< VOCA >
Insane 미친
Pay
attention to ~ ~에 주목하다
Grope 더듬다
Housewarming 집들이
Reminder
알려주는
것,
상기
Dirt 먼지, 흙
Con 속임수, 사기, 사기치다
Favor 호의
Be
supposed to V ~ 해야한다, 하기로 되어 있다.
Mutual
respect 상호존중
Function 기능하다, 작동하다
Stiff 뻣뻣한
Conversational
회화체의
In
progress 진행중인
Essentially
기본적으로
Manuscript 원고, 필사본
Adventure 모험
Next
door 옆집, 이웃
Repay 되갚다, 되돌려주다
Who’s
to say?
= Who know? = Nobody really knows.
Mayhem 대혼란, 아수라장
Disconcerting 당황스런, 어리둥절한
Keep one’s
heads up 조심하다
Not
to mention ~ ~은 말할
것도 없이 당연하고
Bond 친밀한
관계를 맺다
< SCIPRT >
No, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm listening. Uh, I just,,,, are we sure we should be paying attention to these guys? It's like,
who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?
Plato.
Uh, coming! Uh, we're just kissing. And groping?
What?
Hello.
Tahani. Hi. What
brings you here?
You know, I was just, uh, in the neighborhood. Do you get it, Eleanor?
Because, you know, we're all in the same afterlife, so, you know, I'm always in
the neighborhood. Do you get it?
And I do, and it's delightful.
Anyway, this is for you. Just a housewarming plant. It's a little reminder
that if there's ever anything that
you need, I am right next door.
How
could I possibly forget? Have a great day, Tahani!
Oh, all right.
Tahani. Welcome to the neighborhood. Even though we all arrived here at
the same time, here's some dirt I put in a bowl because I'm amazing.
I thought it was kind of a nice gesture.
Oh, Chidi. It's a total con. I see
through her little act.
Her act of being a nice person who brings you gifts?
Bingo.
Okay. I'll remind you that you're
trying to learn how to be a good person. Maybe you should return the favor and
bring her something.
Oh, so now I'm
supposed to be nice and make friends and treat her with mutual respect?
Yeah.
That
exactly what she wants me to do, Chidi, wake
up!
That's
what everyone wants everyone to do.
02:10
Hello, Chidi. No frozen yogurt for you this morning?
Oh, uh, no, just, uh, doing some reading.
Ugh, been there, brother. Workin' hard or hardly workin', am I right? Hump
day.
Uh, sorry. Janet's functioning as
my assistant, but she's a little
stiff, so I've been trying to get
her to be a little more casual and conversational.
I'll have what she's having. It's a work in progress.
Listen, Chidi. I've been studying your file. You're a very interesting
case. You essentially only did one thing while you were on earth. You thought
and wrote about ethics.
Yes, I spent 18 years working on my manuscript called "Who We Are and
Who We Are Not colon" Practical Ethics and Their Application in the Modern
World semi-colon a Treatise"
Yes, yes, yes, that's the one. That's the one. I think you should experience new adventures. You know, do things
that you haven't done on earth, right? So why don't we meet tomorrow and try out some new
hobbies.
Uh, why not? I'll see you guys tomorrow.
Not if I see you first. Where's the beef?
I don't know.
Hump day.
03:17
Hello, Eleanor. Jianyu, darling, look, it's Eleanor from next door.
Is he asleep?
Yeah, there's really no way to tell. Come on in. What brings you
to our home, my dear?
Well, I'm simply repaying your kind
gift with a housewarming gift of my own. Fresh pears. It's a plant, just
like your gift, but you can actually eat them. So maybe it's a better gift.
Who's to say?
That's so kind. However, in, um, Chinese culture, pears are actually a
symbol of bad luck. And I wouldn't want to offend Jianyu, so I'm afraid I'm gonna have to throw these in the garbage. But
do come and sit down. We haven't even had a chance to discuss
all of the mayhem in our neighborhood yet. It's so disconcerting.
Yes. What do you think is causing
it?
Oh, I'm sure I don't know. But we must keep our heads up.
In fact, tomorrow I'm actually going door-to-door to make sure that every
single person in this entire neighborhood is keeping calm and carrying on 'cause
I think that helping others will make me feel like I
truly belong here, you know?
Here's a brainstorm, why don't I go with
you? I mean, I would love to do my part to help the neighborhood, not to mention, get a little bonding time
with you, lady.
Oh, hurrah! Such fun.