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When Harry Met Sally... · 1989 — 第 19 / 20 章 · 3'09" · B2

Harry and Sally Fight at the Wedding, Explained：get past this

At Marie and Jess's wedding, Harry and Sally finally fight about the night they slept together. She wants to face it; he wants to shrug it off. "Why can't we get past this?" she asks, and he answers that it does not have to mean everything. The toast that follows only makes the rift worse.

あらすじ

Marie and Jess get married, and their wedding brings Harry and Sally back together. Old tension surfaces when Harry jokes about holidays and Sally refuses to discuss her love life. The night turns into a fight about the night they slept together, and it ends badly just before a toast.

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注目の表現

gathered herea totally different personget past thiscarry this thing around

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このシーンの表現

get past this

move beyond something

Harry loses patience and asks why they can never move beyond what happened.

We need to get past this and move on.

このシーンの他の表現

  • gathered here

    assembled in this place

  • a totally different person

    completely changed

  • carry this thing around

    keep dragging an issue along

  • Sprinted is more like it

    a sharper, ironic correction

  • get one thing straight

    make one thing clear

このシーンのメモ一覧

48 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B2be gathered here

assembled in this place

The wedding opens with the officiant's formal call to order.

We are gathered here today...
表現 · C1vows of matrimony

marriage vows

and to consecrate their vows of matrimony.
表現 · B1a totally different person

completely changed

Watching the newly married Marie, Sally says she has never seen her like this.

I've never seen her so happy. She's a totally different person.
発音seen her so

Seen her links up, with the h in her often dropped.

I've never seen her so happy. She's a totally different person.
スラング · A2wanna

want to (casual) — Everyday speech; avoid it in writing.

- Me? - Honey, you wanna dance?
スラング · A1Yeah

yes (casual) — Casual yes; use yes in writing.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I do.
表現 · B2the holidays are rough

the holidays are hard

Boy, the holidays are rough. Every year I just try...
スラング · B1Boy

wow (exclamation) — A casual exclamation of surprise or feeling.

Boy, the holidays are rough. Every year I just try...
表現 · B1be seeing someone

be dating someone

Are you seeing anybody? What?
表現 · B1get past something

move beyond something

Harry loses patience and asks why they can never move beyond what happened.

Why can't we get past this? Are we gonna carry this thing around forever?
表現 · B2carry something around

keep dragging an issue along

Harry asks whether they will drag this weight around for the rest of their lives.

Why can't we get past this? Are we gonna carry this thing around forever?
発音get past this

The t in past this often drops, blurring the words together.

Why can't we get past this? Are we gonna carry this thing around forever?
スラング · A2gonna

going to (casual) — Everyday speech; avoid it in writing.

Why can't we get past this? Are we gonna carry this thing around forever?
文法 · B2a year to a person is like seven years

proportional comparison: A is to B like C is to D sets up a proportional comparison.

You know how a year to a person is like seven years to a dog?
表現 · B1be supposed to be

be meant to be

Is one of us supposed to be a dog in this scenario?
表現 · B1not mean anything

have no significance

You wanna act like what happened didn't mean anything.
文法 · B2you should know that better than anybody

comparative: Better than anybody is a comparative meaning no one knows it better.

Because it does. And you should know that better than anybody...
表現 · B2the minute (that) ...

as soon as

because the minute that it happened, you walked right out the door.
文法 · B2the minute that it happened

time clause: The minute (that) works like as soon as, stressing how immediate the action was.

because the minute that it happened, you walked right out the door.
発音walked right out

Walked right links into walk-right, with out clipped short.

because the minute that it happened, you walked right out the door.
表現 · B2get one thing straight

make one thing clear

Mid-fight, Harry stops to make one crucial fact clear.

Fine. But let's get one thing straight.
表現 · B2make love to someone

have sex with someone

I did not go over there that night to make love to you.
発音looked up at me

Looked up at me runs together into look-da-va-me.

But you looked up at me with these big, weepy eyes. "Don't go home tonight.
表現 · B2take pity on someone

feel sorry for someone

What are you saying? You took pity on me?
スラング · C1Fuck you

a very strong insult — One of the strongest insults; never use it in public.

- No, I was... - Fuck you!
表現 · B1propose a toast to someone

offer a toast to someone

I'd like to propose a toast to Harry and Sally.
表現 · B2remotely attractive

even slightly appealing

If Marie or I had found either of them remotely attractive...
文法 · B2If Marie or I had found

unreal conditional: If plus had and a past participle imagines a past that did not happen.

If Marie or I had found either of them remotely attractive...

「Harry and Sally Fight at the Wedding」を読み解く

What's really going on

The wedding is the film's pressure point: everyone else is happily paired off, and Harry and Sally cannot stop arguing about the one thing they did together. Harry keeps trying to shrink it — "I'm not saying that. I'm saying, why does it have to mean everything?" — while Sally insists the meaning is the point, and her evidence is his own behaviour: "the minute that it happened, you walked right out the door." The joke about a year to a person being seven years to a dog, and Harry's attempt to get one thing straight about that night, both misfire, because he is negotiating a relationship he will not name. The toast to the two of them lands as irony: the couple that set everyone else up cannot manage themselves.

Theme

RomanceA wedding forces Harry and Sally to argue about the night they regret, showing how close they really are.
TrustSally says Harry walked out the moment it happened; the fight is about whether she can trust him with what it meant.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A wedding forces old tension into the open.
  • The dog comparison hides who is really hurt.
  • Sarcasm sharpens the accusation.
  • A toast can end a fight better than an apology.

発音のポイント

  • seen her so — Seen her links up, with the h in her often dropped.
  • get past this — The t in past this often drops, blurring the words together.
  • walked right out — Walked right links into walk-right, with out clipped short.
  • looked up at me — Looked up at me runs together into look-da-va-me.
I'm not saying that. I'm saying, why does it have to mean everything?

Harry tries to shrink the night into something minor, refusing to give it the weight Sally wants it to have.

Why can't we get past this? Are we gonna carry this thing around forever?

Sally's frustration that they keep circling the same night, unable to move on or leave it behind.

You know how a year to a person is like seven years to a dog?

Sally's comic way of saying the three weeks since have felt much longer, using the dog-years joke to score a point.

- I didn't walk out. - No. Sprinted is more like it.

Harry denies leaving so fast; Sally corrects him with a sharper word, turning his excuse against him.

このシーンについての質問

Why do Harry and Sally fight at the wedding?

They have never resolved the night they slept together. Seeing their friends married forces the subject back up, and neither of them can treat it the same way.

What is the dog-years argument about?

Sally says a year feels to a person like seven years to a dog, so the weeks since that night have felt far longer. Harry turns the joke around by asking which of them is the dog.

Why is Sally angry that Harry left that night?

She says the meaning of the night was obvious, and his leaving the minute it was over told her it meant nothing to him. That is the wound the whole fight keeps opening.

Who toasts Harry and Sally at the end?

Jess, the groom, proposes a toast to them, joking that if he or Marie had found either of them remotely attractive they would not be together today.

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次のチャプター · 第 20 章consolation prizeHarry's Answering Machine Message
第 1 章in her right mindHarry and Sally Drive to New York第 2 章strong suitSally Explains the Weekday Underpants第 3 章get in the wayMen and Women Can't Be Friends第 4 章keep in touch withHarry and Sally Reunite on a Plane第 5 章grow apartHarry Amends the Friendship Rule第 6 章cushion the blowHarry Tells Jess About His Divorce第 7 章on a moment's noticeHarry and Sally Reunite in a Bookstore第 8 章as hard as nailsHarry and Sally Become Friends第 9 章high maintenanceHarry Calls Sally Late at Night第 10 章get out thereHarry and Sally Talk Like This第 11 章downshift into small talkSally Fakes an Orgasm第 12 章hit it offHarry and Sally Slip Out at Midnight第 13 章get over yourselfThe Double Date at the Restaurant第 14 章call off the dogsHarry and Sally Shop for a Gift第 15 章sooner or laterHarry Runs Into His Ex-Wife第 16 章take your anger outHarry and Sally Have a Fight第 17 章a dead endSally Calls Harry About Joe第 18 章one thing led to anotherHarry and Sally's Awkward Morning After再生中 · 第 19 章get past thisHarry and Sally Fight at the Wedding第 20 章consolation prizeHarry's Answering Machine Message
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