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My Fellow Americans · 1996 — 第 9 / 13 章 · 3'54" · B2

Wayne Gets the History Wrong, Explained：shut your cake hole

A car ride turns into an argument when the driver gets American history wrong and the passenger corrects him: "Get your facts straight." From there the talk moves to hard times, and the exchange about who ruined the country ends with the couple ordering both ex-presidents out of the car.

あらすじ

The two ex-presidents ride in Wayne's car, and a chat about Mount Rushmore goes badly wrong when Wayne mixes up the presidents and the folk tales. The passenger corrects him, and the talk turns to lost jobs, lost homes and who is to blame. It ends with the couple throwing them out.

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shut your cake holeGet your facts straightmix up withno disrespect

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このシーンの表現

shut your cake hole

a rude way to tell someone to stop talking

车里有人被吵得睡不着，冲着另一位前总统让他闭上那张嘴。

Shut your cake hole and let me finish the story.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Get your facts straight

    make sure you know the facts before you speak

  • mix up with

    把甲和乙搞混；张冠李戴

  • no disrespect

    无意冒犯；不是不敬（用来说难听话前先垫一句）

このシーンのメモ一覧

72 行のセリフに 42 件のメモ

表現 · B2the way someone drivesWe're never getting to Ohio. Not the way this guy drives.
表現 · B1move fasterThe Donner party moved faster.
表現 · A2be trying to sleepAw, shut up. I'm trying to sleep.
表現 · B2pretend not to do somethingThis time, pretend not to enjoy it.
表現 · C1shut one's cake hole

a rude way to tell someone to stop talking

Aw, shut your cake hole, Douglas.
表現 · B2would have been fineYou know, we'd have been fine outside in the tent, but thanks for sharing the bed.
表現 · A2thanks for doing somethingYou know, we'd have been fine outside in the tent, but thanks for sharing the bed.
表現 · B1it means a lotIt means a lot.
表現 · B1vote for someoneYou know, we voted for you.
表現 · A2sorry about somethingOh, I-I'm sorry about that, sir.
表現 · A2at leastWell, at least you can admit it.
表現 · B2the first step towards somethingThat's the first step towards recovery.
表現 · A2how much longerAny idea how much longer to Cleveland, Wayne?
スラング · B1the boysI may have to call the boys in our department and tell them what time to expect us.
表現 · B1drop someone offYou know, I was thinking, after we drop you off,
表現 · B2a natural wonderThat's one of America's greatest natural wonders, son.
表現 · B1carve somethingA man by the name of Gutzon Borglum carved it.
表現 · B2ruin the whole thingWell, that ruins the whole thing.
表現 · B2diaper patrolWhoops! Diaper patrol, Matt!
表現 · B2chop something downWell, there's Abe Lincoln. He chopped down the cherry tree.
表現 · B1have got to be kiddingYou got to be kidding, right, Wayne?
表現 · B2mix someone up with someoneYou got Lincoln mixed up with George Washington and you've got the Roosevelt's mixed up with Davy Crockett.
文法 · C1You got Lincoln mixed up with

have got something done

You got Lincoln mixed up with George Washington and you've got the Roosevelt's mixed up with Davy Crockett.
表現 · B2no disrespectUh, no disrespect, sir, but you're in my car.
表現 · B2get one's facts straight

make sure you know the facts before you speak

Well, our country. Get your facts straight.
文法 · B2expect your son to respect

expect someone to do

How do you expect your son to respect the nation's history if you don't?
表現 · B2fall apartNo. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.
発音fallin' apart

elision

No. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.
表現 · B1find workThey can't find work. You talk about ignorance.
表現 · B2the voice of the peopleThe voice of the people?
表現 · B2there is no such thingThere is no such thing.
スラング · C1my fannyThe voice of the people, my fanny.
表現 · B1pull overPull over, Wayne.
発音Pull over

liaison

Pull over, Wayne.
表現 · B1there we goThere we go.
表現 · A2get out of somethingPlease get out of our car.
発音get out of

elision

Please get out of our car.
表現 · B2budget cutsWe lost our jobs because of your budget cuts, President Kramer.
表現 · B2an economic downturnAnd we lost our home because of your economic downturn,
表現 · B2a slim chanceAll we have now is the slim chance of a job at my uncle's paint factory in Cleveland.
文法 · B2All we have now is

all plus a clause

All we have now is the slim chance of a job at my uncle's paint factory in Cleveland.
表現 · A2once againSo I will ask you once again.

「Wayne Gets the History Wrong」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy here is that the men who ran the country cannot even agree on its history. Wayne's version of Mount Rushmore is a jumble, and the correction that follows is not gentle: "That kind of ignorance is dangerous" and "Get your facts straight." But the scene is doing more than scoring points. Once the history is cleared up, the argument moves to the present — jobs, homes and the recession — and the ex-presidents answer with the kind of distance that got them into trouble: "There is no such thing" when someone mentions the voice of the people. The couple's patience runs out, and the request to get out of the car lands as a verdict on both of them. The people they governed are not abstract after all; they are sitting in the front seat.

Theme

ClassTwo ex-presidents are lectured by an ordinary family about jobs and homes they lost.
PowerThe men who ran the country cannot even agree on its history, and it costs them their ride.

発音のポイント

  • fallin' apart — elision
  • Pull over — liaison
  • get out of — elision
The only thing you all seem to agree on is you don't want higher taxes.

A jab at voters: the one clear opinion they share, in this view, is a refusal to pay more.

That kind of ignorance is dangerous.

The verdict on getting history wrong in front of a child, framed as a civic danger rather than a slip.

No. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.

The shift from a history quarrel to real hardship, naming lost houses as the proof.

There is no such thing.

The blunt dismissal of the idea of a united public voice, which shows how far the speaker is from the family beside him.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the couple kick the presidents out of the car?

After the history argument turns into a fight about the economy, the husband says they lost jobs to budget cuts and their home to the downturn. The couple's patience snaps, and they order them out.

What does Kramer get wrong about Mount Rushmore?

He says Lincoln chopped down the cherry tree and Roosevelt killed a bear at three. The other passenger points out he has mixed up Lincoln with Washington and Roosevelt with Davy Crockett.

What is the point of the 'voice of the people' exchange?

When the husband invokes the voice of the people, one ex-president dismisses it with "There is no such thing," which shows how out of touch the politicians are with the family that gave them a ride.

Why is the car such an awkward setting?

The two ex-presidents are dependent on a stranger to get to Cleveland. Being trapped in his car means they cannot avoid hearing what ordinary people think of their records.

My Fellow Americans · 全 13 章

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第 1 章too little too lateGolf Talk Turns Awkward第 2 章shift the stinkThe Missing Appointment Log第 3 章skedaddleTanner Summons the Presidents第 4 章in the middle of nowherePresidents Hijacked in the Woods第 5 章get away with itWalking to Ohio for Evidence第 6 章stick a fork inPassengers Gossip About the Presidents第 7 章steams my clamsPresidents Trade a Watch for a Ride第 8 章live in the pastOld Rivals Almost Bond再生中 · 第 9 章shut your cake holeWayne Gets the History Wrong第 10 章put on a spreadKramer and Douglas Find the Fix第 11 章up to its knees inHaney Confesses to the Cover-Up第 12 章the end of the worldTanner Corners Them in the Tunnel第 13 章a way aroundThe Presidents Confront Each Other
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