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The Trip · 2011 — 第 17 / 20 章 · 5'22" · B2

Dad Phones Joe About Drinking, Explained：as empty experiences go

Sex jokes open the stretch. A father calls Joe about a night of drinking, and the talk later reaches a poem at Bolton Abbey. Under the bits, performance keeps beating a plainer self. Loveless sex is ranked "one of the best" of the empty kind, and a borrowed poem gets the defense "I chose a voice to suit the mood."

あらすじ

Someone runs a set of sex jokes, calling loveless sex an empty experience and still "one of the best." A father phones Joe and moves straight to the point: a night out with friends has to stay off weeknights. On the road to Bolton Abbey, one traveler recites a poem in Ian McKellen's voice and is told to mean the words in his own.

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注目の表現

as empty experiences goa moving violationrein it incut to the chase

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このシーンの表現

as empty experiences go

said to rank something within a bad category

罗布抛出这句关于没有爱的性的论断，先承认这事很空，再用 as empty experiences go 反手把它捧成同类里最好的，嘴皮子占尽便宜。

The afternoon felt pointless, but as empty experiences go, it was one of the better ones.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a moving violation

    a traffic offence, with a pun on being emotionally unmoved

  • rein it in

    to control yourself and behave less wildly

  • cut to the chase

    直入正题、跳过铺垫直接说重点

このシーンのメモ一覧

102 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · C1as ... go, ...

said to rank something within a bad category

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
文法 · C1as empty experiences go

as ... go

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
表現 · B2the most fun I've had without doing somethingIt was the most fun I've had without laughing.
表現 · B2a moving violation

a traffic offence, with a pun on being emotionally unmoved

I said, " Knowing my ex-wife, it was probably not a moving violation."
表現 · B2cut to the chaseI'm gonna cut to the chase.
発音cut to the chase

weak form

I'm gonna cut to the chase.
表現 · A2the other nightShe told me what happened the other night.
表現 · A2a bit of funJust having a bit of fun.
表現 · B2rein something in

to control yourself and behave less wildly

But you've got to rein it in during the week.
表現 · B2a pain in the assRob's being, you know, sort of a pain in the ass, but I tolerate him.
発音pain in the ass

liaison

Rob's being, you know, sort of a pain in the ass, but I tolerate him.
スラング · B2a pain in the assRob's being, you know, sort of a pain in the ass, but I tolerate him.
表現 · A2something like that11 years. Something like that.
表現 · A2take careTake care, and behave.
スラング · C1bottomlessI am once again bottomless.
文法 · B1Don't you ever get cold

negative question

Don't you ever get cold being bottomless?
表現 · B2in the hope that ...Let him run round the car park in the hope that he sniffs up something interesting.
表現 · B2weave one's magicWell, there's a phone resting on him as well, so if the phone begins to move, I'll know that you're weaving your magic, as it were.
文法 · B2if the phone begins to move

if-clause

Well, there's a phone resting on him as well, so if the phone begins to move, I'll know that you're weaving your magic, as it were.
表現 · A2say hi to someoneBecause I want to take in Bolton Abbey and then quickly say hi to my parents.
文法 · B1do you mind coming

mind + gerund

You don't mind... do you mind coming to say...
表現 · A2a packet of crispsYou could bring me a lemonade and a packet of crisps,
発音a packet of crisps

weak form

You could bring me a lemonade and a packet of crisps,
表現 · A2make a messYou can say, "I would bring him in, but he might make a mess."
表現 · B1mission accomplishedYes. Mission accomplished.
表現 · B2go on about somethingOr Bolton Abbey, going on about Bolton Abbey.
文法 · C1What would have been really nice

would have been

What would have been really nice is if you got up this morning...
表現 · B2something to suit the moodI chose a voice to suit the mood.

「Dad Phones Joe About Drinking」を読み解く

What's really going on

"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best" confesses and dodges in one breath: the emptiness is real, and it still gets a prize. The phone call is plainer. Someone tells Joe he will "cut to the chase," brings up a talk with his mum, and brushes off "only a drink." Enjoy the weekend, but "you've got to rein it in during the week." One companion gets called "a pain in the ass" and, later, "a good friend." "I miss you" is returned, and the sign-off offers "constructive fun time." A later call turns flirtation into a voice, "I'm the small man stuck in a box," and gets shut down. On the road to Bolton Abbey a poem is performed in Sir Ian's voice. One man wants those lines "in your own voice," actually meant. "I chose a voice to suit the mood" keeps the feeling on loan. "It's a different Bolton, Rob" answers with a plain fact.

Theme

ParenthoodA caller who says he is Dad limits weeknight fun, asks for the week to be reined in, and still says he will be back.
IdentityAsked for the poem in his own voice, the reader answers that he chose a voice to suit the mood.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Rein it in as weekday control
  • Pain in the ass as tolerated irritation
  • Mission accomplished as smug done

発音のポイント

  • cut to the chase — weak form
  • pain in the ass — liaison
  • a packet of crisps — weak form
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.

A joke that admits loveless sex is empty and still ranks it among the best empty things. The praise is the punchline.

It was the most fun I've had without laughing.

Another punchline in the joke run: pleasure that never breaks into laughter.

I chose a voice to suit the mood.

His defense for reciting in Sir Ian's voice. He presents the voice as something chosen to match the mood of the place.

I'm the small man stuck in a box.

A tiny voice dropped into a sexual phone call. He plays a man trapped in a box, and the other person dismisses it as a stupid voice.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the father call Joe?

He has already heard from the boy's mother what happened the other night. On the phone he skips the warm-up. A night with friends, "only a drink," and "a bit of fun" is not accepted. Weekends can be for enjoyment. During the week the rule is to rein it in. He ends on missing him, and on "Take care, and behave."

Does the phone call end in a fight?

It stays a warning. Talk turns to the trip, both sides say "I miss you," and the caller promises he will be back for some fun, then narrows it to "constructive fun time." The last word is still "Take care, and behave."

Why is the Bolton Abbey poem read in Sir Ian's voice?

The reader says he learned it in bed and calls that "Mission accomplished." He "chose a voice to suit the mood," arguing that Sir Ian comes from Bolton and so fits the priory. The man beside him is not convinced. He wanted the poem "in your own voice," with the words meant, and he answers that it is "a different Bolton."

What is the small man stuck in a box?

Nobody in the room. On a sexual phone call, one speaker says he is bottomless and lets "him" off the lead, then drops into a tiny repeated voice: "I'm the small man stuck in a box." The other person is unmoved: "I don't care about silly voices. They're stupid."

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