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Do the Right Thing · 1989 — 第 13 / 20 章 · 2'20" · B1

Da Mayor Saves Eddie from a Car, Explained：scared to death

A boy runs into traffic and an old man tackles him out of a car's path, so the crowd treats the rescuer like a hero. Then the mother arrives, smacks her son, and turns on the very man who helped: "I appreciate you helping my Eddie, I truly do, but I'll have nobody question how I raise him."

あらすじ

Eddie darts into the street after the ice cream truck and nearly gets hit by a car. Da Mayor throws himself at the boy and knocks him down. Neighbors gather to calm the child, and Da Mayor boasts he saved two lives today. When Eddie's mother comes out, she slaps him and sends him upstairs, then tells Da Mayor to stay out of how she raises her son.

Parents & kidsArgumentsComfortingWarningParent & childB1mediumamericanClean
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there you goknow better than toashamed of yourselfscared to death

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このシーンの表現

scared to death

extremely frightened

Da Mayor explains that the boy is crying from the near-miss, not from being hit.

I was scared to death when the lights went out.

このシーンの他の表現

  • there you go

    here you are

  • know better than to

    should know not to

  • ashamed of yourself

    you should feel ashamed

  • dashed out

    rush out suddenly

  • little behind

    backside, a mild word

このシーンのメモ一覧

40 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2be looking good

look well

Hey, hey! Looking good, looking good.
表現 · A2here we are

we have arrived

Here we are. Look at these beautiful people, huh?
表現 · A1my love

term of endearment

There you go, my love. There you go.
表現 · B1be always doing something

keep doing something

He's always drinking beer.
文法 · B1don't you know no better than to

double negative: Two negatives still mean a plain rebuke; it is nonstandard but common in speech.

Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in that street in front of a car?
発音don't you know

Don't you often runs together into one sound in fast speech.

Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in that street in front of a car?
表現 · A1get up

stand up

Come on, let's get up. Come on.
スラング · A2gonna

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

You gonna be all right.
表現 · A1be all right

be okay

You gonna be all right, my boy.
発音gonna be

Gonna swallows a syllable; it never sounds like going to.

You gonna be all right, my boy.
スラング · A2Miss

ma'am, miss — A neighborhood way to address a woman; rare in formal talk.

Miss, that boy's just scared to death.
表現 · B1mind one's own business

not meddle

What happened, I was walking along the street, minding my own business,
文法 · B1minding my own business

participial phrase: The -ing phrase adds what he was doing at the same time as walking.

What happened, I was walking along the street, minding my own business,
表現 · B1be about to do something

on the point of doing

I looked out and I seen your son about to get hit by the car,
発音seen your

Seen your links into one blur, close to seen-yer.

I looked out and I seen your son about to get hit by the car,
スラング · B1I seen

I saw, nonstandard — Nonstandard past tense; avoid it in exams and writing.

I looked out and I seen your son about to get hit by the car,
表現 · B1knock someone down

force someone to the ground

And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.
文法 · B1to keep us both from getting hit

gerund phrase: To keep someone from doing something means to stop it happening to them.

And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.
発音knock him down

The h in him often drops, so it sounds like knock-im.

And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.
表現 · B1as a matter of fact

in fact

Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.
スラング · B1boy

son, a stern address — An adult addressing a child sternly; heavy in tone.

Eddie, you hear me talking to you. I'm talking to you, boy.
表現 · A2be fine

be okay

He gonna be fine, miss, just fine.
発音behind out

Link behind and out, and stress out for the scolding punch.

And when your father come home, he gonna wear your little behind out, too!
スラング · B1behind

backside — A mild word for the backside; fine around kids.

And when your father come home, he gonna wear your little behind out, too!
表現 · B1not have to do something

need not have

Miss, you didn't have to hit your boy like that.
表現 · B1appreciate someone doing something

be grateful for help

I appreciate you helping my Eddie, I truly do,
文法 · C1have nobody question how I raise him

causative have: Have nobody question means allow no one to doubt it; the structure carries authority.

but I'll have nobody question how I raise him, not even his daddy.

「Da Mayor Saves Eddie from a Car」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene starts as a rescue and becomes an argument about respect. Da Mayor is the neighborhood's harmless drunk, and for once he gets to be the hero—he even says, "Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine." But his reward is a stranger's rebuke when he criticizes how Eddie's mother disciplines her son. Her reply draws the line: "I appreciate you helping my Eddie, I truly do, but I'll have nobody question how I raise him." She can thank him and shut him down in the same breath. The block's real currency isn't gratitude; it's who gets to decide what happens to a child. Da Mayor backs off with "You're right, miss," and the rescue is quietly recast as an intrusion.

Theme

Family conflictEddie's mother insists no one, not even his father, can question how she raises her son.
PrideDa Mayor finally gets a heroic moment, then has to swallow a public rebuke without a fight.

このチャプターで学べること

  • To death turns any feeling extreme.
  • A double negative can still be a scolding.
  • Matter of fact turns a boast into evidence.
  • A mother's thanks ends with a warning.

発音のポイント

  • don't you know — Don't you often runs together into one sound in fast speech.
  • gonna be — Gonna swallows a syllable; it never sounds like going to.
  • seen your — Seen your links into one blur, close to seen-yer.
  • knock him down — The h in him often drops, so it sounds like knock-im.
Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.

Da Mayor's proud summary of the rescue. He knocked Eddie down to save them both, and he wants the credit, delivered in his usual street-preacher style.

but I'll have nobody question how I raise him, not even his daddy.

The mother's line in the sand. She'll accept the help and the thanks, but she won't let anyone—including her husband—tell her how to parent.

Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in that street in front of a car?

A scolding question aimed at the boy: at his age he should know not to bolt into traffic. The double negative is how the character actually talks.

And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.

The crucial detail that turns a tackle into a rescue. He didn't shove the boy—he dropped him so neither would be struck by the car.

このシーンについての質問

Did Da Mayor really save Eddie's life?

The film backs him up. Eddie was about to be hit by a car, and Da Mayor tackled him out of the way, which meant knocking him down. He calls it saving two lives, his and the boy's, and no one disputes it.

Why does Eddie's mother hit him after he's saved?

She's furious that he ran into traffic, and she deals with it the way she knows. When Da Mayor objects, she makes clear that the punishment is hers to give and no one else's to judge.

Why does the mother turn on Da Mayor?

He tells her she didn't have to hit the boy. She takes that as an attack on her parenting, so she thanks him for the rescue and then orders him to stay out of how she raises her son.

What does "scared to death" mean here?

It means extremely frightened. Neighbors use it to describe how terrified Eddie is after the near miss—scared, but not literally dead.

Was Da Mayor right to knock Eddie down?

In the moment, it kept them both from being hit. The boy ends up bruised and frightened, but he's alive, which is why Da Mayor keeps calling it a rescue rather than an accident.

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