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Sunset Boulevard · 1950 — 第 18 / 19 章 · 3'29" · B2

Joe Shows Betty Norma's Mansion, Explained：a good deal

Joe walks Betty through Norma Desmond's mansion, pointing out the riches as if they were evidence. He calls his position 'a good deal here,' and describes the arrangement as 'a very simple setup' — an older woman who is well-to-do, a younger man going nowhere. Betty understands at once, and it breaks her.

あらすじ

Betty Schaefer visits Joe Gillis at Norma Desmond's house on Sunset Boulevard. He shows her the absurd luxury — a ceiling from Portugal, her own movie theater, a bowling alley in the cellar — then spells out the arrangement: a wealthy older woman and a younger man who is not doing well. Betty realizes Joe is describing himself.

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このシーンの表現

a good deal

a favorable arrangement

Betty urges Joe to leave, but he says she is naive about the good arrangement he has.

For that price, it's a good deal.

このシーンの他の表現

  • come along with

    go together with someone

  • you bet

    certainly

  • palazzo

    grand palace-like house

  • well-to-do

    wealthy

  • figure out

    work out or understand

このシーンのメモ一覧

44 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2come along with someone

go together with someone

Betty is heading to Joe's place alone, and he asks to come along with her.

Betty, let me come along with you. Please!
表現 · A2be all right

be fine

No, I'll be all right.
発音You bet

Stress both words and cut bet off sharply.

- This is where you live? - You bet.
スラング · B1You bet

certainly — Casual yes; too loose for formal replies.

- This is where you live? - You bet.
表現 · B2spread about

scattered around

There's a lot of her spread about.
表現 · B1must have done something

surely have heard

If you don't remember the face, you must have heard the name.
文法 · B1you must have heard the name

must have past: Must have plus a past participle marks a confident guess about the past.

If you don't remember the face, you must have heard the name.
表現 · A2something to drink

a drink of some kind

Would you like something to drink? There's always champagne on ice, - plenty of caviar. - Why did she call me?
スラング · B2junk

clutter — Fine for things; insulting if aimed at a person.

Did you ever see so much junk?
表現 · A2what about someone or something

how about

I didn't come here to see a house! What about Norma Desmond?
表現 · B1trying to tell you

what I want to say

That's what I'm trying to tell you. This is an enormous place.
表現 · B2get oneself something

found herself a companion

It's lonely here, so she got herself a companion.
文法 · B2who is well-to-do

relative clause: The who clause modifies the older woman and tells us she has money.

A very simple setup. An older woman who is well-to-do.
表現 · B1figure something out

work out or understand

Joe lays out the setup piece by piece and asks Betty if she can work it out herself.

- Can you figure it out yourself? - No.
文法 · B1figure it out yourself

reflexive pronoun: Yourself stresses that she must work it out on her own.

- Can you figure it out yourself? - No.
表現 · A2a few more + 名词

several more

- All right. I'll give you a few more clues. - No! I haven't heard any of this.
表現 · A2get out of somewhere

leave this place

Done with the explanation, Betty tells Joe to pack and leave the house with her.

Now, get your things together and let's get out of here.
発音get out of

Get out of runs together into something like ge-dou-da.

Now, get your things together and let's get out of here.
表現 · A2a one-room apartment

a studio apartment

Come on where? Back to a one-room apartment I can't pay for?
表現 · B1be practical

be sensible

Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.
表現 · B2a good deal

a favorable arrangement

Betty urges Joe to leave, but he says she is naive about the good arrangement he has.

Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.
発音I've got a

I've got a blurs into something like I've gotta.

Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.
スラング · B2sweetie

a pet name — Warm or condescending; never for strangers.

Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.
表現 · B2a long-term contract

a contract over many years

Joe calls his life with Norma a long-term contract with no options, and says he likes it.

A long-term contract with no options. I like it that way.
表現 · B2can't look at someone

cannot bear the sight of you

I can't look at you anymore, Joe.
表現 · A2how about doing something

why not

How about looking for the exit? This way, Betty.

「Joe Shows Betty Norma's Mansion」を読み解く

What's really going on

Joe is telling the truth and hiding inside it. He plays tour guide, pointing at the ceiling and the bowling alley as if the house were a joke, but the joke is his own position. 'It's lonely here, so she got herself a companion,' he says, and then turns it into a riddle: 'A very simple setup... A younger man who's not doing too well.' He never says the word for himself, yet the whole tour is a confession aimed at Betty, who is in love with him. Her answer, 'If you love me, Joe,' asks him to choose her over this comfort, and his reply is brutally practical: 'Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.' The mansion does the talking for him; he just describes the furniture.

Theme

MoneyJoe's whole life here is a transaction, and he defends staying with the language of business: 'I've got a good deal here.'
ClassThe mansion's imported ceiling and private theater mark the gap between Norma's wealth and Joe's unpaid apartment.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Figure out is about working something out by thinking.
  • Come along with is a light way to ask to join someone.
  • A good deal can mean a bargain or a comfortable arrangement.
  • You bet is a warm yes you hear more in speech than in writing.

発音のポイント

  • You bet — Stress both words and cut bet off sharply.
  • get out of — Get out of runs together into something like ge-dou-da.
  • I've got a — I've got a blurs into something like I've gotta.
Ever been in one of these old Hollywood palazzos?

Joe's opening line on the tour, showing off the absurd scale of the house as a curiosity rather than where he lives.

If you don't remember the face, you must have heard the name.

His way of introducing Norma without saying her name at first: even if Betty cannot place the face, the name should land.

It's lonely here, so she got herself a companion.

The reason behind the arrangement: Norma's isolation, and the companion she bought to fill it.

Come on where? Back to a one-room apartment I can't pay for?

Joe's answer to Betty's plea to leave: he has nothing to go back to, no rent money and no sure sale.

Look, sweetie, be practical. I've got a good deal here.

His blunt self-defense, dressing up being kept as a smart business choice.

A long-term contract with no options. I like it that way.

Joe's cynical way of saying he has traded freedom for security, and he claims to be fine with it.

I can't look at you anymore, Joe.

Betty's farewell, admitting she can no longer bear to look at what he has become.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Joe show Betty around the mansion?

He wants her to understand his situation without saying it outright. The tour is his way of confessing that he is Norma's kept man, and it lets the house make the point for him.

Why does Betty say she can't look at Joe anymore?

She has just understood that he is staying with Norma for money and comfort. She loves him and cannot accept his choice, so she leaves rather than watch him become this.

Why does Joe refuse to leave with Betty?

He has a steady, comfortable arrangement with Norma and no real prospects outside it. His unfinished story might not sell, and he cannot pay for his old apartment, so staying feels safer.

Does Betty leave the mansion alone?

Yes. Joe tells her to look for the exit and points the way himself, so she walks out by herself while he stays behind at Norma's house.

What does 'you bet' mean here?

It is an old-fashioned way of saying 'certainly' or 'absolutely.' When Betty asks if this is where he lives, Joe answers 'You bet,' a breezy, slangy yes.

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