lead someone through
The opening ad promises trained pros who will lead clients through the wilds of finance.
Trained professionals to guide you through the financial wilderness.The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 1 / 30 章 · 4'58" · B2
Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself, Explained：drink like a fish
Before the money and the scandal, Jordan Belfort introduces himself straight to the camera: the cars, the mansion, the drugs. "I have three different federal agencies looking to indict me," he says, as if it were just another luxury. The boast is the point — a life so extreme that even federal prosecutors become a status symbol.
あらすじ
The film opens with Jordan Belfort talking directly to the audience from the back of a limo and a helicopter, listing his fortune — mansion, jet, cars, wife — and his vices, from drinking to drugs. He insists money can make you a better person, then rewinds to his middle-class start and his first day as a stockbroker, where a boss tells him he is lower than pond scum.
注目の表現
guide you throughcocksuckerpiss someone offdrink like a fish
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このシーンの表現
drink like a fish
drink heavily
Listing his vices, Jordan says he drinks like a fish, painting himself as a heavy drinker.
My uncle drinks like a fish at every family dinner.
このシーンの他の表現
- guide you through
lead someone through
- cocksucker
a very crude insult
- piss someone off
make someone angry
- makes you a better person
ironic claim that money improves you
このシーンのメモ一覧
78 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
Guide you runs together, almost like a single word.
Trained professionals to guide you through the financial wilderness.twenty-five thousand dollars
Twenty-five grand to the first cocksucker to nail a bull's-eye!hit the target dead on
Twenty-five grand to the first cocksucker to nail a bull's-eye!a crude insult — Only crude banter; never in polite company.
Twenty-five grand to the first cocksucker to nail a bull's-eye!brought up by
I'm a former member of the middle class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens.the middle class
I'm a former member of the middle class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens.past participle phrase: The past-participle phrase raised by two accountants modifies the middle class.
I'm a former member of the middle class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens.make someone angry
Recalling a ninety-seven-thousand-dollar week, Jordan says the gap to a million made him furious.
which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.three short of
which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.nonrestrictive clause: The which-clause comments on the whole situation rather than on a single noun.
which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.besides
In addition to Naomi and my two perfect kids, I own a mansion, private jet, six cars, three horses,a private jet
In addition to Naomi and my two perfect kids, I own a mansion, private jet, six cars, three horses,a depraved person — Fine as self-mockery, insulting if aimed at others.
I also gamble like a degenerate.drink heavily
Listing his vices, Jordan says he drinks like a fish, painting himself as a heavy drinker.
I drink like a fish.prostitutes — Crude slang; use sex worker in polite speech.
I fuck hookers maybe five, six times a week.every day
Yup, on a daily basis I consume enough drugsease the tension
Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out,calm someone down
Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out,The weak form of the blurs into the next word.
Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out,Shit'll swallows the t; it stands for shit will.
enough of this shit'll make you invincible.conquer the world
Able to conquer the world, and eviscerate your enemies.a better life
See, money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy.negation with just: Doesn't just stresses that money does more than the things listed here.
See, money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy.ironic claim that money improves you
Right after listing what money buys, Jordan deadpans that it makes you a better person; the line is pure irony.
It also makes you a better person.donate generously to
You can give generously to the church or political party of your choice.the lowest of the low
You are lower than pond scum.「Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself」を読み解く
What's really going on
The opening is a sales pitch, and Belfort is selling himself. He stacks up wealth and excess so fast that the numbers stop meaning anything, and then he says the quiet part out loud: "See, money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy." The joke is that he sounds completely sincere. Money, in his telling, is not just comfort; it is proof of worth, a way to become "a better person" in everyone else's eyes. That is why the flashback lands where it does: before all of it, a boss tells him he is "lower than pond scum" and that his only job is to be a connector. The whole film lives in the gap between those two lines — how a nobody with no status learns to buy the appearance of it.
Theme
MoneyWealth is introduced not as comfort but as a measure of worth, the thing that remakes a person.
AmbitionBelfort's hunger is on display from the first line, framed as the engine of everything that follows.
このチャプターで学べること
- Jordan sells greed as a creed, then undercuts it himself.
- The ad's stability and integrity slogans clash with his confession.
- Listing federal investigations as trophies defines his swagger.
- Money talk here is a pitch, not a reflection.
発音のポイント
- guide you — Guide you runs together, almost like a single word.
- take the edge — The weak form of the blurs into the next word.
- shit'll — Shit'll swallows the t; it stands for shit will.
See, money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy.Belfort's thesis: money buys status and pleasure, and he lists them without embarrassment as if they were the same thing.
I have three different federal agencies looking to indict me.He mentions federal investigations the way he mentions his cars — as another trophy, proof that he matters.
You can save the fucking spotted owl with money.A sarcastic example of how wealth buys virtue: even saving an endangered animal becomes something money can purchase.
You are lower than pond scum.The boss's brutal putdown on Jordan's first day, reducing the new recruit to the lowest thing he can name.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Jordan talk directly to the camera in the opening?
It turns the film into a confession and a sales pitch at once. He is not just explaining his life, he is pitching it, which is exactly what he does for a living.
What is the point of the pond scum scene?
It shows where Jordan starts: no power, no money, and a boss who tells him his only job is to connect people. Everything after that is his attempt to climb out of it.
Does Jordan really believe money makes you a better person?
He says it with a straight face, and the film lets you decide. He clearly believes money buys the appearance of virtue, which may be the same thing to him.
Is the helicopter crash scene real?
It happens the way Jordan tells it, which is the film's running joke — everything is filtered through a narrator who loves to exaggerate.
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第 2 章put meat on the tableJordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
第 3 章the ins and outsBlack Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
第 4 章get rich quickJordan Pitches a Penny Stock
第 5 章an in with someoneDonnie Quits His Job for Jordan
第 6 章supply and demandSell Me This Pen
第 7 章cold-call someoneJordan Teaches the Stratton Script
第 8 章hatchet jobForbes Profiles Jordan Belfort
第 9 章loopholeMax Confronts Jordan Over the Bill
第 10 章muttJordan Meets Naomi at a Party
第 11 章lying through his teethJordan Interrogates the Butler
第 12 章heaven on earthJordan Surprises Naomi with a Yacht
第 13 章fired upNew Issue Day at Stratton Oakmont
第 14 章put me on the mapJordan Hypes Steve Madden
第 15 章no nobility in povertyJordan's No Nobility in Poverty Speech
第 16 章for the life of meFBI Subpoenas Jordan's Wedding Video
第 17 章take a stab atJordan Pitches the FBI Agent
第 18 章to the manor bornJordan Tries to Bribe Agent Denham
第 19 章beat yourself upJordan Probes Swiss Bank Secrecy
第 20 章get the best ofJordan Visits Aunt Emma in London
第 21 章give me a passFight Over a Briefcase of Cash
第 22 章phones tappedBo Warns Jordan: Phones Tapped
第 23 章let aloneJordan's Father Tells Him to Quit
第 24 章take no for an answerJordan Refuses to Leave
第 25 章ring a bellJordan's Deposition: I Do Not Recall
第 26 章batten down the hatchesJordan Sails Into a Storm
第 27 章clean up my actJordan Arrested on Camera
第 28 章off the hookThe FBI Offers Jordan a Deal
第 29 章silver liningNaomi Says It's the Last Time
第 30 章hates my gutsJordan Takes His Daughter and Flees第 1 / 30 章 · 残り約 133 分