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Silver Linings Playbook · 2012 — 第 5 / 23 章 · 2'23" · B1

Police Warn Pat About Restraining Order, Explained：silver lining

Pat is back home and his dad won't stop pushing about Nikki, so Pat lunges for the phone. The fight gets loud enough that a cop shows up with the real stakes: five hundred feet of distance. "Do yourself a favour. Respect the restraining order."

あらすじ

Pat Solatano is living with his parents in Philadelphia after a stint in a psychiatric hospital. When his father starts making calls about Nikki, Pat grabs the phone, and the shouting brings Officer Keogh to the door. Keogh reminds Pat that a restraining order keeps him five hundred feet from Nikki.

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注目の表現

look upkeep someone out of troublerestraining orderdo yourself a favour

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このシーンの表現

look up

to be improving

Pat says things are looking up, and his father answers with a skeptical echo, clearly not convinced.

Sales are starting to look up.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep someone out of trouble

    to stop someone getting in trouble

  • restraining order

    a court order to stay away

  • do yourself a favour

    do what is good for you

  • since when

    since what time

  • get my life in order

    to sort out one's life

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 36 件のメモ

表現 · C1throw a trick play

a deceptive football play

As soon as you left, Redskins threw a trick play, a pitchout to Randal El.
スラング · C1trick play

a deceptive play — Sports jargon; keep it on the field.

As soon as you left, Redskins threw a trick play, a pitchout to Randal El.
表現 · B1waste a timeout

to burn a timeout

Andy Reid wastes a timeout challenging, loses the challenge, the game.
文法 · B2challenging

participle clause: The participle challenging explains what the timeout was spent on.

Andy Reid wastes a timeout challenging, loses the challenge, the game.
表現 · A2show respect

to be respectful

You're in this house, show some respect for what I do.
表現 · A2spend time together

to be together

And we should spend time together. I'm keeping you out of trouble.
表現 · B2keep someone out of trouble

to stop someone getting in trouble

Pat's father insists they spend time together, claiming he is keeping Pat out of trouble, half protection and half control.

And we should spend time together. I'm keeping you out of trouble.
表現 · A2good news

positive news

I have very, very good news. Very good news.
表現 · B1look up

to be improving

Pat says things are looking up, and his father answers with a skeptical echo, clearly not convinced.

- (PAT) Things are looking up. - Oh, are they?
表現 · B1invite someone over

to ask someone to one's home

I knew why they invited me over. I know.
表現 · B1be with someone

to be dating someone

- She might be with that guy. - (PAT) Oh, no way.
表現 · A2no way

absolutely not

- She might be with that guy. - (PAT) Oh, no way.
スラング · A2no way

absolutely not — Strong spoken disbelief or refusal.

- She might be with that guy. - (PAT) Oh, no way.
表現 · A2put something down

to set something down

- Put the phone down. Please. - What are you doing?
表現 · A2give someone something

hand it over

- This is my life. - Give me the phone.
表現 · A2understand someone

to get what I mean

Give me the phone. Gotta understand me. You wanna go back?
スラング · A2Gotta

have got to — Spoken shorthand; too casual for writing.

Give me the phone. Gotta understand me. You wanna go back?
表現 · B1yell at someone

to shout at

- Don't yell at me like that. - Well, then don't behave this way.
表現 · B1check on someone

to look in on

I got a call to check on this house.
表現 · B2a restraining order

a court order to stay away

The officer warns Pat to respect the restraining order, down to five hundred feet, in a flat official tone.

I'm Officer Keogh. I heard about the restraining order.
発音see a lot of

Link see a lot of so it runs together.

I've been assigned to your case, you'll see a lot of me.
表現 · B2do yourself a favour

do what is good for you

Before the threat, the officer says do yourself a favour, which sounds kind but works as a final warning.

Do yourself a favour. Respect the restraining order. Five hundred feet.
表現 · B1Since when do ...

since what time

After the officer leaves a card, Pat's father mutters since when do cops have cards, half surprise and half complaint.

- Thank you. Sorry. We understand. - Since when do cops have cards?
発音when do

The d in do and the cluster blur, so when do sounds joined.

- Thank you. Sorry. We understand. - Since when do cops have cards?
スラング · B1cops

the police — Casual for police; use police in writing.

- Thank you. Sorry. We understand. - Since when do cops have cards?
文法 · B1who goes back to jail or to the hospital

relative clause: The who-clause defines exactly the kind of guy he is asking about.

Tell me, would you like to be a guy who goes back to jail or to the hospital? Hm?
表現 · A2take medication

to take your medicine

So take your medication.
表現 · B2get one's life in order

to sort out one's life

Pat tells the doctor that once he gets his life in order, Nikki will come back, pinning his hopes on it.

get my life in order, then she's gonna be with me.
表現 · B1be prepared for something

to be ready for

Pat, there's a possibility, I want you to be prepared for it, she may not return.
表現 · B1let someone go

to release someone

True love is about letting her go and see if she returns.
文法 · B1letting her go and see if she returns

gerund phrase: The gerund after about names the act that defines true love.

True love is about letting her go and see if she returns.
表現 · B1fall apart

to break down

The doctor warns Pat not to fall apart if he hears the song again, meaning do not break down.

Meantime, if you listen to that song, I don't want you to fall apart.
表現 · A2stay positive

to keep a good attitude

The doctor ends on stay positive, tying Pat's only real chance to keeping a hopeful attitude.

And if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.
表現 · B2have a shot at something

to have a chance at

The doctor tells Pat that staying positive gives him a shot at a silver lining, framing hope as a chance to earn.

And if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.
表現 · B1a silver lining

the hopeful side

And if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.
発音shot at a

The t in shot flaps and the three words link quickly.

And if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.

「Police Warn Pat About Restraining Order」を読み解く

What's really going on

The restraining order is the whole scene in miniature: everyone around Pat is managing him. His father wants him close — for company, for the Eagles, for a sense of control — and Nikki is the live wire nobody can mention calmly. Even the cop who drops by is less an enforcer than a babysitter: "I've been assigned to your case, you'll see a lot of me." His therapist is blunter, warning that Nikki "may not return" and framing the hard news as medicine: "True love is about letting her go." What Pat hears is different. He answers with the line that gives the film its title, insisting that if he works hard and stays positive, he still has a shot. Everyone is talking about how to survive Nikki; Pat is still talking about winning her back.

Theme

Family conflictPat, his father, and the cop all fight over who controls Pat's life, and his father's need to keep him home looks a lot like wanting a lucky charm.
HeartbreakPat keeps insisting Nikki will come back, while everyone else says she may not, and that letting her go is the only honest way to love her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The restraining order raises the stakes of every errand.
  • His father's football talk is really about control.
  • The doctor refuses to let Pat live on a fantasy.
  • Hope here is framed as a chance, not a promise.

発音のポイント

  • see a lot of — Link see a lot of so it runs together.
  • when do — The d in do and the cluster blur, so when do sounds joined.
  • shot at a — The t in shot flaps and the three words link quickly.
True love is about letting her go and see if she returns.

The therapist's hard truth: chasing Nikki isn't love. Let her go and see if she chooses him back on her own.

And if you do, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.

Pat's creed, and the line that gives the film its title: work hard, stay positive, and something good can still come out of this.

Tell me, would you like to be a guy who goes back to jail or to the hospital? Hm?

A blunt wake-up call. If Pat skips his meds and keeps breaking the rules, jail or the psych ward is where he ends up.

Do yourself a favour. Respect the restraining order. Five hundred feet.

The officer draws the line: five hundred feet from Nikki, no exceptions. Not advice, a condition of staying out of jail.

Pat, there's a possibility, I want you to be prepared for it, she may not return.

The therapist prepares Pat for the outcome he refuses to accept: Nikki may never come back, however much he improves.

このシーンについての質問

Does Pat actually respect the restraining order?

Not really. He goes to his old house and school, which is exactly why Officer Keogh is assigned to his case and tells him five hundred feet. Pat keeps testing the line.

Is Officer Keogh a real threat or just a warning?

He's a warning with teeth. He says he's been assigned to the case and Pat will see a lot of him, and asks whether Pat wants to end up back in jail or the hospital.

Why does Pat still believe Nikki will come back?

Because that belief is what keeps him going. He tells his therapist he's getting in shape and getting his life in order so she'll return, and calls that better than any medication.

Why does the therapist tell Pat to let Nikki go?

He's preparing Pat for the possibility she won't return. He frames it as true love — giving her the freedom to choose — and tells Pat to get a strategy for when he hears their song.

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