The Town · 2010 — 第 13 / 20 章 · 5'02" · B1

Doug Asks Claire to Run Away, Explained:shed a tear

Claire has quit the bank, and Doug seizes the moment: "Why don't you do it with me?" He talks about driving south to a town named after a food, and she listens. Then she mentions the news — one of the men who harassed her was shot — and the mood changes as Doug defends what happened.

あらすじ

Claire tells Doug she quit her job at the bank. He suggests they leave together, drive to a town named after a food, and start over, mentioning some savings of his own. Then Claire brings up a newspaper story: one of the men who harassed her has been shot, and Doug's response is cold.

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このシーンの表現

shed a tear

cry or feel sorry

Doug says he will not feel sorry for what happened to them, dressing his coldness in a polite phrase.

He didn't shed a tear at the funeral.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hawk it

    pawn or sell it

  • a cushion

    some savings to fall back on

  • go after

    pursue or attack

  • a burner cell

    an untraceable prepaid phone

  • tie into

    connect to

このシーンのメモ一覧

76 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · B1no longer do something

not anymore

Oh, she's no longer working here.
表現 · C1get a warrant

obtain a search warrant

Just get the warrant. Land, cell, e-mail, fax, Skype. The whole fucking thing.
表現 · B2hawk something

pawn or sell it

Claire refuses the expensive gift, and Doug snaps that she can pawn it for all he cares.

Yeah, but I can't accept that from you. I can't take that, Why not? You can hawk it. I'm not taking it back.
スラング · B2hawk it

pawn or sell — Casual for selling or pawning; formal talk says sell.

Yeah, but I can't accept that from you. I can't take that, Why not? You can hawk it. I'm not taking it back.
表現 · B2a financial cushion

some savings to fall back on

Claire says she has a little savings to fall back on after quitting, calm and steady.

I have a little cushion.
表現 · A1get up

rise from bed

...people get up every day, they do the same thing.
表現 · B1change one's life

transform one's life

They tell themself they're gonna change their life one day and they never do.
文法 · B1they never do

substitution with do: The verb do stands in for change their life, avoiding repetition.

They tell themself they're gonna change their life one day and they never do.
発音don't you

Don't you often blurs into don-cha in fast speech.

Why don't you do it with me?
表現 · B1put something away

save or store

I got a little sofa put away.
表現 · B1give it a shot

give it a try

Give it a shot.
発音Give it a

Link give it a so it sounds like gi-vi-ta.

Give it a shot.
文法 · B1Wherever you want

concessive clause: The wherever-clause stands alone here, meaning anywhere you choose.

Wherever you want. I don't know.
表現 · A2pick something on a map

choose it from a map

Just pick it on a map.
表現 · B1ever do something

have you done it before

You ever read that paper The Town?
表現 · B1that's what you get for doing something

the consequence of doing it

I guess that's what you get for being out on the street dealing drugs.
文法 · B2the kid who was terrorizing you

relative clause: The who-clause modifies the kid, identifying the one who terrorized her.

I feel bad the kid who was terrorizing you ran into the wrong guys?
表現 · A2care about someone

be concerned for someone

You know, I care about you. I don't wanna see you get hurt.
表現 · B1go after someone

pursue or attack

Doug states it like a rule: violence may happen, but women are off limits.

You don't go after women.
発音go after

Link go after so it sounds almost like go-wafter.

You don't go after women.
スラング · B2karma

what goes around comes around — Casual talk of payback; rare in formal writing.

You know? That's karma.
表現 · B2shed a tear over something

cry or feel sorry

Doug says he will not feel sorry for what happened to them, dressing his coldness in a polite phrase.

And I'm not gonna shed a tear over it.
スラング · B2Frawl

Frawley's nickname — A clipped surname between colleagues; use the full name formally.

Frawl.
スラング · C1burner cell

an untraceable phone — Crime and spy jargon for an untraceable phone.

Phone conversation between Claire Keesey and a burner cell about an hour ago.
表現 · B1get held up

delayed by something

Sorry, I got held up.
スラング · B1held up

delayed — Everyday speech; more natural than delayed.

Sorry, I got held up.
表現 · B1leave one's job

quit one's job

Hadn't realized you'd left your job at the bank.
文法 · B2Hadn't realized

ellipsis and past perfect: The subject I is dropped, and the past perfect marks what had not been known until then.

Hadn't realized you'd left your job at the bank.
表現 · C1tie someone into something

connect to

Frawley says the crew has been connected to the bank job and other robberies, a police phrase.

Part of a crew that we tied into the bankjob at North End...
表現 · A2at least

no fewer than

...and at least three other armored car robberies.

「Doug Asks Claire to Run Away」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets a way out beside the thing that keeps Doug tied to the neighbourhood. He wants to change his life, and he wants Claire to come — "Why don't you do it with me?" — but the same man who offers the dream also defends a shooting without a blink: "You don't go after women," and "I'm not gonna shed a tear over it." Claire tries to meet him with ethics — "I don't think karma works like that" — and he answers with street logic. The FBI thread sharpens the choice: Frawley recognises Doug's voice on Claire's burner phone and arrives with a list of names, so the escape Doug describes is already closing. The gift Doug refuses to accept and Claire's quit job both point the same way: she is changing her life, just not in the direction he wants.

Theme

RedemptionDoug talks about leaving and changing his life, the one chance the film lets him imagine for himself.
GuiltWhen Claire learns her harasser was shot, Doug defends it without remorse, exposing the world he cannot leave behind.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Doug's offer to leave hides how trapped he feels.
  • Karma is his way of avoiding any guilt.
  • Claire's goodbye gift becomes a test of trust.
  • The recording turns a private call into evidence.

発音のポイント

  • don't you — Don't you often blurs into don-cha in fast speech.
  • Give it a — Link give it a so it sounds like gi-vi-ta.
  • go after — Link go after so it sounds almost like go-wafter.
They tell themself they're gonna change their life one day and they never do.

Doug's speech about drifting through life, the excuse he uses to justify making a sudden break now.

Why don't you do it with me?

Doug's straightforward invitation to Claire to leave with him and start over somewhere new.

I don't think karma works like that.

Claire's quiet objection to Doug's eye-for-an-eye talk, the moral line she holds to.

He hurt you, someone hurt him. Too bad. That's the way it goes.

Doug's plain justification for the violence: an eye for an eye, with no apology for how it ended.

And I'm not gonna shed a tear over it.

His blunt refusal to feel anything for the man who was shot, a line that distances him from Claire's view.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Claire quit her job?

The robbery and the aftermath left her unable to keep working at the bank, and she tells Doug she quit as part of changing her life.

Why does Doug want to leave town?

He is tired of the neighbourhood and the life that comes with it, and he wants to start over with Claire somewhere else.

Why does Doug defend the shooting?

He argues the man who harassed Claire was dealing drugs and that 'you don't go after women', so he feels no sympathy for what happened.

What is Claire's reaction to Doug's talk of karma?

She disagrees — 'I don't think karma works like that' — and the exchange shows a gap in how the two see right and wrong.

How does the FBI catch up with Doug?

Frawley listens to a call between Claire and a burner phone, recognises the voice, and comes to Claire with a list of the crew's names.

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