switch off the lights
Put the lights out, Rick.The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 8 / 28 章 · 2'24" · B1
The First Night at Windward House, Explained：I'd sooner
The house is finally theirs, and the first evening is all small rituals: lamps turned down, the dog sent upstairs, good nights all round. Underneath, though, the night is already behaving strangely — the candles flicker, the air "turns cold in the night here sometimes," and Pamela leaves a conversation for tomorrow.
あらすじ
On their first night at Windward House, Pamela asks Roderick to put the lights out and they settle the dog upstairs. They say their good nights. Alone, Roderick lies awake: he has not slept to the sound of the sea since he left Ireland, the room turns cold, and the candles seem to flicker in a draft. Pamela comes in wanting to talk, then puts it off until morning.
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turn it downused to itI'd soonerturn cold
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このシーンの表現
I'd sooner
I would rather
Asked if she would go back to Ireland, Lizzie refuses with an Irish exaggeration about seeing herself dead.
I'd sooner walk than wait for the bus.
このシーンの他の表現
- turn it down
lower it
- used to it
accustomed to it
- turn cold
become cold
- swap something for
exchange one thing for another
- what price ...?
what do you think of
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40 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Lights out links so it sounds like light-sout.
Put the lights out, Rick.blow down from above
Now let's see. I think I turn it down and blow down the chimney.since childhood
Haven't done that since I was a kid.The d and t in used to merge, close to use-tu-it.
- Are you having him in your room? - He's used to it, the creature.the poor thing — A fond label for an animal or person; only with familiarity.
- Are you having him in your room? - He's used to it, the creature.hurry on up
Get along up, now.give someone a head start
- Get on up, now. - I'll give him a start.for the sake of
What in the name of all the saints?accustomed to doing
Well, he's not used to traveling and strange houses.if-clause: The if-clause states the condition; the main clause keeps the future.
He'll find me if he wants me.the noise of the sea
I've not slept with the sound of the sea since I left Ireland.since-clause: Since marks the point the state has lasted from.
I've not slept with the sound of the sea since I left Ireland.Sound of the runs together, with of reduced to a.
I've not slept with the sound of the sea since I left Ireland.myself, in dialect — Irish dialect for myself; keep it out of formal speech.
- I'd sooner see meself dead. - Ah, go on with yez.you, in dialect — Irish dialect for you; never write it in formal prose.
- I'd sooner see meself dead. - Ah, go on with yez.start a garden
and I've started to make a garden.the strangest facts
You learn the oddest things when you garden.relative clause: A relative clause without that tells what the cast iron is for.
Do you have any nice cast iron I can swap for this mattress?stop someone sleeping
- We'll give you another tomorrow. - Nothing will keep me awake tonight.happy with
- You're really pleased with it? - I was never so happy in my life.persuade someone to
It was just that I was the one that got you to buy the house...quite good
These are pretty good apples.that ends it
That concludes our broadcast for today.「The First Night at Windward House」を読み解く
What's really going on
Nothing supernatural is shown; the scene works on the ordinary details that make a strange house strange. The comedy is domestic — a dog that refuses to settle, a mattress bad enough to joke about — and so is the fear, which arrives as temperature. Roderick, who claims to miss his old life, admits he has not slept to "the sound of the sea since I left Ireland", and then the house answers with "It turns cold in the night here sometimes". Pamela knocks, starts to say something, and decides it can wait. The last line is a radio sign-off — "Good night, everyone" — which leaves the audience listening into the dark along with the characters.
Theme
MemoryRoderick measures the new house against the sea and the life he left behind in Ireland.
LonelinessTwo people say good night in a big empty house, and one of them cannot sleep.
このチャプターで学べること
- Bedtime talk hides a quiet ache for home.
- The radio's sign-off closes the day for everyone.
- A joke about the mattress keeps the night light.
- Gratitude comes out sideways, as a small boast.
発音のポイント
- lights out — Lights out links so it sounds like light-sout.
- used to it — The d and t in used to merge, close to use-tu-it.
- sound of the — Sound of the runs together, with of reduced to a.
I've not slept with the sound of the sea since I left Ireland.Roderick's homesickness: the sea outside the new house reminds him of the life he gave up, and he says he cannot sleep without it.
You learn the oddest things when you garden.Pamela's small talk about gardening hides a hint that the house keeps teaching her things she did not expect.
Do you have any nice cast iron I can swap for this mattress?Roderick jokes about the terrible mattress by asking to trade it for cast iron — a wry way of admitting the bed is unbearable.
It turns cold in the night here sometimes.The house's quiet warning: the cold in the night is offered as a fact, not a complaint, and it hints at something stranger.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Roderick mention Ireland on his first night?
It is a moment of homesickness. He says he has not slept to the sound of the sea since he left Ireland, which tells us the new house both comforts and unsettles him.
What is strange about the first night at Windward House?
The oddities are small: candles flicker as if in a draft, and the house "turns cold in the night". Nothing is explained, which is what makes the evening feel off.
What does Pamela want to talk to Roderick about?
She starts to bring something up, hinting it is about the house and about her being the one who pushed him to buy it, but she puts it off until tomorrow.
Why is Roderick so happy with the house?
He asks, "What price our house?" and says he was never so happy in his life. Whatever doubts Pamela has, Roderick seems delighted with the purchase.
Who is Lizzie?
She is the maid. She appears only long enough to say good night to "Master Rick", part of the household settling down for the evening.
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第 3 章bring the price downThe Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House
第 4 章dog in the mangerRick Feels a Chill in the Room
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第 6 章break it gentlyRick Takes Stella Sailing
第 7 章sleeping-beauty magicLizzie Comes Home to the House
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第 10 章circulate rumorsRick Confronts Commander Beech
第 11 章at the mention ofRoderick Gives Stella a Lift
第 12 章do no such thingStella Defies Her Grandfather
第 13 章a bad hatStella Revisits Her Childhood Home
第 14 章dream upLizzie Sees a Ghost at Windward
第 15 章hide your head in the sandDr. Scott Tells the Old Scandal
第 16 章miss one's cueStella Senses Her Mother's Ghost
第 17 章tear someone apartRoderick Asks Stella to Leave
第 18 章mind at restThey Plan a Séance for Stella
第 19 章tranceThe Séance at Windward House
第 20 章at your disposalCommander Beech Confronts Rick
第 21 章bluff someoneLizzie Names the Dead Woman's Nurse
第 22 章by any chanceRick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway
第 23 章put up withHolloway Tells the Cliff Murder Story
第 24 章plaster saintStella Trapped at the Retreat
第 25 章in a jiffyThe Casebook Points to Murder
第 26 章pile it onThe Plan to Rescue Stella
第 27 章beating about the bushHolloway Sends Stella Home
第 28 章for heaven's sakeStella Nearly Walks Off the Cliff第 8 / 28 章 · 残り約 56 分