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Encanto · 2021 — 第 6 / 19 章 · 2'29" · B2

Mirabel Sings Waiting on a Miracle, Explained：move the mountains

Mirabel has just watched Antonio receive his Gift, and now, alone, she sings the ache of being the one Madrigal without one. She insists she is "still a part of the family Madrigal" and fine, then admits, "I'm not fine," and asks, "Am I too late for a miracle?"

あらすじ

After Antonio's Gift ceremony, the family celebrates while Mirabel slips away alone and sings "Waiting on a Miracle." She lists the things she cannot do — move mountains, make flowers bloom, heal what is broken — and says she is tired of waiting and hoping for a gift, ending by asking whether she is too late.

MonologuesConfessingComplainingB2slowamericanClean
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注目の表現

waiting on a miraclemove the mountainsstand on the sidekeep down

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  1. ❝ 独白Mirabel waiting in the dark31 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

move the mountains

to do something seemingly impossible

米拉贝尔在歌里唱自己没有姐姐那样的天赋，连山都移不动，用移山来对照家人的了不起。

She can move mountains when she sets her mind to it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • waiting on a miracle

    to wait passively for something wonderful to happen

  • stand on the side

    to stay out of the action and just watch

  • keep down

    to suppress or hold back a feeling

このシーンのメモ一覧

31 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B1be upset or mad about somethingDon't be upset or mad at all
表現 · B1feel regret about somethingDon't feel regret Or sad at all
表現 · A2still be a part of somethingHey, I'm still a part Of the family Madrigal And I'm fine I am totally fine
表現 · B1stand on the side

to stay out of the action and just watch

I will stand on the side As you shine
文法 · B1As you shine

as-clause of accompanying action

I will stand on the side As you shine
表現 · B2move mountains

to do something seemingly impossible

I can't move the mountains
発音move the mountains

liaison

I can't move the mountains
表現 · B1make something bloomI can't make flowers bloom
表現 · B1can't take another somethingI can't take another night Up in my room Waiting on a miracle
表現 · B2heal what's brokenI can't heal what's broken
文法 · B1heal what's broken

what-clause as object

I can't heal what's broken
表現 · B1keep something down

to suppress or hold back a feeling

Can't keep down The unspoken invisible pain
表現 · B1be waiting on a miracle

to wait passively for something wonderful to happen

Always waiting on a miracle A miracle
発音waiting on a miracle

liaison

Always waiting on a miracle A miracle
表現 · B1all I need is somethingAll I need is a change
表現 · A2let someone knowSomeone please Just let me know where do I go
発音let me know

weak form

Someone please Just let me know where do I go
表現 · B1be sick of doing somethingI'm sick of waiting On a miracle So here I go I am ready Come on, I'm ready
文法 · B1So here I go

inversion with here

I'm sick of waiting On a miracle So here I go I am ready Come on, I'm ready
表現 · A2be too late for somethingAm I too late for a miracle?
文法 · B2too late for a miracle

too + adjective + for

Am I too late for a miracle?

「Mirabel Sings Waiting on a Miracle」を読み解く

What's really going on

The song is Mirabel's private counterpoint to the ceremony we have just seen. On the surface she keeps up the family line, "I'm still a part of the family Madrigal, and I'm fine," but the next line tears it down, "I'm not fine." What she cannot do is the whole list of her relatives' Gifts, so she measures herself by their powers and finds nothing: she can't move the mountains, can't make flowers bloom, can't heal what's broken. The word she returns to is "miracle" — the magic that blessed everyone but her. She wants only "a change" and "a chance," not to outshine the family but to stop standing on the side and to be seen. The final question, "Am I too late for a miracle?", shows the wound the rest of the film will answer.

Theme

IdentityMirabel defines herself by the Gifts she lacks, singing that she cannot do what everyone else can.
LonelinessShe stands apart from the celebrating family, walking alone and asking to be seen for who she is.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use totally fine in a comparable exchange.
  • Listen for the attitude around totally fine.
  • Notice how the reply changes the scene.

発音のポイント

  • move the mountains — liaison
  • waiting on a miracle — liaison
  • let me know — weak form
I can't heal what's broken

One item in Mirabel's list of powers she does not have, echoing her mother's healing Gift that she did not inherit.

Someone please Just let me know where do I go

A plea for guidance: she does not know her place or purpose in a family where everyone else has one.

Am I too late for a miracle?

The song's final question, asking whether she has missed her chance ever to receive a Gift of her own.

I would move the mountains

The turn in the song: if given the chance, she would do the impossible, revealing her longing to prove her worth.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mirabel sing "Waiting on a Miracle"?

Antonio has just received his Gift, and Mirabel, the only Madrigal without one, slips away to voice the pain of being left out and her wish for magic of her own.

Why does Mirabel say she is fine and then say she is not?

Her first lines repeat the brave face she shows the family, that she is still part of the Madrigals and fine. The song lets the truth break through: she is not fine at all.

What does Mirabel want by the end of the song?

Not to outshine her family but to stop standing on the side. She asks for a change and a chance, and finally whether she is too late for a miracle.

Is Mirabel's lack of a Gift her fault?

No. The magic simply did not come to her the night of her ceremony. The song shows the hurt this leaves, not any wrongdoing on her part.

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