extremely anxious
I'm so nervous.Front of the Class · 2008 — 第 16 / 17 章 · 5'02" · B1
Brad Worries He'll Hurt Nancy, Explained：fed up
On the surface, Nancy is just meeting Brad's family. But once his mother gets him alone, the real subject appears: whether he will marry her. Brad is holding back, and names the reason himself — "I don't want to hurt her, Mom." What he is really weighing is whether his Tourette's makes a future with Nancy unfair to her.
あらすじ
Brad brings Nancy home to meet his mother, Ellen, and the rest of the family. Ellen goes overboard making Nancy feel at home, then pulls Brad aside to ask if the relationship is serious. Brad admits he is scared, and later tells his mother that his real fear is hurting Nancy. Later, his student Heather falls ill and dies.
注目の表現
feel like familysteal someone for a secondfed upmake a difference
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このシーンの表現
fed up
weary and annoyed
Brad admits his fear that Nancy may one day get fed up of living with his noises.
I'm fed up with the same argument every morning.
このシーンの他の表現
- feel like family
feel at home with people
- steal someone for a second
borrow someone briefly
- make a difference
have a real effect
- pitch in
help out together
このシーンのメモ一覧
114 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
in all my life
And anybody I've ever loved in my entire life.Run loved in my together, keeping the d very light.
And anybody I've ever loved in my entire life.get ready for a shock
Prepare yourself. This is big.Link than I into thuh-nai instead of two words.
You're even prettier than I thought!things — A loose noun; use a precise word when writing.
Oh, you never tell me the real stuff.take it too far
And one other person over here. Mom's going a little overboard making Nancy feel like family.the romance is real
I don't, I don't, I don't know. Oh, yeah, it's serious.bide time for
No.What are you waiting for?will you — Casual speech; keep it out of formal settings.
Hey, back off, will ya?require being saved
'Cause I don't need rescuing.if-clause object: The if-clause is the object of wondering, naming what he is unsure about.
I was just wondering if I told you...frightens me
I mean, it just... it scares me, right?bring someone joy
You know, you make her happy.what-if question: What if raises a worried possibility without needing a full main clause.
Well, what if one day she stops laughing?had enough of
What if one day she gets fed up of living with someone who... Ja! Ja! Ra!Want to often reduces to wanna, the t disappearing.
I don't want to hurt her, Mom.push someone off
The only thing that can hurt either of you is if you let Tourette's drive her away from you.relative clause: The that-clause pins down exactly what the only harmful thing is.
The only thing that can hurt either of you is if you let Tourette's drive her away from you.no longer capable of
Heather's mother had called to say Heather was no longer able to attend school.lift someone's spirits
So the class all pitched in to cheer her up.on the point of doing
Wha! Sir, they're about to start the service.「Brad Worries He'll Hurt Nancy」を読み解く
What's really going on
Brad's mother reads him immediately. When he says he doesn't want to hurt Nancy, she answers with the thing he won't admit: "Maybe you don't want to get hurt." She isn't dismissing his worry — she agrees he is afraid of both. Her advice reframes the whole question: the danger is not that Nancy will suffer because of his Tourette's, but that he will let it decide his life for him — "if you let it win." The second half of the chapter answers the fear with evidence: Heather, a student who loved his class, dies, and her mother tells Brad the one thing that actually mattered. That line closes the loop on his worry about what his condition costs the people around him.
Theme
RomanceBrad holds back from a serious future with Nancy because he fears his Tourette's will become her burden.
Death & griefA student Brad loved dies, and the funeral forces him to face how much he gave her despite his tics.
このチャプターで学べること
- A mother names the real enemy: the disorder, not the man.
- The family scene is warm, but every joke hides old tension.
- Fear of hurting someone is often fear of being hurt.
- Heather's death makes the teacher's role suddenly visible.
発音のポイント
- loved in my — Run loved in my together, keeping the d very light.
- prettier than I — Link than I into thuh-nai instead of two words.
- want to — Want to often reduces to wanna, the t disappearing.
I don't want to hurt her, Mom.Brad's reason for holding back from marrying Nancy: he is afraid his Tourette's will make her life harder, so he frames the hesitation as protecting her.
The only thing that can hurt either of you is if you let Tourette's drive her away from you.His mother's answer: the tics themselves won't ruin the relationship — the real risk is Brad letting his condition decide for him and pushing Nancy away first.
You made such a huge difference in Heather's life.Said to Brad at Heather's funeral, after he worries his tics make him too disruptive to attend. It tells him his teaching mattered more than his condition.
Maybe you don't want to get hurt.His mother turns his worry around: he says he is protecting Nancy, but he may really be protecting himself from being rejected.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Brad afraid to marry Nancy?
He tells his mother he doesn't want to hurt her, but his mom suggests the real fear is being hurt himself. He worries his Tourette's will eventually make Nancy leave.
What does Brad's mother tell him about his fear?
She says the tics won't be what breaks them up — letting Tourette's drive Nancy away and decide his life would be. Her point is that giving in to the fear is the real risk.
Who tells Brad the class has been preparing gifts for Heather?
Brad finds out at school: Heather's mother called to say Heather can no longer attend, so the whole class pitched in to cheer her up with a table full of presents.
Why doesn't Brad go into Heather's funeral?
He is afraid his tics will disrupt the service. A student tells him the ceremony is starting, and he stays outside, saying he thought he could handle it but cannot.
What did Brad mean to Heather?
At the funeral, someone tells Brad he made a huge difference in Heather's life — a direct answer to his fear that his condition only causes trouble for the people around him.
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第 3 章at the end of one's ropeBrad's Childhood with Tourette's
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第 9 章color outside the linesBrad Cohen's Best Interview
第 10 章go to bat for someoneBrad Gets Kicked Off the Golf Course
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第 14 章make an exceptionBrad's Dad Threatens a Lawsuit
第 15 章give up on someoneBrad Won't Give Up on a Student
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