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Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 14 / 21 章 · 5'02" · B2

Skylar Asks Will to Come to California, Explained：not a lick

Skylar watches Will breeze through her organic chemistry homework and realizes he is not just smart but extraordinary. When she asks him to come to California, "I know because I feel it" is the whole case for why she trusts him. Will, who trusts nothing he cannot prove, answers with a list of ways it could go wrong.

あらすじ

After a lawyer-type meeting, Will hangs out with Skylar while she works on organic chemistry. He helps without effort, and she is stunned to learn he studies it just for fun and has a photographic memory. Later, lying in bed, she asks him to move to California with her; Will immediately starts imagining how it could fall apart.

Confessing feelingsPersuasionInvitingConfessing loveCoupleB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

photographic memoryfor kicksnot a lickbreaking my balls

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このシーンの表現

not a lick

not at all

Skylar thinks Will is claiming he can play, and he denies it flatly.

I can't dance, not a lick.

このシーンの他の表現

  • photographic memory

    perfect recall

  • for kicks

    just for fun

  • breaking my balls

    nagging me relentlessly

  • it's so much fun

    sarcastic claim of fun

  • made sense to him

    was clear to him

このシーンのメモ一覧

75 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B2pull something

tried to pull a trick

but after the shit you tried to pull today, you can bet I'll be lookin' into you.
文法 · B2I'll be lookin'

future continuous: The future continuous describes an ongoing future action, here a veiled threat.

but after the shit you tried to pull today, you can bet I'll be lookin' into you.
スラング · B2the shit

the nasty business — Vulgar; used in fights or complaints among friends.

but after the shit you tried to pull today, you can bet I'll be lookin' into you.
文法 · C1we have heretofore

reduced relative clause: We have heretofore is a relative clause with that dropped, modifying any business.

Now, any business we have heretofore...
表現 · B1speak with someone

talk to someone

you can speak with my aforementioned attorney.
スラング · B2Nosey Parker

a nosy person — A teasing name for someone too curious; fine in light moments.

All right, Mr Nosey Parker.
表現 · B2be intent on doing something

determined to do

Seeing as you're intent on breaking my balls...
文法 · B2Seeing as

reason clause: Seeing as introduces a reason, much like since, and is common in speech.

Seeing as you're intent on breaking my balls...
スラング · B2breaking my balls

nagging me hard — Crude; only acceptable among close friends.

Seeing as you're intent on breaking my balls...
表現 · A2ask someone a question

put a question to you

let me ask you a question.
表現 · B1have a photographic memory

perfect recall

Seeing how easily Will reproduces hard proofs, Sean asks if he has perfect recall.

Do you have a photographic memory?
文法 · B1how do you remember

embedded question: The how-clause is the object of remember, so the word order stays statement-like.

I mean, how do you remember your phone number? You know? You just do.
表現 · B2do something for kicks

just for fun

Sean asks if Will studies it purely for fun, and Will shrugs that it is just for kicks.

- Oh, just for fun? - Yeah, for kicks.
スラング · B2for kicks

just for fun — Casual talk among friends; keep it out of formal settings.

- Oh, just for fun? - Yeah, for kicks.
表現 · B2divide one's time between things

splits time between

Someone who divides their time fairly evenly between batting cages and bars.
表現 · B1make sense to someone

was clear to him

Will uses Beethoven to say that to a genius the piano simply makes sense.

He looked at a piano, and it just made sense to him. He could just play.
発音not a lick

Not a runs together as no-ta, and lick ends sharply.

- So, what are you saying? You play the piano? - No, not a lick.
スラング · B2not a lick

not at all — Spoken idiom, usually with can't.

- So, what are you saying? You play the piano? - No, not a lick.
表現 · A2a bunch of something

a pile of things

I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood.
表現 · A2in under an hour

in less than an hour

But you can do my O-chem paper in under an hour.
発音in under an hour

Under and an link up, sounding like a single word.

But you can do my O-chem paper in under an hour.
表現 · B1only just do something

found you only now

and I've only just found you.
表現 · A2come to a place with someone

travel there together

Will, come to California with me.
発音come to

The to reduces to a schwa, and the stress in California falls in the middle.

Will, come to California with me.
表現 · B1take something back

retract what was said

that you can't take it back, and now I'm stuck in California...

「Skylar Asks Will to Come to California」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the scene where Skylar finally sees the size of what Will is hiding, and it alarms her as much as it impresses her. He turns her assignment around in minutes and treats genius-level chemistry as a hobby: "But you can do my O-chem paper in under an hour." Her answer, "I've been here for four years and I've only just found you," frames the invitation that follows. Yet the moment she asks him to come to California, Will's confidence collapses into a rehearsal of every way he could fail her. "I know because I feel it" is her evidence; his is a stack of imagined betrayals. The imbalance matters: she trusts a feeling, he trusts nothing he cannot prove.

Theme

RomanceSkylar offers Will a real future together, and the scene tests whether he can accept being wanted.
TrustShe trusts a feeling; he trusts only proof, and that gap is exactly what keeps him from saying yes.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Genius here is shown through an ordinary piano.
  • Will denies having any special memory at all.
  • Skylar hears the gift before she names her wish.
  • A small task says more than a long argument.

発音のポイント

  • not a lick — Not a runs together as no-ta, and lick ends sharply.
  • in under an hour — Under and an link up, sounding like a single word.
  • come to — The to reduces to a schwa, and the stress in California falls in the middle.
But you can do my O-chem paper in under an hour.

Skylar's proof of how far outside the normal range Will is: work that takes her peers weeks, he finishes before lunch without caring.

I know because I feel it.

Her answer to Will's demand for certainty about California: she cannot prove her love, she can only report that she feels it.

I could always just play.

Will's attempt to explain his gift: like a natural musician at a piano, he never had to learn this stuff, he simply could do it.

Have you completely lost your mind? Nobody studies it for fun.

Skylar's stunned reaction when she hears Will took organic chemistry for fun; to a struggling student, that is not a hobby but an impossibility.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Skylar invite Will to California?

She is about to leave for Stanford and has realized how extraordinary he is. For her the feeling is enough; she wants him to come with her rather than let him stay stuck in Boston.

Why does Will hesitate about California?

He cannot accept something he cannot control. Instead of imagining the good outcome, he immediately lists ways she might discover something she dislikes and regret asking him.

What does "for kicks" mean?

It means just for fun, with no serious purpose. Will says he studied organic chemistry for kicks, which is exactly what stuns Skylar.

Why does Will say "I could always just play"?

He is comparing himself to a natural musician: he never studied these subjects formally, he just found that they came to him, the way playing comes to a born pianist.

Who is Will doing the organic chemistry paper for?

For Skylar. It is her assignment, and the speed with which he handles it is what makes her realize the scale of his talent.

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