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Front of the Class · 2008 — 第 10 / 17 章 · 4'22" · B2

Brad Gets Kicked Off the Golf Course, Explained：go to bat for someone

Brad isn't just being asked to leave a golf course. His tics make the other players uncomfortable, and the manager wants him gone — until two golfers say, instead, "Would you like to join us?" The real fight is over who gets to decide whether Brad belongs.

あらすじ

Brad Cohen is waiting to hear back about a teaching job when his younger brother Jeff shows up for a surprise visit and takes him golfing. On the course, Brad's Tourette's tics draw complaints; a manager orders him to leave, but two players in the next group invite him to join them instead.

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strong suitmind readercheck up onget along

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このシーンの表現

go to bat for someone

stand up for someone

Strangers defend Brad when a manager tries to remove him; later he calls that going to bat for him.

She went to bat for her teammate.

このシーンの他の表現

  • strong suit

    one's best quality

  • mind reader

    someone who knows your thoughts

  • check up on

    make sure someone is okay

  • get along

    have a good relationship

このシーンのメモ一覧

114 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ

表現 · B1be in touch with someone

stay in contact

The school will be in touch with you, and, so just be patient.
表現 · B2blow one's last chance

ruin one's final opportunity

It's hard to be patient when you feel as though you've blown your last chance, and patience was never my constant companion's strong suit.
表現 · B1be supposed to mean

what is meant by that

What's that supposed to mean?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

This is gonna be my last day here.
表現 · A2stay focused

keep one's attention

Why can't you stay focused and realistic at the same time?
表現 · B2have something in mind

what one intended

Not exactly what I had in mind.
表現 · A2let someone borrow something

allow me to use it

He let me borrow them.
表現 · B2a tee time

a golf booking slot

He got us a tee time at his club.
表現 · B1thanks for the round

thanks for the game

Hey, by the way, thanks for the round.
表現 · B2not be speaking to someone

not on speaking terms

I forgot. You guys aren't speaking.
表現 · B1as long as

on the condition that

As long as we keep it long-distance.
文法 · B2it's not like you have anything to prove to him

it's not like construction: It's not like rejects an assumption rather than stating a plain fact.

I mean, it's not like you have anything to prove to him, right?
表現 · A2be fair to someone

unjust to someone

Look, it's just not fair to the other golfers.
文法 · B2where everybody is soignorant

relative clause: The where-clause describes the world he is complaining about.

How can you stand living in a world where everybody is soignorant?
発音went to bat for

Run went to bat for together and stress bat.

They went to bat for me.
表現 · B1stick up for someone

defend someone

Well, that's cause you're always getting into fights sticking up for me. You and Mom.
発音been there for me

Been reduces, and there for me links smoothly.

You've always been there for me and my tics.
スラング · B2tickme off

annoy me — Casual and slightly irritated; fine with friends only.

You're beginning to tickme off. Oh, yeah?

「Brad Gets Kicked Off the Golf Course」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface the manager is enforcing a rule: Brad's barking and shouting disturb the other members. But the rule quietly assumes Brad is choosing to be disruptive, which is exactly what the film keeps pushing back on. Brad has spent his whole life explaining Tourette's to strangers, and here he does it again — "because I have Tourette's syndrome... It's a neurological disorder" — only to be told to leave anyway. What changes the scene isn't his explanation but someone else's decision to take his side: "Hey, Joe, leave the guy alone. He's fine." Jeff, who has watched his brother fight for basic acceptance, can hardly stand it; Brad answers that he sees these small acts of decency everywhere, and that the world is not as hostile as Jeff thinks.

Theme

IdentityBrad can't hide his tics, so the scene asks whether he'll be defined by them or just allowed to play golf like anyone else.
CourageHe keeps explaining himself calmly to people who have already decided against him, and chooses to see the ones who speak up.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A stranger's small stand can outweigh a manager's order.
  • Brad counts kindness instead of arguing with his brother's gloom.
  • Anger between brothers is often worry in disguise.
  • Sport gives the show a clean metaphor for standing up for someone.

発音のポイント

  • went to bat for — Run went to bat for together and stress bat.
  • been there for me — Been reduces, and there for me links smoothly.
It's not like you haven't seen it before.

Brad's tics are nothing new to Jeff. He says it lightly, but it also points at how much of Brad's life Jeff has spent watching people react badly.

My life is full of people like that.

Brad's answer to Jeff: for every golfer who complains, there have been others who took his side, and he chooses to remember those.

How can you stand living in a world where everybody is soignorant?

Jeff's frustration boils over: after watching his brother get thrown off the course, he can't understand how Brad keeps living among people who treat him this way.

I tried to convince myself something good would happen.

Brad's narration while he waits to hear about the teaching job — he is trying to stay hopeful after the interview.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the golf manager ask Brad to leave?

He says Brad's noises are not fair to the other golfers and that he has to think of the other members. He treats the tics as a choice rather than a medical condition.

Why do the two golfers stick up for Brad?

When the manager orders Brad off the course, one of them tells him to leave the guy alone and invites Brad to join their group. They judge him by what they see, not by the rule.

Why is Jeff so angry after the round?

He has watched his brother be humiliated for something he cannot control. Brad, who is used to it, tells him most people are decent and that many have stood up for him.

What does "went to bat for me" mean here?

It comes from baseball: stepping up to bat for someone means standing up for them. Brad uses it for the golfers who took his side.

Front of the Class · 全 17 章

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