searching for an activity to fill time
It was sort of a cloudy, gray day and we were looking for something to do, so we thought, "Why not go to Sealand?"Blackfish · 2013 — Capítulo 4 de 8 · 3'06" · B2
Keltie Falls Into the Whale Pool, Explained: on its last legs
Visitors watch a trainer slip at the pool edge and fall in. A whale grabs her boot and pulls her back. They assume the animals are used to a trainer in the water, then see the thrashing turn real. She screams and is pulled under. A sister remembers "I don't want to die," and Sealand closes.
Qué pasa
On a cloudy day, visitors enter Sealand, three whales in a pool that looks like a swimming pool. A woman in rubber boots trips at the edge and falls in. A whale grabs her boot and pulls her back. She comes up screaming for help. A sister remembers her saying she does not want to die. The witnesses cannot help her, and Sealand later closes.
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on its last legslost her balanceused to thatsomething's not right
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on its last legs
barely surviving, nearly finished
Someone calls the worn, gray park on its last legs, lightly, before anyone knows the day will turn.
The corner bookstore is on its last legs.
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- lost her balance
became unsteady and fell
- used to that
accustomed to that situation
- something's not right
a sudden sense that things are wrong
- couldn't help her
was unable to help her
- the whole affair
the entire incident, not a romance
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Let of in sort of stay light so a can follow at once.
It was sort of a cloudy, gray day and we were looking for something to do, so we thought, "Why not go to Sealand?"barely surviving, nearly finished
Someone calls the worn, gray park on its last legs, lightly, before anyone knows the day will turn.
It was kind of like this dingy pool with these whales and-- it just felt a little bit like an amusement park that was kind of on its last legs and everything was a bit gray.became unsteady and fell
A witness tracks the boot, the pool edge, then the moment she lost her balance and went in.
And then I saw her walking with her rubber boots and she tripped and her foot just dipped into the edge of the pool and she lost her balance and fell in.accustomed to that situation
Right after the fall, someone stays calm because the whales seem used to that.
At first, I didn't think it was that serious because you see the trainer in the pool with the whale and you think, "Oh, well, the whales are used to that."suddenly, with no warning
And then all of a sudden, it started getting-- there was more swimming, more activity,a sudden sense that things are wrong
After the splashing turns frantic, someone drops the calm story and says something's not right.
And then as it progressed, you started to realize, "Whoa, something's not right here."Put the weight on not and let right here leave with the breath.
And then as it progressed, you started to realize, "Whoa, something's not right here."a spoken sound of surprise — A spoken sound of surprise; skip it in formal writing.
And then as it progressed, you started to realize, "Whoa, something's not right here."in serious danger
bigger and bigger and realizing that, "I really am in trouble here."drag someone beneath the surface
And then they would pull her under.keep paying attention; stay aware here, not counting how long she was under
You're not keeping track.increasingly difficult
So it was harder and harder for her to get the air in because she was screaming.infinitive clause: for her names who must breathe; get marks the action itself.
So it was harder and harder for her to get the air in because she was screaming.sympathy offered to the family
Well, condolences to Keltie's family.was unable to help her
After she is pulled under, someone says they couldn't help her, weighed down by guilt.
That we couldn't help her was pretty wretched.subject clause: The that-clause is the subject; was wretched judges the failure to help.
That we couldn't help her was pretty wretched.Glance the last consonant of couldn't straight into help.
That we couldn't help her was pretty wretched.chose correctly
And I think the owner, you know, made the right decision for whatever reasons.regardless of the exact motives
And I think the owner, you know, made the right decision for whatever reasons.negation shift: Not sits on believe, but it denies that he is a bad man.
I don't believe he's a bad guy, a bad man.a casually labeled villain — Fine for a casual judgment; too loose for court or a eulogy.
I don't believe he's a bad guy, a bad man.the entire incident, not a romance
While explaining the shutdown, someone says the owner was shocked by the whole affair too, meaning the incident, not a romance.
I think he was shocked by the whole affair, too.the glow and appeal had faded
Someone explains the shutdown by saying the blush was gone from the business, as if the shine had left.
The blush was gone from the business and he decided that that was it.that was the end of it
The blush was gone from the business and he decided that that was it.tell the story of what one saw
No one ever asked us to say what happened.the sole thing that remains
And the only thing remaining of Keltie Byrne is-- is what's left in the folks' minds who recall the case.what still remains
And the only thing remaining of Keltie Byrne is-- is what's left in the folks' minds who recall the case.relative clause: who describes the folks who remember, not Keltie herself.
And the only thing remaining of Keltie Byrne is-- is what's left in the folks' minds who recall the case.ordinary people — A casual word for people; avoid it in formal reports.
And the only thing remaining of Keltie Byrne is-- is what's left in the folks' minds who recall the case.Keltie Falls Into the Whale Pool, explicado
What's really going on
Sealand already looks finished: a dingy pool, three whales, everything gray, "an amusement park that was kind of on its last legs." Visitors even envy the job. Then a boot trips, a foot dips in, and a whale grabs the boot and pulls her back. The first thought is show logic. A trainer in the water must be normal: "the whales are used to that." Panic follows: more thrashing, then "Whoa, something's not right here." She screams, eyes wider. She is pulled under, comes up with "Help me, help me," and goes down. A sister remembers "I don't want to die." Condolences come next, then a closed park called a little pond. "The blush was gone from the business," and he decided that was it. Someone says the owner was shocked too. An inquest happens, yet nobody asks the people who watched. No big lawsuit, no memorial. What remains of Keltie Byrne is only the memory of people who recall the case.
Theme
Death & griefThe account moves from a woman screaming that she does not want to die to condolences for Keltie's family.
MemoryIt ends on Keltie Byrne: no memorial, no lawsuit, only what is left in the minds of people who recall the case.
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- sort of a — Let of in sort of stay light so a can follow at once.
- not right — Put the weight on not and let right here leave with the breath.
- couldn't help — Glance the last consonant of couldn't straight into help.
At first, I didn't think it was that serious because you see the trainer in the pool with the whale and you think, "Oh, well, the whales are used to that."The witness is explaining the delay. A trainer in the pool looked normal, so the whales seemed used to a person in the water.
And then as it progressed, you started to realize, "Whoa, something's not right here."This is the turn in the account. More activity has already started, and the witness now says plainly that something is wrong.
And my sister remembers her saying, "I don't want to die."The words arrive secondhand. A sister remembers the woman in the water saying she did not want to die.
That we couldn't help her was pretty wretched.Just after condolences to Keltie's family, someone says it was wretched that the people watching could not help her.
The blush was gone from the business and he decided that that was it.The business has lost its shine, and the man spoken of as the owner decides that this is the end.
And the only thing remaining of Keltie Byrne is-- is what's left in the folks' minds who recall the case.With no memorial mentioned, the speakers leave Keltie Byrne as a memory in the minds of people who still recall the case.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why did the witnesses not think the fall was serious at first?
One speaker says that at first it did not look serious. You see a trainer in the pool with a whale and think, "Oh, well, the whales are used to that." The worry comes later, when there is more thrashing and someone realizes, "Whoa, something's not right here."
What happened to her after she hit the water?
She tried to push her way out. A whale zoomed over, grabbed her boot, and pulled her back in. They pulled her under. When they came up she said, "Help me, help me," and they took her down again. A sister remembers her saying, "I don't want to die."
Why do the speakers accept that Sealand closed?
One person calls the closing probably a good thing and says the place was "a little pond." Another thinks the owner made the right decision, for whatever reasons, and was shocked by the whole affair rather than being a bad man. The next decision is spoken plainly: "We should shut down."
What does "the blush was gone" mean in this account?
It is about the business, not a face. The shine had gone, and on the strength of that he decided that was the end. The following line makes the decision plain: "We should shut down."
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