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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013 — 第 5 / 16 章 · 4'57" · B2

Walter Learns to Work Backwards, Explained：work backwards

Cheryl explains her detective-writing class to Walter: the trick is to work backwards, connecting the clues and then scattering them again. Meanwhile, Walter tours a retirement home with his mother and sister, and agrees to a costlier villa so that his mother's piano will fit.

あらすじ

Walter asks Cheryl for help and she explains what she is learning in her mystery-writing class: work backwards, connect the clues, then scatter them so they look unrelated. While they study the photographs, Walter also visits the retirement home, where he arranges a bigger, pricier villa so his mother's piano will fit, and jokes that he is not the Queen of Sheba.

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注目の表現

get back to someonetrack someone downwork backwardsQueen of Sheba

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このシーンの表現

work backwards

reason from the end back

Cheryl borrows a trick from her mystery-writing class, telling Walter to reason backwards.

Let's work backwards from the deadline.

このシーンの他の表現

  • get back to someone

    reply to someone later

  • track someone down

    find someone after searching

  • Queen of Sheba

    a very rich person

  • cramping your scene

    getting in the way of your life

  • memento

    an object kept as a reminder

このシーンのメモ一覧

107 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2get back to someone

reply to someone later

Walter reports that he asked Peg about Sean and she promised to reply later.

So, I called Peg about Sean. She's gonna get back to me.
発音back to me

Back links into to, sounding like back-tuh-me.

So, I called Peg about Sean. She's gonna get back to me.
表現 · C1jeweler's loupes

small magnifying lenses

These? No, these are loupes.
表現 · A2can't find something

be unable to locate it

You can't find it?
表現 · B2track someone down

find someone after searching

Walter says he will use the other images to track Sean down, part detective, part pep talk.

I'm trying to track him down somehow with these other images.
表現 · B2work backwards

reason from the end back

Cheryl borrows a trick from her mystery-writing class, telling Walter to reason backwards.

Anyway, they say the key is to work backwards.
発音key is to

Key is runs together, with is reduced to a light iz.

Anyway, they say the key is to work backwards.
表現 · B2seem unrelated

appear unconnected

You connect the clues and then scatter them so they seem unrelated.
文法 · B2so they seem unrelated

so-clause: The so-clause states the result of scattering the clues, how they should look.

You connect the clues and then scatter them so they seem unrelated.
表現 · B2get fired

lose your job

Well, anyway, I should get back and try not to get fired.
発音get fired

The t in get is barely released before fired.

Well, anyway, I should get back and try not to get fired.
表現 · B2a memento of someone

a keepsake from someone

Because it's a memento of our mom's.
文法 · B1Because it's a memento of our mom's

because-clause: The because-clause gives the reason behind the request for a bigger apartment.

Because it's a memento of our mom's.
表現 · B2mean a lot to someone

matter greatly to someone

It means a lot to her.
表現 · B2first month's and last month's rent

the rent for two months

On move-in, you'd need first month's, last month's, and full deposit.
表現 · B2pay a full deposit

the complete security deposit

On move-in, you'd need first month's, last month's, and full deposit.
表現 · B1come open

become available

The new villa comes open in three weeks.
文法 · A2when we were little

time clause: The when-clause anchors the memory to the years when they were children.

This was your favorite thing when we were little. Do you remember?
表現 · B2I'm not the Queen of Sheba

a very rich person

Walter agrees to the pricier villa, and Odessa jokes she is not the Queen of Sheba, though she means it.

A villa, okay, but hey, I'm not the Queen of Sheba.
スラング · B2Queen of Sheba

a very rich person — A joking way to say you are not rich; do not aim it at others.

A villa, okay, but hey, I'm not the Queen of Sheba.
表現 · B2cramp someone's style

getting in the way of your life

Before staying at Odessa's, Walter checks whether he will be cramping her scene.

I won't be cramping your scene?
表現 · B1donate something to someone

give it away to charity

You should donate that, because you never used it, to a poor kid.
発音that nifty

The t in that links into nifty, almost tha-nifty.

Well, I really liked that nifty mohawk.
スラング · B1nifty

clever and neat — A light compliment; use clever in formal settings.

Well, I really liked that nifty mohawk.
表現 · B2be named after someone

given someone's name

Mom recalls Walter's job after his father died, noting the shop was named after a father.

the one that was named after a father, had that father kind of name.
文法 · B2working in a restaurant named after a father

participle phrase: The -ing phrase describes the situation, roughly while you were working there.

working in a restaurant named after a father after your father just died.
表現 · A2call someone something

address someone as

Probably because I didn't call Dad "Papa."

「Walter Learns to Work Backwards」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter pairs two halves of Walter's life: the case he is trying to solve and the family he keeps quietly taking care of. With Cheryl, he borrows the language of a mystery class — "the key is to work backwards" — as if a method could substitute for courage; the film is gentle about the joke. With his mother and sister, the stakes are smaller but realer: the piano is a memento of his parents' marriage, and Walter pays for a more expensive apartment rather than let it go. The best line is his dry protest, "I'm not the Queen of Sheba," which says both that he cannot afford this and that he will do it anyway. The Walter box and the mentions of his old delivery jobs add the missing piece: a man who gave up his own plans years ago and has been looking after everyone since.

Theme

Family loveWalter quietly pays for a bigger apartment so his mother can keep the piano, a memento of her marriage.
MemoryThe piano, the Walter box and the old photographs turn the visit into a tour of a life Walter gave up.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Working backwards is a method, not a memory.
  • Tracing clues turns the scene into a quiet detective story.
  • Queen of Sheba is a warm way to say you are not rich.
  • Family nagging hides affection in this chapter.

発音のポイント

  • back to me — Back links into to, sounding like back-tuh-me.
  • key is to — Key is runs together, with is reduced to a light iz.
  • get fired — The t in get is barely released before fired.
  • that nifty — The t in that links into nifty, almost tha-nifty.
Anyway, they say the key is to work backwards.

Cheryl passing on her writing class's advice, a method Walter hopes to apply to a real missing person.

You connect the clues and then scatter them so they seem unrelated.

The technique explained: build the chain of clues first, then hide it in plain sight.

Most people sell their really big mementos before they move here.

The retirement home's blunt rule, which forces Walter to choose between the piano and the practical answer.

A villa, okay, but hey, I'm not the Queen of Sheba.

Walter's joke while agreeing to a higher rent, admitting the cost and accepting it.

You should donate that, because you never used it, to a poor kid.

His sister's teasing about the travel journal, prodding at a plan he never carried out.

Probably because I didn't call Dad "Papa."

Walter's deadpan answer about working at Papa John's after his father died, deflecting the sad coincidence with a joke.

このシーンについての質問

What does Cheryl teach Walter?

She shares what she is learning in a mystery-writing class: work backwards from the desired result, connect the clues, then scatter them so they look unrelated to anyone else.

Why does Walter rent a more expensive apartment?

Because the retirement home cannot fit his mother's piano, which is a memento of her marriage. He chooses a villa with a bigger living room so she can keep it.

What is the Walter box?

It is a box his mother keeps with his old things, like keepsakes, souvenirs and mix tapes. Looking through it brings back the plans he had before his father died.

Why does the piano matter so much?

His father bought it for his mother the year they married, so it stands for their whole life together. Getting rid of it would mean losing that history.

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