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Louie, hold up.Steel Magnolias · 1989 — 第 2 / 16 章 · 4'16" · B1
Truvy Hires Annelle, Explained：talk some trash
Truvy breaks in her new hire Annelle with the shop's gospel — "There is no such thing as natural beauty" — then settles in to gossip. When Clairee arrives, the small talk turns to who got hit by a baseball and just how much past an eighteen-year-old can have.
あらすじ
In Truvy's beauty shop, the owner introduces her new assistant Annelle to her husband Louie, then sets about training her: announcing that "there is no such thing as natural beauty." Annelle explains she is new in town and living alone across the river. When the widow Clairee stops by, the women trade news and gossip, including a report that Janice Van Meter was hit in the head by a baseball.
注目の表現
talk some trashI wouldn't knowstay abreast ofright up there with
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このシーンの表現
talk some trash
gossip a little
As Annelle settles in, Truvy invites her to gossip while the work gets done.
Grab a coffee and let's talk some trash about the reunion.
このシーンの他の表現
- I wouldn't know
I cannot say
- stay abreast of
keep up with
- right up there with
equal to the best
- get to the bottom of
find the real cause
- with a past
having a history
このシーンのメモ一覧
96 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
great, ironically — Old-fashioned and usually sarcastic now.
Swell.carry something away
Louie, take out the garbage!gossip a little
As Annelle settles in, Truvy invites her to gossip while the work gets done.
Annelle, honey, what do you say we talk some trash?What do you say often blurs into whaddaya.
Annelle, honey, what do you say we talk some trash?gossip a little — Fine with friends; keep it out of formal talk.
Annelle, honey, what do you say we talk some trash?relative clause: The that-clause describes the philosophy, with to stranded at the end.
I have a strict philosophy that I have stuck to for 15 years...without work
You remember that, or we're all out of a job.recently arrived
New in town.keep up with
Borrowing old magazines, Annelle explains her need to keep up, sounding earnest and slightly stiff.
It is essential to stay abreast of the latest styles.as for
When it comes to suffering, she is right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.equal to the best
Clairee ranks Ruth's troubles beside a movie star's, praising and mocking in the same breath.
When it comes to suffering, she is right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.topic frame: When it comes to X introduces the topic you are about to discuss.
When it comes to suffering, she is right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.In American speech the t in right flaps into up.
When it comes to suffering, she is right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.How did that links into one rapid unit.
Yeah. How did that go?girl — Casual address; too loose for formal talk.
Sweet gal. Where did you find her?any available worker
Yesterday, when Judy quit, I called the trade school and told them to send me a warm body.any available worker — Slightly dismissive workplace slang; not to their face.
Yesterday, when Judy quit, I called the trade school and told them to send me a warm body.to begin with
Well, for starters, she's married, but she's living over at Ruth Robeline's.find the real cause
Hearing that married Annelle lives alone, Clairee urges Truvy to investigate before trouble arrives.
I'd get to the bottom of this if I were you...subjunctive: If I were you is a fixed subjunctive frame for giving advice.
I'd get to the bottom of this if I were you...extremely sweet
I'm not worried. She's as sweet as she can be.having a history
Clairee worries about Annelle's past, but Truvy says she rather likes hiring someone with one.
Besides, I kind of like the idea of hiring somebody with a past.catch up, modernize
Clairee clings to old standards, so Truvy tells her to catch up with the times.
Get with it, Clairee.conditional: The if-clause sets the condition and can marks the joking result.
If you achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.Achieve a runs together and the final t in past often drops.
If you achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.wow — An easy spoken exclamation.
Whoa!「Truvy Hires Annelle」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene looks like harmless small talk, but it sets out the rules of this town. Truvy's line — "there is no such thing as natural beauty" — is only half a joke: in a shop where everyone is seen, being seen well is part of belonging. The gossip about Ruth Robeline and Janice Van Meter shows how quickly a stranger becomes a story here, and Clairee's warning to "get to the bottom of" Annelle's past is the town's reflex: a young married woman living alone is either a mystery or a threat. Truvy shrugs it off, saying she likes hiring "somebody with a past."
Theme
FriendshipThe shop runs on gossip and jokes; the women bond by trading news and sizing up the newcomer.
SecretsAnnelle is married yet living alone, and Clairee wants to get to the bottom of it before trusting her.
このチャプターで学べること
- Gossip here is affection as much as judgment.
- Truvy's beauty creed lands as a one-line thesis.
- Clairee's deadpan delivery turns injury into comedy.
- A newcomer's silence feeds the town's curiosity.
発音のポイント
- what do you say — What do you say often blurs into whaddaya.
- right up there — In American speech the t in right flaps into up.
- How did that — How did that links into one rapid unit.
- achieve a past — Achieve a runs together and the final t in past often drops.
There is no such thing as natural beauty.Truvy's shop creed, delivered like scripture: looking this good is work, so a beautician's job is never done.
When it comes to suffering, she is right up there with Elizabeth Taylor.Truvy's joke about her gloomy landlady, ranking Ruth's hard luck alongside the famously tragic Elizabeth Taylor.
If you achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.Her retort when Clairee says an eighteen-year-old has no past: in this town, a past comes with growing up.
Annelle was the valedictorian of the hairdo class.Her backhanded boast about the new hire, top of her beauty-school class, though a hairdo class is thin pedigree.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Truvy hire Annelle so quickly?
Judy quit the day before and Truvy needs someone at once, so she calls the trade school and asks them to send "a warm body," then keeps Annelle because she finished top of her class.
What does "talk some trash" mean?
It means to gossip idly about other people. Truvy proposes it to Annelle the way a host offers coffee, as the shop's way of passing the day.
Why does Clairee suspect Annelle?
Annelle says she is married but is living alone at Ruth Robeline's boarding house, so Clairee warns Truvy to learn the truth "if you have silverware you'd like to keep."
Why does Truvy like hiring someone with a past?
She jokes that she prefers it; it fits the shop's habit of taking people as they are rather than judging them by reputation.
Who is Janice Van Meter, and why is everyone glad she got hit?
She is the current mayor's wife, whom the women dislike. Clairee reports she was hit in the head by a baseball at the park dedication and jokes that it was "fabulous."
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