The Town · 2010 — 第 5 / 20 章 · 5'02" · B1

Doug Takes Claire Out on His Boat, Explained:pull a job

Doug takes Claire out on his boat at night and denies ever bringing anyone else. She asks what he knows about bank robbers, and his answer is a childhood memory of Charlestown: armoured-car men treated like rock stars at the ice-cream shop. Meanwhile the crew argues over whether Claire is a loose end, and Frawley comes back with questions.

あらすじ

At night, Doug takes Claire sailing and tells her he has never brought another woman there. She asks what he knows about bank robbers, and he describes growing up with armoured-car robbers treated like neighbourhood heroes. Meanwhile the crew pressures Doug over the woman's licence, and Frawley meets Claire again.

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このシーンの表現

pull a job

carry out a robbery

Rumors always spread about the robberies the local legends had carried out.

They pull a job every few months and then lie low.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hung out

    spent time together

  • goddamned

    damned, as an intensifier

  • get backdoored

    be betrayed from behind

  • out of bounds

    beyond what is allowed

  • ask you out

    invite you on a date

このシーンのメモ一覧

80 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B1in one's entire life

in all of one's life

I can honestly tell you I have never taken another girl here in my entire life.
発音I have never

I have reduces to I've, with the stress landing on never.

I can honestly tell you I have never taken another girl here in my entire life.
表現 · B1what do you know about X

how much do you know about

Hey, what do you know about bank robbers?
表現 · B1used to do something

went habitually in the past

...we used to go to Wizard's ice cream.
表現 · B1hang out at a place

spent time together

Doug recalls that the ice-cream shop was where the armored-car men gathered.

That was where all the big armored-car guys hung out.
スラング · A2hung out

spent time together — Casual; say spend time in formal settings.

That was where all the big armored-car guys hung out.
表現 · B2pull a job

carry out a robbery

Rumors always spread about the robberies the local legends had carried out.

And you heard rumors about the jobs they pulled.
表現 · B1press against something

pushed right up against

...with their noses pressed against the glass, you know...
表現 · B1be a dead end

a lead that goes nowhere

Nothing. it's a dead end, We're all set.
表現 · B2loose ends

unfinished business

Just loose ends, kid.
スラング · B2loose ends

unfinished business — For unfinished business, also messy relationship leftovers.

Just loose ends, kid.
発音goddamned panicked

The final d in goddamned often drops before panicked.

Don't be so goddamned panicked, all right, Dig Dug?
表現 · B2get backdoored

be betrayed from behind

The man explains his nerves: he just doesn't want to be betrayed from behind.

Just, you know, I don't wanna get backdoored, that's all.
スラング · B2backdoored

betrayed from behind — Street and office slang; say betrayed in formal talk.

Just, you know, I don't wanna get backdoored, that's all.
表現 · B2work something

operate the device

They obviously know how to work the box.
表現 · A2learn how to do something

acquire the skill to do

How does one learn how to do that?
文法 · B2How does one learn

generic one: One here means a person in general, more formal than you.

How does one learn how to do that?
表現 · B2follow-up questions

further questions

Ms. Keesey, it's Agent Frawley. I have follow-up questions about your case.
表現 · B2a nagging suspicion

a persistent worry

It's the unfortunate nagging suspicion you get as an FBI agent..
文法 · B2suspicion you get

relative clause: The clause you get as an FBI agent modifies suspicion without an explicit that.

It's the unfortunate nagging suspicion you get as an FBI agent..
表現 · B2out of bounds

beyond what is allowed

The agent jokes that in this neighborhood even a lunch special feels risky.

So I don't think the lunch special is out of bounds.
スラング · B2townies

locals, often working class — Used by locals of themselves or with a sneer by outsiders.

You walk into Lewisburg, there's a hundred townies in there.
表現 · A2depend on something

be determined by

It depends on the question.
表現 · B1ask someone out

invite you on a date

The agent reasons that he would not be on a date with a suspect.

Would I ask you out if I thought you were a suspect?
文法 · B2if I thought you were

unreal conditional: The if-clause uses thought and were for an unreal condition paired with would.

Would I ask you out if I thought you were a suspect?
発音ask you out if

Link ask and you into one sound, and let out run into if.

Would I ask you out if I thought you were a suspect?
表現 · B1be seeing someone

dating a person

Claire keeps it vague, saying she might already be seeing someone.

I might be seeing someone already.
表現 · B1what would we do without X

we would be lost without

What would we do without Chelsea?

「Doug Takes Claire Out on His Boat」を読み解く

What's really going on

The date works because Doug tells the truth in a way that hides the point. He denies bringing other women, then answers Claire's question about bank robbers with a childhood memory — "rock stars in the neighborhood" — never mentioning that he is one. The bar scene makes the stakes explicit: the crew wants the licence problem gone, and one line — "no need to remove her from the equation?" — turns Claire into "loose ends, kid." Doug refuses to become "a triggerman," but he has still lied to her. Frawley's own monologue about the neighbourhood — "They lionize criminals and complain about crime, and I'm the bad guy" — frames the film's circle, and Claire's "I might be seeing someone already" is the first quiet step away.

Theme

IdentityDoug answers a question about bank robbers with his own childhood, describing the men he later became.
LiesHis honest tone hides that he is the kind of man he is describing, while the crew talks about killing the woman he is dating.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Doug's old heroes make crime look like a neighborhood dream.
  • The dead end on the license is what makes Jem nervous.
  • Frawley mixes flirtation with the investigation on purpose.
  • Claire keeps her options vague when asked about dating.

発音のポイント

  • I have never — I have reduces to I've, with the stress landing on never.
  • goddamned panicked — The final d in goddamned often drops before panicked.
  • ask you out if — Link ask and you into one sound, and let out run into if.
I can honestly tell you I have never taken another girl here in my entire life.

Doug's reassurance is sincere, and it is also one of the few true things he says about himself in the scene.

The big houses they had in Holbrook or Winthrop.

Part of the childhood legend Doug grew up with: the robbers' houses outside Charlestown looked like proof that crime paid.

Don't be so goddamned panicked, all right, Dig Dug?

One crew member tells Doug to stay calm, dismissing his fear that the others will turn on him.

Would I ask you out if I thought you were a suspect?

Frawley uses the date itself as an argument that Claire is not a suspect, a reassurance that is also, technically, not a denial.

What would we do without Chelsea?

A dry joke after news of another robbery nearby, treating the city's steady crime as a fact of life.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Claire ask if this is where Doug takes all the girls?

She is testing him on the second date, and his serious denial is part of what makes the evening feel real to her.

What does Doug tell Claire about bank robbers?

He describes a childhood in Charlestown where armoured-car robbers were neighbourhood celebrities at the ice-cream shop, and he says he just wanted to play hockey.

What are the crew worried about in the bar?

Whether Claire's licence is a risk: one of them asks if she needs to be 'removed from the equation', and Doug refuses to cross that line.

Why is Frawley suspicious of Claire?

She is from Charlestown and was the hostage in the robbery, so he keeps wondering whether she is hiding something, even over lunch.

What does Claire's 'I might be seeing someone already' mean?

It is a gentle brush-off that keeps her options open, hinting she knows more about the people around her than she says.

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