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The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 1 / 18 章 · 2'42" · B2

John Gets Itchy Feet, Explained：itchy feet

Friends throw a goodbye party days after John resigns, then ask why he is giving up tenure and a turn as department chair with nowhere to go. He will not call it a problem. "After a while, I get itchy feet" is the whole answer, and someone notes he has not aged a day in ten years.

あらすじ

John's colleagues throw a goodbye with taquitos, wings, and beer, annoyed that he resigned only days ago and will barely eat. A painting like a Van Gogh turns up, and he calls it a gift. Asked why he is leaving tenure with nowhere to go, he calls it cabin fever and itchy feet, and says he has done this before. Someone answers that he is too young.

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注目の表現

a certain amount of troublemade up his mindstretcherBrilliant deduction

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このシーンの表現

itchy feet

an urge to move on after a long stay

He adds itchy feet after cabin fever, so leaving is an urge after a long stay, and the destination stays blank.

She gets itchy feet whenever a project runs past a year.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a certain amount of trouble

    put in quite a bit of effort

  • made up his mind

    finally reached a decision

  • stretcher

    the wooden frame under a canvas

  • Brilliant deduction

    sarcastic praise for an obvious guess

  • while you can

    do it before the chance ends

このシーンのメモ一覧

66 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1the point of something

the real reason for it

Kind of the point of a good-bye party, John.
表現 · B1a certain amount of trouble

put in quite a bit of effort

Someone softens the complaint by naming the effort before scolding him for not staying.

Went to a certain amount of trouble, you know?
表現 · B1could've at least done something

the least you could have done

Could've at least stayed a few minutes, huh?
発音Could've at least

Don't restore have in Could've; keep that ending light before at least.

Could've at least stayed a few minutes, huh?
発音a couple of

Keep of short between couple and days.

You only resigned a couple of days ago.
表現 · B2the X chair

the top history post chair is the post, not furniture.

You got the history chair at Stanford.
発音I wish

Put the weight on wish and keep I light.

I wish.
文法 · B2If we'd had more time, we'd have done

third conditional: They never had the extra time, so the grander party did not happen.

If we'd had more time, we'd have done something a little more grandiose.
スラング · A2A'right

all right, let it go — Casual acceptance; too loose for a formal reply.

A'right.
表現 · B1take over for someone

step into someone's job

Is George taking over for you?
表現 · B1make up one's mind

finally reached a decision

Two names are still in play, and the question only highlights that the dean has not chosen.

- George or Trimbell. - Has the dean made up his mind?
発音an original

Let the n in an slide into original.

Is that an original, John?
文法 · B1a gift someone gave me

relative clause: someone gave me tells which gift; that is simply left out.

No, it's just a gift someone gave me.
表現 · B2brilliant deduction

sarcastic praise for an obvious guess

The guess was empty, so the detective nickname lands as a pinch, not applause.

Brilliant deduction, Sherlock.
スラング · B2Sherlock

a sarcastic know-it-all jab — Teasing between friends; insulting to a boss.

Brilliant deduction, Sherlock.
表現 · B2have something looked at

get an expert to examine it

Surely you'll have this looked at, appraised?
スラング · B2That does it

that's enough, or that settles it — Spoken to mark finality or exasperation, not a polite topic change.

That does it.
表現 · B1it's been years since

a long gap since the last time

It's been years since I sat on a floor.
文法 · B1since I sat on a floor

since clause: sat marks the last time; the years sit in the main clause.

It's been years since I sat on a floor.
表現 · B2good old X

that familiar old place, named warmly

So you're leaving good old "we teach you."
表現 · B2truth time

stop hedging and be honest

Truth time, John.
表現 · C1give up tenure

walk away from a permanent post

Givin' up tenure...
表現 · B2in line to do something

next in succession Next in line for the job, not a queue.

A decade of professorship, in line to chain’ the department, and you don't know where you're going?
文法 · B2A decade of professorship, in line to chain’ the department

stacked phrases: The titles pile up so the question makes leaving sound absurd.

A decade of professorship, in line to chain’ the department, and you don't know where you're going?
表現 · B2cabin fever

restless after being stuck too long

Asked for a destination, he names a mood instead and keeps the map blank.

Call it cabin fever.
表現 · B2itchy feet

an urge to move on after a long stay

He adds itchy feet after cabin fever, so leaving is an urge after a long stay, and the destination stays blank.

After a while, I get itchy feet.
表現 · B2hasn't aged a day in X years

looks no older after years Looks unchanged, not a literal count of days.

And he hasn't aged a day in ten years.
表現 · B2would give anything to do something

want it badly enough to trade anything

The line inflates envy about his unchanged face until it is obviously not a real bargain.

Every woman on the faculty would give anything to have that secret.
表現 · B2what someone is after

the thing they actually want

Is that what they're after, Edith?

「John Gets Itchy Feet」を読み解く

What's really going on

Nobody is arguing about the food. Colleagues went to some trouble, and they want John to stay after resigning only days ago. He did not land the history chair at Stanford; the answer to that is "I wish." He is walking away from tenure and a decade in line to chair the department, with no destination. Someone calls "Truth time, John" and asks if there is a problem. The answer is "No," and an offer of help is appreciated, then refused. Next come "Call it cabin fever," "After a while, I get itchy feet," and "I've done this before." That last claim gets blocked: he is too young, and he has not aged a day in ten years. "Every woman on the faculty would give anything to have that secret" aims the joke at his face, and the following line throws it back at Edith. A painting like a Van Gogh, inscribed "to my friend Jacques Borne," is brushed off as a gift he would not sell.

Theme

SecretsHe names no destination or problem, calls the painting a gift, and a colleague treats his unaged face as a secret worth giving anything to have.
FriendshipColleagues bother to throw a goodbye, offer help, and keep asking why he is leaving tenure, even while he insists there is no problem.

発音のポイント

  • Could've at least — Don't restore have in Could've; keep that ending light before at least.
  • a couple of — Keep of short between couple and days.
  • I wish — Put the weight on wish and keep I light.
  • an original — Let the n in an slide into original.
If we'd had more time, we'd have done something a little more grandiose.

With only days' notice, the goodbye is taquitos and beer. This line jokes that a proper send-off would have been much grander.

A decade of professorship, in line to chain’ the department, and you don't know where you're going?

The case against the sudden exit: ten years as a professor, next in line to chair the department, and still no place he is going.

After a while, I get itchy feet.

The only reason offered for leaving. Not a job or a city, just restlessness that shows up after he stays in one place too long.

And he hasn't aged a day in ten years.

The reply to "I've done this before." A face that has not changed in ten years makes another career exit hard to believe.

Every woman on the faculty would give anything to have that secret.

The unchanged face is treated as a secret. Every woman on the faculty, the line jokes, would trade anything to know how he manages it.

Well, maybe sometime, but I wouldn't really want money for it.

Asked to have the painting appraised, he puts it off. He does not want to turn the picture into cash.

このシーンについての質問

Why is John leaving so quickly?

The furniture is going that afternoon, and he resigned only a couple of days ago. He will not give a city or a problem. The account on offer is "Call it cabin fever," "After a while, I get itchy feet," and "I've done this before." The reply to that last line is that he is too young, and that he has not aged a day in ten years.

Did John get the history chair at Stanford?

No. Someone tells him, "You got the history chair at Stanford." The next line is "I wish."

Is the painting an original Van Gogh?

Asked "Is that an original, John?" the answer is "No, it's just a gift someone gave me." Others still call it a superb copy, on the same stretcher Van Gogh used, with "to my friend Jacques Borne" on the back in French. The follow-up is that he would not really want money for it. The scene never settles what the painting is.

Why do they say he has not aged a day?

It answers "I've done this before." The line just before says he is too young to have done this already, and "And he hasn't aged a day in ten years" is the reason they give. The next line jokes that every woman on the faculty would give anything to have that secret.

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