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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 17 / 27 章 · 2'36" · B1

Kolenkhov Wrestles Kirby, Explained：If you don't mind

A dinner conversation about hobbies turns into a disaster. Penny calls spiritualism a fake, and Kolenkhov demonstrates wrestling on Kirby, knocking him down and breaking his glasses. The Kirbys decide to leave, and Alice tells Tony there is nothing to talk about.

あらすじ

At dinner, hobbies become a dangerous topic. Mrs. Kirby admits she studies spiritualism, which Penny promptly calls a fake. Kolenkhov then argues that wrestling is the perfect hobby and demonstrates it on Kirby, who ends up on the floor with broken glasses.

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as a matter of factas well asa fakeIf you don't mind

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このシーンの表現

If you don't mind

if that's all right

After the wrestling fiasco, Mr. Kirby uses If you don't mind to announce their exit politely but firmly.

If you don't mind, could I open the window?

このシーンの他の表現

  • as a matter of fact

    actually

  • as well as

    in addition to

  • a fake

    a sham

  • get hurt

    be injured

  • of course

    naturally

このシーンのメモ一覧

39 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2have any hobbies

any pastimes

Have you any hobbies, Mrs. Kirby?
発音Have you any

Link have you any so it sounds like one word.

Have you any hobbies, Mrs. Kirby?
表現 · B1as a matter of fact

actually

Asked about hobbies, Mrs. Kirby pauses with as a matter of fact before admitting she studies the occult.

Well, as a matter of fact, I have.
表現 · B2a student of something

a devotee of

I'm a student of occultism.
スラング · B2occultism

the occult — Jargon for the occult; rare in everyday chat.

I'm a student of occultism.
表現 · B1be a fake

a sham

Penny calls spiritualism a fake at the table, trampling Mrs. Kirby's hobby in public.

- Everybody knows spiritualism is a fake. - I beg your pardon?
表現 · B1other people's something

someone else's pastimes

Now, Penny. You mustn't criticize other people's hobbies.
表現 · B1A as well as B

in addition to

Kolenkhov argues a perfect hobby should train the body as well as the mind.

The perfect hobby should improve the body as well as the mind.
文法 · B1should improve

modal should: Should states what is expected or right, here setting a standard for a hobby.

The perfect hobby should improve the body as well as the mind.
表現 · B1think quick, act quick

react fast

In wrestling you must think quick with the mind and act quick with the body.
表現 · A2be pretty good at something

fairly skilled at

When I was young, I was pretty good at it myself.
文法 · B1as one grows older

as-clause: As here means while or as time passes, linking growing older to what follows.

- But, unfortunately, as one grows older... - Foolishness.
スラング · B1Foolishness

nonsense — A blunt word for nonsense, used to cut someone off.

- But, unfortunately, as one grows older... - Foolishness.
表現 · B1Once a X, you never ...

once you have been X

Once a wrestler, you never forget.
表現 · A2not do something for X years

for six years

I have not done it for six years, but I forget nothing.
表現 · A2of course

naturally

Kolenkhov apologizes but adds that of course Mr. Kirby will not wear glasses next time.

I am sorry, but when you wrestle again, Mr. Kirby, you will of course not wear your glasses.
発音of course

Of course is often reduced so that of almost disappears.

I am sorry, but when you wrestle again, Mr. Kirby, you will of course not wear your glasses.
表現 · B1If you don't mind

if that's all right

After the wrestling fiasco, Mr. Kirby uses If you don't mind to announce their exit politely but firmly.

If you don't mind, I think we better be going.
表現 · A2we better be going

we should leave now

If you don't mind, I think we better be going.
文法 · B1we better be going

spoken omission: We better is a spoken shortening of we had better, followed by a bare verb.

If you don't mind, I think we better be going.
発音don't mind

The t in don't is often dropped before mind.

If you don't mind, I think we better be going.
表現 · B1be absolutely right

entirely correct

You're absolutely right, Mrs. Kirby. I think you should go.
表現 · A2the whole thing

the entire affair

The whole thing was a mistake. I'm terribly sorry for everything.
表現 · A2let someone do something

allow me to stay

Alice, let me stay. I want to talk to you.
表現 · B1nothing to talk about

nothing to discuss

No, I'd rather you wouldn't. There's nothing to talk about.
表現 · A2get hurt

be injured

As the Kirbys leave, Penny says good night and hopes Mr. Kirby did not get hurt.

Good night, Mr. Kirby. I hope you didn't get hurt.

「Kolenkhov Wrestles Kirby」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is the evening collapsing, and it collapses because everyone is honest at the wrong moment. Penny cannot let spiritualism pass, Kolenkhov cannot resist a demonstration, and Kirby cannot resist participating. The result is the host's guest on the floor with broken glasses, which is both slapstick and a social catastrophe. What matters is what it does to Alice and Tony: they have watched their families fail to meet, and by the end she tells him, "There's nothing to talk about." The wrestling match is funny, and it is also the moment the romance almost ends.

Theme

ClassTwo families with opposite ideas of fun cannot get through a single dinner without disaster.
RomanceAlice and Tony watch their worlds collide, and the evening leaves their relationship in doubt.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Mrs. Kirby's hobby turns the table awkward fast.
  • A polite exit line can end a whole evening.
  • Old pride refuses to admit the body has aged.
  • Broken glasses settle who really won the match.

発音のポイント

  • Have you any — Link have you any so it sounds like one word.
  • of course — Of course is often reduced so that of almost disappears.
  • don't mind — The t in don't is often dropped before mind.
The perfect hobby should improve the body as well as the mind.

Kolenkhov's theory of hobbies, which he is about to prove in the worst possible way.

If you don't mind, I think we better be going.

Mrs. Kirby's polite exit line, the only reasonable response to what just happened.

I have not done it for six years, but I forget nothing.

Kolenkhov's confidence before the demonstration, which explains the disaster that follows.

I am sorry, but when you wrestle again, Mr. Kirby, you will of course not wear your glasses.

His absurd apology, offering advice to a man who never intends to wrestle again.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Penny insult Mrs. Kirby's hobby?

She has no filter. When Mrs. Kirby mentions spiritualism, Penny says everyone knows it is a fake, which starts the argument at the table.

Why does Kolenkhov wrestle Kirby?

He believes wrestling is the perfect hobby and wants to demonstrate. He says he has not done it for six years but remembers everything.

What happens to Kirby during the match?

Kolenkhov throws him and Kirby ends up on the floor with his glasses broken. He then says he does not intend to wrestle again.

How does the evening end for Alice and Tony?

The Kirbys leave early, and Alice refuses to talk to Tony, telling him there is nothing to talk about and saying good night.

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