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The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 9 / 18 章 · 3'21" · C1

John's Caveman Claim Under Fire, Explained：So much for

The group presses a man who calls himself a Cro-Magnon on illness, scars, and lab tests; the argument is less about proof than about whether a story that offends common sense can be allowed to stand. One line cuts to the chase: "I don't wanna prove it."

あらすじ

In a room, a group of academics questions a man who says he is a Cro-Magnon. They ask about illnesses, scars, and whether he will submit to lab tests; he resists proof, while the others debate evidence, common sense, and the myth of the all-knowing immortal.

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注目の表現

lie on the couchat face valueleery ofWalls have ears

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このシーンの表現

So much for

that grand idea is finished

Once endless study still falls behind, the line dismisses the all-knowing immortal as a failed idea.

So much for the idea that a longer meeting fixes a bad plan.

このシーンの他の表現

  • lie on the couch

    lie on a therapist's couch

  • at face value

    accept what is stated before testing it

  • leery of

    wary of something and slow to trust it

  • Walls have ears

    someone unseen may be listening

  • not as crazy as

    not as mad as you believe I am

このシーンのメモ一覧

78 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

発音sure about

Stress sure and keep about light.

No, I'm sure about that.
表現 · B1give someone a name

assigned the group an official name them means the Cro-Magnons, not the listeners

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
文法 · B2when anthropology gave them a name

time clause: The when-clauses time the naming; the point is that the name was already his.

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
表現 · B1have more to say

still have something left to tell

I'm sure you must have more to say.
表現 · B1as much as anyone

to the same extent as ordinary people

Sure, as much as anyone.
表現 · B1get over something

recovered from an illness the fevers passed; this is not emotional recovery

Last few hundred years, I've gotten over typhoid, yellow fever,
表現 · B2take something at face value

accept what is stated before testing it

Someone asks the room to park its disbelief and follow the scar claim for a while.

Please, let's take John's story at face value and explore it from that perspective.
表現 · B2no stranger than something

not odder than the other claims the rest means his other claims, not the other people

If he doesn't scar, it's no stranger than the rest.
表現 · B2friendly neighborhood + role

a mock-cozy way to name one's job not a real neighbor; the tests are being softened

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
表現 · B2suffer a few tests

put up with a short battery of tests suffer is ironic endurance, not a disaster

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
表現 · B1figure someone out

work someone out completely scientific scrutiny, not emotional understanding

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
発音me out

Glide a light y between me and out.

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Fine among friends; skip it in formal writing.

I don't wanna prove it.
表現 · C1the yarn of the century

a wildly exaggerated tale yarn means a tall tale, not thread

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
文法 · B2the yarn of the century

appositive: The comma phrase renames this as a gigantic tall tale.

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
表現 · B1shouldn't have expected someone to

it was wrong to expect that

I guess I shouldn't have expected you to.
文法 · C1as you think I am

comparison clause: The as-clause sets the standard as his madness, not the listener's.

You're not as crazy as you think I am.
表現 · B2remain courteous to someone

stay polite despite disbelief

I think we should remain courteous to someone who we've known and trusted, Edith.
表現 · B2laugh at someone inside

mocking people without showing it

Are you laughing at us inside?
表現 · B2offend common sense

clash with ordinary reason

What you're saying - it offends common sense.
表現 · B1the way something works

how nature actually behaves

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
文法 · C1So does relativity

so inversion: So does borrows offends common sense and applies it to relativity.

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
文法 · B2If you lived as long as John did

unreal conditional: Past lived marks a hypothetical life; wouldn't says maturity still fails.

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
発音wouldn't grow

Let the t in wouldn't fade before grow.

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
スラング · A2guys

you all, informally — Use it with peers, not with seniors.

Come on, guys. Take it easy.
表現 · B2behind the times

outdated; no longer current

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
発音a little behind

Tap the t in little instead of biting it.

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
表現 · B1keep up with something

stay level with new developments

The same in other areas- I can't keep up with the new stuff that comes along.
表現 · B2so much for something

that grand idea is finished

Once endless study still falls behind, the line dismisses the all-knowing immortal as a failed idea.

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
発音So much for

Stress much and let for drop away.

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
表現 · B1see someone's point

understand and grant that point

I see your point, John.

「John's Caveman Claim Under Fire」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the surface, the scene is not only about whether an impossible story is true. It is about what a group does with a friend who will not play by the rules of evidence. The lab offer sounds friendly—"suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist"—but it would turn a person into a specimen. The line "I don't wanna prove it" refuses that exchange: belief cannot be demanded or manufactured. The others split between curiosity, irritation, and the wish to remain courteous. When someone says the story "offends common sense," the answer is that relativity and quantum mechanics do too; the real question is how far common sense can stretch before trust breaks.

Theme

PhilosophyA friendly gathering turns into a debate about evidence, common sense, and whether an all-knowing immortal could exist.
TrustThe group weighs affection and courtesy against suspicion when a trusted friend refuses to prove his story.

発音のポイント

  • sure about — Stress sure and keep about light.
  • me out — Glide a light y between me and out.
  • wouldn't grow — Let the t in wouldn't fade before grow.
  • a little behind — Tap the t in little instead of biting it.
When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.

The line ties the speaker's own label to the moment anthropologists identified and named the Cro-Magnon: the label and his self-understanding arrived together.

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.

The line jokes that a lab visit could become a thousand-year captivity, with cigarette-smoking men trying to figure him out.

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?

The question challenges the story as the yarn of the century and points out that he seems indifferent to whether anyone believes it.

You're not as crazy as you think I am.

It is a teasing comeback: the other person is not as crazy as they believe the speaker to be.

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.

A jab at someone's immaturity: even living as long as the man under questioning would not make that person grow up.

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.

The line dismisses the myth of a super-wise, all-knowing immortal: even a very old man cannot keep up with every field.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the group want him to take medical tests?

Because tests are offered as a way to prove his claim; one line says medical tests might be a way of proving what he says.

Why is he leery of labs?

The line about going in and staying for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure him out gives the reason: a lab visit could mean long captivity and scrutiny.

What does "yarn of the century" mean here?

It means an extraordinary, almost unbelievable story—the kind that could define a century. The question calls it a huge story and notes that the teller seems not to care whether they believe it.

Does he want to prove his story?

No. The refusal to prove it rejects the demand for proof, and the line about being leery of labs also shows reluctance when tests are suggested.

Why does someone say the story offends common sense?

Because it clashes with what they think nature allows: a man who does not scar and says he has lived for centuries. The reply cites relativity and quantum mechanics as ideas that also defy common sense.

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