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Manhattan · 1979 — 第 14 / 23 章 · 3'12" · B2

Isaac Breaks Up in Tracy's New Flat, Explained：make a commitment

Isaac spends the night in Tracy's new apartment, where the pipes are rusty, the water is brown, and something keeps rumbling in the walls. Tracy asks what is going to happen to them, and Isaac answers by sending her to London and calling himself a fond memory. Then he admits they should stop seeing each other.

あらすじ

On Tracy's first night in her new apartment, the place is falling apart: there is a strange rumbling in the walls and the tap runs brown. She wants to know where the relationship is going, and Isaac answers by telling her to take the London opportunity and remember him as a fond memory, before admitting they have to stop seeing each other.

BreakupsGoodbyes & funeralsSaying noExplainingCoupleB2fastamerican
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注目の表現

take your mind off somethinga kid your agetake advantage ofa fond memory

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  33. ❝ 独白Isaac's farewell speech4 行練習ページ ↗
  50. ❝ 独白Tracy's bravado breaks4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

make a commitment

promise to commit

In the middle of the breakup, Isaac points out that she will not commit to anything.

He is not ready to make a commitment to anyone yet.

このシーンの他の表現

  • take your mind off something

    distract someone from it

  • a kid your age

    someone as young as you

  • take advantage of

    make full use of

  • a fond memory

    a warm memory

  • fucked up

    badly messed up

このシーンのメモ一覧

53 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2come from somewhere

originate from

What is that sound? Can you hear that? Listen. Where's it coming from?
文法 · B2Like a man sawing a trumpet in half

participle phrase: The -ing phrase describes the man and the action happening at that moment.

Or somebody sawing... Like a man sawing a trumpet in half. Right? Right?
表現 · B1take one's mind off something

distract someone from it

When the noise keeps Tracy awake, Isaac suggests fooling around to get her mind off it.

It'll take your mind off it.
表現 · B1make love

have sex

How many times a night...? How often can you make love in an evening?
発音I can tell

Can is reduced to a light syllable, so I can tell almost sounds like I cn tell.

- Well, a lot. - Yeah, I can tell. A lot. That's...
表現 · A2have always wanted to do something

have long wished to

Let's do it some strange way you've always wanted to do, but nobody would do with you.
スラング · B2goddamn

damned (profane) — Profane emphasis used in anger; avoid it in polite speech.

It's a rumbling. Listen to that goddamn... Where the hell is that coming from?
スラング · B2Where the hell

where on earth — A blunt, slightly vulgar way to press a question; not for formal talk.

It's a rumbling. Listen to that goddamn... Where the hell is that coming from?
発音coming from the walls

Coming from links up, and the in from the nearly disappears.

- It's probably just the elevator shaft. - It's not. It's coming from the walls.
表現 · A2check into a hotel

register at a hotel

Let's... Let's... Can we check into a hotel?
表現 · B1fix a place up

renovate a place

I can help you fix this place up, if you give me a chance.
文法 · A2if you give me a chance

condition clause: The if-clause sets the condition attached to the offer of help.

I can help you fix this place up, if you give me a chance.
表現 · B2break in a new place

christen a new place

I wanted to break in the place and I was afraid to sleep alone.
表現 · A2keep doing something

continue to ignore me

Listen. You keep ignoring me. What's gonna happen with us?
文法 · B1exactly as we discussed it

manner clause: As we discussed it states the manner, matching the plan they already agreed on.

Then you're gonna go to London exactly as we discussed it.
表現 · B1take advantage of something

make full use of

Isaac orders Tracy to seize the London chance instead of wasting it.

You're gonna take advantage of that opportunity and study acting over there.
発音advantage of

The v in of is mostly elided after advantage.

You're gonna take advantage of that opportunity and study acting over there.
表現 · B2a fond memory

a warm memory

Isaac decides how Tracy will remember him, both tender and self-satisfied.

And you'll think of me always as a fond memory. It'll be nice.
表現 · B1by the sound of something

judging from how it sounds

I understand. I could tell by the sound of your voice over the phone.
表現 · B1bring something up

raise a topic

You brought this up. You're not happy the way things are going.
表現 · B2make a commitment

promise to commit

In the middle of the breakup, Isaac points out that she will not commit to anything.

Look, you don't wanna make a commitment.
表現 · B1be no good together

not suited as a couple

And I don't wanna break up my marriage and then find out we're no good together.
表現 · B2have everything going for you

have every advantage

I got everything going for me. The point...
スラング · B2Shit

damn (profanity) — A strong curse blurted out in frustration; never in formal settings.

The point is that... I don't know, I'm all fucked up. I'm just... Shit!

「Isaac Breaks Up in Tracy's New Flat」を読み解く

What's really going on

The apartment scene is the breakup, disguised as a discussion of bad plumbing. Tracy keeps asking the direct question, "What's gonna happen to us?" and Isaac keeps answering with arrangements: she will go to London, she will study acting, she will remember him well. His line about being "a fond memory" is meant kindly, but it is also a way of turning a person into a souvenir. Only when she names it does he admit the real decision, that they should stop seeing each other. What follows is the truest part of the scene: she is not angry that it is ending, only that it ended the way it did, and she ends up describing herself as a wreck. The comedy of the brown water and the noise never quite covers the sadness underneath.

Theme

HeartbreakThe breakup is gentle on the surface and painful underneath, as Tracy asks the question Isaac keeps answering sideways.
IdentityIsaac turns himself into a memory and reduces her to an opportunity, avoiding any real commitment.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Isaac's kindness and his exit are the same sentence.
  • The broken flat mirrors a relationship falling apart.
  • Tracy jokes first and collapses second.
  • A soft farewell can hurt more than a blunt one.

発音のポイント

  • I can tell — Can is reduced to a light syllable, so I can tell almost sounds like I cn tell.
  • coming from the walls — Coming from links up, and the in from the nearly disappears.
  • advantage of — The v in of is mostly elided after advantage.
And you'll think of me always as a fond memory. It'll be nice.

His goodbye in advance: instead of a future, he offers her a warm thing to remember him by.

You're gonna take advantage of that opportunity and study acting over there.

The practical half of the speech, pushing her toward London as if the choice were obvious.

And I don't wanna break up my marriage and then find out we're no good together.

His reason for ending it: he will not leave his wife for a relationship that might fail anyway.

Look, you don't wanna make a commitment.

The plain diagnosis of the problem: she is not ready to promise anything, so there is nothing to build on.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Isaac ending things with Tracy?

He says he does not want to break up his marriage and then discover they are no good together. The relationship has reached the point where a promise would have to be made, and he will not make one.

Why does Tracy get upset during the breakup?

She is not angry that it is over so much as at how it is being handled. She knew it would end eventually, but she wanted it said plainly instead of wrapped in talk about London and fond memories.

What does "take advantage of that opportunity" mean?

It means to make full use of a chance while it is available. Isaac uses it to send Tracy to London, which sounds generous but also ends the relationship.

Why does Isaac offer to be "a fond memory"?

It is his way of saying goodbye without admitting it. Instead of a future, he offers her a warm thing to look back on, which sounds kind but closes the door.

Do Tracy and Isaac split up here?

Yes. After she asks what will happen to them, Isaac admits that they have to stop seeing each other, and the rest of the scene is the two of them absorbing that.

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