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Mmm. Just south of Cape Race.A Night to Remember · 1958 — 第 3 / 14 章 · 2'13" · B1
Titanic's Ice Warnings Go Unheard, Explained：keep a sharp look out
On the surface, the wireless room is just routine: ice reports coming in, telegrams going out. Underneath, the film shows why the warnings will fail — the operators are swamped with passengers' private messages, and the answer to 'Serious?' is only "we shall keep a sharp look out." The most dangerous words here are the calm ones.
あらすじ
Aboard ship at night, the crew note that pack ice has drifted unusually far south and agree to 'keep a sharp look out.' In the wireless room, the operator is busy relaying Titanic's traffic — mostly private and financial messages — as ice warnings arrive from ships ahead. At the end he is told to send a report to every vessel.
注目の表現
keep a sharp look outthe best part ofmaiden voyageget something off
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このシーンの表現
keep a sharp look out
stay alert and watchful
The officer answers a worried question with a calm promise to watch the sea.
Keep a sharp look out for the turning sign, or you will miss the exit.
このシーンの他の表現
- the best part of
almost the whole day
- maiden voyage
a ship's first trip
- get something off
send this out
- private stuff
personal matters
- right away
immediately
このシーンのメモ一覧
30 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
as far south as that
Never known pack ice come that far south before, sir.a warm, gentle winter
Been a mild winter up in the Arctic.floating down with the current
This ice must be drifting down on the Labrador current.rushing, pressed for time
Well, our passengers aren't in any hurry.The t in aren't is often dropped before the vowel in in.
Well, our passengers aren't in any hurry.unreal conditional: The if-clause is shortened; it means if they were in a hurry.
Wouldn't be with us if they were.nickname for the radio operator — A shipboard nickname for the man on the wireless.
- Messages for the captain. - Oh, very good, Sparks.immediately
Someone asks the operator to get the captain's messages to him at once, and he agrees.
- Would you see he gets them right away? - Certainly.alerts about ice
Ice warnings from steamers ahead of us.in front of us
Ice warnings from steamers ahead of us.stay alert and watchful
The officer answers a worried question with a calm promise to watch the sea.
- Serious? - Oh, we shall keep a sharp look out.Link hear and it so it sounds like hear-rit.
- [Headset: Telegraph Buzzing, Clicking] - Hear it? That's the Titanic.personal matters
The operator reads out passengers' private telegrams, and his mate jokes about the money aboard.
- Private stuff. - [Chuckles] Yes, there must be a lot of money in that ship.things, matters — Casual for things or matters; too loose for formal writing.
- Private stuff. - [Chuckles] Yes, there must be a lot of money in that ship.almost the whole day
One operator notes that the other has been sending messages nearly all day.
They've been at it for the best part of the day.spending a lot of money
This chap's spending a fortune.fellow, man — British and casual, used for a man or boy.
This chap's spending a fortune.a ship's first trip
The captain asks what the operator is receiving, and hears it is Titanic's first crossing.
- What have you got there, Sparks? - Titanic on her maiden voyage, sir.What have you often reduces to something like wha-da-ya.
- What have you got there, Sparks? - Titanic on her maiden voyage, sir.difficult to judge
- How far away is she? - It's hard to tell.how strong a signal is
Signal strength's pretty good.parenthetical I should think: I should think is a parenthetical hedge meaning I guess, not the main verb.
About 50 miles back, I should think.send this out
The captain orders the operator to send the ice report to every ship, softened by will you.
- Get this off to all ships, will you. - Yes, sir.「Titanic's Ice Warnings Go Unheard」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is quiet, and that is the point. Everyone behaves correctly: the officers discuss the ice and promise to watch for it — "we shall keep a sharp look out" — while the wireless operator does his real job, which is selling messages for Titanic's passengers. "Private stuff," he says, half amused, as the rich chat about money and greetings. The film lets us see the priorities without commenting on them: the ship paying the most attention to the ice is not the ship whose operator is busy making money. When word finally comes to "Get this off to all ships," it is a warning sent out, not one received in time. The irony sits entirely in the calm, ordinary tone everyone uses.
Theme
DutyEveryone performs their job correctly — the officers watch the ice, the operator handles traffic — yet the warnings still fail to reach the one ship that needs them.
SurvivalThe scene quietly measures the cost of routine: the ice is known, the reports are sent, and still disaster is closing in.
このチャプターで学べること
- A flat tone can make bad news sound worse.
- maiden voyage simply means a ship's first trip.
- right away is more urgent than soon.
- Orders sound softer with will you at the end.
発音のポイント
- aren't in — The t in aren't is often dropped before the vowel in in.
- Hear it — Link hear and it so it sounds like hear-rit.
- What have you — What have you often reduces to something like wha-da-ya.
Never known pack ice come that far south before, sir.The crewman's warning that the ice is unusually far south. It marks the danger as new and strange, and it is spoken almost as small talk.
- Serious? - Oh, we shall keep a sharp look out.The calm reply to a question about how serious the ice is. Rather than change course or slow down, the officers settle for watching — the choice that seals the ship's fate.
They've been at it for the best part of the day.A remark about the wireless operators: they have spent most of the day on Titanic's messages. It shows how much traffic the ship is handling.
- Get this off to all ships, will you. - Yes, sir.The order to transmit an ice report to every other ship. The warnings are going out from this vessel, even as they go unheeded elsewhere.
このシーンについての質問
Why is the pack ice so far south?
A mild winter in the Arctic has let the ice drift further south than usual, carried down on the Labrador current. The crew note that they have never seen it come this far before.
What are the operators doing instead of watching for ice?
They are handling Titanic's wireless traffic, which is mostly passengers' private and financial messages. That is why they have been 'at it for the best part of the day.'
What does "maiden voyage" mean?
It means a ship's first-ever voyage. Titanic is on her maiden voyage, which is why so much attention and so many passengers are focused on her.
Why does the captain order a message sent to all ships?
Because of the ice ahead. Sending the report out to every vessel shows the danger is being shared, even though the warnings that matter most are the ones not properly received.
Who is sending the final ice report?
The message is sent from the S.S. Californian. The scene closes on the operator sending out ice reports to all ships, a warning that history records as reaching Titanic too late or not at all.
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