to place someone into something
My friend has been put into that boat. We want to stay together.A Night to Remember · 1958 — 第 10 / 14 章 · 4'40" · B2
Women and Children First, Explained：go through with
Families are herded toward the lifeboats under one rule: "women and children first." Some refuse to board; one husband urges his wife to go, calling it only "a matter of form" and promising "Everyone here will be quite safe." Children are told they are going for a ride.
あらすじ
On the boat deck, officers and crew load the lifeboats and call for women and children first. Some women refuse to enter; a husband tells his wife the boarding is only a matter of form and that everyone staying behind will be safe. Families are separated, children are told they are going for a ride, and the boats are lowered.
注目の表現
pick and choosemake up one's mindmay as wellagainst the rules
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このシーンの表現
go through with
to finish something difficult
A wife tells her husband she cannot bring herself to board the boat.
She booked the skydive but could not go through with the jump.
このシーンの他の表現
- pick and choose
to select only what you like
- make up one's mind
to decide finally
- may as well
no better option; might as well
- against the rules
not allowed by the rules
- all roads lead to Rome
many paths reach the same goal
このシーンのメモ一覧
76 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
remain with each other
My friend has been put into that boat. We want to stay together.Link put and into: puh-tin-tuh, not two clear words.
My friend has been put into that boat. We want to stay together.to board a vehicle
You cannot pick and choose your boat. Get in.to select only what you like
An officer refuses to let a woman pick which lifeboat to board.
You cannot pick and choose your boat. Get in.upstairs or above
- The boats are up top, ma'am. - Well, I wish they'd make up their minds.to decide finally
A woman is tired of being sent up and down the deck.
- The boats are up top, ma'am. - Well, I wish they'd make up their minds.wish + would: I wish plus would complains that someone will not do what you want.
- The boats are up top, ma'am. - Well, I wish they'd make up their minds.infinitive after want: Want takes an object and a to-infinitive: want someone to do something.
If there's no danger, why do you want us to put our life belts on? Tell me that much.to find a route up
Pat and I have found a way up. Follow me.to come after me
Pat and I have found a way up. Follow me.to understand
It may be someone trying to signal, but I can't make any sense out of it.throw them in — Casual and blunt; never in formal writing.
- If they won't get in, chuck 'em in. - Right.to urge someone to come
- Please don't put me in the boat! - Now come along, madam.no better option; might as well
A crewman tells a frightened woman to stop struggling and stay quiet.
You've got to go, madam, so you may as well keep quiet.In speech got to often becomes gotta; practise the joined form.
You've got to go, madam, so you may as well keep quiet.causative let: Let takes a person and a bare verb: let someone do something.
- Oh, it is, is it? - Good God, man, will you let these ladies pass to the boats?not allowed by the rules
A passenger blocks steerage travellers and says it is the rule.
It's against the rules. I shall lose me job.a nasty little kid — An insult for a child; rough and personal.
- Get off me. - Little rat.many paths reach the same goal
Asked the way to the boats, a crewman shrugs and quotes a proverb.
Any way you like, friend. Any way you like. All roads lead to Rome.let women and children go first
An officer states the evacuation rule to a woman at the rail.
It's women and children first, ma'am.The word and reduces to /ən/, so the phrase runs on.
It's women and children first, ma'am.to finish something difficult
A wife tells her husband she cannot bring herself to board the boat.
Robert, I can't go through with it.to set a firm limit at
Even as the ship sinks, a husband jokes about arriving a day or two late.
but he'll draw the line at two.a formality
It's only a matter of form for you and the children to go first.to take care of
Now you be good girls and look after your mother.yes, sir (nautical) — The nautical yes; playful on land.
- Keep everybody back well clear of the boat. - Aye, aye, sir.to move backwards
Stand back! Come on, everybody! Stand back, please!「Women and Children First」を読み解く
What's really going on
The tragedy here is played in gentle sentences rather than screams. The rule shouted over and over — "It's women and children first" — is the only order that can be given, yet it splits families on the spot. The men who stay behind do the harder work: a husband tells his wife, "It's only a matter of form for you and the children to go first," and then, "Everyone here will be quite safe," a line everyone on deck knows is not true. The small talk is the cruelty. One couple debates taking the train to Philadelphia; another woman says, "I wish they'd make up their minds." Children are promised a boat ride. When one woman says, "Robert, I can't go through with it," the film shows the real cost of the order: the boat leaves, and the man does not.
Theme
Family loveParents send wives and children to safety first, saying calm things they do not believe.
DutyThe crew's rule — women and children first — is carried out even as it tears families apart.
このチャプターで学べること
- Women and children first is an evacuation rule, not a compliment
- May as well ends an argument about something unavoidable
- Go through with means finishing what you dread
- Stand back is a sharp order to clear space
発音のポイント
- put into — Link put and into: puh-tin-tuh, not two clear words.
- got to go — In speech got to often becomes gotta; practise the joined form.
- women and children — The word and reduces to /ən/, so the phrase runs on.
It's only a matter of form for you and the children to go first.The husband's reassurance: the order to board first is presented as a harmless formality, not the separation it really is.
Any way you like, friend. Any way you like. All roads lead to Rome.A steerage passenger's wry answer when asked which way to the boats — every route, he suggests, ends in the same place.
but he'll draw the line at two.Part of the couple's chat about visiting Philadelphia: one day late is fine, two is where the host's patience stops.
Everyone here will be quite safe.The comforting lie told to a wife as she is put into the boat — words meant to ease the parting, not describe the sinking ship.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the husband say it is only a matter of form?
To persuade his wife to get into the boat without alarm. He presents going first as a routine formality and insists everyone left behind will be safe, though he cannot know that.
Why do some women refuse to get into the lifeboats?
They are frightened of the open boats and unwilling to leave their husbands. One says she has never been in an open boat, and another says she would rather die than board.
What does "women and children first" mean?
It is the evacuation rule that women and children are loaded into the lifeboats before men. The crew repeat it while the boats are being filled.
Why is there an argument about the rules on the way up?
A crewman stops steerage passengers from passing through second class, saying it is against the rules and that he will lose his job. The exchange shows how class and orders shape who reaches the boats.
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