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All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 1 / 18 章 · 3'34" · B2

Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars, Explained：work the phones

The break-in looks like a routine burglary, but the details don't add up: five men, cash in sequence, and lawyers who show up before anyone calls them. "That's kind of unusual, wouldn't you say?" Woodward is already sensing a bigger story.

あらすじ

Early morning in Washington: five men break into the Democratic National Headquarters and are arrested. Woodward is sent to cover the arraignment, while Bernstein tries to grab the story for himself. In court, the lawyer Markham dodges questions, insisting he's not really there.

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このシーンの表現

work the phones

call around for leads

In the newsroom the editor tells Woodward to start calling people one by one.

Reporters worked the phones for hours before the mayor called back.

このシーンの他の表現

  • attorney of record

    the lawyer on the court record

  • turn out

    it ends up being

  • I'm not here

    claims he isn't really involved

  • country-club type

    a wealthy clubby sort

  • in connection with

    linked to a case or event

このシーンのメモ一覧

65 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ

表現 · B2in sequence

in consecutive order here the bills are consecutive

Most of it was in $100 bills, and in sequence.
スラング · A2Yup

yeah — Casual phone reply; too loose for formal writing.

- Woodward? BOB: Yup.
発音There's been

Say it as one blurred there-zbin, not three separate words.

Break-in at Democratic headquarters. There's been an arrest.
表現 · B1bug a place

plant listening devices there

- Local Democratic headquarters. - Bugging the place.
スラング · B1Bugging

planting bugging devices — Crime-report slang for planting listening devices.

- Local Democratic headquarters. - Bugging the place.
表現 · B1check the time of something

find out when it happens

Check the time of arraignment and get over there.
表現 · A2get over to a place

head over to that place

Check the time of arraignment and get over there.
発音get over there

Link get over into ge-dover and keep there light.

Check the time of arraignment and get over there.
文法 · B1before trying to get on another

preposition + gerund: before takes the -ing form, naming the second action without a full clause.

Why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another?
表現 · B1polish a story or paper

touching up the writing

I'm just polishing it.
表現 · B2work the phones

call around for leads

In the newsroom the editor tells Woodward to start calling people one by one.

- I'll work the phones. - Polishing it. Yeah, you work the phones.
表現 · B1be assigned to something

put on that task

- Do you know? MAN 3: Well, these two were assigned to it.
表現 · B2be appointed to a case

named to handle the case

MAN 3: These two were appointed to the case.
表現 · B2one's own counsel

a lawyer of their own

Only now it turns out the burglars have their own counsel.
表現 · B1be charged with something

accused of an offense

You are charged with soliciting prostitution...
表現 · B2make a court appearance

showing up in court

...for court appearances when ordered.
表現 · B1in connection with something

linked to a case or event

Woodward asks Markham whether he is here in connection with the Watergate burglary.

Mr. Markham, are you here in connection with the Watergate burglary?
発音in connection with

Run in and connection together; don't pause between them.

Mr. Markham, are you here in connection with the Watergate burglary?
表現 · C1the attorney of record

the lawyer on the court record

Markham says he appears only as an individual, not as the attorney of record for the case.

...but only as an individual, not as the attorney of record.
文法 · B2What I don't understand

subject clause: The whole what-clause is the subject; is is the real verb, turning a question into a statement.

What I don't understand is how you got here.

「Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars」を読み解く

What's really going on

What looks like a small burglary is the first thread of Watergate, and the scene tracks how a reporter notices the wrong details. Five men caught with sequentially numbered hundred-dollar bills; burglars who already have their own counsel, which the desk clerk calls strange. Woodward asks Markham if he's there in connection with the break-in, and gets a dodge: "I'm not here." Then Markham does it again, denying he's the attorney of record while pointing Woodward to Starkey. The real subject is the gap between the official story and the details that don't fit, and the newsroom's appetite for it. Bernstein wants in, but the editor reminds him: "Why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another?" Even the desk treats break-in plus car crash as a good Saturday.

Theme

SecretsA routine burglary hides a bigger secret: cash in sequence and lawyers arriving before they're called give the first hint of Watergate.
CorruptionThe break-in at the opposing party's headquarters points to political spying, the crime the whole film will unravel.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Politeness in court can hide a hard question.
  • Markham answers identity, not the case.
  • A repeated denial can sound rehearsed.
  • Work the phones means calling everyone for leads.

発音のポイント

  • There's been — Say it as one blurred there-zbin, not three separate words.
  • get over there — Link get over into ge-dover and keep there light.
  • in connection with — Run in and connection together; don't pause between them.
Why don't you finish one story before trying to get on another?

The editor's jab at Bernstein: he keeps chasing a new story—the Watergate break-in—before finishing the one he already has, and gets told to close it out first.

What I don't understand is how you got here.

Said to the reporter who has just tracked this person down. It admits the surprise that a reporter found him so fast, right before the other answers there is nothing mysterious about it.

I have nothing more to say.

A flat refusal to answer any further questions. It ends a conversation while giving the reporters nothing to quote, and someone has to remind them of it outside.

Break-in, car crash. That's not bad for a Saturday.

A newsroom line: two big stories landing on a slow weekend make a good day for a reporter. It captures the appetite that will pull the Post into Watergate.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the editor stop Bernstein from chasing the Watergate story?

Bernstein hasn't turned in the Virginia Legislature piece yet. The editor tells him to finish that story first, which is why Bernstein insists he's only "polishing it."

Why do the burglars having their own lawyer matter?

It's suspicious. Ordinary burglars get assigned counsel, but these men already have a private one—described as an anonymous "country-club type"—hinting someone with money is behind them.

What is Markham trying to say with "I'm not here"?

He's dodging. Markham doesn't want to be quoted as being involved, so he claims he isn't present, then says he appears only as an individual, not the attorney of record.

Who is actually representing the burglars?

Markham points Woodward to Mr. Starkey. Markham says he's only there as a private individual, so anything Woodward wants has to come from Starkey.

What does "country-club type" mean here?

It's the clerk's guess at the defense lawyer's background—someone wealthy and well connected, not the kind of lawyer poor burglars get. That mismatch is the clue.

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