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Training Day · 2001 — 第 6 / 23 章 · 5'01" · B1

Alonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech, Explained：green light

Alonzo takes Jake to a dealer's house and, while Jake is dosed and drifting, delivers a lecture. He tells a joke about a snail, then boils the streets down to “smiles and cries” — control your feelings, because they are the only thing no one can take. The lesson is a threat and a philosophy at once.

あらすじ

Alonzo brings Jake to a drug dealer's house, where a friend warns Alonzo that the Russians want him dead. They dose Jake, who quickly becomes incoherent. Alonzo tells a long joke about a snail, then sums up the streets as 'smiles and cries' — control your emotions, because no one can take them from you.

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注目の表現

clean up your messgreen lightwhat the fuckgreenhorn

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このシーンの表現

green light

official permission to act

At his own table Roger quietly tells Alonzo that someone has been cleared to move against him.

The board finally gave the green light to the new plan.

このシーンの他の表現

  • clean up your mess

    fix the trouble you caused

  • what the fuck

    an angry exclamation

  • greenhorn

    an inexperienced newcomer

  • all about

    the whole point is

  • coming back

    returning

このシーンのメモ一覧

97 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2have a beef with someone

had a dispute with someone

I heard you had a beef in Vegas.
表現 · B2give something the green light

official permission to act

At his own table Roger quietly tells Alonzo that someone has been cleared to move against him.

There's a green light on your ass.
表現 · B1have someone's back

to stand by you

You know I got your back.
発音got your

In fast speech the t in got your can flap into a soft d-like sound.

You know I got your back.
表現 · B1get something up in you

swallow it down

Get that medicine up in you.
表現 · B2daisy fresh

brand new and raw

You went and got yourself a daisy-fresh rookie.
スラング · B1rookie

a newcomer — Everyday word for a beginner, common from senior to junior.

You went and got yourself a daisy-fresh rookie.
スラング · B2high as a motherfucker

extremely high on drugs — Vulgar slang; only among close friends in private.

Jesus, Alonzo, he's high as a motherfucker.
表現 · A2grow up somewhere

spend childhood somewhere

Where did you grow up?
表現 · B1not do a thing for someone

be of no help at all

I can't do a thing for you. It's your mess. You clean it up.
表現 · B1clean something up

tidy a situation up

I can't do a thing for you. It's your mess. You clean it up.
文法 · B2up and heads back

up and verb: Up and plus a verb means someone suddenly does something, adding surprise.

And one day the snail up and heads back. To the front of the house.
発音the fuck

The vowel in the often disappears, leaving a quick th-fuck.

What the fuck is your problem?
表現 · B1figure something out

work something out

I don't know, man. I... Hey, hey. You figure that joke out, you'll figure the streets out.
表現 · A2figure something out

make sense of it

Shit, there is nothing to figure out.
表現 · B1it's all about something

the whole point is

Asked how the street works, Alonzo sums it up in one phrase, pleased to reduce it to a lesson.

Yeah, well, it's... It's all about smiles and cries.
スラング · B1out of his mind

crazy — Casual talk about someone acting crazy; too blunt for elders.

This motherfucker is out of his mind.
表現 · B2control something

keep your feelings in check

Yeah, you got to. You got to control your smiles and cries.
文法 · A2You got to

have got to: You got to drops the auxiliary and marks strong, spoken obligation.

Yeah, you got to. You got to control your smiles and cries.
表現 · B1take something away from someone

strip something from someone

And nobody can take that away from you.
発音take that away

Take that away runs together as one smooth phrase.

And nobody can take that away from you.
表現 · B1handle something

be able to manage it

Think this greenhorn can handle undercover?
スラング · B1dog

a way to address a friend — A street-friendly address between friends; avoid in formal settings.

Thanks for the snort, dog.
表現 · B2save some money

put some money aside here cheddar means money

Stay in the house, save some cheddar.
スラング · B2cheddar

money — Street slang for money; keep it casual.

Stay in the house, save some cheddar.
表現 · B1X away from something

still distant from a goal

I'm less than a year away from my dream. Philippine islands, here I come. And I am never coming back.
文法 · B1less than a year away from

X away from Y: Away from measures the distance or time left before a goal.

I'm less than a year away from my dream. Philippine islands, here I come. And I am never coming back.

「Alonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech」を読み解く

What's really going on

The visit is both an initiation and a warning. Alonzo's friend greets him with bad news and quick reassurance: "There's a green light on your ass." "The Russians want your head." "You know I got your back." Then Jake is dosed, and the room stops being a conversation he can join. Alonzo takes a call and refuses to help, coldly: "I can't do a thing for you. It's your mess. You clean it up." The lesson that follows is delivered over Jake's drifting head. He tells a joke about a snail that seems to have no point, then hands over the key: "You figure that joke out, you'll figure the streets out." His answer to his own riddle is "It's all about smiles and cries." He says it plainly: "You got to control your smiles and cries." A man's feelings, in his telling, are the one thing no one can take. It plays as wisdom, though Jake can barely sit up — so it lands as a threat.

Theme

PowerAlonzo controls the room through threats and drugs, teaching Jake a lesson he cannot argue with.
PhilosophyThe 'smiles and cries' speech turns hiding your feelings into the street's only rule worth knowing.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A joke can carry a lesson the listener is not ready for.
  • Permission in this world is never written down.
  • Control your reactions or the street will read you.
  • Friendship here is measured in favors and threats.

発音のポイント

  • got your — In fast speech the t in got your can flap into a soft d-like sound.
  • the fuck — The vowel in the often disappears, leaving a quick th-fuck.
  • take that away — Take that away runs together as one smooth phrase.
There's a green light on your ass.

A warning that someone has been given permission to come after him, framed like a traffic signal.

Yeah, you got to. You got to control your smiles and cries.

Alonzo's core lesson: a man on the street has to govern what he shows, hiding both pleasure and pain.

And nobody can take that away from you.

His reason for the lesson: your feelings are the one thing that belongs to you and cannot be taken.

I can't do a thing for you. It's your mess. You clean it up.

A cold refusal on the phone, telling the caller that his problem is his own to solve.

このシーンについての質問

Who is the man at the house?

A drug dealer and an associate of Alonzo's. He warns Alonzo about the Russians, doses Jake, and later chats with Alonzo about whether the rookie can handle undercover work.

Why is Jake so out of it?

The men at the house give him drugs, and he is high and barely coherent for much of the visit. That is why he cannot answer Alonzo's lesson and just drifts in and out.

Why does Alonzo tell the snail joke?

It has no real punchline, and Alonzo uses that on purpose. He tells Jake that figuring out the joke is the same as figuring out the streets — a riddle with no clean answer.

What does "smiles and cries" mean?

It is Alonzo's term for the feelings you show and hide. He says a man has to control his smiles and cries, because those are the only things no one can take from him.

Why does Alonzo refuse to help the caller?

He says he cannot do anything for him and that it is the caller's mess to clean up himself, which shows how fast he drops people once they become a problem.

トレーニング デイ · 全 23 章

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第 1 章screw something upJake's First Day on the Job第 2 章keep your mouth shutAlonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story第 3 章slap the taste out of your mouthAlonzo's Felony Stop第 4 章take a hitAlonzo Forces Jake to Smoke第 5 章put a gun to your headAlonzo Doses Jake再生中 · 第 6 章green lightAlonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech第 7 章pressing businessAlonzo Interrogates a Suspect第 8 章it takes a wolf to catch a wolfAlonzo Explains Wolves and Sheep第 9 章doesn't flyAlonzo Extracts a Name第 10 章clear the houseAlonzo Searches Without a Warrant第 11 章work the systemAlonzo Introduces Jake to the Wise Men第 12 章off the radarAlonzo Gets the Green Light第 13 章render unto CaesarAlonzo Shakes Down Roger第 14 章a piece of thisAlonzo Tempts Hoyt With Cash第 15 章quarterbackAlonzo Coaches the Cover-Up第 16 章the nature of the businessAlonzo Shields Jake From His Crew第 17 章a higher pathAlonzo Justifies Killing Roger第 18 章the headJake Plays Cards at Smiley's第 19 章play someone for a foolThe Card Players Tell Jake the Truth第 20 章get to the bottom ofAlonzo Questions a Man in the Bathtub第 21 章came out of nowhereSmiley Questions His Cousin Letty第 22 章no witnessesAlonzo Tells Jake He Has No Witnesses第 23 章see the light of dayJake Shoots Alonzo and Walks Away
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