WinkLingo
ログイン

The Apartment · 1960 — 第 10 / 15 章 · 3'31" · B1

Baxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran, Explained：touch and go

On Christmas Day, Baxter phones Sheldrake at home to report that the woman they both know has taken an overdose of sleeping pills in Baxter's apartment. Sheldrake refuses to come and tells Baxter to handle it: "That's impossible. You'll have to handle the situation yourself." Baxter covers for his boss, and then tries to comfort the woman once she wakes.

あらすじ

On Christmas Day, Baxter calls Sheldrake's home in White Plains and asks for him person-to-person. He reports that Fran took an overdose of sleeping pills at the apartment and is now sleeping it off. Sheldrake says he cannot come and instructs Baxter to handle the situation alone. When Fran wakes, she is ashamed and asks why he did not let her die.

Phone callsTalking to the bossAskingComfortingBoss & employeeB1mediumamericanClean
IMDb ↗

注目の表現

person-to-personoverdoseon your mindtouch and go

00:00 / 03:31
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
  29. ❝ 独白Baxter's cover-up on the phone12 行練習ページ ↗
セリフをタップするとそこから再生

このシーンの表現

touch and go

very uncertain and risky

Baxter reports that Fran's condition was critical for a while, then improved.

The rescue was touch and go until the last minute.

このシーンの他の表現

  • person-to-person

    a call to one named person

  • overdose

    too large a dose

  • on your mind

    what you are thinking

  • sleep it off

    sleep until it passes

  • jump to the conclusion

    decide too quickly

このシーンのメモ一覧

58 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1make it person-to-person

a call to one named person

At the operator's desk, Baxter asks to be connected to one named man.

Make that person-to-person.
スラング · B1rip

let it go full speed — A casual shout to start something; too loose for formal talk.

Let her rip!
表現 · B1what's on your mind

what you are thinking

Sheldrake answers the phone and asks what is troubling Baxter.

- Hello? What's on your mind, Baxter? - Something came up that's important.
文法 · B1that's important

relative clause: The that-clause describes something, telling us what kind of thing came up.

- Hello? What's on your mind, Baxter? - Something came up that's important.
発音came up

Came up links together, with up kept very light.

- Hello? What's on your mind, Baxter? - Something came up that's important.
表現 · B1as soon as possible

as early as you can

I think you should see me at the apartment as soon as possible.
文法 · B1I think you should

object clause: I think introduces a full clause; the request sits inside it, which softens the order.

I think you should see me at the apartment as soon as possible.
表現 · B1over the phone

by telephone

- What's this all about? - I didn't wanna tell you over the phone.
スラング · A2wanna

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

- What's this all about? - I didn't wanna tell you over the phone.
表現 · B2an overdose of something

too large a dose

- She took an overdose of sleeping pills. - What?!
表現 · A2for a while

for some time

It was touch and go there for a while, but she's sleeping it off now.
発音touch and

Touch and runs together into a sound like tou-chand.

It was touch and go there for a while, but she's sleeping it off now.
表現 · B1handle the situation

deal with the problem

That's impossible. You'll have to handle the situation yourself, Baxter.
表現 · B1count on someone

depend on you

- As a matter of fact, I'm counting on you. - Yes, sir. I understand.
表現 · B2keep someone's name out of something

not mention you at all

No, don't worry. I kept your name out of it, so there'll be no trouble...
表現 · B2jump to conclusions

decide too quickly

Baxter covers for the doctor, saying the man simply guessed about them.

No, he just jumped to the conclusion.
表現 · B2be out of the woods

past the danger

Of course, we're not out of the woods yet. Sometimes they try it again.
表現 · B1as long as someone can

for the longest possible time

OK, Mr. Sheldrake. I'll keep her in the apartment as long as I can.
表現 · A2have no idea

not know at all

I didn't know. I had no idea this was your apartment.
スラング · B1wad

a lump of something — Very casual; it names a soft lump of something.

Oh, my head! It feels just like a big wad of chewing gum.
表現 · B1be in no shape to do something

too unwell to do it

When Fran tries to leave, Baxter blocks her and sends her back to bed.

You're in no shape to go anywhere but back to bed.
文法 · B2anywhere but

but as except: Here but means except, so anywhere but back to bed rules out every other place.

You're in no shape to go anywhere but back to bed.
発音go anywhere

Go anywhere links smoothly, and anywhere is often weakened.

You're in no shape to go anywhere but back to bed.
表現 · A2have company

have someone over

Baxter says company is nice at Christmas, though he really means he wants her to stay.

It's always nice to have company for Christmas.

「Baxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran」を読み解く

What's really going on

The phone call is where the film's hierarchy becomes brutal. Baxter is not asking for himself; he is asking a boss to care about the woman he has been seeing, and Sheldrake's answer is a refusal dressed as delegation: "That's impossible. You'll have to handle the situation yourself, Baxter." Even the crisis is outsourced. What makes it worse is Baxter's reflex to protect him — he keeps Sheldrake's name out of it, and lets the doctor assume the woman is his own girlfriend. "Around here I'm known as quite a ladies' man," he jokes, absorbing the blame that belongs to his boss. The scene ends where the real damage is: Fran waking up, ashamed, asking "why didn't you just let me die?" and Baxter answering with a kindness that cannot fix the thing that actually hurt her.

Theme

DutyBaxter absorbs the blame and the labor for a crisis that is not his, because the man responsible refuses to come.
PowerSheldrake's one-line refusal shows how completely the boss can hand his problems to the man below him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Baxter's calm phone manner hides a man covering for his boss.
  • Touch and go names the hours when Fran's life hung in balance.
  • In no shape to is a blunt way to keep someone safe.
  • The rocket talk with the kids plays against the adult crisis.

発音のポイント

  • came up — Came up links together, with up kept very light.
  • touch and — Touch and runs together into a sound like tou-chand.
  • go anywhere — Go anywhere links smoothly, and anywhere is often weakened.
Why didn't you just let me die?

Fran's first words after waking: not gratitude, but shame so heavy that being saved feels like a cruelty.

It was touch and go there for a while, but she's sleeping it off now.

Baxter's calm report to Sheldrake: the overdose nearly killed her, and he delivers that fact as a status update.

You're in no shape to go anywhere but back to bed.

Baxter's practical kindness: he refuses to let a woman who just overdosed worry about her dress or going home.

Oh, my head! It feels just like a big wad of chewing gum.

Fran's comic description of the aftermath; the film lets her be funny about her own body even at the lowest point.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't Sheldrake come to the apartment?

He has no intention of being seen. He tells Baxter it is impossible and says Baxter will have to handle the situation himself, keeping his own name out of the crisis.

Why does Baxter protect Sheldrake instead of telling the truth?

He is loyal to the boss who made him an executive, and still hoping for the promotion. So he keeps Sheldrake's name out of it and lets the doctor believe the woman is his own girlfriend.

Why is Fran so ashamed when she wakes up?

She has just tried to kill herself in a stranger's apartment. Instead of gratitude she feels exposed, and her first question is why Baxter did not simply let her die.

What does "touch and go" mean?

It means the outcome was uncertain for a while, and death was close. Baxter uses it to describe the hours when it was not clear whether the pills would kill her.

Does Sheldrake show any concern for Fran?

Almost none. He complains that he is being bothered on Christmas Day, refuses to come, and leaves the whole situation for Baxter to manage.

アパートの鍵貸します · 全 15 章

すべて見る →
次のチャプター · 第 11 章good-time CharlieFran Rehearses the Cover 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再生中 · 第 10 章touch and goBaxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran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
第 10 / 15 章 · 残り約 21 分