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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 8 / 27 章 · 3'40" · B1

The Gang Boards Up Franco's House, Explained：low blood sugar

Holed up after the quake, the group inventories supplies and keeps getting distracted — first by Franco's real revolver, which everyone handles while someone asks to "put that down, please." Then a single Milky Way becomes a standoff: "Guys, the only issue is I kind of need the Milky Way."

あらすじ

After the quake, the survivors hole up in Franco's house and start boarding up. They inventory supplies — whiskey, wine, tequila, Nutella, pizza — and Franco shows off a real revolver kept from a movie, which the others nervously handle. Then the mood turns on a candy bar: one man insists he needs the Milky Way for his low blood sugar.

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tool kitput that downknow how togive it back

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このシーンの表現

low blood sugar

not enough sugar in the blood

When no one shares, Craig plays the low blood sugar card to justify needing the candy.

Skipping breakfast leaves me with low blood sugar.

このシーンの他の表現

  • tool kit

    a set of tools

  • put that down

    set that thing down

  • know how to

    have the skill to do it

  • give it back

    return it

  • fuck

    a crude reaction word

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2tool kit

a set of tools

Craig wants to board up the house and asks for a tool kit; Franco only has a toolbox.

You don't got a tool kit or nothing. Just a toolbox.
発音got a tool

Got a runs together, close to gotta, with a light flap.

You don't got a tool kit or nothing. Just a toolbox.
表現 · B1the edge of something

the outer limit of

Where's the edge of this shit?
表現 · A2put something down

set that thing down

Franco holds a loaded prop gun, and a friend politely asks him to put it down.

Could you put that down, please? Loaded.
発音put that

The t in put blends into that and nearly disappears.

Could you put that down, please? Loaded.
表現 · B1put something away

stow the gun

Can you just put the gun away? I always keep my props.
表現 · B2keep one's props

hold on to film props Props here means film props, not support.

That's really cool. Always keep my props.
表現 · A2know how to do something

have the skill to do it

Franco insists he knows how to handle the gun, and that confidence is what scares everyone.

I know how to handle it.
表現 · A2a real gun

an actual firearm

It's a real gun. Bang.
表現 · A2have some fun

enjoy yourselves

Look, just because a bunch of people fell into a hole outside doesn't mean we can't have some fun.
文法 · B2just because a bunch of people fell into a hole outside doesn't mean

concessive clause: Just because states a reason the speaker rejects, and doesn't mean delivers the rebuttal.

Look, just because a bunch of people fell into a hole outside doesn't mean we can't have some fun.
表現 · B1deal with something

handle a problem

Okay, food. How are we gonna deal with this?
表現 · B1specifically buy something

bought on purpose

specifically bought this Milky Way to eat after my party.
表現 · B1back someone up

support my claim

I like it. Back me up on that, Seth. I don't think you should get the whole Milky Way.
表現 · A2get a bite of something

taste a little of

I'd be pretty bummed if I don't at least get a bite of the Milky Way. 199466
文法 · B2if I don't at least get a bite

if-clause: The if-clause sets a condition and I'd be bummed states the imagined result.

I'd be pretty bummed if I don't at least get a bite of the Milky Way. 199466
スラング · B1bummed

let down — Casual, mild disappointment among friends.

I'd be pretty bummed if I don't at least get a bite of the Milky Way. 199466
表現 · B1a fifth of something

one part in five

A fifth of everything is what's fair and reasonable.
文法 · B2what's fair and reasonable

predicative clause: The what-clause is the complement of is, naming what counts as fair.

A fifth of everything is what's fair and reasonable.
表現 · B1the bottom part of something

the lower section

I want the bottom part, the belly.
スラング · B2cut that shit off

cut that thing off — Jokey and crude; only with close friends.

I'll cut that shit off and make a headband.
発音kind of

Kind of reduces to kinda in fast speech.

Guys, the only issue is I kind of need the Milky Way.
スラング · B2For fuck's sake

an annoyed outburst — An exasperated, very informal outburst.

For fuck's sake.
表現 · B2low blood sugar

not enough sugar in the blood

When no one shares, Craig plays the low blood sugar card to justify needing the candy.

No, for real. I have low blood sugar.
表現 · B2start acting up

begins to misbehave

What? Your LBS starts acting up?

「The Gang Boards Up Franco's House」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter plays the apocalypse as a sitcom about roommates. The world may be ending, but the group's real business is supplies and who gets what, and the comedy keeps deflating the stakes: 'Look, just because a bunch of people fell into a hole outside doesn't mean we can't have some fun.' The inventory scene runs like a shopping list — whiskey, wine, Nutella, a revolver from a movie — and the gun becomes a bit everyone keeps milking until someone begs, 'Could you put that down, please? Loaded.' Then the room turns on a single candy bar. One member claims he needs the Milky Way because 'I have low blood sugar,' which is either a medical fact or the most convenient excuse in the room, and the argument over fairness collapses into jokes about cutting up someone's T-shirt. The chapter is about how quickly people rebuild ordinary pettiness inside a disaster.

Theme

SurvivalThe group treats the end of the world as a supply problem, rationing food and tools while outside the city collapses.
Dark humorA real gun, a candy bar, and a fair-share rule become the scene's biggest conflicts while people are dying outside.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A fifth of everything turns sharing into a formal ruling.
  • Put that down stops someone holding something risky.
  • Low blood sugar is played as a serious excuse here.
  • The gun gag shows jokes sliding into real danger.

発音のポイント

  • got a tool — Got a runs together, close to gotta, with a light flap.
  • put that — The t in put blends into that and nearly disappears.
  • kind of — Kind of reduces to kinda in fast speech.
A fifth of everything is what's fair and reasonable.

The proposed rationing rule during the Milky Way fight: each person gets one fifth of every item, offered as the obviously fair solution.

Guys, the only issue is I kind of need the Milky Way.

The candy-bar standoff in one line: he reframes a childish grab as a genuine need, so that taking the whole bar is reasonable.

We're a bunch of best friends hanging out. It's like a sleepover.

The scene's tone in miniature: the apocalypse is reframed as a friendly sleepover, which is exactly how the group wants to treat it.

Look, just because a bunch of people fell into a hole outside doesn't mean we can't have some fun.

The argument for ignoring the disaster: terrible things may be happening outside, but that shouldn't stop the group from enjoying themselves.

このシーンについての質問

Why is everyone fighting about a Milky Way?

One of them says he bought it specifically to eat after the party, so he claims the whole bar; the others find that weird and want to share it. It's a petty argument that fills the room while the world falls apart.

What is Jonah's excuse for needing the Milky Way?

He says he has low blood sugar and that if his endorphins drop too low he'll be 'a nightmare to be around,' so he should get the candy rather than share it.

Where did Franco get the revolver?

He says he kept it from a movie — a functioning revolver from the set, which he calls 'Old Faithful.' The others are nervous that it's loaded and real.

Why is everyone nervous about the gun?

It's a real, loaded revolver, not a prop, and the group keeps passing it around and joking with it. Someone asks repeatedly for whoever holds it to put it down before it goes off.

What do they have to eat and drink?

The inventory includes whiskey, wine, tequila, Nutella, cheese pizza, eggs, bananas, apples, bacon, steaks, pancake mix, cereal, milk, and two kinds of weed — plus a Milky Way.

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