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The Trip · 2011 — 第 11 / 20 章 · 5'06" · B2

Steve and Rob's Costume Drama, Explained：at first light

On a bare hillside, two friends try out a costume-drama send-off. "Gentlemen, to bed, for we leave at first light" is the heroic version: battle at dawn, death shrugged off in a sentence. The real sport is what they do next, shaving that speech down to a 9:30 exit, a noon fight, and a short breakfast.

あらすじ

In the hills, Steve and Rob spot a landscape fit for a costume drama and slip into the speech: vault the stone walls, wear the dead stare, leave at first light. They then take it apart with a clock. The battle is set for noon, the ride takes three hours, and breakfast is continental, twenty minutes. At the rooms, Yolanda and Emma appear, and one room is the nicest.

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注目の表現

on the dotdraw the lineat first lightget off

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このシーンの表現

at first light

at the very beginning of the morning

几个男人在旅店里轮流演古装剧的对白，罗布扮演将领，对想象中的士兵宣布天亮就出发。

They set off at first light to avoid the heat.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on the dot

    exactly on time

  • draw the line

    to set a limit and refuse to go further

  • get off

    to reach orgasm; also to leave or fall asleep

このシーンのメモ一覧

102 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

スラング · B2druggieHe was a big druggie.
表現 · B1have/do a costume dramaYou could have a costume drama here, couldn't you?
表現 · B1would just love to do somethingI would just love to do a costume drama in these hills, just leaping, vaulting over dry stone walls with a scabbard.
表現 · B2be immune to somethingThis, like, dead look in my eyes 'cause I've seen so many horrors that I'm just immune to it.
表現 · B1at first light

at the very beginning of the morning

Gentlemen, to bed, for we leave at first light.
文法 · B2death is but a moment

but meaning only

Tomorrow we battle, and we may lose our lives, but remember, death is but a moment.
表現 · B1on horsebackThat's about, on horseback, about three hours or something.
表現 · B1just after daybreakGentlemen, to bed, for we leave at 8:30 for 9:00, and we rise at just after day... 7:30, so just after daybreak.
表現 · B2at ... on the dot

exactly on time

Gentlemen, to bed, for we leave at 9:30 on the dot.
表現 · B1loosen up- Yes. Yes. - To loosen up, sire.
表現 · B1make a moveI want to get back in daylight. We'd better make a move.
発音make a move

liaison

I want to get back in daylight. We'd better make a move.
文法 · B1finds it very hard to get off

find it + adjective + to do

unless you are one of those people, like me, who finds it very hard to get off after he's eaten cheese, in which case,
表現 · B1sleep with someoneSleep well, my sister, but please, do not sleep with my sister.
表現 · B2leave someone out of somethingLeave my sister out of it, all right?
発音out of it

liaison

Leave my sister out of it, all right?
表現 · A2leave someone aloneLeave my sister alone.
スラング · B1max'Twill only take 20 minutes, max.
表現 · B1sound a bit like someoneYou are my brother, and you sound a bit like Billy Connolly.
スラング · B2Heavy pettingNo, none of that. Heavy petting.
表現 · B2draw the line at something

to set a limit and refuse to go further

- Heavy petting. - We draw the line.
表現 · B1pass the timePass the time somehow.
発音Pass the time

weak form

Pass the time somehow.
文法 · B1not as big as yours

negative as ... as comparison

It's not as big as yours, but, yeah.

「Steve and Rob's Costume Drama」を読み解く

What's really going on

The bit starts as pure swagger. Somebody wants a costume drama in these hills, leaping dry stone walls with a scabbard and a dead look, immune to horror. Then the required line arrives: "Gentlemen, to bed, for we leave at first light." Real epic speeches never leave at half past nine, so these two do exactly that. They set the battle for noon, the ride at three hours, "8:30 for 9:00," a morning run, and a continental breakfast of twenty minutes max. "Cowardice is a lifetime of affliction" barely lands before the timetable eats it. The sister gag and the Billy Connolly crack work the same way: one extra turn and a solemn phrase goes filthy or petty. At the rooms the contest shrinks. One room is the nicest; the other is "not as big as yours." Even "We draw the line" is just another bit.

Theme

AbsurdityLeaving at first light is haggled into a noon battle, a three-hour ride, and breakfast in twenty minutes.
SatireEvery costume-drama cliché, from the dead stare to the dawn exit, gets one extra line and collapses.

このチャプターで学べること

  • On the dot as exact time
  • First light as an epic departure
  • Draw the line as a boundary

発音のポイント

  • make a move — liaison
  • out of it — liaison
  • Pass the time — weak form
Cowardice is a lifetime of affliction.

Inside the fake battle speech, death in the morning is treated as quick, and a life of fear is the real sentence. It is the straight heroic boast, planted so the timetable can knock it over.

Tomorrow we battle, and we may lose our lives, but remember, death is but a moment.

The costume-drama pep talk in one breath: battle tomorrow, you may die, but dying is quick. Everyone on the walk knows it is a pose waiting for the 9:30 punchline.

Sleep well, my sister, but please, do not sleep with my sister.

A mock goodnight between brothers in the skit grows one extra clause and becomes a warning not to have sex with the speaker's sister. The blessing lasts only until the punchline.

You are my brother, and you sound a bit like Billy Connolly.

Still inside the brother routine, one man tells the other he sounds like Billy Connolly. The vow of loyalty and a jab about the voice land in the same sentence.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the battle speech turn into a schedule?

Because the heroic line only works if nobody owns a clock. "Gentlemen, to bed, for we leave at first light" is the costume-drama version. Ask what time the battle is, and it unravels: noon, three hours on horseback, so 8:30 for 9:00, then 9:30 on the dot, plus a continental breakfast of twenty minutes. The joke is the pose trying to survive a diary.

What does "8:30 for 9:00" mean?

It is a British split between arriving and starting. Be there at 8:30, leave at 9:00. Set inside "Gentlemen, to bed," it makes the warriors sound like guests working around a host's timetable.

Why bring Billy Connolly into the brother speech?

"You are my brother" is still playing the scene straight. Adding that the other man sounds a bit like Billy Connolly pulls it into voices and impressions. The reply "I can't help it" admits the accent has already slipped. Solemn lasts about one sentence with these two.

What is the sister line really about?

Nobody's sister is in the room. "Sleep well, my sister" is a mock blessing, and "do not sleep with my sister" is the twist that makes it filthy, followed by "Leave my sister out of it" and "Don't touch her." It is a joke pile-up. They are back to "Gentlemen, to bed" moments later.

What do they say about the rooms?

Someone has looked at all the rooms and says yours is the nicest. Ask about Rob's, and the answer is that it is nice, just "not as big as yours." The little contest over who is ahead does not stop at the door.

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