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The Trip · 2011 — 第 16 / 20 章 · 4'20" · B2

Coogan and Brydon Compare Careers, Explained：an albatross around my neck

Over an elaborate tasting menu, two actors trade impressions and needle each other about who is the better performer. The talk sounds playful, but a line like "I've got an albatross around my neck, and it's got the face of Michael Sheen" reveals real career envy underneath.

あらすじ

At a fine-dining restaurant, two actor friends work through course after course while slipping into impressions — Michael Caine as Bond, Dustin Hoffman — and bickering about success, envy and who deserves which roles. One of them admits he lost parts to Michael Sheen; the meal ends with a withering verdict on the food.

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an albatross around my neckwhy don't you do ...such small portionsdifferent animals

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このシーンの表現

an albatross around my neck

a burden you cannot get rid of

罗布抱怨自己总被拿来和同乡迈克尔·辛比较，说自己脖子上挂着一只信天翁，脸还是那位演员的。

That old scandal is an albatross around his neck.

このシーンの他の表現

  • why don't you do ...

    a soft way to suggest something

  • such small portions

    a classic complaint about a fancy meal

  • different animals

    完全不是同类人、路数根本不一样

このシーンのメモ一覧

98 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2the winner takes it allThe winner takes it all, Mr. Bond.
表現 · B2play all your cardsCome, come, Mr. Bond, you enjoy playing all your cards just as much as I do.
表現 · B1the way that someone does itWe couldn't have done that the way that Michael does it.
文法 · C1could not have played

negative past modal

- We could not have played... - We? We? We?
表現 · A2why don't you do something

a soft way to suggest something

Well, why don't you do the sort of roles that he does?
表現 · C1an albatross around one's neck

a burden you cannot get rid of

I've got an albatross around my neck, and it's got the face of Michael Sheen.
発音albatross around my neck

liaison

I've got an albatross around my neck, and it's got the face of Michael Sheen.
表現 · B1try for somethingDo you try for those roles?
スラング · C1fucking brilliantI'm fucking brilliant!
発音Bloody hell

elision

Bloody hell. The waiter could play it.
スラング · B2Bloody hellBloody hell. The waiter could play it.
表現 · B2not have to say a wordI mean, Michael almost doesn't have to say the words.
文法 · B1doesn't have to say

negative of have to

I mean, Michael almost doesn't have to say the words.
スラング · C1Fucking hellIf Michael did it, people would go, "Fucking hell, it's David Frost."
表現 · B2get down to the last twoWell, you know, I got down to the last two for Peter Sellers.
表現 · B2on that countYes, you did, and on that count,
文法 · C1you would have been better than

would have been for past speculation

as I've told you many times before, you would have been better than Geoffrey Rush.
表現 · B1do a speechI had to do a speech as Dustin Hoffman.
表現 · B2refuse to accept that ...I refuse to accept that I'm better than Jack Lemmon, than Peter Sellers, than whoever else the other one was.
表現 · B1turn down an awardHe could have turned down the award.
文法 · C1could have turned down

could have for past possibility

He could have turned down the award.
表現 · B2get cut outI'm just saying that I was in it, and I got cut out.
文法 · B1Good, isn't it

tag question

Good, isn't it?
表現 · B2who'd have thought (that) ...Who'd have thought that would catch on, eh?
発音Who'd have thought

weak form

Who'd have thought that would catch on, eh?
表現 · B1be about to do somethingHaven't launched it. About to launch it.
表現 · B2such small portions

a classic complaint about a fancy meal

I got to tell you, the food here is terrible, and such small portions.

「Coogan and Brydon Compare Careers」を読み解く

What's really going on

Strip away the impressions and this is a scene about two men measuring themselves against a more successful peer. The impersonations — Bond, David Frost, Dustin Hoffman — are a party trick, but they keep circling the same anxiety: being good and still not getting the part. "I've got an albatross around my neck, and it's got the face of Michael Sheen," one of them says, and the joke lands because it is only half a joke. The other pushes back — "He's not brilliant; he's good. He's solid." — and the argument becomes about the difference between talent and stardom. By dessert, the grand restaurant setting has collapsed into a punchline: the food is terrible and there is too little of it, which is its own comment on getting a taste of something you cannot hold on to.

Theme

AmbitionTwo actors trade impressions while quietly comparing careers, each measuring himself against a more famous peer.
FriendshipThe bickering stays affectionate — they needle each other about success but keep sharing the meal and the laughter.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Albatross as a hanging burden
  • About to as the next second
  • Small portions as a borrowed gag

発音のポイント

  • albatross around my neck — liaison
  • Bloody hell — elision
  • Who'd have thought — weak form
I've got an albatross around my neck, and it's got the face of Michael Sheen.

He jokes that a rival's success is a weight he can never shake off, blaming that comparison for the roles he does not get.

He's not brilliant; he's good. He's solid.

A backhanded compliment: calling another actor merely good and solid instead of brilliant, quietly placing him below true greatness while sounding generous.

I got to tell you, the food here is terrible, and such small portions.

A deadpan attack on the restaurant: the food is bad and the servings are tiny, delivered as a punchline rather than a review.

I don't believe that you really believe that I couldn't play David Frost.

He refuses to accept that his friend genuinely thinks he could not play the part, turning a casual jibe into a challenge about respect and self-worth.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the two men spend the meal doing impressions?

Impressions are their professional party trick, and the scene uses them to show off as much as to compete. Each one keeps trying to prove he is the more versatile, more watchable performer.

Why does Michael Sheen keep coming up when he isn't even there?

He is the more successful contemporary the pair measure themselves against. Mentioning him turns a friendly dinner into a quiet contest about who gets the good roles.

Is the 'terrible food, such small portions' line a real complaint?

It plays as a joke about expensive tasting menus: beautiful plates, tiny servings, and an absurd parade of chocolate desserts served before the deadpan verdict.

Which of the two actors is being unfair?

Neither, really. The scene keeps things balanced: each man praises the other's strengths while insisting his own talent goes unrecognized, so the audience is never told who is right.

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