the strain someone faces
You don't understand the pressure we're under.All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 9 / 18 章 · 3'34" · B2
Reporters Question the Frightened Clerk, Explained：cover-up
Woodward and Bernstein knock on a committee secretary's door and ask about documents shredded at the committee. At first she talks, naming John Mitchell and his raincoat trick, then she pulls back: "I'd just as soon not... Okay? Maybe I could call you." The real question is no longer what she knows, but whether someone has already gotten to her.
あらすじ
Woodward and Bernstein track down Betty Milland, a frightened clerk at the Committee to Reelect. At her door they ask whether she was there when documents were shredded at the committee. She was, and she adds that Attorney General John Mitchell once came in at night with a raincoat over his head. Then she stops answering and asks them to leave before "they" see them.
注目の表現
shreddo your jobjust as soon notbreak-in
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このシーンの表現
cover-up
hiding the truth
Bernstein calls the lead the key to the whole cover-up.
The memo exposed a cover-up inside the agency.
このシーンの他の表現
- shred
cut into strips
- do your job
carry out your duty
- just as soon not
would rather not
- break-in
an illegal entry
- answer any more questions
stop taking questions
このシーンのメモ一覧
73 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
destroyed in a shredder
We understand there was some documents that were shredded at the committee.section chiefs
Were there any department heads from the committee who were also present?covering his head
He was carrying a raincoat over his head.a mocking cheer — A joking cheer used to mimic someone; not for formal talk.
You know, because he was... I thought he was gonna go: Woo-hoo. Woo-hoo.stop taking questions
The clerk asks to stop, pleading not to answer any more questions.
Uh, I just... Can I not answer any more questions?negative question: The negative question asks for permission to stop, not to forbid.
Uh, I just... Can I not answer any more questions?would rather not
The clerk politely refuses to go on, saying she would just as soon not.
I'd just as soon not... Okay? Maybe I could call you.The d in could drops before call.
I'd just as soon not... Okay? Maybe I could call you.immediately following
What about that shredding right after the break-in?run through it again
It could be raining. Let me go through the story again.happen, occur
In the fact that the interview did not take place in her home...The t flaps between got and to, almost like a d.
Someone got to that woman.the crucial part of
It's the key to the whole cover-up.hiding the truth
Bernstein calls the lead the key to the whole cover-up.
How can you write there's a cover-up? We don't know that there is.more facts to back it
I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same.Run need and more together without a pause.
I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same.infer from
What can you deduce from that?approach someone
Woodward gives a street example where a stranger comes up to him for directions.
A guy can come up to me on the street, and he can ask me an address.a hunch
You don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us?appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the gut feeling would be about.
You don't have a gut feeling that the woman is trying to help us?「Reporters Question the Frightened Clerk」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is where the reporting stops being paperwork. A clerk who has nothing personal against the reporters gives them a real lead — shredding, and the attorney general walking in with a raincoat over his head — and then locks up. The raincoat detail is the kind of evidence that sounds like a joke until you think about why a man hides his face: "You have some idea what's in the papers when the attorney general comes in... it's at the committee, and he's got a raincoat over his head." Woodward and Bernstein already sense they have been beaten to her. "Someone got to that woman," one of them says, "It's the key to the whole cover-up." But they still can't write it, and the argument in the car is the movie's real subject: they have a frightened source, a strange image, and not enough verified fact.
Theme
CorruptionA committee clerk describes documents being shredded and the attorney general arriving in disguise — small details that point to an organized effort to bury the truth.
SecretsThe reporters have a frightened source who knows where the evidence went, but the truth stays locked behind fear and pressure from people she won't name.
このチャプターで学べること
- Gut feeling is instinct, and he admits he does not have enough.
- Get to someone means reach them first and change their mind.
- A cover-up hides the whole crime, not just one lie.
- A stranger asking for directions is not yet a story.
発音のポイント
- could call — The d in could drops before call.
- got to — The t flaps between got and to, almost like a d.
- need more — Run need and more together without a pause.
I need more fact for a story, and I think you should need the same.Woodward's answer to the pressure to publish: a good story needs verified facts, not just a hunch, and he tells his partner to hold the same standard.
A guy can come up to me on the street, and he can ask me an address.Woodward's point is that a question is not evidence. Someone asking an address might be lost, not interrogating him, so he can't build a story on what it seems to mean.
I don't have enough gut feeling. I wish I did.Bernstein wants to trust his instinct that the woman is helping them. Woodward admits his instinct isn't enough to print — and that he would prefer it were.
It's the key to the whole cover-up.One reporter believes the frightened clerk holds the proof that the break-in was covered up, which is why losing her to silence is such a blow.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the clerk stop answering questions?
She is scared. She gives them real details, then asks to quit, says she would just as soon not continue, and asks them to leave before "they" see them — suggesting she has been warned or watched by people at the committee.
Who is the frightened clerk and what does she reveal?
She is Betty Milland, a secretary at the Committee to Reelect. She confirms she was there during the shredding and says Attorney General John Mitchell once came in at night with a raincoat over his head.
Why do the reporters find the raincoat detail important?
A man covering his face to enter the committee suggests he didn't want to be seen, which hints the meeting was about something secret — even if the reporters can't yet prove what.
Why can't Woodward and Bernstein write the story yet?
They have one frightened source, a claim about shredding, and an odd detail about a raincoat, but no proof of what was destroyed or who ordered it. Woodward insists the paper needs more verified fact first.
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