Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 2 / 21 章 · 5'00" · C1

Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student, Explained:pawn off

At a Cambridge bar, a Harvard grad student tries to impress Skylar with borrowed history talk. Will quietly exposes the whole speech as lifted from a book, even naming the page: 'You got that from Vickers' Work in Essex County. Page 98, right?' It's not about being smart — it's about who gets to talk.

あらすじ

Will, Chuckie, and Billy are drinking in a Cambridge bar when a Harvard grad student named Clark starts showing off for Skylar. Will lets him finish, then points out the argument is copied straight from a book, down to the page number. Beaten, Clark leaves, and Skylar gives Will her number.

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注目の表現

survey coursecheck it outfigure it outpawn off

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このシーンの表現

pawn off

pass something off as your own

Will accuses the student of reading odd passages and passing them off as his own ideas.

Don't pawn off other people's work as your own.

このシーンの他の表現

  • survey course

    a broad introductory course

  • check it out

    go and take a look

  • figure it out

    work it out or solve it

  • wicked smart

    extremely clever

  • receding hairline

    hairline moving back

このシーンのメモ一覧

85 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1from time to time

now and then

Do I come here? I come here a bit. I'm here, uh, uh, you know, from time to time.
発音time to time

Link time and to so the phrase flows as time-ta-time.

Do I come here? I come here a bit. I'm here, uh, uh, you know, from time to time.
表現 · A1go to school

attend school

- Do you go to school here? - Yep.
スラング · A2'cause

because — Very casual; avoid it in writing.

It doesn't mean 'cause I go here, I'm a genius.
発音How's it

How's it blurs into one sound in fast speech.

- Hey! How's it goin'? How are ya? - Good. How ya doin'?
表現 · A2have fun with someone

enjoy time with someone

I'm just having fun with my new friend. That's all.
表現 · C1give someone insight into something

a deep understanding of

I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution...
表現 · B2prior to something

before something

My contention is that, uh, prior to the Revolutionary War...
表現 · C1be characterized as something

described as

could most aptly be characterized as...
表現 · B1grad student

graduate student

Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student.
文法 · B2till next month when you get to James Lemon

time clause: The till-clause marks the endpoint, and when adds the exact moment it changes.

You're gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon.
発音gonna be

Gonna swallows the middle of going to, with be attached.

You're gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon.
表現 · C1inherited wealth

money passed down in a family

predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth"?
文法 · B1of your own

postmodifier: Of your own sits after thoughts to stress that the ideas must be his own.

Do you have any thoughts, uh, of your own on this matter?
表現 · B1a drive-through

a drive-through window

and you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip.
文法 · B2you'll be servin'

future continuous: Will be doing pictures an ongoing action in the future, used here as a class taunt.

and you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip.
表現 · B2step outside

go outside to settle it

But I mean, if you have a problem with that, I mean, we could just step outside. We could figure it out.
発音could just

The d in could links into just.

But I mean, if you have a problem with that, I mean, we could just step outside. We could figure it out.
スラング · A2cool

fine, no problem — Casual way to say it is fine; not for formal talk.

No, man, there's no problem. It's cool.
スラング · B2wicked

extremely — Boston-area slang; keep it casual.

My boy's wicked smart.
スラング · B2barney

a fool or nerd — A regional put-down; do not call someone this.

I just spent three minutes in this fuckin' place, and run into a barney, huh?
表現 · B1get the impression

form that sense

Yeah, I know. I kinda got that impression.
表現 · A2go out for something

go out to have something

There's my number. So maybe we can go out for coffee sometime.
表現 · A2a bunch of something

a lot of

All right, yeah. May-Maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.
スラング · C1bitch

a heavy insult for a woman — A heavy insult; never use it in polite speech.

- Yo! - Fuck you, bitch! - Hey, fuck you the same.

「Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student」を読み解く

What's really going on

The bar is a class battlefield disguised as flirtation. Clark performs learning he doesn't own; Will, who never went to college, has actually read the books and can prove it. His takedown isn't a lecture but a receipt: 'You got that from Vickers' Work in Essex County. Page 98, right?' Then the real question — 'Do you have any thoughts, uh, of your own on this matter?' — reduces a degree to decoration. Chuckie's proud 'My boy's wicked smart' lands as both a boast and a class jab, aimed at the Harvard table.

Theme

ClassA self-taught Southie kid outreads a Harvard student, and the bar turns into a class showdown.
PrideWill wins the argument, but Chuckie's 'wicked smart' turns it into borrowed bragging rights.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Naming an opponent's sources is its own kind of counterargument.
  • Class and education get turned into a punchline in one breath.
  • The sweetest moment comes right after the sharpest one.
  • A date described as eating caramels is oddly hard to forget.

発音のポイント

  • time to time — Link time and to so the phrase flows as time-ta-time.
  • How's it — How's it blurs into one sound in fast speech.
  • gonna be — Gonna swallows the middle of going to, with be attached.
  • could just — The d in could links into just.
and you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip.

Clark's comeback: his degree will one day make him the customer and Will the worker. It's a class threat dressed as career advice.

My boy's wicked smart.

Chuckie's proud verdict after Will wins the duel. 'Wicked' is Boston slang for 'very,' so it doubles as a local flex.

All right, yeah. May-Maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.

Will's awkward answer to a coffee invitation, replacing a normal date with something deliberately absurd. He's nervous and covering it with jokes.

Do you have any thoughts, uh, of your own on this matter?

The killing question: he asks whether the grad student has a single original idea. It turns plagiarism into public humiliation.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Will know the book Clark plagiarized?

Will is self-taught and reads constantly. He recognizes the passage and even cites the exact source and page, which is what makes Clark's degree look like empty decoration.

What does 'wicked smart' mean?

In Boston slang, 'wicked' means 'very,' so 'wicked smart' just means extremely smart. Chuckie uses it as a proud, very local boast about Will.

Does Skylar really go to Harvard?

Yes. She jokes about wasting money on her 'overpriced education,' and tells Will the loud guy 'wasn't sitting with us,' so she isn't impressed by the Harvard table.

Why does Will say they can 'step outside'?

It's a challenge to settle things with fists, not words. Clark immediately backs down and says it's cool, showing the fight was never going to happen.

Why does Will make the caramel joke?

He's flustered by Skylar's coffee invitation, so he deflects with a deliberately odd alternative. It's his way of saying yes without sounding eager.

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