Minions · 2015 — 第 2 / 14 章 · 3'57" · B2

Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master, Explained:Truth be told

The Minions have built a civilization but lost their purpose, and the narrator warns they will die out without a master. Kevin steps up to leave the cave and bring back the biggest, baddest villain for the tribe, taking Stuart and a reluctant Bob along. "All was not lost," the voiceover says, because one Minion had an idea.

あらすじ

Without a master the Minions lose their purpose and sink into aimless depression, and the narrator warns that they will die out. Then one of them has a plan: Kevin will leave the cave and not come back until he has found the tribe the biggest, baddest villain to serve, with Stuart and Bob joining him.

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注目の表現

stepped upTruth be toldmade a life for themselvesthe biggest, baddest villain

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  1. ❝ 独白The narrator puts Kevin onstage12 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

Truth be told

to be honest

旁白揭穿斯图尔特:他被选中时根本不知道要干什么,只是喜欢被人欢呼。

Truth be told, I only joined the club for the free pizza.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stepped up

    to volunteer when nobody else will

  • made a life for themselves

    to build a settled life of one's own

  • the biggest, baddest villain

    最大、最坏(的)

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · C1forge one's own civilizationYears passed as the Minions forged their own civilization.
発音forged their own

elision

Years passed as the Minions forged their own civilization.
表現 · B2make a life for oneself

to build a settled life of one's own

They truly made a life for themselves.
表現 · B1feel empty insideThey felt empty inside.
発音felt empty

flap

They felt empty inside.
表現 · A2have no purposeWithout a master, they had no purpose.
表現 · B2aimless and depressedThey became aimless and depressed.
文法 · B2If this continued any longer

conditional clause

If this continued any longer, the Minions would perish.
表現 · B2all was not lostBut all was not lost for one Minion had a plan.
表現 · B1be excited to share something with someoneHe was excited to share his idea with the tribe.
表現 · C1the biggest, baddest villainand he would not return until he had found his tribe the biggest, baddest villain to serve.
文法 · B2he would not return until he had found

past perfect

and he would not return until he had found his tribe the biggest, baddest villain to serve.
表現 · B1not strong enough for somethingBob was eager to go, But Kevin felt he was just not strong enough for the dangerous journey ahead.
表現 · B2step up

to volunteer when nobody else will

Luckily, someone stepped up.
表現 · B2truth be told

to be honest

Truth be told, Stuart had no idea what he was chosen for...
表現 · C1say one's farewellsThe tribe said their farewells.
表現 · B1be the one to do somethingHe was going to be the one to save his tribe.
表現 · B2frightened of something aheadBob was frightened of the journey ahead.
発音were off

liaison

And they were off.

「Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master」を読み解く

What's really going on

The opening plays like a mock epic, borrowing the language of myth for a species whose only purpose is to serve someone worse than themselves. The narration gives the Minions a crisis of meaning — "Without a master, they had no purpose" — and then solves it with a quest, which is funny precisely because the goal is to find a bigger villain. Kevin is the straight hero of the piece, solemn about a mission that amounts to helping evil; Stuart joins for the applause, and Bob joins out of enthusiasm nobody asked for. The joke sits under every serious line, and the film lets the mock-grandeur carry the exposition instead of explaining it directly.

Theme

SurvivalA whole species is losing its will to live, and the fix is a quest to find a new master before they die out.
DreamsKevin's plan gives the tribe hope, turning an absurd errand into something they can believe in.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use empty inside in a comparable exchange.
  • Listen for the attitude around empty inside.
  • Notice how the reply changes the scene.

発音のポイント

  • forged their own — elision
  • felt empty — flap
  • were off — liaison
Without a master, they had no purpose.

The Minions cannot function without someone to serve, so their loss of a master is treated as an existential crisis.

But all was not lost for one Minion had a plan.

The narrator's turning point: a single Minion, Kevin, is about to solve the whole tribe's problem.

He was going to be the one to save his tribe.

Kevin's sense of mission, framed with mock epic seriousness for a small yellow creature.

Kevin had given them something they hadn't had in a very long time.

The gift Kevin brought the tribe is not food or safety but hope for the future.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the Minions need a master at all?

Because serving a villain is the only purpose they know. Once their old master is gone, they lose their reason to live, which is the joke behind the narrator's tragic tone.

Why does Kevin choose Stuart and Bob?

Stuart steps up, though he has no idea what he is signing on for. Bob volunteers out of pure enthusiasm, and Kevin eventually gives in because almost no one else wants to go.

What does "stepped up" mean here?

It means someone volunteered to take on a job when it was needed. In this case Stuart is the one who happens to step forward, which is how he becomes part of the journey.

What is the Minions' goal on the journey?

To find the biggest, baddest villain in the world and bring him back as the tribe's new master. The plan is absurd on purpose, because it treats serving evil as a noble quest.

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