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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 13 / 27 章 · 3'10" · B1

Drawing Matches to Fetch the Water, Explained：make any guarantees

The group needs water from the basement, so they settle it the old way: "Whoever pulls the burnt match has to go get the water." Craig loses and heads out on a rope. When he asks them to promise to pull him back, they won't commit — "we'll try" is all he gets.

あらすじ

With the house running low on water, the group first tries to take Emma Watson's drinks, then agrees to draw matches: whoever gets the burnt one goes to the basement for water. Craig draws it and asks for a best-of-three. Before leaving on the rope he wants a promise they'll pull him back, but the others only agree to do their best.

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a lot safer thanthe house bitchknow for sureease up

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このシーンの表現

make any guarantees

to promise for certain

Craig wants a promise, and his friend refuses to guarantee anything.

I can't make any guarantees about the price.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a lot safer than

    much safer than

  • the house bitch

    the one everyone bosses around

  • know for sure

    to be certain

  • ease up

    to calm down

  • best two out of three

    first to win two rounds

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

発音six of us

Link six of us so the of fades away.

There's six of us. You cannot rob us.
スラング · B2fucking around

messing around — Crude way to insist you are serious; keep it informal.

I'm not fucking around.
表現 · A2stay with someone

remain with us

Look, Emma, just stay here with us.
表現 · A2a lot + comparative

much safer

It's a lot safer than out there.
文法 · A2a lot safer than

comparative: A lot boosts the comparative safer than when two places are compared.

It's a lot safer than out there.
表現 · B1around the side of something

on the side of it

The door to the basement's out there around the side of the house.
表現 · A2at least

no fewer than

I know for sure there's at least two jugs of water.
表現 · A1go with someone

to accompany someone

Does anyone want to volunteer and go with Jay?
表現 · B1volunteer to do something

to offer to go

I thought you said someone volunteer to go with me out there. I must have misheard you.
スラング · C1motherfucker

bastard, jerk — A harsh insult, only ever among friends in anger.

I'm sorry. You did not, you motherfucker.
表現 · B1chill out

calm down

Hey, okay, ease up. Just chill out, dude. Just relax, man. God.
文法 · B1Whoever pulls the burnt match

subject clause: The whoever clause is the subject, so the verb takes has to.

Whoever pulls the burnt match has to go get the water.
表現 · A2go first

to take the first turn

Who wants to go first?
表現 · A2go ahead

please do

Go ahead, brother.
表現 · C1best two out of three

first to win two rounds

Craig asks for a rematch on best two out of three, and nobody takes him up on it.

You want to go best two out of three?
文法 · A2If I tug

conditional clause: Several if clauses list the situations that should trigger a rescue.

If I tug, if I pull in anyway, or if you hear me screaming,
発音We'll try

We'll blurs into try as one quick sound.

Yeah. We'll try, man, but you're pretty heavy.
表現 · B2make a guarantee

to promise for certain

Craig wants a promise, and his friend refuses to guarantee anything.

No, I mean, I'm saying I just don't think it's smart to make any guarantees. Fuck no.
発音don't think it's

The t sounds drop out and the words run together.

No, I mean, I'm saying I just don't think it's smart to make any guarantees. Fuck no.
表現 · B1pull someone back in

to drag me back inside

You promise to pull me back in? No, no, we're... You got me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
表現 · A2do one's best

to try as hard as possible

The group answers with do our best, agreeing without a hard promise.

We're gonna do our best. All right. You want to do a test run? Yeah.
表現 · B1a test run

a trial attempt

We're gonna do our best. All right. You want to do a test run? Yeah.
スラング · C1as fuck

extremely — Adds strong emphasis after an adjective; vulgar.

Smoky as fuck out here.

「Drawing Matches to Fetch the Water」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a survival story that keeps turning into a comedy about fairness. Rather than pick a volunteer, the group resorts to a ritual — "Whoever pulls the burnt match has to go get the water" — and then instantly regrets the outcome, apologizing to the loser and offering to redo it: 'You want to go best two out of three?' The funniest part is the negotiation at the door. He wants a guarantee they'll haul him back if something goes wrong; they refuse to promise anything: 'I just don't think it's smart to make any guarantees.' All he gets is 'We'll try, man, but you're pretty heavy.' The chapter shows a group that wants the comfort of a fair rule but none of the responsibility of a real promise.

Theme

SurvivalWater runs short, someone has to leave the house on a rope, and the group has to decide who risks it.
TrustAsked for a guarantee that they'll pull him back, the others refuse to promise, leaving him to go on 'we'll try.'

このチャプターで学べること

  • Best two out of three means first to two rounds
  • Make any guarantees refuses a firm promise
  • Go ahead invites someone to start
  • A lot safer means much safer

発音のポイント

  • six of us — Link six of us so the of fades away.
  • We'll try — We'll blurs into try as one quick sound.
  • don't think it's — The t sounds drop out and the words run together.
It's a lot safer than out there.

The pitch to keep Emma Watson inside: whatever danger the house holds, it beats the chaos outside, so she should stay.

Whoever pulls the burnt match has to go get the water.

The rule for choosing who leaves: draw from the matches, and the person stuck with the burnt one does the dangerous errand.

Yeah. We'll try, man, but you're pretty heavy.

The honest non-promise: they'll make an effort to pull him back, but they also can't guarantee it because of his size.

No, I mean, I'm saying I just don't think it's smart to make any guarantees. Fuck no.

The refusal to promise outright: guaranteeing a rescue would be foolish, so he won't — even if it's what his friend wants to hear.

このシーンについての質問

How do they decide who fetches the water?

They draw matches: whoever pulls the burnt match has to go. Craig draws it, so he heads to the basement door on the side of the house, tied to a rope.

Why won't the others promise to pull him back?

They say it wouldn't be smart to make any guarantees, and admit he's heavy to haul. They offer only 'we'll do our best,' which he isn't happy about.

What are they doing with Emma Watson?

Before the match-drawing, they try to take her drinks; Franco refuses to shoot her, and someone offers her a safer place to stay instead of going back outside.

What is 'the house bitch'?

It's the insult for the person stuck doing everyone's chores, used of whoever loses the draw. It's crude, and the scene plays it as a joke about who ends up powerless.

Does the plan work?

He gets out the door on the rope, but outside is thick with smoke — 'Smoky as fuck out here' — so the errand is clearly dangerous, and the group is left hoping he makes it.

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