disgustingly dirty — Vulgar; fine among close friends only.
- That's fuckin' filthy. - I don't got a V.C.R. At my house.Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 17 / 21 章 · 5'02" · C1
Will and Sean on Soul Mates, Explained：hold out for
Sean asks whether Will has anyone who truly challenges him, and Will answers with a reading list of dead writers. "But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing" is Sean's real charge: the problem is not Will's talent but his refusal to use it for anything he cares about.
あらすじ
Will interviews with the NSA and answers the recruiter by tracing the job to a chain of disasters, ending with a joke about becoming president. Later, with Sean, he is asked whether he has a soul mate; he names dead authors instead of people. Sean presses him on what he actually cares about and accuses him of hiding behind "I didn't ask for this."
注目の表現
cutting edgetake a shottake their sweet timehold out for
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このシーンの表現
hold out for
wait for something better
Will says he is refusing NSA work while waiting for something better, which says more than he admits.
She turned down two offers and is holding out for a better one.
このシーンの他の表現
- cutting edge
the very forefront
- take a shot
give it a try
- take their sweet time
deliberately take long
- I can be elected president
sarcastic conclusion
- open up things for someone
reveal new possibilities
このシーンのメモ一覧
95 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ
The t in what's is often dropped before wrong.
I mean, what's wrong with you?masturbating — Vulgar slang; common among young friends.
Will you stop jerkin' off in my mother's room, please?be employed by
So why do you think I should work for the National Security Agency?the very forefront
The recruiter tells Will he would work at the cutting edge of technology.
Well, you'd be working on the cutting edge.Come on runs together and sounds like one word.
Oh, come on. I mean, that is what you do.boast of
We don't like to brag about that, Will.give it a try
Will throws the question back, and the recruiter admits it is hard but offers an attempt.
That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot.have no quarrel with
Fifteen hundred people that I never met, never had no problem with, get killed.do not care at all — Crude; use don't care in polite speech.
Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the marines to secure the area. " 'Cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there gettin' shot.purpose clause: So that introduces a purpose clause, explaining the goal behind the action.
was so that we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price.dawdle on purpose
They're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course.presume to do
Maybe they even took the liberty of hirin' an alcoholic skipper...a diner's daily special — American diner term for the cheap daily dish.
the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State.wait for better
I'm holdin' out for something better.At it links into one sound, almost like a single word.
I figure, fuck it. While I'm at it, why not just shoot my buddy...smoke hash — Slang for smoking hash; never in formal talk.
hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard?move you deeply
No, I'm talkin' about someone who opens up things for you, touches your soul.that sort of bond
You'll never have that kind of relationship in a world...make the first move
where you're always afraid to take the first step...relative clause: The where-clause modifies world and describes a place that makes him afraid to move.
where you're always afraid to take the first step...subject clause: All you see is the subject, and everything after it describes what he notices.
because all you see is every negative thing ten miles down the road.a load of nonsense — Vulgar; used to reject an obvious lie.
- You gonna take the professor's side on this? - Don't give me a line of shit.restricted by
But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.passive voice: Be bound by is passive, meaning restricted by something; nothing means no restriction at all.
But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.The d in bound tends to vanish before by.
But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.an opportunity for
so their kids have a chance at the opportunities you have here.make a weak excuse
Will protests that he never asked for the gift, and Sean refuses to let that be an excuse.
You were born with it, so don't cop out behind, "I didn't ask for this. " What do youpassive voice: Be born with means having something from birth; here the gift was never a choice.
You were born with it, so don't cop out behind, "I didn't ask for this. " What do youwork extremely hard
Right. My day laid brick, okay? Busted his ass so I could have an education.worked himself hard — Crude; praises hard work among friends.
Right. My day laid brick, okay? Busted his ass so I could have an education.「Will and Sean on Soul Mates」を読み解く
What's really going on
Will can dismantle any argument and answer any test, and this scene shows the cost of that skill. With the NSA he turns a job offer into a chain of consequences that ends in absurdity, which is both a real critique and a way of never having to say yes or no. With Sean the same habit appears as evasion: asked about a soul mate, he lists Shakespeare and Nietzsche rather than risk naming a living person. "You'll never have that kind of relationship in a world" where you flinch from the first step, Sean tells him, and the diagnosis is not that Will lacks options but that he refuses to want anything. Sean's counter, "What are you passionate about? What do you want?", is the question Will has spent years avoiding.
Theme
LonelinessThe soul mate question exposes that Will has no living person who challenges him, only books and a friend he calls family.
IdentityWill defines himself by what he refuses; Sean shows that refusing everything is not an identity but an escape.
このチャプターで学べること
- Will uses the recruiter's own logic against him.
- The speech escalates until the conclusion is absurd.
- Sean turns the talk back to what Will wants.
- Freedom here feels more like a burden than a gift.
発音のポイント
- what's wrong — The t in what's is often dropped before wrong.
- come on — Come on runs together and sounds like one word.
- at it — At it links into one sound, almost like a single word.
- bound by — The d in bound tends to vanish before by.
But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.Sean's point is not flattery but pressure: Will's freedom is real, which means his excuses for not choosing anything do not hold.
You'll never have that kind of relationship in a world...Sean ties Will's isolation to his habit of seeing only the worst outcome, which keeps him from ever taking the first step toward anyone.
What are you passionate about? What do you want?The central challenge of the scene: with every external limit removed, Will still cannot name a single thing he actually wants.
He'd lie down in fuckin' traffic for you.Sean's description of Chuckie: total loyalty, the kind Will dismisses because it is family, not someone who opens new worlds for him.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Will refuse the NSA job?
He turns the offer into a chain of disasters, but the real reason is that he will not commit to anything. Refusing lets him stay free of any future someone could judge.
Why does Sean reject Chuckie as Will's soul mate?
Will offers Chuckie, but Sean says Chuckie is family — someone who would lie down in traffic for him. A soul mate, in Sean's sense, is different: someone who challenges you and opens things up.
What does "cop out" mean?
It means to take an easy excuse instead of doing what is expected. Sean accuses Will of copping out by hiding behind "I didn't ask for this."
Why does Sean talk about his father laying brick?
He is arguing that ordinary work carries honor. His father did hard labor so Sean could get an education, which is why Will's contempt for ordinary jobs strikes a nerve.
Does Will actually have no one?
He has Chuckie, whom he calls family, but Sean distinguishes loyalty from the kind of person who stretches you. That gap is the loneliness the scene is really about.
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第 3 章a shot in the darkLambeau Tracks Down Will
第 4 章putt from the roughWill Drives His Therapists Crazy
第 5 章get through toWill Meets Sean Maguire
第 6 章paint-by-numberSean Threatens Will Over His Wife
第 7 章the skinny onSean's Park Bench Speech
第 8 章level someoneSean Tells Will About Real Loss
第 9 章save someone the suspenseSean's Perfect for Each Other Speech
第 10 章another crack at itWill and Skylar at the Dog Track
第 11 章go on a benderSean Skips Game Six for a Girl
第 12 章walk the lineChuckie's Uncle Marty Story
第 13 章given free reinSean and Lambeau Argue About Will
第 14 章not a lickSkylar Asks Will to Come to California
第 15 章love you backWill and Skylar's Breakup Fight
第 16 章tell the differenceWill Tells Lambeau How Easy It Is
再生中 · 第 17 章hold out forWill and Sean on Soul Mates
第 18 章cash in your chipsWill Wants to Be a Shepherd
第 19 章take this the wrong wayChuckie's Best Part of My Day
第 20 章I am what I amSean Tells Will It's Not Your Fault
第 21 章set someone up withSean Says Goodbye to Will第 17 / 21 章 · 残り約 19 分