Airplane! · 1980 — 第 7 / 10 章 · 3'32" · B1

Passenger Panics on the Plane, Explained:get a hold of yourself

Amid the emergency, a passenger breaks down and tries to leave, and the response is pure Airplane!: "Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!" Above it all, the film keeps joking — a distress call is heard as "Mayday? Why, that's the Russian New Year." Panic and nonsense run side by side.

あらすじ

During a mid-flight emergency, a passenger loses control and tries to get off the plane, while others shout "Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!" Over the radio, someone calls "Mayday," which another character cheerfully mistakes for the Russian New Year. Elsewhere the crew briefs a controller about Ted Striker, the passenger who once broke down mid-mission.

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注目の表現

Maydayassholego all to piecesup to a point

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このシーンの表現

get a hold of yourself

pull yourself together

As a passenger panics, others repeatedly tell him to get a hold of himself.

Get a hold of yourself before you say something you'll regret.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Mayday

    distress call read as a holiday

  • asshole

    a jerk

  • go all to pieces

    fall completely apart

  • up to a point

    to some extent only

  • flameout

    engine flame-out

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 17 件のメモ

表現 · A2stand by

wait for orders

Tell Omaha to acknowledge and stand by.
表現 · B2every mile of the way

along the entire route

Alert rescue units at every mile of the way.
表現 · B2a pre-landing check

checks before landing

We'll need a pre-landing flight check.
表現 · B1where the hell ...

where on earth

Where the hell is Kramer?
スラング · B1the hell

on earth — Adds force in casual speech; avoid it in formal settings.

Where the hell is Kramer?
表現 · C1the risk of something

the danger of it A flameout is a jet engine losing its flame.

No, we can't do that. The risk of a flameout's too great.
表現 · B2up to a point

to some extent only

The praise for Striker is capped with a caveat by up to a point.

Ted Striker was a crack flight leader up to a point.
表現 · B2feel too much inside

kept feelings bottled up

Well, let's just say, felt too much inside.
表現 · B2go all to pieces

fall completely apart

The tower recalls how Striker came apart on one wartime mission.

He went all to pieces one particular mission.
文法 · B1what I've been trying to tell these people

noun clause: The what-clause stands as the predicate, naming the thing he has been saying all along.

That's what I've been trying to tell these people.
表現 · B1the only hope we've got

our sole chance

Mr. Striker is the only hope we've got.
表現 · A1turn on something

switch on the lights

This must turn on the landing lights.
発音gotta get out of

Gotta loses its t and out of runs together as outa.

I've gotta get out of here. I've got to get out of here!
表現 · B1get a hold of oneself

pull yourself together

As a passenger panics, others repeatedly tell him to get a hold of himself.

Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!
発音hold of

Link hold and of into one smooth unit.

Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!
表現 · A2let someone handle something

allow me to deal with it

Stewardess, please, let me handle this.
表現 · B1be wanted on the phone

someone is calling for you

Doctor, you're wanted on the phone.

「Passenger Panics on the Plane」を読み解く

What's really going on

Airplane! plays its biggest crisis as a joke, and the panic here is no exception. A grown passenger decides he must leave a plane in flight — "I've gotta get out of here!" — and the people around him answer with the one line everyone reaches for in an emergency: "Calm down. Get a hold of yourself!" The comedy is that the phrase is useless, repeated by a stewardess, a nun, and whoever else happens to be standing there. Even the distress signal becomes a gag: "Mayday? Why, that's the Russian New Year." Under the silliness is a real problem the film never lets go of — someone has to land the plane — and the briefing about Ted, who "went all to pieces one particular mission," sets up exactly why that is a risk. Panic, jokes and dread share the same cabin.

Theme

SurvivalWith the plane in crisis, the scene runs on holding together long enough to land.
DutyCrew and controllers work the checklists and calm frightened passengers despite the chaos.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Mayday sounds like May Day, and the film plays that collision straight.
  • Up to a point caps praise with a quiet limit.
  • Get a hold of yourself is the line people repeat to a panicking man.
  • Stand by is a calm radio order to wait, not to leave.

発音のポイント

  • gotta get out of — Gotta loses its t and out of runs together as outa.
  • hold of — Link hold and of into one smooth unit.
Mr. Striker is the only hope we've got.

The crew's blunt assessment: the passenger with the broken past is now the only person who can land the plane.

Mayday? Why, that's the Russian New Year.

A joke built on a misunderstanding: the international distress call is mistaken for a holiday celebration.

He went all to pieces one particular mission.

The reason Ted is a risk: he once fell apart on a wartime mission, and tonight could repeat it.

Elaine, I don't have time to say this gently, so I'll be very direct.

A blunt preamble before hard news; the speaker drops all softening because the situation leaves no time for tact.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the passenger try to get off the plane?

He panics in the middle of the emergency and says he has to get out. The others try to calm him and send him back to his seat.

What is the joke about 'Mayday'?

Mayday is the international distress call, but another character hears it as the holiday May Day and talks about a parade and hors d'oeuvres, missing the emergency entirely.

Why is Ted Striker considered a risk?

A controller is told that Ted was a crack flight leader up to a point, but 'went all to pieces' on one mission. They fear the same thing could happen tonight.

What does 'flameout' mean in this scene?

It is a jet-engine term for a flame going out and the engine quitting. The crew rejects a plan because the risk of a flameout is too great.

Who is the only hope to land the plane?

Mr. Striker — Ted. The crew says everyone onboard is in a desperate situation and he is the only hope they have.

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