Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 10 / 21 章 · 4'55" · B1

Will and Skylar at the Dog Track, Explained:another crack at it

Will shows up to apologize for disappearing and asks Skylar for 'another crack at it.' She plays it cool, then agrees to tomorrow. On their dog-track date he finally talks about his family, and later he asks Sean whether he'd have been better off never meeting his wife.

あらすじ

Will apologizes to Skylar for blowing her off and asks for another chance. She says yes to tomorrow, and they spend it at the dog track, where Misty wins. As they talk, Will opens up about growing up in South Boston with too many brothers to name. Later, Will asks Sean if he regrets meeting his wife.

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blew itanother crack at ittake someone outNothin' special

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このシーンの表現

another crack at it

another chance

Will wants a second date and asks, hesitantly, for another crack at it.

She deserves another crack at it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • blew it

    messed it up

  • take someone out

    take someone on a date

  • Nothin' special

    nothing remarkable

  • gave it up

    stopped doing it

  • better off

    in a better situation

このシーンのメモ一覧

75 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1be about to do something

just going to

I know I'm about to love you Yeah, yeah, yeah You know him Oh, my, you made me...
発音about to

The t in about to flaps and sounds like a soft d.

I know I'm about to love you Yeah, yeah, yeah You know him Oh, my, you made me...
表現 · A2have been somewhere

where were you

- Where have you been? - I'm sorry. I've been like...
表現 · B1blow it

messed it up

Will admits to Skylar that he ruined things last time, stumbling but sincere.

I'm sorry, you know. I, I blew it.
発音blew it

The w of blew links into it.

I'm sorry, you know. I, I blew it.
スラング · B1blew it

messed up — Casual; used for admitting a mistake.

I'm sorry, you know. I, I blew it.
表現 · B2another crack at something

another chance

Will wants a second date and asks, hesitantly, for another crack at it.

Yeah. Uh, so I was, I was wonderin' if, uh, if, you know, you'd give me another crack at it.
文法 · B2I was wonderin' if

embedded question: Wonder if plus a past form softens a request into a polite question.

Yeah. Uh, so I was, I was wonderin' if, uh, if, you know, you'd give me another crack at it.
発音wonderin' if

The n of wonderin' links straight into if.

Yeah. Uh, so I was, I was wonderin' if, uh, if, you know, you'd give me another crack at it.
スラング · B2crack at it

a chance to try — Casual for another chance.

Yeah. Uh, so I was, I was wonderin' if, uh, if, you know, you'd give me another crack at it.
表現 · A2take someone out

take someone on a date

Will offers to take Skylar out again; she says she cannot right now.

- You know, let me take you out again. - Oh, I can't.
表現 · B1can't wait till something

unable to wait until

- What are you doing here? - I couldn't wait till tomorrow.
スラング · B2the fuck

vulgar intensifier — Very vulgar; only in strong emotion.

- Where the fuck did you get this? - I had to sleep with someone in your class.
表現 · B1nothing special

nothing remarkable

Skylar asks about his childhood and Will shrugs it off as nothing special.

- What was that like then? - It was, you know, normal I guess. Nothin' special.
文法 · A2Do you got

nonstandard question: Do you got is a casual nonstandard form of do you have.

Do you got lots of brothers and sisters?
表現 · A2what do you think

what is your guess

Well, Irish Catholic, what do you think?
表現 · B2you wouldn't believe me if I told you

you would not believe it

- How many? - You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
表現 · A2live with someone

share a home with someone

Yeah, well, they all live in Southie. I'm, I'm livin' with three of 'em right now.
スラング · B2Southie

South Boston, locally — Local nickname used by Bostonians.

Yeah, well, they all live in Southie. I'm, I'm livin' with three of 'em right now.
表現 · B1give something up

stopped doing it

Sean says he stopped counselling veterans when his wife got sick, calmly.

Well, I gave it up when my wife got sick.
表現 · B2be better off

in a better situation

Sean asks if Will wonders whether he would be better off without her; Will rushes to deny it.

- What, wonder if I'd be better off without her? - No, no, no.
文法 · B2if I'd be better off without her

hypothetical if-clause: The if-clause imagines a different life with would.

- What, wonder if I'd be better off without her? - No, no, no.
表現 · B1wake someone up

make someone aware

'Cause you'll have bad times, but that'll always wake you up...
表現 · B1pay attention to something

notice something

to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to.
表現 · B1the one for someone

your destined partner

Will turns the question back on Sean, asking when he knew she was the one.

So when did you know, like, that she was the one for you?

「Will and Skylar at the Dog Track」を読み解く

What's really going on

The dog track is where Will gets to be ordinary: he cheers for Misty and, for once, talks about his family instead of hiding it. The moment he names all twelve brothers, the joke is also a confession — a crowded, Irish Catholic house is the life he came from, not a story he read. The chapter's second half turns the same question on Sean, and his answer refuses the easy version: 'I got regrets, Will, but I don't regret a single day I spent with her.' Will keeps asking about love as if it were theory; Sean keeps answering from experience.

Theme

RomanceWill's apology, the dog track, and Sean's advice frame love as something you risk, not study.
Death & griefSean's grief over his wife is the measure Will keeps avoiding: joy that's worth the pain.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Apologizing with blew it sounds honest, not stiff.
  • Sean separates regret from loving someone.
  • The dog track scene lets Will finally relax.
  • Asking when someone knew keeps a memory alive.

発音のポイント

  • about to — The t in about to flaps and sounds like a soft d.
  • blew it — The w of blew links into it.
  • wonderin' if — The n of wonderin' links straight into if.
- How many? - You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Will's teasing reply when Skylar asks how many siblings he has. It sets up the comic list of twelve brothers that follows.

Oh, I got regrets, Will, but I don't regret a single day I spent with her.

Sean's answer about his late wife: the pain doesn't cancel the love. He admits regret in general but none about the marriage itself.

So when did you know, like, that she was the one for you?

Will's question to Sean, asking how he recognized his wife as the one. It's the first time Will shows real curiosity about love.

"G" minor seventh. Saddest of all chords.

A line about music and sadness — the kind of romantic detail this chapter trades in, tying a feeling to a single chord.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Will blow off Skylar the first time?

Will pulls away because he's scared of being close — the same fear Sean later names. He can win any argument, but the risk of actually being known is what makes him disappear.

What does 'another crack at it' mean?

It means another chance to try. Will uses it to ask Skylar out again after messing up, which sounds softer than outright begging.

Why does Skylar say she can't go out again?

She isn't rejecting him. She's busy with her thesis work, and she clarifies she means 'not right now,' then agrees to tomorrow.

Why does Sean say he doesn't regret meeting his wife?

Will asks if Sean would be better off without her. Sean flips it: he has regrets in life, but none about the time he spent loving her, even knowing the pain it would bring.

What's the point of the twelve-brothers moment?

It's both a joke and a glimpse of Will's real life. Naming all twelve brothers tells Skylar who he is, and her 'I'd like to meet them' shows she wants that part of him.

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