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There's Something About Mary · 1998 — 第 12 / 24 章 · 3'05" · B2

Healy Pretends to Be an Architect, Explained：so to speak

Healy takes Mary to a museum and introduces her to his friend Tucker, a real architect. Tucker tests Healy on styles and terms — "Is this a vestibule. Or is it a portico?" — and Healy bluffs his way through. Then an acquaintance calls him out on his name, and the pretence begins to fall apart.

あらすじ

Healy brings Mary to a museum for an architecture exhibit and introduces her to his friend Tucker, a real architect. Tucker quizzes Healy about styles and terms, and Healy bluffs with vague talk. When Tucker asks who he studied under, Healy can only say 'among others.' At last an old acquaintance greets him by the wrong name, exposing the act.

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注目の表現

blows me awayfall underso to speakwork out of

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このシーンの表現

so to speak

as it were

Healy reaches for a grand word about buildings and adds so to speak to cover the stretch.

He is, so to speak, the boss around here.

このシーンの他の表現

  • blows me away

    amazes me

  • fall under

    belongs to a category

  • work out of

    be based somewhere for work

  • how the hell

    a rough intensifier

  • Whatever you say

    fine, if you insist

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1want someone to do something

would like you to meet

My friend Tucker is upstairs. I want you to meet him.
文法 · B1want you to meet

infinitive complement: The pronoun you is both the object of want and the doer of to meet.

My friend Tucker is upstairs. I want you to meet him.
表現 · B1blow someone away

amazes me

Healy gushes the moment they enter the exhibit, and his praise sounds rehearsed.

This is amazing. This just blows me away.
表現 · B1fall under something

belongs to a category

Tucker asks which school the piece falls under, a casual question that is really a test.

What do you think this falls under? Is this art deco. Or is it art nouveau?
表現 · A2the difference between A and B

the distinction

What is the difference?
表現 · B1as a whole

taken all together

When you're looking at architecture, try to visualize the buildings as a whole.
文法 · B1When you're looking at architecture

time clause: The when-clause sets the scene before the main advice lands.

When you're looking at architecture, try to visualize the buildings as a whole.
発音so to speak

So to runs together with a reduced to.

In their totalitarianism, so to speak.
表現 · B1work out of somewhere

be based somewhere for work

Asked where his firm is based, Healy names Boston as if it were his home office.

- Where are your offices? - Mainly. I work out of Boston.
発音out of

Out of blurs, with of reduced to a weak form.

- Where are your offices? - Mainly. I work out of Boston.
スラング · A2huh

a casual tag — Casual spoken tag; avoid it in formal talk.

Boston, huh?
表現 · A2get a degree

earn a degree

- Did you get your degree up there? - You bet.
発音get your

The t in get flaps toward the following your.

- Did you get your degree up there? - You bet.
表現 · B1study under someone

be taught by someone

Then you must have studied under Kim Green.
文法 · B2must have studied

modal perfect: Must have studied marks a confident guess about the past.

Then you must have studied under Kim Green.
表現 · A2all over the world

around the globe

You know, Pat does projects all over the world.
表現 · B1be familiar with something

know something well

- Are you familiar with the soccer stadium? - Did you build the Estadio Olímpico?
発音familiar with the

Familiar with the links into one smooth run.

- Are you familiar with the soccer stadium? - Did you build the Estadio Olímpico?
表現 · B1take a gander at something

have a look at

...that you drop in and take a ganders at it yourself.
スラング · B1ganders

a look — Light and casual; fine between friends.

...that you drop in and take a ganders at it yourself.
文法 · B1Will you excuse us

polite request: Will you excuse us turns a request into a polite question.

As I live and breathe. Will you excuse us for a second?
スラング · C1sheep-fucker

a crude insult — Extremely crude; never use it.

Earl Stein, you old sheep-fucker. How the hell are you?
表現 · B1tell stories about someone

share anecdotes about

I'll tell you some stories about this weirdo.
スラング · B1weirdo

an odd person — Insulting if said to someone's face.

I'll tell you some stories about this weirdo.

「Healy Pretends to Be an Architect」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a con being tested in public, and its comedy comes from how thin the con is. Healy has told Mary he is a Boston architect, so Tucker, who really is one, treats him like a colleague and asks the questions any architect would ask. Healy's answers are all fog and no building — "try to visualize the buildings as a whole" — which is why the room starts to tilt against him. The film keeps the audience in on the joke and lets us watch Mary not notice, which makes the whole date quietly awful. What finally gives Healy away is not the architecture but the coincidence of an old acquaintance, who greets him as someone else entirely: "Oh, I see. Okay, yeah. Whatever you say." The lie has been fragile all along, and the scene lets us see it start to crack.

Theme

DeceptionHealy's invented career as an architect is tested on the spot, and the scene shows how easily a lie survives as long as nobody asks details.
IdentityHealy is defined here by a name and a job that are not his, and the coincidence of an old acquaintance threatens to strip both away.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Tucker tests a fake architect with shop talk.
  • Healy answers fast but never with detail.
  • Mary covers for him even as he sinks.
  • Museum small talk hides an interrogation.

発音のポイント

  • so to speak — So to runs together with a reduced to.
  • out of — Out of blurs, with of reduced to a weak form.
  • get your — The t in get flaps toward the following your.
  • familiar with the — Familiar with the links into one smooth run.
When you're looking at architecture, try to visualize the buildings as a whole.

Healy's bluff in one line: asked about style, he answers with a vague instruction to see the building whole, which says nothing at all.

As I live and breathe. Will you excuse us for a second?

The friendly greeting that turns into a rescue: someone interrupts the conversation and pulls the speaker aside, with a phrase of mock surprise.

Then you must have studied under Kim Green.

The trap disguised as a compliment: naming a famous teacher invites Healy to agree, and any answer he gives can be checked.

Oh, I see. Okay, yeah. Whatever you say. "Brian."

The moment the pretence is punctured: the listener repeats the wrong name back, making clear he does not believe a word.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Healy take Mary to the museum?

To show her off and to pass himself off as a cultured architect. He wants her to meet his friend Tucker, who can make his invented career look real.

Why does Tucker question Healy so closely?

Because Tucker is a real architect and assumes Healy is one too. He asks about styles, terms and training, and Healy's vague answers quickly expose him.

What does "work out of" mean?

It means to be based in a place while working elsewhere. Healy says he works out of Boston, which is part of the life he has invented.

Who is the man who calls Healy by the wrong name?

An old acquaintance who knows Healy from somewhere else. He insists his own name is Brian, and his greeting makes clear that Healy's story is false.

What happens to Healy's plan in this scene?

It starts to come apart. Tucker's questions and the chance meeting both threaten to expose him, though Mary does not yet realise what is going on.

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