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Lolita · 1962 — 第 26 / 30 章 · 4'33" · B1

Humbert and Lolita Are Followed, Explained：a fine pair

A late-night drive turns paranoid: Humbert swears a car has tailed them for three days and may be the police. Lolita thinks he is imagining it—"Do you have to drive so fast? You're gonna get us killed." Then a tire blows, and the follower pulls up behind them before quietly driving away.

あらすじ

Humbert drives fast down a night road while Lolita complains. He admits a car has been following them for three days and was parked outside their motel the night before. He suspects the man who asked about a map at a service station. They argue about whether it is real, then a tire blows and the follower stops behind them.

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a fine pairbig fat hurryvice squadstretch out

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このシーンの表現

a fine pair

two people matched in a bad way

Stuck with a flat tire, they concede they deserve each other, and fine carries the joke.

We make a fine pair, both forgetting the map.

このシーンの他の表現

  • big fat hurry

    a great rush that may not exist

  • vice squad

    police unit for morals crimes

  • stretch out

    lie down with limbs extended

  • way back there

    far off in the distance

  • I'd have thought

    I would have expected

このシーンのメモ一覧

84 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2Watch it!

be careful

- Oh! - Watch it, please!
発音Watch it

Link watch and it into one beat; let the t tap quickly.

- Oh! - Watch it, please!
表現 · B1the big, fat hurry

a great rush that may not exist

Lolita, jolted by the speed, asks what the great rush is, dismissing his panic.

What's the big, fat hurry, anyway?
表現 · B1try to lose something

attempting to shake off

There's been a car following us which we've been trying to lose.
文法 · B1which we've been trying to lose

relative clause: The which-clause adds a second fact about the car instead of starting a new sentence.

There's been a car following us which we've been trying to lose.
スラング · B1john

the toilet — Casual talk among friends; use restroom or bathroom in formal settings.

There was a man in the service station. I saw you when I was in the john.
表現 · A2get lost

became lost

Uh, he wondered if I had a map. I guess he got lost.
表現 · A2lie to someone

telling me a lie

I don't know if you're lying to me, or if you're insane...
発音if you're

Reduce you're to a quick /jər/ so the stress stays on lying.

I don't know if you're lying to me, or if you're insane...
スラング · A2cop

a police officer — Informal for a police officer; officer is safer in official contexts.

- That's ridiculous. - I think he's a cop.
表現 · A2let someone know

tell him

If he is, the worst thing we can do is let him know we're scared.
表現 · A2slow down

reduce speed

Let's just ignore him, and slow down.
発音Would you

Blend Would and you into wouldja in fast speech.

Would you kindly tell me, please...
文法 · B2I'd have thought

past unreal: Would have thought points to an expectation that was not met, hinting at blame.

I'd have thought that he'd ask the man at the service station.
表現 · B1way back there

far off in the distance

The car behind has stopped far away, and Humbert rules out any help from it.

He can't help us, stopping way back there like that.
表現 · B1write someone a ticket

issue a traffic fine

It can't be the police because if they were, they'd pull up beside us and write a ticket.
文法 · B2if they were, they'd pull up

second conditional: Were with would marks an unreal condition: they are not the police, so this will not happen.

It can't be the police because if they were, they'd pull up beside us and write a ticket.
表現 · B1be supposed to do something

expected or required to

Maybe it's a special kind of police who are just supposed to follow people.
スラング · C1vice squad

morals police unit — Common in crime shows; neutral police jargon, not an insult.

Yeah, like the vice squad. Scaddy, wow.
表現 · A1stop doing something

quit speaking

Be quiet. Stop talking. We've got to think about this.
表現 · B1a terrific pain

a severe pain

Don't try to be clever, please. I've got a terrific pain in my arm.
表現 · B1something is killing me

causing great pain

My arm is killing me.
表現 · A2be able to do something

be capable of

I don't seem to be able to breathe properly.
表現 · B2moans and groans

endless complaints

I'm tired of hearing about your moans and groans.
表現 · B1feel lousy

feel quite unwell

If you want to know something, I feel pretty lousy myself.
スラング · B1lousy

unwell or bad — Casual for feeling bad; write unwell or unwell in formal prose.

If you want to know something, I feel pretty lousy myself.
スラング · B1Big deal

so what — Dismissive and sarcastic; avoid with elders or clients.

Big deal.
表現 · B1stretch out

lie down with limbs extended

After the blowout Humbert tells Lolita to stretch out and rest while he fixes the tire.

You just relax and stretch out on the seat, if that will make you feel better...

「Humbert and Lolita Are Followed」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the run with Lolita, Humbert sees a threat in every mirror, and the film lets us wonder whether the follower is real or his fear. He tells her it has been there for three days, and his advice gives him away: "If he is, the worst thing we can do is let him know we're scared." He is not protecting her but managing appearances, the same way he manages everyone. Lolita's response—"I think you're imagining things"—keeps her skeptical and superior, and the pair bicker even as a tire blows. When the follower stops and then leaves without approaching, the tension collapses into illness: Humbert's arm aches, he thinks it might be a heart attack, and only Lolita's joke about a "Reader's Digest" symptom breaks it. The chase is as much inside him as on the road.

Theme

DeceptionHumbert hides his fear and his reasons, performing calm—"the worst thing we can do is let him know we're scared."
SurvivalOn the run, both scan the road for danger and turn on each other as illness and a blown tire close in.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A question can carry an accusation heavier than an order.
  • Naming the worst move keeps fear from showing.
  • Blowout is plain talk for a tire that bursts.
  • Supposed to marks an expectation the speaker doubts.

発音のポイント

  • Watch it — Link watch and it into one beat; let the t tap quickly.
  • if you're — Reduce you're to a quick /jər/ so the stress stays on lying.
  • Would you — Blend Would and you into wouldja in fast speech.
Do you have to drive so fast? You're gonna get us killed.

Lolita's anxious complaint about his reckless speed, convinced he is endangering them both.

If he is, the worst thing we can do is let him know we're scared.

Humbert's tactic: if the follower is a cop, the one mistake is showing fear.

I don't want him to think that we've seen him.

He wants the follower to stay unaware they have noticed him, to keep control of the game.

Leave me alone, can't you?!

Lolita's snapping refusal of his endless suspicions and instructions.

I'm tired of hearing about your moans and groans.

Her weary, sharp line dismissing his complaining about his arm and breathing.

このシーンについての質問

Who is following Humbert and Lolita?

Humbert believes it is a man—perhaps a cop—who asked about a map at the service station. The film keeps it ambiguous, and the car leaves without making contact.

Does Lolita believe a car is following them?

No. She says she has seen no car and tells Humbert he is imagining things, which makes him angrier.

Why does Humbert say not to let the follower know they're scared?

If the man is police, showing fear would confirm something is wrong. Humbert's instinct is always to manage how things look.

What happens when the car pulls up behind them?

They fear an approach, but the driver simply waits, turns around, and drives off. The scene then shifts to Humbert's sudden chest and arm pains.

Why does Humbert think he is having a heart attack?

His arm aches, he cannot breathe well, and he remembers a Reader's Digest article saying heart attacks start that way, though he tells Lolita it is probably just something he ate.

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