Knocked Up · 2007 — 第 2 / 12 章 · 2'18" · B2

Allison Meets the Roommates, Explained:another day at the office

Allison is introduced to a house full of roommates. The surface talk is pregnancy, a sister, and whether anyone is hungry. Under it, someone asks if she is scared, birth is described too graphically, and a bathroom fight ends the visit. "Just another day at the office" is the line that pretends all of this is normal.

あらすじ

Someone brings Allison into a shared house and introduces her, then Jason, Jonah, Martin, and Jodi. Talk of the pregnancy slides into fear, acting experience, and an offer to toke. After "I'm Jodi," birth gets described in crude detail and a bathroom fight erupts. "I hope you have a great evening" comes right before "Let's go."

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このシーンの表現

another day at the office

this mess is already routine

Asked if she is scared, someone files the whole room under another day at the office, and only gets an uh-huh back.

For her, a delayed train is just another day at the office.

このシーンの他の表現

  • responding really well

    reacting very positively to something

  • toke

    a puff, usually of cannabis

  • so sick

    disgusting, not awesome

  • you got to share

    you are obliged to split it

  • fucking lose my mind

    to snap, with a swear intensifier

このシーンのメモ一覧

51 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A2look beautiful

a direct compliment on looks

- You look beautiful. - Thank you.
発音on in

Let the n at the end of on move straight into in.

No problem. Come on in.
表現 · A2sure you remember someone

I know you have not forgotten them

- Ally. Hey. Jason, I'm sure you remember. - Yes.
表現 · B2responding really well to something

reacting very positively to something

Right after a looks compliment, someone scores the pregnancy like a chart that came back fine, and the thank-you dies.

Your body's responding really well to the pregnancy.
表現 · B1it's amazing how + clause

a frame for opening in wonder

It's amazing how fast the milk arrives.
スラング · A2sis

informal sister — Fine with friends; too casual for formal writing.

How's your sis?
文法 · B1aren't you?

tag question: The tag pressures her to agree she is scared.

You are scared, aren't you?
発音aren't you

Let the t at the end of aren't slip into you.

You are scared, aren't you?
表現 · B2another day at the office

this mess is already routine

Asked if she is scared, someone files the whole room under another day at the office, and only gets an uh-huh back.

- Just another day at the office. - Uh-huh.
表現 · B1have any acting experience

any background in acting

Do you have any acting experience?
発音wanna toke

Keep wanna packed together and land the stress on toke.

How's it going? You wanna toke?
スラング · B2toke

a puff of weed — In-group only; never in a formal setting.

How's it going? You wanna toke?
表現 · B1heard you were something

opening with secondhand news

- I heard you were pregnant. - Mmm-hmm.
表現 · B1angry at someone

anger aimed at a person

You must be angry at the baby whenever it steals your food, huh?
文法 · B1whenever it steals your food

whenever-clause: whenever makes the stealing sound habitual, not one time.

You must be angry at the baby whenever it steals your food, huh?
文法 · B1it's mine, not yours

quoted speech: The quotes are a baby being imitated, not her own complaint.

"Oh, it's mine, not yours."
表現 · B1got to share

obliged to divide it

But, you know, because you're family, you got to share.
スラング · B2balls

testicles, crude — Locker-room brag; not in front of guests.

Man, my balls are shaved. My pubes are trimmed.
スラング · B2pubes

pubic hair, crude — A vulgar joke word; skip it in polite company.

Man, my balls are shaved. My pubes are trimmed.
スラング · B2rock this shit

ready to go all out — A buddy brag; do not use it formally.

I'm ready to fucking rock this shit.
スラング · B2What the fuck

what the hell, angry — An angry outburst; not around guests or elders.

What the fuck, man?
表現 · B2sprinkled on something

scattered lightly across a surface

If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, I'm gonna fucking lose my mind!
表現 · B2lose one's mind

about to snap Not a medical crisis; he is about to explode.

If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, I'm gonna fucking lose my mind!
文法 · B1If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat

if-clause: Everything before the comma is the condition; the snap comes after.

If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, I'm gonna fucking lose my mind!
発音lose my mind

Park the anger on lose and let the next two words ride it.

If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, I'm gonna fucking lose my mind!
表現 · A2go to the bathroom

used the toilet Not a bath; it means using the toilet.

Last time I went to the bathroom, Jay,
スラング · B2took a shit

defecated, very crude — A crude complaint; never at the table or with guests.

I took a shit and my shit looked like a fucking stuffed animal!
表現 · B2embarrass someone in company

shaming me while guests are here company means the guests, not a firm.

You're embarrassing me in company.
表現 · B1embarrass yourself

the shame is on you

You embarrass yourself.
表現 · B2have a great evening

wishing someone a pleasant evening

have a great evening arrives while the shout about the toilet is still warm, and the sweetness is the exit.

Oh, great. I hope you have a great evening!

「Allison Meets the Roommates」を読み解く

What's really going on

The introductions sound friendly and then step over the line. Beauty is praised twice, and the next compliments are "Your body's responding really well to the pregnancy" and "It's amazing how fast the milk arrives." "You are scared, aren't you?" assigns the fear before she has admitted any. "Just another day at the office" files that strangeness under a normal workday. "I'm Jodi" is barely out before "I heard you were pregnant" and "It's gonna hurt a lot, I bet." "That's so sick" objects, yet the bit continues, casting the baby as the one taking her food: "because you're family, you got to share." The bathroom talk clears the room. A warning about the toilet seat is answered with a stuffed-animal comparison. "You're embarrassing me in company" remembers the guest. "You embarrass yourself" rejects that. "I hope you have a great evening" becomes the exit, and "Let's go" follows. The fight stays unfinished.

Theme

ParenthoodPregnancy is treated as public property: milk, fear, birth, and a baby who steals food and still has to share.
Dark humorA toilet fight about the seat sits next to a polite good-evening wish.

発音のポイント

  • on in — Let the n at the end of on move straight into in.
  • aren't you — Let the t at the end of aren't slip into you.
  • wanna toke — Keep wanna packed together and land the stress on toke.
  • lose my mind — Park the anger on lose and let the next two words ride it.
Your body's responding really well to the pregnancy.

A hello that skips ordinary looks and comments on how her body is handling the pregnancy.

It's amazing how fast the milk arrives.

Wonder at how quickly the milk has come in, offered as if it were a normal compliment.

You must be angry at the baby whenever it steals your food, huh?

A bit that paints the baby as stealing her meals and assumes she resents it.

If I go in there and see fucking pubes sprinkled on the toilet seat, I'm gonna fucking lose my mind!

The bathroom complaint, pushed to a meltdown if hair is left sprinkled on the toilet seat.

I took a shit and my shit looked like a fucking stuffed animal!

The comeback to that complaint: the speaker says their own result looked like a stuffed animal.

Oh, great. I hope you have a great evening!

A standard good-evening wish, spoken right after the bathroom fight and just before the exit.

このシーンについての質問

What does "toke" mean here?

In "How's it going? You wanna toke?" it is slang for a puff, usually of marijuana. The next line answers "No. I'm good." The scene shows the offer and the refusal, not anyone taking it.

What is the stuffed-animal line referring to?

It follows "Last time I went to the bathroom, Jay," and answers the complaint about hair on the toilet seat. The speaker says their own bowel movement "looked like a fucking stuffed animal." It is a gross comeback in the fight, not a story about a toy.

Does anyone admit they are scared of the birth?

Nobody says they are scared. The questions are "You are scared, aren't you?" and, after "I heard you were pregnant," "Oh, aren't you scared?" That second question runs into how the baby will come out and "It's gonna hurt a lot, I bet." Nearby lines such as "I don't know" and "Right" are never tied by the dialogue to a clear yes.

Why does the visit end with "I hope you have a great evening"?

The line arrives right after "You embarrass yourself," still inside the bathroom argument. Next comes "All right. Let's go." and then "See you guys later." It functions as the exit line. The scene does not show an apology or anyone sitting back down.

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