be flagged for monitoring
An airport officer tells Walter he has been flagged for monitoring after his trip.
You made the watch list.The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013 — 第 14 / 16 章 · 2'55" · B2
Todd Meets Walter After Detention, Explained：a lot on your plate
Walter comes home to find he has been put on a watch list, and Todd from eHarmony shows up at the airport to collect him. Over Cinnabons, Todd jokes about the pastry and mentions that Cheryl ignored every wink. Then he tells Walter the truth: "You are so not how I pictured you."
あらすじ
Walter lands back home only to learn he has made the watch list and gets held for questioning about how he reached Afghanistan. Todd, the eHarmony rep, is waiting for him with a hug and takes him for a Cinnabon. They talk about Cheryl, who never answered a single wink, and Todd tells Walter he is nothing like the man he had imagined.
注目の表現
make the watch lista lot on your platechoosyfrosted heroin
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このシーンの表現
a lot on your plate
many things to deal with
Hearing Walter lost his job and the negative, Todd tells him he has enough to handle already.
You already have a lot on your plate.
このシーンの他の表現
- make the watch list
be flagged for monitoring
- choosy
picky, hard to please
- frosted heroin
an exaggerated praise for a sweet
- in the space of
within a span of time
- how I pictured you
the way I imagined you
このシーンのメモ一覧
60 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
a ban on travel
How did you get to Afghanistan? There's a travel ban.get something returned
Can I have my fife back?know somebody there
Do you know anyone in Los Angeles?be capable of doing
Anybody here who might be able to verify that you're Walter Mitty?relative clause: The who-clause modifies Anybody and names the kind of person needed.
Anybody here who might be able to verify that you're Walter Mitty?jokingly, the detention room — A joking label; not for formal use.
Airport prison, huh?while having a snack
Tell me all about it over a Cinnabon. Come on.Link all about it so it sounds like one long word.
Tell me all about it over a Cinnabon. Come on.held in custody
How long were you detained for, by the way?Were you weakens to /wər jə/ in fast speech.
How long were you detained for, by the way?an exaggerated praise for a sweet
Watching Walter eat the Cinnabon, Todd uses an absurd metaphor to say it is addictive.
That's frosted heroin. That's what you're eating, my friend.an addictive sweet, jokingly — An extreme joke; never use it in formal talk.
That's frosted heroin. That's what you're eating, my friend.within a span of time
Todd says that in the space of two hours he went from matchmaker to airport pickup.
In the space of two hours. It was crazy.a hard-to-please person
That's a choosy lady.picky — Casual; picky is more neutral in formal talk.
That's a choosy lady.immediately after
I'll send you a check as soon as I sell the piano.time clause: As soon as plus present tense expresses a future moment in time clauses.
I'll send you a check as soon as I sell the piano.many things to deal with
Hearing Walter lost his job and the negative, Todd tells him he has enough to handle already.
You have a lot on your plate.imagine someone
You are so not how I pictured you.predicative clause: The how-clause acts as the complement of is, describing the gap from expectation.
You are so not how I pictured you.The d in pictured often drops before you.
You are so not how I pictured you.or that kind of thing
decided to become the lead singer of The Strokes or something like that.infinitive object: The infinitive to become is the object of decided, naming the chosen action.
decided to become the lead singer of The Strokes or something like that.「Todd Meets Walter After Detention」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is the film's most ordinary scene and one of its warmest. Walter has crossed mountains and oceans, and he comes home to a snack counter and a customer-service rep who treats the whole thing as a story to hear over a pastry. The comedy is in the contrast: border guards, a travel ban, and a Cinnabon, all in the same afternoon. Todd's running commentary carries the scene, from his joke that the pastry is "frosted heroin" to his verdict that Cheryl is a choosy lady. But the line that matters is quieter: "You are so not how I pictured you." The man who felt invisible has been seen by someone — a stranger, no less — and the film treats that as a small reward.
Theme
IdentityTodd tells Walter he is nothing like the gray figure he expected, marking how much Walter has changed.
FriendshipA near-stranger waits at the airport, buys a pastry, and treats Walter's adventure as something worth hearing.
このチャプターで学べること
- The flat official tone makes the watch list line land hard.
- Todd's pastry metaphor is the scene's comic peak.
- A lot on your plate turns worry into something you can picture.
- The scene ends on how wrong an imagined person can be.
発音のポイント
- all about it — Link all about it so it sounds like one long word.
- were you — Were you weakens to /wər jə/ in fast speech.
- pictured you — The d in pictured often drops before you.
You made the watch list.The flat official line that turns Walter's grand adventure into a security problem the moment he lands.
How did you get to Afghanistan? There's a travel ban.The question that shows how far outside the rules Walter has gone while chasing the photograph.
That's frosted heroin. That's what you're eating, my friend.Todd's joke about how addictive the pastry is, a way of keeping the conversation light after a heavy trip.
You have a lot on your plate.A gentle, idiomatic way of saying Walter is already dealing with too much, offered instead of more questions.
You are so not how I pictured you.The line that reframes Walter: the colorless man from a dating profile has turned into somebody worth looking at.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Walter on the watch list?
Because he travelled to Afghanistan to find Sean, and there is a travel ban. He got in through Yemen, and the stop makes him a security concern on his return.
Who is Todd?
Todd is the eHarmony representative who handled Walter's dating profile. He shows up at the airport to meet Walter and takes him for a Cinnabon so they can talk.
What does Todd say about Cheryl?
He notes that Cheryl never answered a single wink while she was on the site, and calls her a choosy lady. Walter does not disagree.
How does Todd describe Walter?
He says Walter is nothing like he pictured, not a gray little piece of paper but more like Indiana Jones who decided to front a rock band.
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第 2 章play outThe Office Learns It's Acquired
第 3 章man crushWalter and Cheryl Meet at the Office
第 4 章non-vitalTed Announces LIFE's Last Issue
第 5 章work backwardsWalter Learns to Work Backwards
第 6 章soul matesWalter and Cheryl Walk Together
第 7 章follow up on somethingWalter Finds a Lead in Greenland
第 8 章speak from the heartWalter Searches a Greenland Pub
第 9 章made the gradeWalter Takes the Helicopter to Greenland
第 10 章kick-assWalter Jumps Into the Ocean
第 11 章end upWalter Calls Cheryl From Iceland
第 12 章get something out of your systemWalter Learns Sean Visited His Mom
第 13 章ask for attentionWalter Finds Sean in the Himalayas
再生中 · 第 14 章a lot on your plateTodd Meets Walter After Detention
第 15 章fell off the face of the EarthWalter Finally Asks Cheryl Out
第 16 章do whateverThe 'Stay Alive' Travel Montage第 14 / 16 章 · 残り約 5 分