glad at the sight of someone
He was always happy to see you in the morning.Blackfish · 2013 — Capítulo 6 de 8 · 2'16" · B2
Supervisor Yells Get Her Away, Explained: making such a big deal
A trainer coos at the new whale and calls him cute, and a supervisor immediately screams to get her away. On the surface it looks like an overreaction. Underneath, the staff had been told he had nothing to do with a death, while "clearly they knew more than they were telling us."
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At SeaWorld, trainers remember a whale who seemed glad to see them, eager to work, and not scary. On his first day, a senior trainer walked over a gate cooing, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale," until a supervisor screamed, "Get her out of there!" The storyteller had thought the females, not Tilikum, were responsible for a death, and could not see why this was a big deal.
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chompersyou don't saynaivetéunder the impression
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making such a big deal
acting as if it matters too much
Making such a big deal is the speaker's real-time objection to a scream, based on the belief he had not killed her.
Stop making such a big deal out of one typo.
También en esta escena
- chompers
teeth, said as something big and funny
- you don't say
fake surprise that flattens the news
- naiveté
innocence that misses the risk
- under the impression
what you believed, often no longer true
- play-talking
playful talk aimed one way
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Keep to light and short between happy and see.
He was always happy to see you in the morning.big teeth — Fine for pets and jokes; skip it in formal talk.
- You're the boy. - Look at his chompers.what someone is thinking
Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.embedded question: The what-clause names the unknown; it is not a fresh question.
Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.chest muscles — Gym talk and jokes only, not formal writing.
- Come on, big boy. - Show the pecs.affectionate name for someone large — Use it on kids or pets, not on strangers.
- Come on, big boy. - Show the pecs.pick up what is new
He seemed to want to learn new things.do the job alongside someone
He seemed to be enjoying working with the trainers.a source of happiness
He, for me, was a joy.reacted back to a person
He really responded to me and I--a belief formed from what you saw
I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.split noun clause: that still delivers the impression after a long interruption.
I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.Let the t in Not slip into at instead of a hard stop.
Not at all.every fact that matters
because we weren't given the full details of Keltie's situation.casual pal — Casual address only; leave it out of formal writing.
Turn around. Smile, buddy.not involved in it
I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.the one that caused it
I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.cleft sentence: The cleft pins the death on the female whales alone.
I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.struck you as strange
What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.not the same account not two objects; behavior versus the story
What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.wh-cleft: What-fronting highlights the oddness before the two sides appear.
What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.soft baby-talk sounds
And she was making cooing noises and going, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale."aim playful talk at someone
And she was, like, just kind of play-talking at him, and one of the supervisors said, "Get her out of there!"Don't give And a full vowel; keep it a light link.
And just screamed at her, like, "Get her away from there," like they were so worried that something was going to happen.treating it as far too important
And I remember thinking, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?"act with deliberate caution
Exercise caution is the formal afterword to the scream: management had a reason to be careful around him.
Well, clearly management thought there was some reason to exercise caution around him.Stress caution and keep exercise light.
Well, clearly management thought there was some reason to exercise caution around him.holding back known facts
You know, clearly they knew more than they were telling us.Supervisor Yells Get Her Away, explicado
What's really going on
The warmth comes first, and it is specific. He was happy in the morning, he liked the work, he wanted to learn, and "every day I went to work, I was happy to see Tilly." Nobody here calls him frightening. The turn is a mismatch, not a new attack. What the staff were told and how people behaved around the whale "seemed to me to be two different things." They had a clean version: Tilikum had nothing to do with her death, the females were responsible, and the full details of Keltie's situation were never given. So when a senior trainer baby-talks him from the gate and a supervisor shouts "Get her away from there," the private question is almost reasonable: "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?" Management, the account says, "knew more than they were telling us."
Theme
SecretsThe staff were never given the full details of Keltie's situation, and the shout to get away only makes sense if management knew more than they were telling us.
DeceptionBehavior around the whale and the story the staff were told register as two different things, so the caution gives away a fact the cheerful account left out.
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- happy to see — Keep to light and short between happy and see.
- Not at all — Let the t in Not slip into at instead of a hard stop.
- And just — Don't give And a full vowel; keep it a light link.
- exercise caution — Stress caution and keep exercise light.
Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.Someone lists loneliness, hunger, or simple liking, then drops all three: nobody can say what the whale was actually thinking.
I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.During the time this person worked with him, nothing about him read as frightening.
I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.The story this person was given cleared Tilikum and put the death on the female whales instead.
What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.How people behaved beside the whale did not match the account the staff had been given, and that gap felt strange from the start.
And I remember thinking, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?"Watching the panic, this person still believed he had not killed her, so the shouting looked like an overreaction.
You know, clearly they knew more than they were telling us.The caution is treated as proof that management was holding back facts the trainers never got.
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Why does the supervisor scream to get her away from the whale?
A senior trainer is walking over a gate, wetsuit tied at her waist, cooing, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale," and play-talking at him. A supervisor screams "Get her out of there!" and "Get her away from there," "so worried that something was going to happen." The account adds that management saw a reason to exercise caution and knew more than they had told the staff. It does not say what they knew.
Why did the staff not see him as a scary whale?
They remember him happy to see them in the morning, interested in the work, wanting to learn, and "a joy." One account says, "I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale. Not at all." They also call it naiveté, because they were never given the full details of Keltie's situation.
What had they been told about her death?
"I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death." The same stretch says they were not given the full details of Keltie's situation, which is why the later caution feels like a contradiction.
Why does the big-deal line come up?
It comes from the impression they were given. The remembered thought is, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?" Right after that, the account grants that management had a reason to exercise caution and "knew more than they were telling us."
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