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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 4 / 30 章 · 3'02" · B2

Candy Scolds Two Young Officers, Explained：by heart

Candy arrives at a London station and scolds two young officers for singing and shouting like rowdy civilians — until he sees the Victoria Cross on one of them and realises they are old comrades from South Africa. The tone flips from reprimand to warmth.

あらすじ

At a London station, Candy is about to leave when he hears two young officers singing loudly in public. He lectures them on behaving like drunkards while men are dying in South Africa — then spots the VC on one man's chest and recognises a fellow survivor from Jordaan Siding. He offers them a lift and wishes them a good leave.

AccusationsSmall talkComplainingConfrontingStrangersB2slowbritish
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注目の表現

growlers barredcould have done withthe VCshut up with

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このシーンの表現

by heart

from memory

With only one record left, they learned it by heart, a memory of the siege told as a joke.

She can recite the whole speech by heart.

このシーンの他の表現

  • growlers barred

    no old four-wheelers

  • could have done with

    would have welcomed

  • the VC

    the Victoria Cross

  • shut up with

    locked up together

  • give you a lift

    drive you there

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2call a cab

hail a taxi

- Call a cab, porter. - Yes, sir.
表現 · B2a hansom

a two-wheeled cab

- A hansom. Growlers barred. - He knows, sir.
表現 · C1growlers barred

no old four-wheelers

The officer demands a hansom and bars the growlers; the porter answers that he knows the taste.

- A hansom. Growlers barred. - He knows, sir.
スラング · C1Growlers

noisy old cabs — Old London slang for rattling four-wheeled cabs, now gone.

- A hansom. Growlers barred. - He knows, sir.
表現 · B2could do with something

would have welcomed

The officer admits he would have welcomed a nap but has a theatre date, so the regret stays mild.

I could have done with a nap myself. I'm going to the theatre tonight.
文法 · B2could have done with

modal perfect: Could have done looks back at a wish that was not met at the time.

I could have done with a nap myself. I'm going to the theatre tonight.
発音Can't you

The t in can't is often dropped before you: can-you.

- Can't you sleep there? - Invited. Two ladies.
表現 · B2grumble about something

civilians are complaining

Hm. No wonder civilians are grumbling about the Army.
表現 · B2a nice state of things

a fine mess Nice is ironic here, meaning what a disgrace.

It's a nice state of things.
表現 · B1lose one's life

be killed

Officers and men losing their lives in South Africa, while young officers are roaring about public places like drunkards.
文法 · B2Officers and men losing their lives in South Africa

participle clause: The -ing clause describes the officers and men, replacing a full relative clause.

Officers and men losing their lives in South Africa, while young officers are roaring about public places like drunkards.
表現 · B2be shut up with someone

confined together Not told to be quiet but confined with her.

We were shut up with her for seven months near Jordaan Siding.
文法 · B1were shut up with

passive voice: The passive were shut up puts the men on the receiving end of being confined.

We were shut up with her for seven months near Jordaan Siding.
表現 · B1know something by heart

from memory

With only one record left, they learned it by heart, a memory of the siege told as a joke.

Mignon. We had a phonograph and broke every record but that one. We know it by heart.
表現 · A2give someone a lift

drive you there

The older man offers the two officers a lift, and they politely decline because a cab is waiting.

- Can I give you a lift? - No, thank you, sir. We've got a cab.
発音give you a lift

Run give you together as giv-yer, ending with a crisp lift.

- Can I give you a lift? - No, thank you, sir. We've got a cab.
スラング · C1The old horse thief

the old rogue — A period-flavoured, teasing nickname for an old rascal.

- Another hansom. - The old horse thief.
発音ridden in one

The d before in is flapped, so the words run as one.

- Have you ever ridden in one? - Rather. All the way to Epsom.
スラング · B2Rather

certainly — An old, slightly stiff British yes, rare in everyday talk.

- Have you ever ridden in one? - Rather. All the way to Epsom.
スラング · C1Topping

excellent — Early twentieth-century British upper-class praise, now period-flavoured.

- Lovely lines, hasn't she? - Topping.
表現 · B2a hot potato

baked potato; a tricky issue The vendor means a baked potato; the idiom also means a tricky problem.

- A hot potato, sir? - No, no. We've just come over for a warm.
表現 · C1beastly weather

awful light rain

The same beastly drizzle. The same fog and soot. Good old London.
発音Good old London

Link Good old into goo-dold without a break.

The same beastly drizzle. The same fog and soot. Good old London.
文法 · B1you gave The Times

relative clause: The clause you gave The Times describes the interview and drops its relative pronoun.

Now, listen, Suggie. You remember that interview you gave The Times?
表現 · B1mean to say

are you suggesting

Told that someone really read the interview, he asks in surprise whether they mean to say it.

- You don't mean to say you read it? - Me? No.
表現 · B2lay eyes on someone

set eyes on

- Pretty? - Never laid eyes on her, but she read it.
スラング · B2big ape

great lump — A fond insult between friends, offensive to strangers.

- Why? - Well, read it, you big ape.
表現 · A2find out

discover

You'll find out. It's interesting.

「Candy Scolds Two Young Officers」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene turns on a class of English officer who is horrified by public noise and won over by a medal. Candy begins as a moralist, telling the young men to be ashamed and contrasting them with soldiers dying in South Africa; it is the performance of a man who believes in decorum above almost everything. Then he sees the VC, and the lecture dissolves — "You're Candy. 'Sugar' Candy!" — into the recognition of a shared past. The comradeship of the camp, where they all knew the same aria by heart, overrides the scolding entirely. The warm goodbye that follows — "I hope you two boys enjoy your leave. You've earned it." — is the film's affection and its blind spot in one: the same man who cannot bear noise in the street can only relate to fellow soldiers.

Theme

DutyCandy measures the young officers against soldiers dying in South Africa, then forgives them the moment he sees proof of shared service.
GenerationsAn older officer and two young ones move from scolding to recognition, bonded by a camp song and a medal rather than by age.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Give someone a lift means drive them there.
  • By heart means from memory, word for word.
  • Growlers barred bans noisy four-wheeled cabs.
  • Hot potato is both a baked snack and a tricky issue.

発音のポイント

  • Can't you — The t in can't is often dropped before you: can-you.
  • give you a lift — Run give you together as giv-yer, ending with a crisp lift.
  • ridden in one — The d before in is flapped, so the words run as one.
  • Good old London — Link Good old into goo-dold without a break.
I could have done with a nap myself. I'm going to the theatre tonight.

A wry aside about rest and duty: he would have liked a nap, but the evening is already spoken for by the theatre.

Ought to be ashamed of yourselves, yelling and screaming like some damned... damned foreigner.

The scolding at its most Victorian: loud young officers are told they are behaving like foreigners, which for Candy is the severest insult available.

Officers and men losing their lives in South Africa, while young officers are roaring about public places like drunkards.

The charge behind the scolding: real soldiers are dying abroad while these men make a spectacle of themselves at home.

I hope you two boys enjoy your leave. You've earned it.

The turnaround line: once he knows they are comrades, the same man who was scolding them now sends them off with warmth and respect.

- Why? - Well, read it, you big ape.

A friendly insult closes the scene: curiosity is met with a joke and an order to read the letter for himself.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Candy scold the two officers?

Because they are singing and shouting in public, and he thinks officers should behave better — especially while soldiers are dying in South Africa.

What changes Candy's attitude toward them?

The Victoria Cross on one man's chest. Once he sees it and learns where they served, he stops lecturing and treats them as old comrades.

Who is Hopwell?

One of the young officers; Candy recognises his family name and asks if he is the son of Barney Hopwell of the 66th. It turns a stranger into a comrade.

What is the letter about at the end of the scene?

It has passed through many hands to reach Candy, carried from Berlin by way of a governess's sister. Suggie will not explain it, only tells him to read it himself.

What does "growlers barred" mean?

It is Candy's instruction about the cab: he wants a hansom and will not take a growler, an old four-wheeled cab. It shows his fussy, particular style.

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