a hit that gets you on base
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Brad Learns He Has Tourette's, Explained：live with
His mother finds a medical book, reads the name aloud, and a doctor confirms it: Tourette's syndrome. "It's like a sneeze. It's irrepressible," Brad will later explain, but for now the family has to absorb a condition with no cure — and a father who believes the diagnosis but not in his son.
あらすじ
After years of being told his noises are misbehavior, Brad's mother discovers a medical book and the family learns the truth: Tourette's syndrome. A doctor confirms it and admits there is no cure. Brad later begins interviewing for teaching jobs, holding in his tics as long as he can and explaining his condition honestly.
注目の表現
get throughdown the wrong roadbelieve inon purpose
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このシーンの表現
live with
accept and cope with something
His mother wants Brad to meet others and see how they live with Tourette's day to day.
She has learned to live with the noise.
このシーンの他の表現
- get through
survive a hard time
- down the wrong road
following a mistaken approach
- believe in
have faith in someone
- on purpose
deliberately
- support group
a group for mutual help
このシーンのメモ一覧
77 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
a base on balls — Baseball jargon for reaching base on four balls.
I got two base hits and a walk.give you a lot of trouble
I'm sorry I cause you so much trouble, Mom.relative plus embedded clause: The that-clause describes the book, and the why-clause inside explains the cause.
It's a medical book that might explain why you make all those noises.tag question: The tag isn't it seeks confirmation and betrays her surprise.
Th-That's Brad, isn't it? The noises and the twitches.run more tests
I'll still need to do more tests, but, uh...modal perfect: May have been marks a guess about the past: perhaps we were on the wrong road.
We may have been headed down the wrong road here.one instance of an illness
I've never actually seen a case of Tourette's before.survive a hard time
When the doctor says there is no cure, Brad is the one who comforts his mother and says they will get through it.
We'll get through this, all right.deliberately
On the phone Brad tells his father he is not being weird deliberately, naming years of misunderstanding.
I'm not being weird on purpose.have faith in someone
Finally, my dad believed me, but he never believed in me: that I would succeed; that I could teach.Link believed and in, with a light flap on the d.
Finally, my dad believed me, but he never believed in me: that I would succeed; that I could teach.suppress
I held in my tics.quite, very much
Needless to say, my constant companion was more than a little enthusiastic.Have your runs together, sounding like ha-vyer.
Hmm, well, I see you only have your bachelor's degree.a bachelor's degree — Casual shorthand for a bachelor's degree.
Hmm, well, I see you only have your bachelor's degree.a master's degree — Casual shorthand for a master's degree.
Are you planning to get your master's?as quickly as possible
Yes, sir. Jah! As soon as I can.confusing messages
It's a neurological disorder where my brain sends mixed signals to my body.relative where: Where introduces a clause describing the disorder and how it affects the brain.
It's a neurological disorder where my brain sends mixed signals to my body.phone someone
...weeks and I'll give you a call.the first failure of several
After a polite rejection, Brad calls it strike one, using a baseball term to shrug off the failure.
Thanks. Take care.[barks] Well, strike one.goodbye, take care of yourself — A warm goodbye, friendlier than a plain bye.
Thanks. Take care.[barks] Well, strike one.build a connection with
You need to connect with other people who have Tourette's.accept and cope with something
His mother wants Brad to meet others and see how they live with Tourette's day to day.
Find out how they live with it.The k in looked often drops, giving loo-like.
Is this what I looked like to other people?「Brad Learns He Has Tourette's」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene hands the family two different kinds of news. The first is relief: the noises have a name, Tourette's syndrome, and a name means Brad is not badly behaved — he has a neurological condition. "It's like a sneeze. It's irrepressible," he will explain, and that comparison does the work of years of misunderstanding. The second is harder: the doctor says plainly that this has not changed and there is no cure, so the family has to accept not a fix but a way of living. The chapter keeps that tension in view by cutting from the diagnosis to Brad's job interviews, where he must decide how much to tell strangers about the sounds his body makes. The line that carries the theme is the quiet one: his constant companion finally had a name, and now the task is to live with it.
Theme
IdentityA name for his condition lets Brad tell people who he is instead of letting them guess from his noises.
ParenthoodHis mother keeps fighting for him while his father accepts the diagnosis but never quite believes in his son.
このチャプターで学べること
- A name changes how Brad sees his whole life.
- The father accepts the diagnosis but not the dream.
- believed me and believed in me split one small word apart.
- At the support group Brad sees himself as others do.
発音のポイント
- believed in — Link believed and in, with a light flap on the d.
- have your — Have your runs together, sounding like ha-vyer.
- looked like — The k in looked often drops, giving loo-like.
We'll get through this, all right.His mother's reassurance after the diagnosis: they will survive this together, even though there is no cure.
Finally, my dad believed me, but he never believed in me: that I would succeed; that I could teach.Brad's summary of his father: he accepted the diagnosis but never trusted Brad to build a life or a career.
Is this what I looked like to other people?At the support group, seeing other people with Tourette's makes him wonder how his tics looked to everyone else.
It's like a sneeze. It's irrepressible.His explanation of the condition: the noises come without warning and cannot be held back, like a sneeze.
このシーンについての質問
How does Brad find out he has Tourette's?
His mother finds a medical book that describes his noises and twitches, and a doctor confirms the diagnosis. Brad calls it his constant companion finally having a name.
Why does Brad say his dad believed him but never believed in him?
His father accepted that the diagnosis was real, but he never trusted that Brad could succeed or become a teacher, so being believed was not the same as being supported.
Why does Brad join the support group?
His mother wants him to meet other people with Tourette's and see how they live with it. Seeing them makes him wonder how his own tics look to others.
What does "strike one" mean here?
It comes from baseball, where a strike is a failed swing. After his first rejection, Brad says "strike one," treating the setback as just the first miss, not the end.
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次のチャプター · 第 5 章face something head-onBrad Refuses to Hide
第 1 章elephant in the roomBrad Asks for a Chance
第 2 章drive someone nutsBrad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
第 3 章at the end of one's ropeBrad's Childhood with Tourette's
再生中 · 第 4 章live withBrad Learns He Has Tourette's
第 5 章face something head-onBrad Refuses to Hide
第 6 章get in the wayBrad's Dad Offers Him a Job
第 7 章take something as a challengeBrad Stands Up in a Job Interview
第 8 章have the giftDiane Tells Brad He Has the Gift
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
第 11 章talk the talk, walk the walkBrad Gets His First Teaching Job
第 12 章a whole alphabet of problemsMr. Cohen Teaches Second Grade
第 13 章take it to heartAmanda's Dad Pulls Her from Class
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
第 16 章fed upBrad Worries He'll Hurt Nancy
第 17 章je ne sais quoiBrad's Dad Finally Says He's Proud第 4 / 17 章 · 残り約 58 分