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All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 6 / 18 章 · 3'33" · B2

Woodward Finds the Dahlberg Check, Explained：get to someone before

Dardis hands over the records and a stack of cashier's checks from a Mexico City bank. One is for $25,000, signed by a name nobody at the Post can trace: Kenneth H. Dahlberg. "Somewhere, there is a Kenneth H. Dahlberg," Woodward says — and the real race is to reach him before the New York Times does.

あらすじ

At Dardis's office, Bernstein is turned away, told they can't go into it tonight and it will have to wait until tomorrow. Woodward stays, and Dardis shows him Barker's phone and money records. Among them are cashier's checks drawn on a Mexico City bank, including one for $25,000 in the name of Kenneth H. Dahlberg. Woodward phones Dahlberg and reaches him first.

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face a deadlinebuzz someone incashier's checkget to someone before

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このシーンの表現

get to someone before

reach someone first

Woodward pushes the team to reach Dahlberg before the rival paper does.

Call the clinic early so we get to the specialist before other patients do.

このシーンの他の表現

  • face a deadline

    be under a deadline

  • buzz someone in

    let someone in by buzzer

  • cashier's check

    bank-issued check

  • ascertain

    find out for sure

  • divert attention

    pull focus away

このシーンのメモ一覧

63 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · A2see each other

meet again

We're gonna have to see each other tomorrow.
表現 · B1face a deadline

be under a deadline

Dardis says he is on deadline and the paper is holding space for him.

No, I'm facing a deadline. My paper's saving space for me.
表現 · B1save space for someone

hold space for me

No, I'm facing a deadline. My paper's saving space for me.
表現 · A2make an appointment with someone

book a meeting with

I beg your pardon, but this gentleman made the appointment with me...
文法 · B2I beg your pardon

polite interjection: The apology softens the protest that follows but.

I beg your pardon, but this gentleman made the appointment with me...
表現 · B2buzz someone in

let someone in by buzzer

A receptionist tells the reporters she will buzz them in in five minutes.

I'll buzz you in about five minutes.
発音buzz you in

Link buzz and you into one smooth sound.

I'll buzz you in about five minutes.
表現 · A2take good care of someone

look after someone well

The lady takes good care of me.
発音care of

Link care and of smoothly, no pause between them.

The lady takes good care of me.
文法 · B2one way or another

adverbial phrase: It means the action will happen by some means, no matter what.

...because I gotta go back to my paper now and write that story one way or another.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Spoken for want to; avoid in formal settings.

You wanna see Mr. Barker's phone records and his money records?
文法 · B2that you're not gonna reveal

appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the agreement actually is.

...that you're not gonna reveal the source of your information.
表現 · C1cashier's check

bank-issued check

The prosecutor lays out checks, all cashier's checks drawn on a Mexico City bank.

All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City.
発音checks on a

Run checks, on, and a together without a break.

All these are cashier's checks on a bank in Mexico City.
表現 · A2how come ...?

why is that

How come? Did the money originate there?
表現 · B1start off as something

begin as something

Well, I doubt it started off as pesos.
表現 · C1ascertain who someone is

find out who it is

We haven't been able to ascertain who that is.
表現 · B2get to someone before someone else

reach him first

We gotta get to him before the New York Times does.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Spoken shortcut for have to; keep it out of formal writing.

We gotta get to him before the New York Times does.
表現 · A2write something down

note it down

I think they have the same information. Got a pencil? Write this down.
表現 · C1divert attention from something

pull focus away from

...continues to divert attention from the great national issues...
表現 · B2growing pressure to do something

mounting pressure

I have referred to the growing pressures to ask for Senator Eagleton's withdrawal.

「Woodward Finds the Dahlberg Check」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a quiet lesson in how investigative journalism actually works. Dardis isn't handing over a story; he's handing over fragments, and he wants protection in return: "you and I have to have an agreement... that you're not gonna reveal the source of your information." Woodward's job is to read the fragments faster than anyone else. The checks from Mexico matter because the money is traceable — cash that travels through a foreign bank and lands in a Watergate burglar's account suggests someone wanted distance between the donor and the crime. When Woodward sees Dahlberg's name, he doesn't have a crime yet, only a lead. "We gotta get to him before the New York Times does," he says, and that line is the whole newspaper business in one sentence: the facts may be shared, but the phone call is not.

Theme

CorruptionCashier's checks routed through a Mexico City bank suggest campaign money was moved to keep donors hidden from the Watergate break-in.
SecretsDardis trades his records only if Woodward protects the source, and one name on a check becomes the thread that pulls the hidden story into daylight.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A name on a check becomes a person to find.
  • Reaching a source first decides who owns the story.
  • The fact is turns a refusal into a plain limit.
  • Cashier's checks leave a trail banks can confirm.

発音のポイント

  • buzz you in — Link buzz and you into one smooth sound.
  • care of — Link care and of smoothly, no pause between them.
  • checks on a — Run checks, on, and a together without a break.
Somewhere, there is a Kenneth H. Dahlberg.

All Woodward has is a name off a check. It isn't proof yet, but it means a real person exists to call — the first solid thread in a story built from fragments.

We gotta get to him before the New York Times does.

The pressure isn't only about truth; it's about competition. A rival paper may hold the same lead, so being first to the phone decides who owns the story.

The fact is we just can't go into it this evening.

A polite but final refusal. It ends the conversation without explaining much, leaving Bernstein with nothing to do but come back tomorrow.

Well, I doubt it started off as pesos.

Dardis's dry hint that the money didn't begin in Mexico. The checks were routed abroad to hide their real source, which is exactly what makes them worth chasing.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Dardis make Woodward agree not to reveal his source?

He is sticking his neck out. If his name gets into print, he loses his job and his access. Protecting the source in exchange for documents is the basic deal between a reporter and a confidential source.

Why are the checks from Mexico City so important?

They suggest the money was deliberately routed through a foreign bank to hide who gave it. A check that lands in a Watergate burglar's account is a paper trail running from the donation to the break-in.

Who is Kenneth H. Dahlberg?

At this point, just a name on a $25,000 check that Dardis's files cannot explain. Woodward calls him first, and Dahlberg turns out to be a real donor connected to the reelection campaign.

Does Woodward reach Dahlberg before the New York Times?

Yes. The phone call that closes this sequence is Woodward introducing himself as a Washington Post reporter and asking Dahlberg about the $25,000 check deposited in Bernard Barker's account.

Why is Bernstein turned away while Woodward gets in?

Bernstein shows up and is told the meeting has to wait until tomorrow, while Woodward is the one Dardis agrees to see. The film uses the contrast to show two reporters working the same story very differently.

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