A Night to Remember · 1958 — 第 11 / 14 章 · 2'39" · B1

Titanic Sends Its Final Signals, Explained:no time to lose

On the surface, the bridge is coordinating a rescue. Underneath, everyone is doing arithmetic they cannot win: the Carpathia will not arrive until 3:30, and one officer says, "That'll be too late." Still, he orders the operators to send on, and gives them the words to keep sending: "We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready."

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On the bridge, the wireless operator reports that the Carpathia is making seventeen knots and will arrive about 3:30. An officer calls that too late but orders the operators to keep trying, and has a Morse signal sent — 'We are the Titanic sinking' — asking the nearby ship to ready its boats.

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no time to lose

must hurry now

As the screaming continues, an officer tells the women they cannot waste a moment.

Get your coat, there's no time to lose.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep trying

    don't stop trying

  • must have come from

    must have originated from

  • stay with you

    remain by your side

  • watch your step

    mind your footing; be careful

  • make room for

    create space for

このシーンのメモ一覧

35 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1make [N] knots

travel at a given speed

Carpathia, sir. She's making 17 knots and should be with us about 3:30.
スラング · B1knots

nautical speed unit — Nautical unit; one knot is about 1.85 km/h.

Carpathia, sir. She's making 17 knots and should be with us about 3:30.
表現 · A2keep doing something

don't stop trying

The captain tells Phillips to keep calling nearby ships for help.

- There may be someone nearer. Keep trying. - Yes, sir.
表現 · A2get someone something

fetch something for someone

I got you a life belt, John.
文法 · A2got you a life belt

double object: Get can take two objects, so got you a belt means got a belt for you.

I got you a life belt, John.
発音got you

Got you blends into one sound in fast speech.

I got you a life belt, John.
表現 · A2put something down

set it down

Oh, put it down there, will you?
表現 · B1must have come from something

must have originated from

A flashing light raises hope, but the captain traces it to a masthead lamp.

There was a light flashing, but it must have come from their masthead.
文法 · B1must have come from

modal deduction: Must have done expresses a strong guess about the past.

There was a light flashing, but it must have come from their masthead.
スラング · B1Quartermaster

ship's helmsman rank — Nautical rank for the sailor at the wheel.

- Quartermaster Rowe. - Sir?
表現 · A2have something ready

keep something prepared

"We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready."
発音have your

Have your links into a single sound.

"We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready."
スラング · A2Aye

yes, sir — Nautical reply to an order.

Aye, aye, sir.
表現 · A2help with something

assist with

- You go along and help with the boats. - Yes, sir.
文法 · B2where the arms and ammunition are kept

object clause: The where-clause is the object of ask, and the passive shows who keeps them.

Ask Mr. Wilde where the arms and ammunition are kept.
表現 · B1may be needed later

might be required later

They may be needed later.
表現 · A2stay with someone

remain by your side

A woman is pulled from her husband toward the boats and refuses to leave.

- No! No, I don't want to go! - [Protesting, Indistinct] I want to stay with you! No!
表現 · B1there's no time to lose

must hurry now

As the screaming continues, an officer tells the women they cannot waste a moment.

- [Screaming Continues] - Come along, ladies. There's no time to lose.
表現 · B1get along

move along Here it means move along, not get on with someone.

You heard what he said, the pair of you. Get along.
表現 · A2watch your step

mind your footing; be careful

On the crowded deck an officer warns the passengers to mind their footing.

Watch your step.
発音Watch your

Watch your runs together, almost like one word.

Watch your step.
表現 · A2make room for someone

create space for

The boat is full, so an officer has people squeeze back to fit the new arrivals.

Make room for them in the back. Watch your step.
表現 · B1not quite something

not entirely

Not quite everything.

「Titanic Sends Its Final Signals」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene works on two levels at once. Up top, it is a clean chain of command: Phillips gives the facts, his officer weighs them, and every order is repeated back. But the facts are fatal — the Carpathia is hours away, and the officer's verdict is just three words, "That'll be too late." What he can still control is the message, so he sends the plainest one possible: "We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready." Meanwhile the same minutes are cutting families in half on the boat deck. A woman pleads for one bag, and is told, "No, dear. No bag." When she answers that everything they own is in it, the reply — "Everything we have is here" — is met by the quiet correction, "Not quite everything."

Theme

DutyThe officers keep sending signals and giving orders they know will arrive too late, because doing their job is the only thing left to do.
Death & griefFamilies are separated at the boats, and the last exchange — 'Everything we have is here' answered by 'Not quite everything' — measures what is being left behind.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A calm 'too late' can kill hope faster than a shout.
  • Short orders push people forward when there is no time.
  • 'Not quite everything' corrects a claim without a fight.
  • Repeated calls for help keep a doomed ship hoping.

発音のポイント

  • got you — Got you blends into one sound in fast speech.
  • have your — Have your links into a single sound.
  • Watch your — Watch your runs together, almost like one word.
There was a light flashing, but it must have come from their masthead.

The crew hope a nearby ship has seen them, but the flashing light was only a masthead lamp — a small false hope in the middle of the rescue.

Everything we have is here.

A line said at the lifeboats about everything the family owns — the painful point being that almost all of it is being left on a sinking ship.

But surely they'd let us take just one bag.

A woman's quiet plea to keep a little of her old life: one bag, which holds the trousseau she cannot bear to abandon.

They may be needed later.

The officer's calm order about the ship's guns: asking where they are kept, because they may be needed before the night is over.

このシーンについての質問

How close is the Carpathia during this scene?

She is making seventeen knots and is expected about 3:30, which the officers take as far too late. So they keep calling and signaling other ships in range.

Why does the officer ask about the arms and ammunition?

He wants to know where the guns are kept because they may be needed later. As the ship sinks and the boats fill, officers fear the crowd on deck could turn dangerous.

What does "no time to lose" mean here?

It means there is no time to waste. The officers use it to hurry women into the boats, as the ship's list grows and the water rises.

Why can't the woman bring one bag onto the boat?

There is no room and no time; the order is 'No bag.' When she says everything they own is in it, she is told simply, 'Everything we have is here,' with the quiet correction, 'Not quite everything.'

What signal do the operators send out?

They send a plain Morse message to a nearby ship: 'We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready,' repeating it and keeping on sending as long as they can.

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