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Downton Abbey: A New Era · 2022 — 第 8 / 18 章 · 2'03" · B2

Molesley Pitches His Own Ending, Explained：On an impulse

The butler Molesley nervously shows the producer the scenes he has written to save the film, and describes a romantic ending of his own invention. Barber is moved almost to tears and tells him to finish the script: "please finish the script however you think best."

あらすじ

On the set at Downton, the servant Joseph Molesley approaches the producer Jack Barber. He explains that he has gone through all the old dialogue cards and begun writing new scenes to cover the plot. Then he describes the ending he imagines, and Barber, delighted, asks him to complete the script his own way.

StorytellingTalking to the bossSuggestingPromisingBoss & employeeB2mediumbritishClean
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注目の表現

On an impulseevery last thingin ordercast someone off

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このシーンの表現

On an impulse

一时冲动

默斯利向制片人描述自己写的剧情：赌徒一时冲动，把钱夺了回来。

On an impulse, she booked a flight to Rome.

このシーンの他の表現

  • every last thing

    仅剩的一切；一件不剩

  • in order

    妥当；就绪

  • cast someone off

    抛弃；甩掉（不再需要的人）

このシーンのメモ一覧

31 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1take something onThank you for taking it on. I owe you a great deal.
表現 · B2owe someone a great dealThank you for taking it on. I owe you a great deal.
文法 · B1Thank you for taking it on

thank someone for doing

Thank you for taking it on. I owe you a great deal.
表現 · B1be in order- Is everything in order? - Well...
表現 · B1what's leftOnce we've recorded sound for the scenes we've already shot, we'll need new material for what's left...
表現 · B1May I have a word?M-May I have a word, Mr. Barber?
表現 · B1go through somethingI-I've been through all the dialogue cards that w-would've been shown if the picture were silent,
文法 · B2if the picture were silent

hypothetical condition

I-I've been through all the dialogue cards that w-would've been shown if the picture were silent,
表現 · B2sketch out somethingand I've started to sketch out scenes that would cover the needs of the plot.
表現 · B2cover the needs of somethingand I've started to sketch out scenes that would cover the needs of the plot.
表現 · A2do the restAnd if you're content, I'll do the rest.
発音do the rest

liaison

And if you're content, I'll do the rest.
表現 · B2be bound by somethingAm I bound by the plot synopsis?
表現 · B2cast someone offFor instance, when she finally casts him off, might it not be better with a big romantic climax?
表現 · A2for instanceFor instance, when she finally casts him off, might it not be better with a big romantic climax?
表現 · B1be about to do somethingWell, Bill Benson's about to throw away his life on the tables.
発音about to throw

liaison

Well, Bill Benson's about to throw away his life on the tables.
表現 · B1without hopeAlone, hollow and without hope.
表現 · B2on an impulseOn an impulse, he snatches back his money.
表現 · B2snatch something backOn an impulse, he snatches back his money.
発音On an impulse

liaison

On an impulse, he snatches back his money.
表現 · B2every last thingAnd every last thing he owns would have gone.
文法 · C1would have gone

past counterfactual

And every last thing he owns would have gone.
表現 · A2take someone's handShe takes his hand, and they walk away.
表現 · B2however someone thinks bestMr. Molesley, please finish the script however you think best - and bring it to me. - Right.
文法 · B2however you think best

concessive clause with however

Mr. Molesley, please finish the script however you think best - and bring it to me. - Right.
表現 · A2used to do something- You say he used to work here? - Yes.
表現 · B1be aware of somethingBut we weren't aware of his hidden talents.
表現 · B2hidden talentsBut we weren't aware of his hidden talents.

「Molesley Pitches His Own Ending」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene belongs to Molesley, a servant who has spent the film hovering at the edge of the production, and who now turns out to be the best storyteller in the room. He is unsure of himself, stammering as he asks to speak with Barber, but the moment he is allowed to tell his ending he becomes fluent: "Then suddenly he lifts his face and sees Anne standing there, tall, serene, graceful, her eyes shining with unshed tears." What he has written is pure melodrama, and that is exactly why it works on the producer, who has been struggling to give the picture a finish. "I think I'm going to cry," someone says, and Barber hands him the job: "please finish the script however you think best." The quiet joke at the end is that nobody at the house knew the footman had this in him: "we weren't aware of his hidden talents."

Theme

DreamsA servant who has spent years below stairs turns out to have a storyteller's gift, and the producer lets him finish the film.
ClassThe household is shocked that the footman wrote the ending, revealing talent where rank had hidden it.

このチャプターで学べること

  • 'take on' carries more than its dictionary gloss.
  • 'have a word' changes the pressure of the reply.
  • The surrounding lines set the social temperature.

発音のポイント

  • do the rest — liaison
  • about to throw — liaison
  • On an impulse — liaison
And if you're content, I'll do the rest.

Molesley's offer to Barber: if the scenes pass muster, he will write the remaining script himself.

On an impulse, he snatches back his money.

In Molesley's ending, the gambler suddenly reverses course and grabs his stake back, the turn that saves him.

For instance, when she finally casts him off, might it not be better with a big romantic climax?

Molesley proposes an alternative to the synopsis: instead of a plain breakup, he would build a grand emotional finish.

Thank you for taking it on. I owe you a great deal.

Barber's thanks to Molesley for agreeing to write the ending, admitting how much the rescue means to the production.

Her love, her beauty have saved him.

The closing line of Molesley's ending, crediting the woman's love and beauty with pulling the gambler back from ruin.

このシーンについての質問

What does Molesley want from Barber?

He wants to show the scenes he has written and, if Barber approves, to write the rest of the script himself.

How does Molesley change the film's ending?

Instead of the woman simply leaving, he gives the gambler a grand romantic rescue in which her love saves him at the last moment.

Why is Barber so pleased with Molesley's scenes?

The script was missing an ending, and Molesley's overwrought climax is exactly the emotional finish the producer needed to complete the picture.

What does "cast someone off" mean in Molesley's pitch?

It means to throw someone away or leave them behind. In his version, the woman casts the gambler off, which he wants to rewrite as a romantic finish.

Who was Molesley before he wrote the script?

He was a footman at Downton. The family did not know he had any writing talent until his scenes came to light.

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