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The Apartment · 1960 — 第 11 / 15 章 · 5'01" · B1

Fran Rehearses the Cover Story, Explained：good-time Charlie

Fran is alive but not ready to face the truth. She and Baxter rehearse what she'll tell her sister — where she was, who her "friend" is — and each answer exposes what she can't say: "He doesn't give a damn about me." Then comes the line she can't rehearse away: "The worst part is I still love him."

あらすじ

Fran spends the morning recovering in Baxter's apartment. When she tries to call her sister, Baxter stops her and they rehearse a cover story together: which friend she stayed with, where she is, when she'll be home. In between, Mrs. Dreyfuss arrives with noodle soup and lectures both of them about the mess they're in.

Comforting a friendPhone callsConfessingExplainingFriendsB1mediumamerican
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注目の表現

talk it overfigure it outspent the nightgive a damn

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このシーンの表現

good-time Charlie

a man out only for fun

Mrs. Dreyfuss asks what Fran is getting out of it, naming the type of man who only wants fun.

Don't waste your years on a good-time Charlie.

このシーンの他の表現

  • talk it over

    discuss it carefully

  • figure it out

    work it out

  • spent the night

    stay overnight

  • give a damn

    care at all

  • noodle soup

    soup with noodles

このシーンのメモ一覧

78 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2fix someone something

prepare something for someone

I'll fix you some coffee.
スラング · B2Big shot

a self-important person — Mocking someone who acts important; never aimed at a boss.

Big shot! For you, I wouldn't lift a finger!
表現 · B1talk something over

discuss it carefully

Fran reaches for the phone, and Baxter stops her to agree on the story first.

Wait a minute! Let's talk it over first. Just what are you gonna tell her?
表現 · B1figure something out

work it out

Baxter presses Fran to decide her story before she dials the phone.

- I haven't figured it out exactly. - Well, you'd better figure it out exactly.
文法 · B1you'd better

had better: You'd better is a warning more forceful than should; it says what will go wrong otherwise.

- I haven't figured it out exactly. - Well, you'd better figure it out exactly.
表現 · A2spend the night with someone

stay overnight with someone

I'll say I spent the night with a friend.
発音night with a

Night with a links together into one smooth run.

I'll say I spent the night with a friend.
表現 · B1as soon as someone can

the moment I can walk

- When are you comin' home? - As soon as I can walk.
発音comin' home

The g in coming drops, and home carries the stress.

- When are you comin' home? - As soon as I can walk.
表現 · B2get something out of your head

clear your head

You shouldn't call anybody. Not till you get the chewing gum out of your head.
表現 · B1involve someone

drag someone into it

We have to be careful. We don't wanna involve anybody.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

We have to be careful. We don't wanna involve anybody.
表現 · B1be concerned about someone

worried about you

I was just talking to him on the phone. He's very concerned about you.
表現 · B2not give a damn about something

care at all

Baxter relays Sheldrake's concern, and Fran answers with a bitter, swearing dismissal.

He doesn't give a damn about me.
発音damn about

Damn about runs together, with about weakened.

He doesn't give a damn about me.
表現 · B1the worst part is ...

the hardest thing is

The worst part is I still love him.
表現 · B1the best thing for something

the best remedy for

The best thing for dizzy is noodle soup with chicken white meat and a glass tea.
スラング · C1Beatnik

an unkempt bohemian — A dated, mocking label; today it sounds like a joke.

- I have some paper towels. - Beatnik.
表現 · B1the rest of something

all your remaining years

Mrs. Dreyfuss tells Fran she is too good to spend a lifetime crying over one man.

A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?
文法 · B2for the rest of your life

fronted adverbial: The time phrase is moved to the front to put the weight on a whole lifetime.

A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?
表現 · B1settle down

settle into a stable life

Mrs. Dreyfuss urges Fran to marry a steady man and stop living on pills.

...and settle down, instead of noshing all those sleeping pills.
表現 · C1a good-time Charlie

a man out only for fun

Mrs. Dreyfuss asks what Fran is getting out of it, naming the type of man who only wants fun.

For what? For whom? For some good-time Charlie?
スラング · A2comin'

coming — Casual speech with the g dropped; too loose for writing.

One napkin comin' up. Wish we had some champagne to wrap it around.
表現 · B2fall into the wrong hands

be taken by the wrong people

Don't you think we'd better destroy it so it won't fall in the wrong hands?
文法 · B1so it won't fall

purpose clause: The so-clause gives the purpose of destroying it: to keep it from the wrong people.

Don't you think we'd better destroy it so it won't fall in the wrong hands?

「Fran Rehearses the Cover Story」を読み解く

What's really going on

The rehearsal is the joke and the confession at once. Fran and Baxter invent a harmless alibi, but every invented detail is a reminder of the real arrangement — the borrowed apartment, the married man, the night that nearly ended her life. Fran's true feelings keep breaking through the script: "He doesn't give a damn about me," and then, worse, "The worst part is I still love him." She knows exactly what Sheldrake is; knowing doesn't stop the hurt. Mrs. Dreyfuss supplies the blunt outside view: Sheldrake seemed "clean and cut, a regular Ivy Leaguer," but he's really "King Farouk, with the drinking, with the cha-cha." Her recipe for Fran is old-fashioned — find a substantial man and settle down — yet her anger is the only honest response in the room.

Theme

HeartbreakFran recites an alibi while admitting she still loves the man who hurt her.
DeceptionBaxter helps her rehearse a story to hide the overdose from her family.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The rehearsal shows how a cover story gets built line by line.
  • Mrs. Dreyfuss scolds in the same breath as she feeds.
  • The worst part is the only line in the scene that is not a lie.
  • Good-time Charlie names the man Fran cannot let go.

発音のポイント

  • night with a — Night with a links together into one smooth run.
  • comin' home — The g in coming drops, and home carries the stress.
  • damn about — Damn about runs together, with about weakened.
You take a girl out just for laughs and she thinks you're serious marriagewise.

Mrs. Dreyfuss's charge against Baxter: he treated Fran as a good time, and she mistook it for a promise of marriage. It's the accusation the whole affair comes down to.

He doesn't give a damn about me.

Fran's flat verdict on Sheldrake after Baxter says he's worried about her. It's the moment she stops defending him, even as she keeps loving him.

The worst part is I still love him.

Fran admits the real problem isn't Sheldrake's indifference but her own feelings. The line names the trap she can't reason her way out of.

A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?

Mrs. Dreyfuss's blunt question: is this heartbreak really how Fran wants to spend her whole life? The soup is both comfort and the image of a life wasted on crying.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Baxter stop Fran from calling her sister?

He's afraid the story will leak — and that her family will call the police. He suggests they work out exactly what she'll say first, which turns the call into a rehearsal of an alibi.

Why does Fran still love Sheldrake?

The film doesn't explain it away; it just lets her say it: "The worst part is I still love him." She sees clearly that he doesn't care, and the feeling doesn't obey what she knows.

What does Mrs. Dreyfuss think of Baxter?

Not much. She calls him a big shot who needs a horsewhipping, then contrasts the "clean and cut" Ivy-Leaguer he seemed to be with the "King Farouk" he turned out to be. Still, she cooks for Fran and offers to defend her.

What is the envelope Baxter and Fran find?

It's the one Sheldrake left behind, and Fran wants it returned to him through Baxter. Whether it holds money or a note matters less than what it shows: Sheldrake's exit was tidy, and someone else has to handle what's left.

What does Baxter mean by "togetherness"?

He offers to bring in the TV and play cards so Fran won't be alone. "Togetherness" is a bland, almost comic word for it, but the gesture is real: after a night that nearly killed her, he doesn't want to leave her by herself.

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次のチャプター · 第 12 章from the word goFran Tells Baxter Her Life Story
第 1 章throw a monkey wrenchBaxter Swaps His Apartment Nights第 2 章out of handSheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key第 3 章go to wasteBaxter Meets Fran at the Theatre第 4 章kid yourselfFran Turns Sheldrake Down at the Booth第 5 章all that jazzThe Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office第 6 章stood me upBaxter Asks Fran Out at the Party第 7 章ancient historySheldrake Leaves Fran on Christmas Eve第 8 章might as wellBaxter Picks Up Mrs. MacDougall第 9 章out of the woodsDreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter第 10 章touch and goBaxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran再生中 · 第 11 章good-time CharlieFran Rehearses the Cover Story第 12 章from the word goFran Tells Baxter Her Life Story第 13 章can't say noBaxter Saves Fran From a Gas Leak第 14 章had it comingBaxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted第 15 章take someone off your handsSheldrake Takes Fran off Baxter's Hands
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