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The Apartment · 1960 — 第 6 / 15 章 · 5'02" · B1

Baxter Asks Fran Out at the Party, Explained：stood me up

At the office Christmas party, Baxter and Fran drink in her elevator and trade banter, while Miss Olsen tells Fran that Sheldrake has done this with a string of women. Baxter offers a promotion and a date, and Fran turns him down: "This is a bad day for me." The party is warm on the surface and quietly cruel underneath.

あらすじ

On Christmas Eve, the office party spills through the building. Baxter meets Fran in her elevator, they drink, and he jokes about declaring it out of order to keep talking. At the party, Miss Olsen warns Fran about Sheldrake's history with women. Later, in Baxter's new office, he shows off a hat and invites Fran out; she says it is a bad day for her.

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注目の表現

what gave you that ideastood me upGirl Scoutout of order

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このシーンの表現

stood me up

fail to show up for a date

Baxter admits he was hurt the night Fran failed to show up.

She stood me up last Friday.

このシーンの他の表現

  • what gave you that idea

    why would you think that

  • Girl Scout

    a model of good behavior

  • out of order

    not working

  • wind up with

    end up with

  • the way I feel

    how I feel

このシーンのメモ一覧

77 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ

表現 · B1get yourself something

get a bigger car

So I said to him "Never again. Either you get yourself a bigger car or a smaller girl."
表現 · B1keep something on

left it on

In six weeks you've only been in my elevator once, and you kept on your hat.
発音been in my

Been in links into a bee-nin sound.

In six weeks you've only been in my elevator once, and you kept on your hat.
表現 · B1as a matter of fact

actually

As a matter of fact, I was rather hurt that night you stood me up.
表現 · B1it was unforgivable

it was too much

I don't blame you. It was unforgivable.
表現 · B1can't help something

you had no choice

You couldn't help it. You can't suddenly walk out on one man...
表現 · B2do the decent thing

the honorable thing

- You did the decent thing. - Don't be too sure.
表現 · B1just because X doesn't mean Y

simply because

Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout.
文法 · B2Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me

reason clause: Just because sets a cause the main clause then refuses to accept.

Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout.
発音doesn't make me

The t in doesn't often drops in speech.

Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout.
表現 · B1as far as I'm concerned

in my opinion

And as far as I'm concerned, you're tops.
文法 · B1as far as I'm concerned

parenthetical: The phrase frames the judgment as personal opinion.

And as far as I'm concerned, you're tops.
スラング · B2decencywise

in terms of decency — A made-up word, part of the joke.

I mean decencywise and... otherwisewise.
表現 · B1shouldn't do something

ought not to drink

- One more. - I shouldn't drink while driving.
表現 · B2join the natives

mingle with the crowd

Shall we join the natives?
表現 · B2white-collar worker

office workers

There'll be human sacrifices. White-collar workers tossed into computers...
スラング · B2White-collar

office-working — Refers to office rather than manual work.

There'll be human sacrifices. White-collar workers tossed into computers...
表現 · B2play innocent

act innocent

So you don't have to play innocent with me.
スラング · B2ring-a-ding-ding

a little fling — Playful slang for a romantic fling.

...four years ago when we were having a little ring-a-ding-ding.
表現 · B2before me it was

before me came

- I don't know what you're talking about. - Before me it was Miss Rossi in Auditing.
表現 · B1right before someone

just before you

And right before you was a Miss, um...
表現 · B2the same pitch

the same sales talk

...and the same pitch about divorcing his wife.
表現 · B2wind up with

end up with

Miss Olsen says the women who fall for the boss end up humiliated.

Then, in the end, you wind up with egg foo yung on your face.
表現 · B1step into somewhere

come into my office

Why don't we step into my office? There's something I want your opinion about.
表現 · A2what do you think

your opinion?

It's what they call the Junior Executive model. What do you think?
スラング · B1boo-boo

a mistake — Childish word for a mistake; used to self-mock.

I guess I made a boo-boo, huh?
表現 · B1ashamed to be seen with someone

embarrassed to be seen

You wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with somebody in this hat?
文法 · B2ashamed to be seen with somebody

passive infinitive: The passive infinitive to be seen shifts focus to being noticed.

You wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with somebody in this hat?
表現 · A2how about doing something

shall we go out

...how about goin' out tonight... you, me and the bowler?
表現 · B2have influence with someone

pull with someone

Don't worry about that. I've got quite a bit of influence with Personnel.
表現 · A2pick someone up

collect someone

I could call you, pick you up, have a big unveiling. Am I wearing this right?
表現 · B1the way I feel

how I feel

Baxter notices the broken mirror, and Fran says she likes it because it matches her mood.

I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.
発音look the way

Look the can run together in fast speech.

I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.

「Baxter Asks Fran Out at the Party」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up the film's real subject: the distance between how people act at a party and what they know. Baxter and Fran flirt easily in the elevator, but the foundation is already cracked — he reminds her she once stood him up, and she answers with a line that both apologizes and warns: "Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout." Miss Olsen then supplies the context Fran can't ignore, detailing Sheldrake's pattern of secretaries and other women, ending on "you wind up with egg foo yung on your face." That is the film's thesis in a joke: the charming man always leaves the woman holding the mess. Baxter, meanwhile, is rehearsing for a version of the same role, showing off his office, his hat, and his pull with Sheldrake. When Fran says "this is a bad day for me," she is refusing more than one invitation.

Theme

RomanceBaxter's party-night courtship — a promotion, a date, a hat — runs straight into Fran's guarded refusal.
DeceptionMiss Olsen spells out a pattern of secret office affairs hidden behind the same promise of a divorce.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Miss Olsen's list of names turns gossip into a verdict.
  • The uniform line refuses the role everyone assigns her.
  • Baxter's hat joke is a rescue attempt, not a flirtation.
  • The broken mirror returns as an image of how she feels.

発音のポイント

  • been in my — Been in links into a bee-nin sound.
  • doesn't make me — The t in doesn't often drops in speech.
  • look the way — Look the can run together in fast speech.
Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout.

Fran warns Baxter not to mistake her job for her character: an elevator uniform does not make her naive or easily managed.

Then, in the end, you wind up with egg foo yung on your face.

Miss Olsen's summary of being the other woman: the affair ends with you humiliated, the food still on your face, while the man walks away clean.

I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.

Told to a cracked mirror, it turns a small accident into a picture of the speaker's own damaged mood.

You're so right. By the power vested in me, I declare this elevator out of order.

A mock-official joke: Baxter uses the language of authority to stop the elevator and keep the flirtation going.

このシーンについての質問

Who is Miss Olsen and why does she talk to Fran?

She is Sheldrake's secretary, and a former mistress. Having been replaced, she recognizes Fran as the newest woman in the same position and tries to warn her.

Why does Fran turn Baxter down?

She is not being coy. Her evening is already ruined by what Miss Olsen told her, and she is still involved with Sheldrake, so a date with Baxter is the last thing she wants.

What does Baxter think he is offering Fran?

He offers influence: a transfer to Personnel, a promotion, even the job of elevator starter. He name-drops Sheldrake and the Christmas card to prove he can help her career.

What does Girl Scout mean here?

It means a naive, rule-following girl. Fran is telling Baxter that wearing an elevator uniform does not make her innocent, so he should not treat her like one.

Why does Baxter keep the broken mirror?

He says he likes it because it shows him the way he feels. It is a rare honest moment from a man who spends the party joking and performing.

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