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The Shop Around the Corner · 1940 — 第 12 / 19 章 · 5'48" · B2

Kralik and Novak Meet at the Cafe, Explained：instead of a heart, a handbag

Two coworkers run into each other at a cafe, each waiting for a mysterious correspondent. The small talk curdles fast: "And I'll thank you not to be sarcastic" lands, and what should be a polite evening turns into a duel neither will lose.

あらすじ

Klara Novak and Alfred Kralik, clerks at the same Budapest shop, arrive at a cafe for separate appointments, neither knowing the other is the pen pal they are waiting for. What begins as a request for a spare chair becomes a fight; one of them sneers, the other snaps back, and the evening ends with an insult about being an insignificant clerk.

First datesArgumentsTeasingConfrontingCoworkersB2fastamericanClean
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注目の表現

I'll thank you not to be sarcasticgo to the trouble of scratching the surfaceinstead of a heart, a handbagmake fun of

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このシーンの表現

instead of a heart, a handbag

a mocking figure that replaces a human quality with an object

诺瓦克小姐被克拉利克惹火，于是回敬一串排比，用 instead of a heart, a handbag 起头，把他一句句拆开，说他的心是手提包、灵魂是行李箱、头脑是坏打火机。

She summed up the cold businessman at a glance: instead of a heart, a handbag.

このシーンの他の表現

  • I'll thank you not to be sarcastic

    a polite but pointed way of telling someone to stop

  • go to the trouble of scratching the surface

    to make the effort to look beneath the surface

  • make fun of

    取笑、拿某人开玩笑

このシーンのメモ一覧

98 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · B1be expecting someoneOh, no! No, you can't! I-I'm expecting somebody.
表現 · B1should be here any minuteHe probably should be here any minute.
発音should be here any minute

weak form

He probably should be here any minute.
スラング · B2PhooeyYou can imagine, the man must've come in taken one look at her, said, "Phooey!"
表現 · B1have nothing to worry aboutOh, listen, you have nothing to worry about.
表現 · B1quite a coincidenceWell, quite a coincidence. I had an appointment here, too.
表現 · B2have you seen someone by any chanceWhy, you haven't seen Mr. Pirovitch by any chance?
発音by any chance

liaison

Why, you haven't seen Mr. Pirovitch by any chance?
文法 · B1Do you mind if I sit down

do you mind if for permission

- Do you mind if I sit down? - Yes, I do.
発音Do you mind if I sit down

elision

- Do you mind if I sit down? - Yes, I do.
表現 · B2I'll thank you not to do somethingAnd I'll thank you not to be sarcastic.
表現 · A2wish someone good luckWell, I congratulate you. I wish you good luck.
表現 · B2go in for somethingI didn't know you went in for high literature.
表現 · B2go to the trouble of doing somethingYou know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
表現 · C1wouldn't care to do somethingWell, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.
表現 · B2nicely putWell, that's very nicely put.
表現 · B2pay someone a complimentI'm only trying to pay you a compliment.
表現 · B1spoil someone's eveningAre you deliberately trying to spoil my evening?
表現 · B2do someone harmWhy do you want to do me harm? Why do you hate me so?
文法 · C1What've you done to make me love you

present perfect with an infinitive of result

Well, why should I? What've you done to make me love you?
表現 · B1be out of a jobIt reminds me of a girl out of a job.
表現 · B2take this opportunity to do somethingAnd I'd like to take this opportunity, Miss Novak to inform you that I don't walk like a duck and I'm not bowlegged.
表現 · C1information to the contraryWell, I have information to the contrary.
表現 · B2make remarks about somethingHow would you like it if I started making remarks about how red your hands are?
文法 · B2You may have very beautiful thoughts but you certainly hide them

may for concession with but

You may have very beautiful thoughts but you certainly hide them.
表現 · B2have a tough time doing somethingAs far as your actions are concerned you're cold and snippy like an old maid and you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you.
表現 · A2fall in love with someoneAs far as your actions are concerned you're cold and snippy like an old maid and you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you.
文法 · B2you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you

have a tough time doing something

As far as your actions are concerned you're cold and snippy like an old maid and you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you.
スラング · B2old maidAs far as your actions are concerned you're cold and snippy like an old maid and you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you.
表現 · B2open someone's eyesWhy, I could show you letters that would open your eyes.
表現 · C1it isn't even funnyThey're written by a type of man so far superior to you it isn't even funny.

「Kralik and Novak Meet at the Cafe」を読み解く

What's really going on

Both are here for the same reason and neither knows it: this quarrel is between two people who are, anonymously, already in love. The literary name-dropping isn't small talk; each is quietly taking the other's measure. "You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth," one of them says — which is exactly the mistake they are both making about each other. The answer is the scene's cruelest line: "Instead of a heart, a handbag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase." The wit is real and so is the hurt; underneath the insults is an attraction neither will admit.

Theme

RomanceTwo secret pen pals quarrel face to face, with love hiding behind every insult.
PrideNeither will bend first; each barb is a way to save face and wound the other.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use go in for to show interest.
  • Catch the estimating tone of what amounts to.
  • Use make fun of for teasing.
  • Hear politeness hiding sarcasm and self-defense.

発音のポイント

  • should be here any minute — weak form
  • by any chance — liaison
  • Do you mind if I sit down — elision
You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

The film's key idea in one line: people rarely bother to look beneath appearances. Here it doubles as a complaint that she has misread him.

You may have very beautiful thoughts but you certainly hide them.

A backhanded compliment: he allows that she may have depth, then says she never lets anyone see it.

There are many things you don't know about me, Mr. Kralik.

Her warning that he has misjudged her — truer than she knows, since she is the pen pal he is waiting for.

Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik because I know exactly what I'd find.

She turns his metaphor back on him: no need to dig, because she claims she already knows how empty he is.

このシーンについての質問

Why are Klara and Kralik both at the cafe?

Each has a blind date with an anonymous pen pal. Neither realizes the person they are waiting for is the coworker already sitting across from them.

Who is Klara really waiting for?

The anonymous correspondent she has been writing to. That correspondent turns out to be Kralik himself, which is why the scene is so ironic.

Is Kralik being unfair to Klara?

Both give as good as they get. He starts it by sitting down uninvited and mocking her, but she fires back just as hard, so neither is innocent.

What does "old maid" mean here?

A dated, insulting term for an unmarried woman past the usual age. Kralik uses it to wound Klara by implying no man will ever want her.

Does Klara like Kralik at this point?

She insists she doesn't, and so does he. Each says they don't want the other's love, which is exactly what the film wants us to doubt.

桃色の店 · 全 19 章

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次のチャプター · 第 13 章kept in strictest confidenceMatuschek Confesses His Jealousy
第 1 章make something out of nothingMorning Gossip at Matuschek's第 2 章earn one's daily breadThe Anonymous Letter From Box 237第 3 章make up your mindMatuschek's Singing Cigarette Box第 4 章go through the whole routineA Job Seeker's Sales Pitch第 5 章have a weakness forSelling the Musical Candy Box第 6 章knock on woodKralik Reveals His Pen Pal第 7 章pick on someoneMatuschek Turns on Kralik第 8 章call it a dayKlara Asks Kralik for a Night Off第 9 章of one's own accordMatuschek Fires Kralik第 10 章mind your own businessMatuschek Learns of the Affair第 11 章had enough bad news for todayKralik's Blind Date Is Miss Novak再生中 · 第 12 章instead of a heart, a handbagKralik and Novak Meet at the Cafe第 13 章kept in strictest confidenceMatuschek Confesses His Jealousy第 14 章a yes manKralik Fires Vadas第 15 章not in the same planetKralik Visits a Sick Klara第 16 章ruin ChristmasThe Staff Choose Christmas Gifts第 17 章from the bottom of my heartMatuschek Returns on Christmas Eve第 18 章your whole life ahead of youMatuschek Invites a Lonely Boy Home第 19 章swept me off my feetKlara Confesses to Kralik
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