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The Trip · 2011 — 第 13 / 20 章 · 4'10" · B2

Steve Takes His Agent's Call, Explained：Cut to the chase

A fitting chat slides from a red outdoor jacket and Heathcliff into an American agent's call about a co-lead. On top it is flirting and career news. Underneath a missed part is laughed down to nothing: "I'm not at a level that any human could notice." The offer that follows is waved off just as lightly.

あらすじ

Someone at the table goes over a photo shoot with Yolanda, an outdoor outfit, and whether Heathcliff is still playable. An American agent calls with a co-lead in a series called Pathological, seven years if it is picked up. After the call, pork belly is blamed for a sudden tender mood, and someone asks if their chin looks fine.

Phone callsSmall talkTeasingConfessingB2british
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注目の表現

Cut to the chasewill do that to youa household namenot at a level that any human could notice

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このシーンの表現

Cut to the chase

get to the point without preamble

经纪人打电话给罗布，寒暄没几句就催他别再客套，直接说这次要谈的正事。

Let us cut to the chase: how much will it cost?

このシーンの他の表現

  • will do that to you

    used to explain that something naturally causes that effect

  • a household name

    someone known in every home

  • not at a level that any human could notice

    so slight that no ordinary person would notice

このシーンのメモ一覧

100 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

文法 · B1then you'll be happy

then introducing the result

You like cream, then you'll be happy.
表現 · B1X is French for YLittle oven. "Four" is French for "oven."
表現 · A2have met someone beforeYolanda, did... have we met before?
表現 · A2X years agoIt was five years ago.
表現 · B1a photo shoot for somethingIt was a photo shoot for Time Out.
スラング · C1have a lineListen, I think I'm gonna have a line.
表現 · B1Do you mind if I do something- Do you mind if I do? - Oh, no.
表現 · B2kind of, sort ofI mean, this is kind of, sort of, you know, outdoorsy.
表現 · B2a bit of the someoneBit of the Shackleton...
表現 · B1a bit too + adjectiveIt's a bit too bright.
発音a bit too bright

elision

It's a bit too bright.
表現 · B1for ... reasonsThe red's just for safety reasons, really.
文法 · B1You sure you don't want one?

casual confirmation question with the auxiliary dropped

Okay. You sure you don't want one?
表現 · B1remind someone of somethingReminds me of the kind of place where, like, Wuthering Heights...
発音Reminds me of

liaison

Reminds me of the kind of place where, like, Wuthering Heights...
表現 · A2not far from here- No, that's not far from here. - Oh, really?
表現 · B2there is something attractive about someoneThere is something very attractive about him.
表現 · B2a little old to do somethingThink I'm a little old to play him, but I'd like to.
表現 · B1a tiny bit + adjectiveI'm a tiny bit hurt that he didn't want me to, but I'm only saying that because it's you.
スラング · B2friggingIt's frigging cold.
文法 · B2I wish I was

wish with a past form

I wish I was. I know the weather is.
表現 · B2cut to the chase

get to the point without preamble

Cut to the chase. Cut to the chase.
発音Cut to the chase

weak form

Cut to the chase. Cut to the chase.
文法 · B2If it goes, it's seven years.

present tense in a future condition

If it goes, it's seven years.
表現 · B2become a household name

someone known in every home

If it goes, you're a household name.
表現 · B2a little amorousa little amorous.
表現 · B2something will do that to you

used to explain that something naturally causes that effect

- Pork will do that to you. - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
表現 · B2offer someone a lead in somethingIt's... they've offered me a lead in a drama.

「Steve Takes His Agent's Call」を読み解く

What's really going on

The clothes talk is already a performance. Red is called "a bit too bright," then kept "just for safety reasons," as if the jacket were only practical. Heathcliff is the same kind of fishing. "So do you think I could play Heathcliff?" waits for "Definitely," and gets it at once. The missed picture is the sore spot. "I'm a tiny bit hurt that he didn't want me to, but I'm only saying that because it's you" admits the slight and makes it private. "Only dogs could detect my hurt" ends the topic before anyone can be kind. The agent call runs the trick backward. "Cut to the chase" kills the weather talk, a co-lead lands, and "If it goes, you're a household name" hangs the prize in the air. Afterward there is no victory speech, only "Yeah, kind of," a chin check, and pork belly blamed for feeling "a little amorous."

Theme

AmbitionA co-lead and the phrase "a household name" land in the middle of a costume chat, seven years if the show goes.
Dark humorA casting snub is scaled down until only a dog could smell it, and pork belly takes the blame for a flirtatious mood.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Cut to the chase to skip weather talk
  • Household name as fame in living rooms
  • A line here is not a script line

発音のポイント

  • a bit too bright — elision
  • Reminds me of — liaison
  • Cut to the chase — weak form
I'm not at a level that any human could notice.

The disappointment is being scored as too small for any person to pick up, so a casting snub turns into a measurement joke.

Only dogs could detect my hurt.

The hurt stays, but only a dog's nose could catch it, which lets the confession end as a laugh instead of a request for comfort.

- Pork will do that to you. - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

A flirty feeling is pinned on the pork belly, and the reply agrees the food can do that, so nobody has to claim the mood.

If it goes, you're a household name.

If the series is actually made, the actor leaves the margins and becomes someone ordinary homes already know.

I'm a tiny bit hurt that he didn't want me to, but I'm only saying that because it's you.

Not being wanted for the picture stings, but the sting is labeled tiny and reserved for this one listener.

このシーンについての質問

Does anyone say he could play Heathcliff?

Yes. Talk of the Yorkshire Moors and "a place called Howarth" leads into "So do you think I could play Heathcliff?" The reply is "Definitely." Heathcliff is then called "Kind of cruel" and "compelling," and someone adds "Think I'm a little old to play him, but I'd like to." The next line is "Are you sad not to be in the picture?" so "Definitely" only answers whether he could play the part.

What does the agent offer on the phone?

A co-lead in a drama called Pathological, playing a pathologist. The caller says a pickup means seven years and "If it goes, you're a household name." Back at the table it is retold as "they've offered me a lead in a drama," and the reaction stays at "kind of" good.

Why blame the pork belly?

Right after the career call, someone says the pork belly left them "a little amorous." "Pork will do that to you" agrees the food caused it. The flirt is handled like the casting slight: owned for a second, then handed to something silly.

What does the conversation say happened with Yolanda?

The question "Yolanda, did... have we met before?" gets a yes. It was five years ago, a photo shoot for Time Out, and they did something afterwards. The asker insists "No, I do remember," and the talk moves on to clothes.

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