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Anna! Darling! This is a surprise.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 2'35" · B1
Anna Brings Home a Fiance, Explained：take my breath away
Anna bursts in from university with a young man and a marriage plan, asking for her mother's "blessing." Lucy is delighted — "Anna, you quite take my breath away" — yet the same visit quietly asks her to give up the house she loves and move in with the newlyweds. The celebration is also a goodbye in disguise.
あらすじ
Anna, now at university, slips away and comes home with a young man named Bill — Sir Evelyn Scathe, a naval sublieutenant — and announces they are thinking of getting engaged. Lucy is stunned and happy, sends Bill to make himself at home, and tells Martha to set two more places for tea. Then Anna asks her mother to move in with them, and Lucy gently refuses.
注目の表現
take my breath awaymake yourself at homeown waymore in my line
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このシーンの表現
take my breath away
to amaze someone
Anna blurts out her engagement, and a startled Lucy scolds her with this breathless phrase.
Every time I see the sea, it takes my breath away.
このシーンの他の表現
- make yourself at home
relax like it is your home
- own way
whatever she wants
- more in my line
more to my taste
- hard to explain
difficult to put into words
このシーンのメモ一覧
54 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
get away from a place
How did you get off from the university?The t in don't often drops and know I'm links together.
They don't know I'm away.agree to marry
His real name is Sir Evelyn Anthony Peregrine Scathe, so of course he's called Billy, and we're thinking of getting engaged.conditional clause: If sets a condition and keep on doing marks a repeated action.
Well, I haven't even asked her yet, but if she keeps on committing us, I suppose I'll have to.seek approval
We've come for your blessing, Mummy, and we haven't had tea.For your blurs toward fə-jə in quick speech.
We've come for your blessing, Mummy, and we haven't had tea.an extra two
There will be two more for tea, Martha.a chance to consider
Gracious. You haven't given me time to think.an old exclamation of surprise — Dated British exclamation; mild surprise or protest.
Gracious. You haven't given me time to think.parenthetical guess: I gather introduces something inferred rather than known for certain.
I gather his name is Sir Evelyn Scathe, and you want to marry him.at a social dance
I met him at a dance in London.serving at sea
He's a sublieutenant in the navy.a fondness for
You know my weakness for sailormen.I had not heard that
Well, it's the first I've heard of it.a lifelong habit
It's a lifelong vice.it doesn't matter — Nonstandard, subject-dropping speech; casual only.
Don't matter what you say.ever in my life
I've never been so happy in all my life.spend time uselessly
Then I'm happy, too, and I shan't waste time with questions.shall not — Old-fashioned contraction; rare in modern speech.
Then I'm happy, too, and I shan't waste time with questions.share a home with us
You're to come and live with us, you and Martha.so large a part of life
You've been alone so much of your life.comparative: Much more ... than compares two states, stressing a stronger degree.
You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself, even it's people you love.decide differently
No, not a bit, but if you ever change your mind...「Anna Brings Home a Fiance」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is a happy engagement visit: Anna has found a titled naval officer and wants her mother's blessing. Underneath, it is a tug-of-war over Lucy's independence. Anna assumes her widowed mother has been lonely and should now be folded into the new household. Lucy refuses without a scene, and her reason is the scene's real subject: "You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself, even it's people you love." She has built a life — and a house, Gull Cottage — that she will not trade for company. A line thrown at Anna, "She'll have her own way, same as her mother," and Lucy's quiet "I shall live here till I die" frame the real question: whose life is it?
Theme
Family loveAnna wants her mother's blessing, but Lucy won't reshape her life around the newlyweds.
LonelinessLucy argues that company can feel lonelier than solitude, and chooses to stay in her own house.
このチャプターで学べること
- Hospitality is Lucy's way of buying a moment to think.
- The engagement is announced before the groom can speak.
- Her refusal is gentle but leaves no room for debate.
- Martha's teasing keeps the family scene from turning solemn.
発音のポイント
- This is a — Link the three words so they run together.
- don't know — The t in don't often drops and know I'm links together.
- for your — For your blurs toward fə-jə in quick speech.
Anna, you quite take my breath away.Lucy's reaction to her daughter's sudden news: she is so startled and happy she can barely speak. 'Quite' here means 'completely.'
She'll have her own way, same as her mother.A dry aside about Anna: she will do exactly what she wants, just as Lucy always has. The joke is that the mother is being described by her own stubbornness.
I've never been so happy in all my life.Anna's answer to Lucy, dismissing any hesitation: this engagement is the happiest thing that has ever happened to her.
You can be much more alone with other people than you are by yourself, even it's people you love.Lucy's refusal in one line: company can feel more isolating than solitude, even when the people around you are loved ones.
I love this house, and I've been very happy here, and I shall live here till I die.Lucy ends the argument about moving: Gull Cottage is not just property but the life she chose, and she will stay in it to the end.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Anna want her mother to move in with her and Bill?
Anna believes Lucy has been alone too long and that marriage means folding family back together. She and Bill have already discussed it — 'I've discussed it with Bill' — and she presents the move as settled: 'You're to come and live with us, you and Martha.' She means it kindly, but she never asks what Lucy wants.
Why does Lucy refuse to leave Gull Cottage?
She says plainly, 'I love this house, and I've been very happy here, and I shall live here till I die.' The cottage is the independence she built after her husband died — the one life that is entirely hers. Moving in with the newlyweds would mean giving that up, and she won't.
Is Bill actually proposing, or is Anna doing it for him?
Anna is running ahead: 'we're thinking of getting engaged,' she announces. Bill's reply is wry — 'I haven't even asked her yet, but if she keeps on committing us, I suppose I'll have to.' He is willing, but he clearly isn't the one driving the engagement.
Who is 'She' in 'She'll have her own way, same as her mother'?
'She' is Anna. The line is a dry aside that the daughter is just as headstrong as Lucy — both do exactly as they please. It is aimed at Lucy as much as at Anna, since it explains where Anna got it from.
Does Anna know about Captain Gregg?
Her final question — 'With Captain Gregg?' — suggests she senses something. Lucy lives at Gull Cottage, formerly the captain's house, and Anna has grown up hearing about him. The film leaves the ghost a private matter between Lucy and the house, so Anna's question hangs in the air.
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第 1 章come crawling backLucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
第 2 章be the judge ofLucy Insists on Gull Cottage
第 3 章obstinateLucy Rents the Haunted House
第 4 章spunkLucy Meets Captain Gregg's Ghost
第 5 章make a bargainGregg Strikes a Bargain with Lucy
第 6 章as it isLucy Tells the Captain About Edwin
第 7 章bats in the belfryIn-Laws Come to Take Lucy Home
第 8 章throw yourself atCaptain Gregg Dictates His Memoirs
第 9 章unvarnishedLucy Writes Captain Gregg's Memoir
第 10 章wouldn't dream ofGregg Dictates His Last Chapter
第 11 章cooped upCaptain Gregg Tells Lucy to Move On
第 12 章unvarnishedLucy Barges In on a Publisher
第 13 章a weakness forLucy Meets Miles in a Cab
第 14 章today of all daysCaptain Gregg Gets Jealous
第 15 章promise you the moonCaptain Gregg Says Goodbye to Lucy
第 16 章what possessed meMrs. Muir's Book Becomes a Success
再生中 · 第 17 章take my breath awayAnna Brings Home a Fiance
第 18 章hopelessly in loveAnna and Lucy Talk About the Captain第 17 / 18 章 · 残り約 3 分