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The Proposal · 2009 — 第 4 / 14 章 · 3'54" · B1

Andrew Makes Margaret Propose, Explained：with cherries on top

Margaret needs a husband to stay in the country, so she offers Andrew a fake marriage. He doesn't say yes; he prices the deal. "Promote you to editor? No, no way. Then I quit and you're screwed," he says — before trading his silence for a promotion and a proposal with her on one knee.

あらすじ

At the office, Margaret, a book editor facing deportation, asks her assistant Andrew to marry her for a green card. Andrew turns the favor into a negotiation: he wants her job for him, a real proposal, and the engagement announced on his terms. Later, in her apartment, the two cram for the immigration interview.

NegotiationProposalsBargainingAskingBoss & employeeB1fastamericanClean
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fell for itpop for youscrewedbe allergic to

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このシーンの表現

fell for it

be tricked or fooled by something

安德鲁在办公室里配合玛格丽特演完那出求婚戏，等人一走他就笑着夸她：太绝了，他真的信了，语气里全是看热闹的得意。

I can't believe I fell for that email scam.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pop for you

    pay for something, usually as a treat

  • screwed

    in serious trouble; ruined or cheated

  • be allergic to

    to react badly to a substance; to strongly dislike something

このシーンのメモ一覧

66 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2pop for something

pay for something, usually as a treat

I guess I will pop for you to fly first class. But make sure you use the mil.
文法 · B2for you to fly first class

infinitive clause

I guess I will pop for you to fly first class. But make sure you use the mil.
発音for you

weak form

I guess I will pop for you to fly first class. But make sure you use the mil.
文法 · B1If we don't get the miles

negative condition

If we don't get the miles we're not doing it.
表現 · B1confirm a mealOh, and please confirm the vegan meal, OK?
表現 · B2fall for something

be tricked or fooled by something

Genius. Genius. He completely fell for it.
表現 · B1that changes thingsThat changes things.
表現 · B2a slice of heavenAndrew. It really has been a little slice of heaven. Andrew. Andrew. Fine, fine.
表現 · B1make someone somethingI'll make you editor. Fine.
文法 · B2If you do the Alaska weekend and the immigration interview

if clause

If you do the Alaska weekend and the immigration interview, I will make you editor. Happy?
表現 · B1ask someone nicelyNow ask me nicely.
表現 · B2with cherries on topWould you please, with cherries on top, marry me?
発音on top

liaison

Would you please, with cherries on top, marry me?
表現 · B2appreciate the sarcasmOK, I don't appreciate the sarcasm, but I'll do it.
表現 · B1the good news is ...Now the good news is, is I know everything about you.
表現 · B1the bad news is ...but the bad news is that you have four days
表現 · B1get doing somethingto learn all this about me. So you should probably get studying.
発音get studying

elision

to learn all this about me. So you should probably get studying.
表現 · B1be allergic to something

to react badly to a substance; to strongly dislike something

Margaret answers the allergy question correctly, then twists it into a dig at his coldness.

What am I allergic to? Pine nuts. And the full spectrum of human emotion.
表現 · A2cancel an appointmentBut you canceled your appointment.
表現 · C1a squalid little apartmentAnd you probably live at some squalid little studio apartment with stacks of yellowed Penguin Classics.

「Andrew Makes Margaret Propose」を読み解く

What's really going on

What looks like a green-card favor is really a power struggle, and Andrew is the one holding the leverage. When Margaret offers to marry him, he doesn't take it as a gift; he makes her pay. "Promote you to editor? No, no way. Then I quit and you're screwed," he tells her, and she knows it's true — he is the only person who knows her well enough to pass the interview. So she trades: an editor's title, a real manuscript deal, a proper proposal on her knee. The scene is about two people who say they are faking a romance while negotiating the terms of a real one, and neither admits the deal is starting to matter.

Theme

PowerA green-card favor becomes a negotiation in which Andrew sets the price and Margaret pays.
DeceptionBoth agree to fake a marriage, but the terms they haggle over are the real deal they are making.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use if-clauses to negotiate a deal.
  • Use fall for it for being fooled.
  • Soften a request with with cherries on top.
  • Recognize first run as a book's initial printing.

発音のポイント

  • for you — weak form
  • on top — liaison
  • get studying — elision
Would you please, with cherries on top, marry me?

A sarcastic proposal: he asks her to marry him while mocking her demand that he ask nicely, adding a fake-sweet 'please' on top.

And you probably live at some squalid little studio apartment with stacks of yellowed Penguin Classics.

Margaret sneers at his cheap apartment and his used paperbacks, using his reading habit to put him down as poor and pretentious.

Say it like you mean it.

Margaret wants a sincere proposal, not a line read off a card, but by demanding it she reveals she cares about the words.

Ask me nicely to marry you, Margaret.

Andrew flips the power: the woman who is technically his boss must ask him properly, by name, as he holds out for respect.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Andrew make Margaret propose on one knee?

Because she is his boss and he has resented taking her orders; the proposal is his chance to make her ask for something from a position of less power.

Is Andrew bluffing when he says he'll quit?

Partly. He knows Margaret cannot pass the immigration interview without him, so quitting would sink her. He uses that leverage to win a job he actually wants.

What does 'with cherries on top' mean here?

It comes from ordering a sundae with a cherry on top. Andrew adds it to his proposal to mock Margaret's demand for sweetness, as if extra flattery were a topping.

Who has the upper hand in this negotiation?

Andrew, mostly. Margaret has the title and the money, but he has the knowledge she needs, so he keeps raising the price until she names him editor.

Why does Margaret agree to publish his manuscript?

It is another of his conditions. If she marries him and he plays the fiance for the interview, he wants a career out of the deal too, not just a favor.

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