka.
Not as good as the chocolate babka, but good.Have to often sounds like hafta in connected speech.
I'll have to remember that.treat someone gently
In the hallway Lee jokes with her neighbor, asking her to tell the landlord's son to ease up.
Hey, tell your son to go easy on me, huh?right? — Tags a sentence to seek agreement; very casual.
Hey, tell your son to go easy on me, huh?out on the street
Can't kick a old dog out on the street, right?an old-timer — A self-mocking or teasing label; playful, not formal.
Can't kick a old dog out on the street, right?Do you reduces to d'ya while got takes the stress.
So, what do you got?what have you got — Spoken use of got for have; keep it out of writing.
So, what do you got?a sharp tongue
Alan remarks that Dorothy Parker had quite the mouth, meaning her famously sharp wit.
She had quite the mouth.a strong character
I think what she had was a very big personality.noun clause: The what-clause acts as the subject of was, meaning the thing she possessed.
I think what she had was a very big personality.the genuine article
Alan flips through the letters and asks, half doubting, whether they are genuine.
You sure these are the real thing?believe whatever you hear
Nah, most people will believe anything you tell them anyway.no — A casual no; fine among friends, not in formal talk.
Nah, most people will believe anything you tell them anyway.continue to exist
Alan raises a toast to dead writers, wishing their brilliance would carry on.
May their brilliance live on.by chance
And to Lee, a brilliant writer who happens to still be alive.relative clause: The who-clause describes Lee as a writer who conveniently is still alive.
And to Lee, a brilliant writer who happens to still be alive.die
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on...subjunctive: Wouldn't it be ... if sets up a hypothetical, not a real situation.
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on...nobody cares
No. When I die, who cares?write on a subject
Have you ever written about yourself?rather than
Instead of waiting for someone to write a biography about you.prepositional phrase: Instead of takes a gerund here, contrasting two courses of action.
Instead of waiting for someone to write a biography about you.read it once
Lee hands over her story and calls herself an idiot; Anna promises to read it.
No, I mean, I'll give it a read.use eyeglasses
You wear glasses.confident about
I wasn't sure about the frames.「Lee Meets Anna at the Bar」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is shop talk between a writer and a bookseller, but Lee is selling forgeries and dodging the obvious question — 'You sure these are the real thing?' — with a shrug: most people, she says, will believe anything you tell them. Anna, who doesn't know, treats Lee as a genuine talent: she urges her to write about herself instead of waiting for someone else's biography. Lee can only joke that when she dies she just wants somebody to feed her cat. Her flippancy hides how much the idea of being remembered — and of being seen — unsettles her.
Theme
DeceptionLee passes off forged letters as the real thing, betting that people will believe whatever she tells them.
MemoryTalk of letters keeping writers alive meets Lee's claim that she doesn't care about being remembered.
このチャプターで学べること
- A gentle question can expose a dream someone buried.
- Handing over your own work feels like undressing in public.
- Praising a dead writer can be a way to tease the living.
- Offering to read something is a small, careful kindness.
発音のポイント
- How you doing — In fast speech how you doing blurs into how-ya-doin.
- have to — Have to often sounds like hafta in connected speech.
- do you got — Do you reduces to d'ya while got takes the stress.
Have you ever written about yourself?Anna asks whether Lee has ever turned her own life into writing — a question Lee has no comfortable answer for.
I just want somebody to feed my cat.Lee's idea of being remembered is small and practical: no fame, no legacy, just someone to keep her cat alive.
Can't kick a old dog out on the street, right?A plea not to be thrown out, comparing yourself to a worn-out old dog nobody wants anymore.
Nah, most people will believe anything you tell them anyway.Lee's cynical read on the buyers: they can't tell a forgery from the real thing, so she doesn't fear getting caught.
This way, you still kind of exist.The argument that selling a writer's letters keeps that writer lingering in the world after death.
このシーンについての質問
Are the letters Lee is selling real?
No. Lee is selling forgeries she wrote herself, which is why she answers 'You sure these are the real thing?' with a shrug instead of a straight answer.
Does Anna know the letters are fake?
No. Anna treats Lee as a genuine literary insider, which makes her praise land awkwardly: Lee knows the letters Anna admires are her own fakes.
Why does Anna tell Lee to write about herself?
Anna genuinely likes Lee's writing and thinks her life is worth a book. She wants Lee to stop hiding behind other people's letters and telling other people's stories.
Why does Lee say she just wants someone to feed her cat?
It's Lee deflecting Anna's talk of legacy. She's saying she doesn't care about being remembered after she dies — she just doesn't want to die alone and unmissed.
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