People start taking passengers back to their houses to get cleaned upCome from Away · 2021 — 第 12 / 22 章 · 3'45" · B1
Gander Locals Take In the Passengers, Explained:make small talk
The people of Gander and the nearby towns open their homes to the stranded passengers, offering showers, dinner and beds. One traveller is sure it must be a trick, until the mayor's wife simply shows him to his room. Meanwhile two Kevins keep their relationship quiet, expecting judgment: "I mean, you just don't know how redneck people can be."
あらすじ
Locals around Gander invite the stranded passengers into their homes to shower, eat and sleep. One traveller suspects a catch until he ends up at the mayor of Appleton's house. Two other passengers walk through town together, wary of being open about their relationship, and trade small talk with the strangers who join them.
注目の表現
make small talkget cleaned upput upfall for it
このシーンの表現
make small talk
寒暄;闲聊些无关紧要的话
几个陌生人一起散步,先聊些无关紧要的话题,气氛礼貌又小心。
We made small talk while waiting for the elevator.
このシーンの他の表現
- get cleaned up
wash and tidy yourself
- put up
give someone a place to stay
- fall for it
be tricked by something
このシーンのメモ一覧
72 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ
and then inviting 'em to dinner, then putting 'em up in their guest room.and then inviting 'em to dinner, then putting 'em up in their guest room.set up
My Terry has already set up the nursery.I mean, are they charging for these "free" showers?be tricked by something
Anyway, I wasn't falling for it.past continuous negative
Anyway, I wasn't falling for it.That sounds fancy. But it's not.There is a mayor for every town of a thousand people in Newfoundland.Come on in, son. The Irish whiskey's in the bar downstairs.liaison
Come on in, son. The Irish whiskey's in the bar downstairs.and through it all, I keep thinking, "Where am I gonna leave my wallet?and through it all, I keep thinking, "Where am I gonna leave my wallet?where-clause
and through it all, I keep thinking, "Where am I gonna leave my wallet?Someone says there's a way out of here. They say there might be a boat.Kevin, we're on the other side of the continent.There's a bus there to Port aux Basques, leaves once a day. That's about six hours.It's about two or three days' travel, but it's sure a nice view.I don't leave the hotel. I wait by the phone,Planes are made to be in constant motion.be made to do
Planes are made to be in constant motion.They start to break down.liaison
They start to break down.Our pilot says we're not leaving anytime soon. And Nick says…They're nice enough. Kevin and I are wary of telling people we're together.I mean, you just don't know how redneck people can be.And we kind of make small talk. They ask me what I do.She's going on and on about England and how she didn't get to travel much when she was married.I travel a lot for work.liaison
I travel a lot for work.Now, they'd heard it was a bar, but I wasn't going into a bar in the middle of the afternoon「Gander Locals Take In the Passengers」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is about hospitality meeting suspicion, and it shows both sides honestly. The offers are extraordinary and unconditional — a shower, a dinner, a guest room — and yet the travellers have spent a lifetime learning to expect a catch. The narrator's own instinct is telling: he cannot believe the showers are free, and wonders whether the hosts will turn out to be Norman Bates. There is a second, quieter suspicion running underneath: the two Kevins assume the town will judge them, saying, "I mean, you just don't know how redneck people can be." The scene doesn't pretend those fears are irrational; it simply lets the kindness keep going anyway. The small talk on the walk, and the discoveries it brings, is how strangers start to become people rather than types.
Theme
発音のポイント
- Come on in — liaison
- break down — liaison
- for work — liaison
People are saying, "We want you to come to our house."The simple, repeated offer at the heart of the scene: ordinary people inviting total strangers home.
It's about two or three days' travel, but it's sure a nice view.The officer's practical directions to the mainland, ending on a cheerful note about the scenery.
Planes are made to be in constant motion.A pilot's way of explaining the situation: a grounded plane is not merely delayed, it is out of place.
When they sit still for too long, well, it's not good for 'em.The other half of the thought, suggesting that being stuck does real harm, to machines and people alike.
I mean, you just don't know how redneck people can be.The fear of judgment spoken plainly, the assumption that a small town will not accept two men together.
このシーンについての質問
Why do the locals take passengers home?
Because the passengers have nowhere to stay and the town wants to help. They offer showers, dinner and guest rooms to strangers at no charge.
Why does one traveller distrust the offer?
He assumes there must be a catch, joking that the showers cannot really be free and wondering if the hosts are like Norman Bates. It says more about his expectations than the town.
Why are the two Kevins cautious?
They are a couple and are afraid of how people in a small, unfamiliar town might react. They hold back on telling others they are together.
What does the walk change?
It turns strangers into company. Small talk and small revelations make the group easier with each other, even if old suspicions do not vanish at once.
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