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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 12 / 27 章 · 2'06" · B2

Tony Introduces Alice to His Parents, Explained：went out with the buffalo

Tony brings Alice to a grand club to meet his parents and a room full of aristocrats. His father is absorbed in his ancestry, while Tony mocks the whole idea: "all that family tree stuff went out with the buffalo." Alice answers a question about her own pedigree with a pun.

あらすじ

Tony takes Alice to a fashionable club and introduces her to his mother, his father, Lord and Lady Melville, and the governor. His father is tracing the family tree and mentions the cost, while Tony jokes that ancestry is out of date. Alice deflects the question about her lineage with a joke about her name.

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注目の表現

a sycamore is a treewent out with the buffalobluebloodfamily tree

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このシーンの表現

went out with the buffalo

became outdated

Mr. Kirby shows off his family tree, and Tony jokes that such ancestor worship is long out of date.

Fax machines went out with the buffalo in most offices.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a sycamore is a tree

    the surname is a tree

  • blueblood

    an aristocrat

  • family tree

    a family lineage

  • conscious of its background

    aware of its roots

  • how do you do

    a formal greeting

このシーンのメモ一覧

39 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B2some + noun (感叹)

very fancy

Some swank.
スラング · B2swank

fancy style — Slightly old-fashioned slang; fine among friends.

Some swank.
表現 · A2have never been here before

never came here

I've never been here before.
文法 · A2I've never been here before

present perfect: Have never done with before says that up to now it has never happened.

I've never been here before.
表現 · B1attract attention

drawing some notice

Say, we seem to be attracting a little attention.
表現 · A2go over there

walk over there

Now, Tony, don't ask me to go over there because I won't.
表現 · B2a four-star something

a top-grade aristocrat

I want you to meet a four-star blueblood. Come on.
発音meet a

Meet a links into one sound, almost like mee-ta.

I want you to meet a four-star blueblood. Come on.
スラング · B2blueblood

aristocrat — Teasing in tone; unusual in formal speech.

I want you to meet a four-star blueblood. Come on.
表現 · A1of course

naturally

Sycamore, of course.
表現 · A2How do you do

a formal greeting

In a round of introductions at the table, Lord and Lady Melville exchange formal greetings with Alice.

- How do you do? How are you? - How do you do, sir?
発音Leach and

Leach runs into a weak and, so the two names blur together.

Governor Leach and Mrs. Leach.
表現 · A2a table for two

a table for two people

- A couple of chairs, please. - No, just a table for two.
表現 · B1trace one's family tree

research one's lineage

No, no. I was just seeing how far I could trace my family tree.
文法 · B1how far I could trace

noun clause: The how far clause is the object of seeing, naming the distance he can trace.

No, no. I was just seeing how far I could trace my family tree.
表現 · B1for some reason

somehow

For some reason your mother was interested.
文法 · B1all that family tree stuff

all that noun: All that stuff lumps a whole category together and sounds dismissive.

I thought all that family tree stuff went out with the buffalo.
スラング · C1went out with the buffalo

long outdated — A dry joke; avoid it with anyone who takes the topic seriously.

I thought all that family tree stuff went out with the buffalo.
表現 · A2more and more + adjective

increasingly

Why, America is more and more conscious of its background.
表現 · A2cost someone something

cost me money

It cost me $5,000 last year to trace my family tree.
発音Have you a

Have you blurs in fast speech, close to ha-ve-ya.

And you, Miss Sycamore. Have you a family tree?
表現 · B2no comment

I will not answer

No comment.

「Tony Introduces Alice to His Parents」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is the class gap made visible. Tony's family measures people by ancestry, and Kirby is literally paying to prove his bloodline, which is the film's neatest joke about inherited status. Alice is out of her depth and handles it well, refusing to be embarrassed. Her answer, that "a sycamore is a tree," turns the question into a pun and quietly declines to compete on their terms. Tony, meanwhile, sides openly with her, calling the whole ritual out of date. The scene matters because it shows Alice and Tony as a united front before the families ever meet.

Theme

ClassThe club scene shows status measured by ancestry, and Kirby paying money to prove his bloodline.
IdentityAlice refuses to be ranked by pedigree, answering the family-tree question with a pun instead.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A pun can win a room that pedigree cannot.
  • Mr. Kirby buys status, but Tony refuses to admire it.
  • Alice answers snobbery without ever raising her voice.
  • Family trees were fashionable in 1938 high society.

発音のポイント

  • meet a — Meet a links into one sound, almost like mee-ta.
  • Leach and — Leach runs into a weak and, so the two names blur together.
  • Have you a — Have you blurs in fast speech, close to ha-ve-ya.
I thought all that family tree stuff went out with the buffalo.

Tony's dismissal of ancestry, siding with Alice against his own family's values.

My dear sir, don't you know that a sycamore is a tree?

Alice's pun, turning a snobbish question into a joke she can win.

No. It isn't you they are watching. It's Lord Melville.

The reminder that attention here belongs to titles, which sets up the whole class theme.

It cost me $5,000 last year to trace my family tree.

Kirby's boast, showing that even ancestry is something he treats as a purchase.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Tony bring Alice to the club?

He wants her to meet his parents and the important guests, including a lord and a governor, even though she is nervous about being out of place.

Why is Kirby tracing his family tree?

He says America has become more conscious of background, and he has spent five thousand dollars to trace his ancestry.

What does Alice say about her own family tree?

When asked if she has one, she says that a sycamore is a tree, turning her surname into a joke instead of answering the question directly.

How does Tony feel about ancestry?

He thinks it is ridiculous. He says the whole family tree business went out with the buffalo and mocks his mother for taking it seriously.

我が家の楽園 · 全 27 章

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第 1 章cash in onKirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly第 2 章when my ship comes inPoppins Becomes a Lily of the Field第 3 章like hotcakesA Day in the Sycamore House第 4 章the daylights out ofPoppins Meets the Sycamores第 5 章would you be so kind as toTony Flirts on the Office Phone第 6 章putty in the handsThe Kirbys Disapprove of Alice第 7 章keel overGrandpa Tells Alice About Grandma第 8 章for the sake of argumentThe IRS Visits Grandpa第 9 章got another thing comingTony Meets Alice's Family第 10 章as he pleasesAlice Explains Her Family第 11 章castles in the airTony and Alice Talk About Courage再生中 · 第 12 章went out with the buffaloTony Introduces Alice to His Parents第 13 章the wrong impressionThe Sycamores Prepare for the Kirbys第 14 章get mixed upThe Kirbys Come on the Wrong Night第 15 章look on the dark sideThe Kirbys Arrive on the Wrong Night第 16 章put on an actTony Brings His Parents a Night Early第 17 章If you don't mindKolenkhov Wrestles Kirby第 18 章keep your shirt onG-Men Arrest the Sycamores第 19 章you can't take it with youGrandpa Lectures Kirby in Jail第 20 章good riddanceGrandpa Calls Kirby a Failure第 21 章take the trouble toThe Sycamores Pay the Fine第 22 章go slummingAlice Tells Off the Kirbys第 23 章get over itGrandpa Sells the House第 24 章crack underRamsey Warns Kirby第 25 章hang on toTony Quits the Family Business第 26 章parting shotTony Asks Grandpa Where Alice Is第 27 章act humanKirby Admits He Failed
第 12 / 27 章 · 残り約 49 分