Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 4 / 19 章 · 2'38" · B1

Chad Hits on Allison at the Lake, Explained:cut from a different cloth

Out at the lake, the college kids strip off for a night swim while Chad, drunk, corners Allison and tries to convince her they belong together. He calls them 'cut from a different cloth' and insists it is fate. Meanwhile Tucker lectures Dale about standing up for himself, and the group's friendly night quietly turns into something uglier.

あらすじ

At the lake near the cabin, the college kids decide to go skinny dipping. Tucker uses the moment to lecture Dale about standing up for himself, then flips on him when he actually does. Later, Chad sneaks up on Allison in the dark, then corners her and, drunk, tells her they are cut from the same cloth and destined for each other.

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注目の表現

stick up forget ahead in lifefreak someone outdrop the act

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このシーンの表現

cut from a different cloth

fundamentally different kind

Drunk and relentless, Chad insists that he and Allison are a special kind of pair.

Those two are cut from a different cloth, and it shows.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stick up for

    defend or support someone

  • get ahead in life

    succeed and move forward

  • freak someone out

    scare someone badly

  • drop the act

    stop pretending

  • lower my inhibitions

    make me less restrained

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2the rest of someone/something

the others that remain

The rest of them just disappeared...
表現 · B1be buried beneath something

buried right under us

and their bodies are buried beneath us.
発音beneath us

Beneath links into us with a soft th.

and their bodies are buried beneath us.
表現 · A1back there

over there behind us

Hey! Hey! There's a lake back there.
表現 · B1go skinny dipping

swim naked

Who wants to go skinny dipping?
スラング · B1skinny dipping

swimming naked — Playful; not for formal talk.

Who wants to go skinny dipping?
表現 · A2get naked

take off all your clothes

- All right. - I'm not getting naked.
表現 · A2in life

in your whole life

That's why you're never gonna get ahead in life.
文法 · B1That's why

predicative clause: That is why introduces the result of the cause just given.

That's why you're never gonna get ahead in life.
発音never gonna

Never gonna runs together into nevah-gonna.

That's why you're never gonna get ahead in life.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid in formal writing.

That's why you're never gonna get ahead in life.
文法 · A2cos

reason clause: Cos is spoken because, introducing the reason clause.

It's cos you don't stick up for yourself.
スラング · A2cos

because — Casual shortening of because.

It's cos you don't stick up for yourself.
表現 · A2be kidding someone

joking with me

- But you just said... - Are you kidding me?
表現 · A2just say

said only moments ago

What'd I just say?
文法 · B1though

trailing though: The trailing though adds a soft but at the end of a spoken reply.

- You said I gotta stick up for myself. - I said, "Don't even think about it", though.
表現 · B1the last thing someone said

the final thing said

That was the last thing I said.
表現 · B1what the hell

what on earth

God, Chad! What the hell are you doing?
スラング · B1the hell

on earth (intensifier) — Mildly crude; only when annoyed.

God, Chad! What the hell are you doing?
スラング · B2asshole

a crude insult — A harsh insult; keep it off strangers.

- You are such an asshole. - Come on, that was funny.
表現 · A2nothing to worry about

nothing to be afraid of

You got nothing to worry about, Allie. It's just me.
発音nothing to worry

The to weakens to a schwa and links to worry.

You got nothing to worry about, Allie. It's just me.
表現 · B1better than everyone else

superior to all others

- What act? - Like you're better than everyone else.
文法 · B1Like you're better

ellipsis: The subject and verb are dropped before like in speech.

- What act? - Like you're better than everyone else.
発音You and I

You and I blurs into you-an-I.

You and I, Allie...
文法 · B2are cut from

passive voice: The passive be cut from compares people to fabric cut from a bolt.

are cut from a different cloth. You know what I mean?
表現 · B1get to know someone

become better acquainted

I'm glad that we have this chance to get to know each other better.
発音lowers my

The s in lowers slides into my without a break.

That's a good thing. It lowers my inhibitions.
表現 · B1catch up with someone

rejoin someone

Let's talk about this later. I'm gonna go catch up with everyone.

「Chad Hits on Allison at the Lake」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter keeps two jokes running at once. One is Tucker's habit of telling Dale to stand up for himself and then immediately forbidding it, which is funny because Dale never gets to win either way. The other, darker one is Chad, who has decided that he and Allison are the same kind of person. His line, "are cut from a different cloth. You know what I mean?", is meant as flattery and lands as a threat, because she has been trying to leave the conversation since it started. The film uses the lake scene to show that the college crowd is not the harmless group the title suggests: the menacing line here comes from one of the students, not the hillbillies they are afraid of. "We're perfect for each other" is meant to be romantic and reads as a warning.

Theme

DeceptionChad's flattery is a mask for pressure, and the scene shows how charm can be used to corner someone.
IdentityChad insists he and Allison are the same kind of person, while the film quietly questions who the real monsters are.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Chad mistakes a clear no for encouragement.
  • Stick up for yourself is the chapter's real lesson.
  • The lake turns a swim into a rescue gone wrong.
  • Drunk talk here is a warning, not a compliment.

発音のポイント

  • beneath us — Beneath links into us with a soft th.
  • never gonna — Never gonna runs together into nevah-gonna.
  • nothing to worry — The to weakens to a schwa and links to worry.
  • You and I — You and I blurs into you-an-I.
That's why you're never gonna get ahead in life.

Tucker's mock lecture to Dale, blaming his failures on a lack of backbone.

It's cos you don't stick up for yourself.

The half-real advice under the joke: Dale lets people walk over him.

are cut from a different cloth. You know what I mean?

Chad's flattering way of claiming he and Allison are the same, which she rejects.

That's a good thing. It lowers my inhibitions.

Chad using drink as an excuse for what he is about to do.

We're perfect for each other.

The line Chad means as romance and that plays as a threat.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Chad following Allison at the lake?

He is drunk and has decided he and Allison belong together. He sneaks up on her in the dark, then corners her to make his case.

Is Allison interested in Chad?

No. She tries to end the conversation and says they should talk later, but Chad keeps pressing her. His certainty is one-sided.

What does 'cut from a different cloth' mean here?

Chad uses it to say he and Allison are the same kind of person, above everyone else. It is meant as a compliment but comes across as unsettling.

Why does Chad bring up being drunk?

He treats the alcohol as a good thing because it lowers his inhibitions. In context it is an excuse for how forward he is being.

Why does Tucker criticize Dale on the same night?

It is his running joke. He tells Dale he has to stick up for himself, then gets annoyed the moment Dale tries to, which leaves Dale with no way to win.

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