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The Dean's Induction Warning, Explained：crème de la crème
A hall of near-perfect law students is called the crème de la crème, then told to look left and right. "One of the three of you will fail, make no mistake." The praise is a threat: they are not friends but rivals, and the speaker already feels like the one who does not belong.
あらすじ
Cambridge law school, first day. Two hundred near-perfect students sit an induction. The Dean calls them the crème de la crème, then tells them to look left and right: one of three will fail, and they are fighting, not friends. The speaker is sure the others can tell they do not belong, and the lecture ends on one line: this is not life, this is law.
注目の表現
fluke itcrème de la crèmewithermake no mistake
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このシーンの表現
crème de la crème
the very best of a group
The Dean's French superlative medals the room one breath before the failure speech.
She is the crème de la crème of this intern group.
このシーンの他の表現
- fluke it
succeed by pure luck
- wither
shrink with embarrassment
- make no mistake
do not doubt this warning
- Pupillage
a barrister's trainee place
- Of course he's called
the name was never in doubt
このシーンのメモ一覧
66 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
a pimply final-year pupil sixth form is the last stage of British secondary school
No longer a spotty sixth former.complement clause: The that-clause tells what she fears, not which person.
Secretly fearful that perhaps I've fluked it, that someone's gonna burst through the door of the induction hall,gonna already includes to; don't put to back in.
Secretly fearful that perhaps I've fluked it, that someone's gonna burst through the door of the induction hall,carried along by the mood not cleaning; carried along emotionally
But I get swept up in it all.Keep de and la together without a breath between them.
The Dean stands, telling us, [MIMICS] 'You are the crème de la crème!'extremely attractive — Fine as a friend's outburst; drop bloody in formal settings.
Guy on my left is bloody gorgeous!an expensive private school — Casual British talk about class, not for formal writing.
And confident, I can tell he is from a posh school, yeah.look someone over not understanding; visually sizing up the clothes
We nod at each other, he takes in my outfit, I wither...loudly signal private school the haircut does not shout; it obviously gives the school away
The girl on my right has a haircut that screams 'private school'.stop yourself from responding not a physical pull; she restrains her own reaction
I hold back, but she gives me a warm smile and then pulls a funny face.make a silly face
I hold back, but she gives me a warm smile and then pulls a funny face.fail to get through not arriving somewhere; failing the course
'Look back and hear this. One of the three of you will not make it.do not doubt this warning
After the one-in-three threat, the tag forbids anyone to hear it as a joke or a pep talk.
'Yes. One of the three of you will fail, make no mistake.Ease off are so not can take the weight.
'You are not friends, you are fighting each other.fit in this place
Yeah. Yeah, I am the one who won't make it because you can tell I don't belong here.qualify as a barrister the bar is qualification as a barrister, not a pub
'Out of those of you who even make it to the bar,relative clause: who limits the group to people who actually qualify.
'Out of those of you who even make it to the bar,become a senior barrister Silk is the senior barrister rank, not the cloth itself
'Only five of those might get Silk.decide someone is irrelevant not ending a meeting; writing her off
He glances at me. He has already dismissed me.truth a court can use not felt truth; what the legal process can treat as true
'There is no real truth, only legal truth.a hunch before evidence not a stomach illness; a feeling that skips proof
'Don't trust your gut instinct, trust your legal instinct.conditional clause: The if-clause nests what will happen: the error is false certainty.
'You will get it wrong if you think you know what will happen.the top of an elite group
'You are the best of the best,the hardest struggle you will face not a street fight; the hardest professional battle
'prepare for the fight of your life because law school is just the beginning.'survive the course not walking through; he survives the course
The boy on my left, Benedict, he gets through, just as I predicted.leave before finishing not an object falling; leaving the course
she drops out after first year to go to acting school.believe you already know not studying; assuming you already understand
Don't trust what you think you know. This, this is not life, this is law.Weight not and law; let life pass more lightly.
Don't trust what you think you know. This, this is not life, this is law.「The Dean's Induction Warning」を読み解く
What's really going on
The Dean calls them "the crème de la crème." She stops just like a lawyer and tells them to look left. The boy on the left is from a posh school. They nod, he takes in the outfit, and the speaker withers. It is obvious they are not from the same place. The girl on the right smiles and pulls a funny face, and the speaker laughs. Then one of the three will fail. "You are not friends, you are fighting each other." "The game starts now." The speaker cannot look at either of them. Benedict glances over and has already dismissed the speaker. The lecture says there is no real truth, only legal truth. Mia drops out for acting school and, before she goes, becomes a best friend for life. Instincts can be wrong. "This, this is not life, this is law."
Theme
ClassA posh boy takes in the speaker's outfit, the speaker withers, and the room is told they are fighting each other.
IdentityThe speaker is still pretending, fears they fluked it, and is sure the one who does not belong will be the one to fail.
発音のポイント
- someone's gonna — gonna already includes to; don't put to back in.
- crème de la — Keep de and la together without a breath between them.
- You are not — Ease off are so not can take the weight.
- not life — Weight not and law; let life pass more lightly.
'You will be the ones to change the country.'The Dean says this to the whole intake, and the students like hearing that law school makes them the people who will change the country.
'Yes. One of the three of you will fail, make no mistake.The compliment has turned. Of the student and the two people beside them, one will not get through, and the Dean means it.
'You are not friends, you are fighting each other.The people in the lecture are not there to bond. From this moment they are competing with the students sitting next to them.
'There is no real truth, only legal truth.The lecture tells them not to trust what seems true, even their own account. In this room the only truth that counts is the legal one.
Don't trust what you think you know. This, this is not life, this is law.The speaker has just said instincts can be wrong. Do not trust what you think you know: what this lecture taught is law, not ordinary life.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the Dean make them look left and right?
The Dean has just called them the crème de la crème and said they will change the country. She stops "just like a lawyer" and tells them to look at the person on the left, then the right. One of the three will not make it. "You are not friends, you are fighting each other." "The game starts now."
Why does the speaker wither next to the boy on the left?
The boy is confident and from a posh school, and he already knows he will be the one to change the country. They nod at each other, he takes in the outfit, and the speaker withers. The next line says it is obvious the speaker is not from where he is from.
Are the speaker's instincts proved right?
Not as a set. Benedict gets through, which the speaker predicted. The speaker also thought the girl on the right would never talk to them again. She is named Mia, drops out for acting school, and before she goes becomes a best friend for life. The speaker then says instincts can be wrong.
What is the lecture's point about truth?
The Dean says never assume anyone is telling the truth, even yourself. "There is no real truth, only legal truth." Do not trust gut instinct. Trust legal instinct. The speaker closes on the same split: this is not life, this is law.
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