Silver Linings Playbook · 2012 — 第 16 / 23 章 · 2'57" · B2

Jake Brags About His Life, Explained:nothing but love

Jake visits his brother fresh out of a psychiatric hospital and can't stop listing his own wins: partner track, engagement, a new house. Against Pat's wife, house and job, it lands as cruelty. Pat finally snaps, "Stop talking about stuff that's good for you."

あらすじ

Pat's brother Jake comes to the family house in Philadelphia to see Pat after his release from the hospital. Jake's visit is meant to be warm — he compliments Pat's new physique — but it turns into a recital of Jake's own life: helping their father, making partner, getting engaged, buying a house. Pat's losses keep interrupting the list.

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注目の表現

restraining orderrippedcreep someone outmake partner

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  1. ❝ 独白Jake's apology and good news5 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白Danny's sixth-sense speech5 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

nothing but love

only affection

Burned by his brother's good news, Pat ends the fight with a line that is half joke, half truth.

Whatever happened between us, I've got nothing but love for you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • restraining order

    a court order to stay away

  • ripped

    very muscular

  • creep someone out

    make me uneasy

  • make partner

    be promoted to partner

  • up to something

    secretly scheming

このシーンのメモ一覧

48 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ

発音never gonna

Never gonna often blurs into one unit in fast speech.

With Nikki, I'm never gonna do stuff like that.
表現 · B2be nothing to fool with

not to be taken lightly

Restraining order's nothing to fool with, bro.
スラング · A2bro

brother, man — Casual address between men; not for formal speech.

Restraining order's nothing to fool with, bro.
スラング · B1ripped

very muscular — Gym slang; fine among friends, not in a formal report.

Holy shit, look at you. You are ripped.
スラング · B2Holy shit

holy crap — A vulgar exclamation; keep it out of polite settings.

Holy shit, look at you. You are ripped.
表現 · B1didn't I say (that) ...

didn't I tell you

Didn't I say you wouldn't recognise him?
文法 · B1Didn't I say

negative question: A negative question here asserts that the speaker already gave this warning.

Didn't I say you wouldn't recognise him?
発音Didn't I

Didn't I links across the t into a single rushed sound.

Didn't I say you wouldn't recognise him?
表現 · B1creep someone out

make me uneasy

Jake explains why he never visited the hospital, saying the places give him the creeps.

Those places creep me out and the firm's been expanded.
文法 · B2firm's been expanded

present perfect passive: Has been expanded is a passive present perfect; the firm has already grown.

Those places creep me out and the firm's been expanded.
スラング · A2Pop

dad — An informal, affectionate word for father, common in the US.

Been helping Pop. He needs a legitimate business. He needs a tax return.
表現 · B2come after someone

pursue or target someone

The money he's making, they're gonna come after him.
発音after him

After him links, and the h in him often drops.

The money he's making, they're gonna come after him.
表現 · A2it looks like ...

it seems that

And it looks like I'm gonna make partner at the firm.
表現 · A2talking about something

speaking of something

Stop talking about stuff that's good for you.
表現 · B1leave something alone

stop bothering it

Leave it alone. Leave it alone. We're watching the game.
表現 · B1shut one's mouth

stop talking

I'm gonna shut my mouth.
表現 · B2nothing but something

only affection

Burned by his brother's good news, Pat ends the fight with a line that is half joke, half truth.

I got nothing but love for you, brother.
表現 · B1thank God

thank goodness

- (RONNIE) That's nice. - Thank God, finally.
表現 · B1watch out for something

be careful of

Whatever you do, watch out for that restraining order, OK?
文法 · B2Whatever you do

concessive clause: Whatever you do sets up a concession before the main warning.

Whatever you do, watch out for that restraining order, OK?
表現 · B1get someone in trouble

cause trouble for you

- Don't let Tiffany get you in trouble. - You're up to something.
表現 · B2be up to something

secretly scheming

Danny gives Pat a cryptic warning, and Pat answers that he must be up to something.

- Don't let Tiffany get you in trouble. - You're up to something.
表現 · B2have a sixth sense

intuition beyond the five senses

Danny insists he and Pat have a sixth sense, only they are not tuned into it.

We have a sixth sense. Everybody got it. Just not in touch.
発音sixth sense

The θs cluster in sixth sense is easy to swallow.

We have a sixth sense. Everybody got it. Just not in touch.
スラング · B1cops

police — Everyday slang for police; casual talk only.

Sixth sense forgot to tell him cops were coming.
表現 · A2take someone back

bring someone back

- I'm taking him back to the hospital. - What? He passed, right?
表現 · B2by the deadline

before the cutoff

Got a call that they did convert you to Mental Hygiene Law admission status by the deadline.
文法 · C1did convert

emphatic do: The auxiliary did stresses that the change really happened.

Got a call that they did convert you to Mental Hygiene Law admission status by the deadline.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Spoken shorthand for have got to; avoid it in writing.

I'm glad the Seahawks are losing, we're winning, but I gotta take Danny McDaniels back to Baltimore, all right?
表現 · C1contest a case

challenge a case

He can contest his case from Baltimore.
表現 · B2be ashamed of oneself

should feel ashamed of yourselves

As the police move to take Danny away, someone shames the group for how they are acting.

You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
文法 · B1ought to

modal verb: Ought to carries a stronger moral push than should.

You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
発音ought to

Ought to is often reduced to oughta in speech.

You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

「Jake Brags About His Life」を読み解く

What's really going on

Jake isn't trying to hurt Pat; he's terrible at reading a room. His good news — making partner, getting engaged, buying a house — keeps landing right next to what Pat lost, until the visit turns into a scoreboard Pat can't win. Pat's answer is the reveal: "Stop talking about stuff that's good for you." He takes it back with "I got nothing but love for you, brother," quoting his friend Danny. The same gap runs under the rest of the scene. Pat claims a "sixth sense" and a truth nobody else gets, while the people around him just want him to stay out of trouble. The officer who shows up treats Pat's recovery as a legal problem, not a brother's concern.

Theme

Family conflictA brother's proud update turns into a list of everything Pat lost, and the visit becomes another fight Pat has to defuse.
Family loveUnder the barbed scoreboard, Pat still insists he's got nothing but love for his brother, and the family keeps trying to keep him home.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Good news from a sibling can cut like bad news.
  • Jake's apology keeps turning into a sales pitch.
  • Danny hides real care behind sixth-sense talk.
  • A restraining order quietly shapes the whole visit.

発音のポイント

  • never gonna — Never gonna often blurs into one unit in fast speech.
  • Didn't I — Didn't I links across the t into a single rushed sound.
  • after him — After him links, and the h in him often drops.
  • sixth sense — The θs cluster in sixth sense is easy to swallow.
I got nothing but love for you, brother.

Pat's closing move after the argument: whatever was said, he refuses to let it become a grudge between the two of them.

I don't even know what to say to you anymore.

The visit has hit its limit. One brother admits he no longer has the words for the other, and the gap is out in the open.

Stop talking about stuff that's good for you.

Pat's blunt request. Jake's happy news is salt in the wound, and Pat asks him to stop scoring the conversation.

People like Tiffany, or Danny or me, we know something you don't know, OK?

Pat claims a kind of knowledge the 'healthy' people lack, turning his label into a badge of insight rather than shame.

Sixth sense forgot to tell him cops were coming.

A dry punchline: Pat boasts about his sixth sense right before the police arrive, and it does him no good at all.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Jake keep listing his own success to Pat?

He's proud, nervous and bad at reading a room. He came to reconnect, but every update about making partner or getting engaged sits right next to what Pat just lost, so it reads as bragging.

Why does Pat say he's got nothing but love for his brother?

Because he doesn't want the fight to define them. After telling Jake to stop talking about his good news, Pat quotes his friend Danny and chooses love over resentment.

Who is Danny and why does the officer want him?

Danny McDaniels is Pat's friend from the hospital, an Eagles fan Pat met as an inpatient. Officer Keogh wants to take him back to Baltimore, saying he can contest his case from there.

Why do they argue with Officer Keogh?

Keogh says he has to take Danny back, and someone calls it the latest legal development under the Mental Hygiene Law. The family insists Danny should be allowed to finish watching the game.

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