Good Will Hunting · 1997 — 第 11 / 21 章 · 5'03" · B2

Sean Skips Game Six for a Girl, Explained:go on a bender

Sean tells Will how he walked away from World Series tickets to have a drink with the woman he'd marry. Will can't believe it; Sean can't imagine regretting it. The scene turns on one line — 'Sorry, guys. I gotta see about a girl' — and on what Sean is really showing him about love.

あらすじ

Sean tells Will about choosing his future wife over game six of the 1975 World Series. He had tickets, slept on a sidewalk for them, then left the bar with a girl instead. Later, at Skylar's, Will dodges her request to meet his friends. The chapter ends at Chuckie's, with Morgan and a drunken Uncle Marty story.

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このシーンの表現

go on a bender

go on a drinking spree

Morgan says his Uncle Marty will drink heavily for six or eight months at a time.

He went on a bender after the breakup.

このシーンの他の表現

  • tie it up

    level the score

  • get away with

    escape punishment for

  • fuckin'

    vulgar intensifier

  • saw it in my eyes

    read it in someone's face

  • a hike

    a long walk

このシーンのメモ一覧

79 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2sleep out

sleep outdoors

My friends and I had, you know, slept out on the sidewalk all night to get tickets.
表現 · B2tie it up

level the score

Sean excitedly recalls Carbo tying the score in the bottom of the eighth.

It was an amazing game, though. You know, bottom of the 8th, Carbo ties it up.
発音bottom of the

Of the is reduced to a quick, weak syllable.

It was an amazing game, though. You know, bottom of the 8th, Carbo ties it up.
表現 · B2like a madman

wildly, like crazy

But that's nothin', 'cause Fisk, he's wavin' at the ball like a madman.
表現 · B2rush the field

storm the pitch

I can't fuckin' believe you had tickets to that fuckin' game! Did you rush the field?
スラング · B2fuckin'

vulgar intensifier — Very vulgar; only in strong emotion.

I can't fuckin' believe you had tickets to that fuckin' game! Did you rush the field?
表現 · B1get away with something

escape punishment for

Will cannot believe Sean's friends let him skip the game so easily.

Oh, my God. And who are these fuckin' friends of yours? They let you get away with that?
表現 · B2see it in someone's eyes

read it in someone's face

Sean says his friends let him go because they could see he meant it.

Oh, yeah. They saw it in my eyes that I meant it.
発音saw it in

Saw it in runs together into one blur.

Oh, yeah. They saw it in my eyes that I meant it.
表現 · B1give up something

quit an activity

I don't regret the six years I had to give up counselling when she got sick.
文法 · B2the six years I had to give up counselling

contact relative clause: The clause modifies the six years with that omitted.

I don't regret the six years I had to give up counselling when she got sick.
表現 · B2sure as hell

definitely, emphatically

And I sure as hell don't regret missin' a damn game.
スラング · B2a damn game

a worthless game — Mild profanity; casual among friends.

And I sure as hell don't regret missin' a damn game.
表現 · A2on the court

on the basketball court

You know, I'm very, very useful on the court. I'm extremely tall.
表現 · A2make it to somewhere

manage to reach

Well, I think I can make it to South Boston.
表現 · B1be a hike

a long walk

Skylar offers to come to South Boston, and Will mutters that it is a long way.

It's kind of a hike.
発音kind of a

Kind of a blurs into kinda in fast speech.

It's kind of a hike.
表現 · B1the other way around

the reverse

Skylar calls Will out: is he hiding from his friends, or are they hiding from him?

Is it me you're hiding from them or the other way around?
文法 · C1Is it me you're hiding from

cleft question: The cleft structure moves me forward to stress who is being avoided.

Is it me you're hiding from them or the other way around?
表現 · B1sleep with someone

have sex with someone

What if I said I would not sleep with you again until you let me meet your friends?
文法 · B2What if I said

hypothetical what if: What if plus a past form floats a hypothetical to pressure the listener.

What if I said I would not sleep with you again until you let me meet your friends?
スラング · B2wiener

penis, slang — Vulgar slang; only as a joke.

If you're not thinking with your wiener, then you're acting directly on its behalf.
スラング · B1I'm in

count me in — Casual way to agree to join.

"Outlook does not... " That's the same thing that told you you was gonna play in the N.B.A. I think I'm in.
表現 · A2look out

watch out

Well, exactly, so look out. You better start buying some season tickets.
表現 · B2be all about something

be focused on

I'm all about home runs.
表現 · C1go on a bender

go on a drinking spree

Morgan says his Uncle Marty will drink heavily for six or eight months at a time.

You know, my Uncle Marty drinks. You know. He'll go on a bender for six, eight months.
スラング · C1bender

a drinking spree — Casual and wry; avoid in formal talk.

You know, my Uncle Marty drinks. You know. He'll go on a bender for six, eight months.
表現 · B1pull someone over

be stopped by police

I ever tell you what happened to him when he was drivin' up there and he got pulled over?

「Sean Skips Game Six for a Girl」を読み解く

What's really going on

Sean's story is a lesson in what regret actually is. He gave up game six — 'I sure as hell don't regret missin' a damn game' — because meeting his wife mattered more, and that choice frames everything he later tells Will about taking risks. Back at Skylar's, the same fear shows up in Will: he hides his South Boston life from her, and she calls it out with 'Is it me you're hiding from them or the other way around?' The chapter pairs a man who risked love and never regretted it with a kid who won't risk anything at all.

Theme

RomanceSean's game-six story defines love as worth any sacrifice; Will's scenes test whether he believes it.
ClassWill hides his South Boston life from Skylar, while she just wants to be let in.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Sean measures the game against a person and chooses the person.
  • The story shows his friends trusted his sincerity.
  • Skylar teases Will by flipping his excuse around.
  • Sports slang gives the scene its fast rhythm.

発音のポイント

  • bottom of the — Of the is reduced to a quick, weak syllable.
  • saw it in — Saw it in runs together into one blur.
  • kind of a — Kind of a blurs into kinda in fast speech.
And I sure as hell don't regret missin' a damn game.

Sean's summary of his priorities: missing a historic game means nothing next to the life he had with his wife. 'Sure as hell' makes it emphatic.

Oh, yeah. They saw it in my eyes that I meant it.

Why Sean's friends let him leave: they could tell from his face that he was serious about the girl. It's the moment the story turns sincere.

What if I said I would not sleep with you again until you let me meet your friends?

Skylar's bluff to force Will to introduce her to his life. She frames it as leverage, but the real ask is to stop being kept separate.

If you're not thinking with your wiener, then you're acting directly on its behalf.

Skylar's joke about men and sex. It lands because Will immediately proves her point by asking for an 'advance payment.'

このシーンについての質問

Why did Sean skip game six of the World Series?

He had tickets and had slept on the sidewalk for them, but in the bar he met the woman he'd marry. He slid his ticket to his friends and left to talk to her.

What does 'I gotta see about a girl' mean?

It means he has something more important to do — to see about, or take care of, a girl. It becomes the film's shorthand for choosing love over everything else.

Why does Will keep Skylar away from his friends?

He's ashamed of his South Boston life and afraid she won't fit into it — or that he won't fit into hers. He keeps their relationship in her world, at her place.

Why does Skylar threaten not to sleep with Will?

She uses the one bit of leverage she has to make him follow through on meeting his friends. It's half a joke and half a real complaint about being kept at a distance.

Who is Uncle Marty and why does the chapter end with him?

Uncle Marty is one of Chuckie's drinking stories — a man who goes on benders for months. The ending shows the loud, messy world Will is hiding from Skylar.

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