A Mothers Son

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A Mother’s Son
2012
UK
90 min
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Main actors:
Hermione Norris
Martin Clunes
Alexander Arnold
Setting
A small seaside town in the South of England called East Lee
Main characters:
Rosie, a middle-aged woman, who works in a shop
Jamie, her son, aged 17
Liv, her daughter, aged 13
David, her ex-husband – they 1divorced 2 years before
Ben, Rosie’s husband, a lawyer – his first wife died several years before
Jessie and Rob, Ben’s children
Lorraine Mullary, a girl at Jamie’s school, who was 2murdered on the beach
Sean Christie, a school friend of Jamie’s
Ben, Rosie, Jamie, Liv, Jesse and Rob all live together.
Scene 1
Rosie is shopping, while talking on the phone. She’s calling her ex-husband, David.
The normal 3arrangement is that David sees his children every second weekend. Rosie is
phoning to tell him that that she’s going on holiday with them on one of ‘his weekends’, in
3 months’ time.
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divorce = 離婚する
murder = 殺人する
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arrangement = 取り決め
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A: Listen for English expressions which mean:
1. そういう問題じゃない！
_________________________________
2. おあいにくさま！
_________________________________
3. いい加減なことを言わないで
_________________________________
4. 消えうせろ！
_________________________________
B: One ___________________ = 3 words
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Rosie ___________________ you were planning to go ___________________, so I don’t
really understand what the problem is, David. I’m giving you ___________________.
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David That’s not the point! It’s my weekend with them.
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Rosie Listen, the cottage ___________________ that week.
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David So, tough! It’s ___________________ if the kids are gonna feel deprived. You spend
___________________ on holiday.
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Rosie That is rubbish!
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David ___________________ you and him even still have jobs, I don’t know.
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Rosie Do ___________________, David? Sometimes I really loathe you.
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Piss off, David!
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Jamie Mum?
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Rosie Jamie, sweetheart, I’m really sorry. I thought…
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Jamie I can’t believe you two still ___________________ up.
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Rosie We don’t.
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Jamie Nearly 2 years now.
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Rosie Do ___________________, sweetheart?
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Let’s look at the language
it’s not like….. / it’s not as if….
wind someone up
I don’t really understand
gonna = going to
give (3 months’) notice
(how/what/who/why) the hell
That’s not the point!
(Do) you know what,
Rubbish!
Piss off!
Tough!
spend half your life / half the day (doing
Listen, ... / Look…
something)
Scene 2
A schoolgirl, Lorraine Mullary, has gone missing. A policewoman is talking to her mother.
Put the following words into the spaces. Then listen and check.
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anything
her
sure
at
just
this
be
never
track
been
out
what
give
should
Policewoman Lorraine ___________ have ___________ home ___________ 7 p.m.
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And she’s ___________ done ___________ like ___________ before?
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Mrs M
Never.
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PW
I’m ___________ she’ll ___________ fine. Probably ___________ hanging
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___________ with ___________ mates and lost ___________ of time.
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OK, can you ___________ me a description of ___________ she was
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wearing?
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Let’s look at the language
should have been
hang out with your mates
anything like this
lose track of time
Scene 3
Preparation: on what part of your body would you wear trainers?
The morning after Lorraine disappeared, Rosie, Ben and their children are at home.
There is one word missing from each sentence. (All together 8 words.) Listen and insert
the words into the right places.
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Rosie You’d better not lost those trainers, Jamie.
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Jamie I say I’d lost them. I said someone stolen them, in the changing room, yesterday.
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Rosie Well, I suggest you do a bit of work, 4matey. They’re coming out of your 5allowance.
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Ben
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Rosie You’re!
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Ben
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I’m.
Yeah, day.
matey = mate
allowance = 小遣い
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Let’s look at the language
you’d better not have…
I suggest you do…
Or…
I’m off.
should have been
Scene 4
Meanwhile, the police are searching for Lorraine.
First check the meaning of the phrases below. Then listen, and mark the phrases in the
order they occur.
a. ______________able to confirm
b. ______________buggered off
c. ______________done a moonlight flit
d. ______________had a row
e. ______________just after
f. ______________little sod
g. ______________reed beds
h. ______________ for the day
Order of appearance
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2
3
4
5
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Now write in the word immediately before each of the key words above.
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Scene 5
Jamie feels upset because of Lorraine’s death.
Rosie You OK? I know. You said ________________________________.
Jamie Maybe ___________________________. She hung out ________________________
I liked her. She _____________________. Bit ____________________. But there was
_____________________.
Rosie Her _________________.
Jamie Night, then.
Scene 6
The police are making routine enquiries at the school. All the pupils are being questioned.
In lines 1-9, the meaning is the same as the spoken lines, but the language expressions
used are different. Re-write the places where the spoken lines are different.
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Policeman
Hey, big man, I’m 6DC Blackman. This won’t take long.
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Rosie
Hi. What was school like?
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Liv
Awful. Police everywhere. They asked us all questions.
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Rosie
Oh, that’s terrible.
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Jamie
Almost everyone was crying.
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Rosie
Did you get the impression if they had some idea who did it?
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Liv
Not really, no. But 7Sally Orman said she thought 8Mr. Skinner found 9her
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attractive.
Jamie
Sally Orman’s stupid.
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DC = Detective Constable = 巡査
name of a schoolgirl
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name of a teacher
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her = Lorraine, the girl who was murdered
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Lines 10-14, write on the missing expressions.
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Liv
I ________________, I ________________…
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Jamie
I _________________________________, no. How are you?
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Rosie
Better, thanks.
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OK, sweetheart___________________________ 10case ________________
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Jamie
loft, so __________________________?
Yeah, sure.
Let’s look at the language
pretty much = almost
in tears
reckon
fancy someone
a moron ( a dickhead)
packing
Scene 7
Rosie is now starting to 12suspect that Jamie might be 13involved in Lorraine’s death. She
decides to have a look at which websites Jamie has been visiting. But she doesn’t know his
password, so she goes to the local computer shop.
Think of ways to express the Japanese below in English, starting with word(s) given.
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case = suitcase
loft =屋根裏の物置
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suspect = 疑う
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be involved in = かかわっている
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Assistant
So, how _________________________? [どうなさいましたか]
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Rosie
I’ve forgotten my password. I _____________________________.
[なんとかアクセスできないかと思った]
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Assistant
__________________________ [10 分かかる].
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Rosie
I need ____________________________________[話し合う必要がある].
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As ______________________[早急に].
David
I’ll ___________________________[すぐ行きます].
Scene 8
Rosie and Ben decide to ask Jamie about the blood on his trainers.
Here are the words you need to fill in the spaces.
about
anything
because
completely
dead
definitely
first
grown-up
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hide
mate
mean
never
nowhere
obviously
tested
under
Jamie OK, ________________ up, to be ________________ clear, I didn’t kill Lorraine
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Mullary.
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Rosie I ________________ thought…
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Jamie Or did I have ________________ to do with her death, or know about anything
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________________ how she died.
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You asked about my trainers. It’s fox blood. It’s from a ________________ fox.
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Found it on the road by the 14heath. Gave it a boot for a laugh – not very
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________________, I know. But hey, get it ________________, it’s fox blood.
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heath =
荒れ地
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Ben
So why did you ________________ them?
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Jamie I didn’t. I thought I lost them. Where were they?
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Ben
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Jamie Well, someone must have 15kicked them ________________. ________________, I
said they were 16nicked because I knew you’d be 17mad. I’m sorry.
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Under your bed.
Ben
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And where were you from after school until 8? ________________ we know that
you weren’t at your father’s.
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Jamie With a ________________, having a 18puff.
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Rosie Puff? What, you ________________ 19dope?
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Jamie Weed, yes, I’m sorry.
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Ben
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Jamie The woods.
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Ben
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Jamie No.
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Ben
So where did you go?
________________ near the beach?
And you ________________ didn’t see Lorraine?
Let’s look at the language
to be completely clear
have something to do with
for a laugh
get it tested
someone must have…
Obviously,
nick
mad
nowhere near
you definitely didn’t…?
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kick = ける
nick = steal
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mad = angry
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puff = 一服
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dope / weed = マリファナ
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Scene 9
Meanwhile, the police have got a 20lead about Lorraine’s killer.
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Policeman
What ______________ of hairs?
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Policewoman
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Pubic. In ______________ hers, ______________ would suggest she had
sex some time ______________ 22prior to her death.
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But 23she still thinks ______________ 24rape?
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Policeman
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Policewoman There were no ______________ of rape.
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Policeman
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OK, let’s talk the parents again, and see ______________ there’s a boyfriend
we’ve ______________. Or, what is it they call ______________ these days?
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Policewoman ‘Friends with benefits’?
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Policeman
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Yeah. The hairs ______________ to the ______________?
Policewoman First thing. We’ll have the ______________ in a couple of days.
A couple of days later.
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Policeman
Got a ______________ on the hair profile.
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Policewoman Who?
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Policeman
Local ______________. Got a history of ______________ behaviour at school,
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and 25nicked but ______________ 26charged last year for an 27indecent
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assault on a 15 year-old girl. Name is Sean Christie. Let’s go.
Let’s look at the language
in among(st)
which (関係代名詞) would suggest
see if
first thing
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lead = 糸口
pubic hair = 陰毛
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prior to = before
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she = 検視解剖を行った医者
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rape = 強姦
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nicked = arrested
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charge = 告発する
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indecent assault = 強制わいせつ
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Scene 10
Without telling Rosie, Ben has had the blood on Jamie’s trainers tested by a friend called
Murray, who works in a 28forensic lab. The blood is without doubt human blood.
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Rosie You ____________________? I can’t believe _______________.
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Ben
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Rosie I don’t really know _________________________________, Ben. Sean Christie’s
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But I did. So,
been arrested. ___________________________________, even if Murray’s right.
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Ben
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Rosie __________________________, from a nosebleed.
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Ben
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Rosie He will have lied because ____________________________. Look, the fact is,
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Even!
_________________ lie?
somebody ____________________________, Ben.
Ben
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I have a daughter ________________________ Lorraine Mullary, on her way home
from school.
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Rosie You really think that _________________________________ daughter?
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Ben
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Rosie Look, the fact is that Sean Christie…
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Ben
You really think that for one nanosecond _______________________________?
I don’t _______________________ Sean Christie! I’m sorry, Rosie, but I think you’re
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so 29consumed with guilt that you ______________________________. You can’t
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see ____________________________________________. I’m going to the police.
Let’s look at the language
even if
it’ll be
I don’t give a damn about…
the fact is,…
take a chance
can’t see straight
What do you think? Did Jamie kill Lorraine? Will Rosie or Ben take him to the police?
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forensic lab = 犯罪科学研究, 法医学研究所
consumed with guilt = 罪悪感に悩まされる
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