a short jaunt around
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you have enjoyed our little tour of the estuary.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 10 / 18 章 · 2'44" · C1
Abolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship, Explained：have a confession to make
The abolitionists end a pleasant river outing with the real reason for the trip: a slave ship called the Madagascar. "That smell is the smell of death," the guide tells the MPs, refusing to let them cover their noses. It's a masterclass in making an argument impossible to forget.
あらすじ
A group of MPs is invited on what looks like a reward trip up the estuary. The hosts reveal that the vessel beside them is the Madagascar, a slave ship that left Africa with 600 people and arrived with 200. They are told to breathe in the smell of death and remember it, then the movement spends the winter gathering evidence to take to Parliament.
注目の表現
have a confession to makebreathe it inspare a coincollect enough evidence
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このシーンの表現
have a confession to make
have something to admit
As the trip nears its end, Wilberforce tells the MPs he has a confession to make.
I have a confession to make: I ate your leftovers.
このシーンの他の表現
- breathe it in
draw it into your lungs
- spare a coin
give me a little change
- collect enough evidence
gather sufficient proof
- a little tour
a jaunt, said ironically
- sojourn
a temporary stay
このシーンのメモ一覧
26 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
the stay is ending
But now our sojourn is almost over, I have a confession to make.have something to admit
As the trip nears its end, Wilberforce tells the MPs he has a confession to make.
But now our sojourn is almost over, I have a confession to make.Link confession to so the n runs straight into to.
But now our sojourn is almost over, I have a confession to make.over the last year
This trip wasn't purely arranged to reward those MPs who have supported me in the past year, nor am I the only sponsor.nor inversion: Nor plus inverted auxiliary means the same negative holds for the speaker too.
This trip wasn't purely arranged to reward those MPs who have supported me in the past year, nor am I the only sponsor.a ship carrying slaves
- What's he doing? - Ladies and gentleman, this is a slave ship. The Madagascar.aboard the ship
When it left Africa, there were 600 on board.illness or hopelessness
The rest died of disease or despair.Of reduces to /əv/; the stress stays on smell and death.
That smell is the smell of death.draw it into your lungs
Wilberforce orders the MPs to take their handkerchiefs away and breathe the air of the ship in.
Breathe it in. Breathe it deeply.Breathe it in runs together, with the t voiced between vowels.
Breathe it in. Breathe it deeply.made all people equal
Remember that God made men equal.collecting proof
All that winter, we spread out across the country gathering evidence for Parliament.relative clause: The clause adds the injuries to the slaves; the passive past perfect shows what was done to them.
Thomas rode to Bristol, Liverpool, Plymouth, talking to men who'd worked the slave ships, ships' doctors who'd treated them, slaves themselves who'd been whipped and branded.printed his own story
Equiano published his account of his years as a slave.moved that many copies
He sold 50,000 copies in two months.give me a little change
In the street a beggar asks a passer-by to spare a coin.
Spare a coin, sir?made without slave labour
Our supporters began to only buy sugar produced without slaves in India.the argument one must win
We had a year to collect enough evidence to convince Parliament of our case.infinitive of purpose: The to-infinitive states the purpose of collecting the evidence, not a description of it.
We had a year to collect enough evidence to convince Parliament of our case.「Abolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is propaganda with a hull and a smell. The MPs think they've been invited as a reward; instead they're brought face to face with the machine that makes the sugar in their tea. The numbers do part of the work — 600 boarded, only 200 reached Jamaica — but the real weapon is the senses: "That smell is the smell of death," the host says, and orders everyone to breathe it in and put their handkerchiefs away. You can argue with a speech; it's much harder to argue with a smell you've been forced to remember. The montage that follows makes the strategy clear: the abolitionists take the memory of the ship and turn it into testimony, pamphlets, and a sugar boycott, building the case they'll carry back to Parliament.
Theme
JusticeA pleasant outing becomes an argument for abolition, forcing MPs to confront the trade that fills their cups.
CourageThe campaigners turn a slave ship into evidence and spend a winter building a case against a powerful industry.
このチャプターで学べること
- The imperative makes witnesses out of tourists.
- A confession line softens the shock that follows.
- Repetition turns a smell into a moral demand.
- A whole winter is compressed into a deadline.
発音のポイント
- confession to make — Link confession to so the n runs straight into to.
- smell of death — Of reduces to /əv/; the stress stays on smell and death.
- Breathe it in — Breathe it in runs together, with the t voiced between vowels.
The rest died of disease or despair.Of the 600 people who left Africa, only 200 reached Jamaica. The line names the two killers, and 'despair' is the word that lands hardest.
That smell is the smell of death.The guide makes the MPs experience the slave trade through their senses, not a speech. It's the sentence the whole scene is built around.
Remember that God made men equal.The moral claim under everything: if all people are equal, the trade cannot be defended. It turns a political argument into a religious one.
We had a year to collect enough evidence to convince Parliament of our case.The campaign's plan stated plainly: gather proof and take it to Parliament in twelve months. It sets up the fight that follows.
このシーンについての質問
Why do the abolitionists take MPs on a boat?
They want the MPs to see and smell a real slave ship, so the trade stops being an abstract argument. It's staged as a reward trip, but the point is to make the horror physical.
What is the Madagascar?
A slave ship used for the demonstration. It left Africa with 600 people and delivered only 200 to Jamaica; the rest died on the crossing.
Why does the guide tell them to remove their handkerchiefs?
He wants them to smell the ship instead of hiding from it. Forcing them to breathe it in makes the memory harder to shake and harder to argue with.
What happens after the ship scene?
The movement spends the winter collecting evidence. Clarkson travels to port cities, Equiano publishes his account, and supporters boycott slave-produced sugar.
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第 2 章ran away withWilberforce Tells Richard He Found God
第 3 章where your heart liesPitt Asks Wilberforce to Return
第 4 章my business is youWilberforce Meets the Abolitionists
第 5 章gentle drizzleWilberforce Visits John Newton
第 6 章have something made upThe Man in the Box
第 7 章died of kindnessWilberforce and Barbara Fake a Fight
第 8 章with a heavy heartWilberforce Denounces the Slave Trade
第 9 章mean businessCharles Fox Joins the Abolitionists
再生中 · 第 10 章have a confession to makeAbolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship
第 11 章scrape the bottom of the barrelAbolitionists Present a Huge Petition
第 12 章a wave of good intentionsPitt Warns a Friend Over Cards
第 13 章run with bloodPitt Warns Wilberforce About War
第 14 章by halvesNewton Gives Wilberforce His Confession
第 15 章flag of convenienceThe Neutral Flag Trick
第 16 章side windAbolitionists Come at a Side Wind
第 17 章find me as myselfWilberforce Quits Laudanum
第 18 章pushing at an open doorWilberforce Visits a Dying Pitt第 10 / 18 章 · 残り約 24 分