travel at a given speed
Carpathia, sir. She's making 17 knots and should be with us about 3:30.A Night to Remember · 1958 — 第 11 / 14 章 · 2'39" · B1
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."
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.
注目の表現
keep tryingmust have come fromstay with youno time to lose
このシーンの表現
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.
don't stop trying
must have originated from
remain by your side
mind your footing; be careful
create space for
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travel at a given speed
Carpathia, sir. She's making 17 knots and should be with us about 3:30.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.don't stop trying
The captain tells Phillips to keep calling nearby ships for help.
- There may be someone nearer. Keep trying. - Yes, sir.fetch something for someone
I got you a life belt, John.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.Got you blends into one sound in fast speech.
I got you a life belt, John.set it down
Oh, put it down there, will you?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.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.ship's helmsman rank — Nautical rank for the sailor at the wheel.
- Quartermaster Rowe. - Sir?keep something prepared
"We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready."Have your links into a single sound.
"We are the Titanic sinking. Please have your boats ready."yes, sir — Nautical reply to an order.
Aye, aye, sir.assist with
- You go along and help with the boats. - Yes, sir.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.might be required later
They may be needed later.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!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.move along Here it means move along, not get on with someone.
You heard what he said, the pair of you. Get along.mind your footing; be careful
On the crowded deck an officer warns the passengers to mind their footing.
Watch your step.Watch your runs together, almost like one word.
Watch your step.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.not entirely
Not quite everything.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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
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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第 1 章no laughing matterLightoller Jokes About Titanic Soap
第 2 章to hell withTitanic Sets Sail
第 3 章keep a sharp look outTitanic's Ice Warnings Go Unheard
第 4 章keep their eyes skinnedLightoller Warns the Lookouts
第 5 章drop someone a hintPassengers Bet on Titanic's Speed
第 6 章making waterTitanic Strikes the Iceberg
第 7 章a mathematical certaintyAndrews: She's Going to Sink
第 8 章in the same boatWomen and Children First
第 9 章the latest thingLife Jackets Become the Latest Thing
第 10 章go through withWomen and Children First
再生中 · 第 11 章no time to loseTitanic Sends Its Final Signals
第 12 章be up toThe Strauses Refuse to Part
第 13 章draw a bad handThe Last Lifeboat Leaves Titanic
第 14 章stay well clearA Couple Refuses to Part