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Arthur the King · 2024 — 第 8 / 19 章 · 2'31" · B1

Team Takes the Wild Shortcut, Explained：old habits die hard

Michael's team skips the marked route for a shortcut down a mountain, and the stakes become literal: a zipline over a gap, ridden first by their oldest racer. "Old habits die hard when you're awesome," he jokes, but everyone else is quietly checking whether the thing will hold.

あらすじ

During an adventure race, Michael Light leads his team off the mapped course onto a shortcut: a long zipline slung across a gap. The veteran Chiki goes first as their test subject, then each teammate follows. The scene plays as a mix of bravado and real danger, with the team cheering each rider across.

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old habits die hardguinea pigup the rearone way to find out

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このシーンの表現

old habits die hard

habits are hard to break

Before the zipline, Leo is teased about giving up climbing and fires back with a boast.

Old habits die hard, so I still drink coffee after dinner.

このシーンの他の表現

  • guinea pig

    a test subject

  • up the rear

    at the back of the group

  • one way to find out

    you have to try it

  • peligro

    Spanish for danger

  • ass

    butt

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1give up doing something

stop doing something

I thought you'd given up climbing.
文法 · B1you'd given up

past perfect: You'd is you had; the giving up happened before the speaker's thought.

I thought you'd given up climbing.
表現 · B2old habits die hard

habits are hard to break

Before the zipline, Leo is teased about giving up climbing and fires back with a boast.

Old habits die hard when you're awesome.
発音when you're

In fast speech when you're reduces to a quick jər sound.

Old habits die hard when you're awesome.
表現 · B1go the long way around

take a longer route

Everyone else has to go the long way around.
表現 · A2something is gonna work

will succeed

- You sure this is gonna work? -Not for a second.
表現 · B1not for a second

not at all

- You sure this is gonna work? -Not for a second.
発音this is gonna

Gonna is the swallowed shorthand for going to.

- You sure this is gonna work? -Not for a second.
表現 · A2in + a language

in a language

It means "welcome" in Spanish.
表現 · A2there we go

that did it

Oh, there we go.
表現 · A2be sure about something

feel certain about

We sure about this?
表現 · B1adventure racing

outdoor expedition race

Well, it's adventure racing, right?
文法 · B1right?

tag question: The tag right? invites agreement and sounds looser than isn't it.

Well, it's adventure racing, right?
文法 · B1do you think this has been here

embedded question: Do you think is dropped into the question; the clause after it keeps statement order.

How, uh... How long do you think this has been here?
表現 · B1be someone's guinea pig

a test subject

Chiki is sent first down the zipline, and Leo jokes that he will be the guinea pig.

Don't worry. Chiki's gonna be our guinea pig.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Casual speech; keep it out of formal writing.

Don't worry. Chiki's gonna be our guinea pig.
表現 · B1bring up the rear

at the back of the group

Splitting up, they send one rider after Chiki while two stay up the rear.

-Of course. - You follow him, and Olivia and I will go up the rear.
表現 · A2not that + adjective

not as high as feared

Well, it's not that high.
表現 · A2wait till someone does something

wait until

Wait till you get out there.
発音get out there

Get out there runs together, with the t linking into there.

Wait till you get out there.
表現 · B1one way to find out

you have to try it

Facing an untested zipline, the line shrugs off doubt: you have to try it to know.

Only one way to find out.
スラング · B1Let 'er rip

go for it — Cheering between friends; not for formal settings.

- Are you ready? -Let 'er rip, Chiki.
発音set of

Set of links into one sound, with of nearly swallowed.

The old man's got a set of church bells for nuts.
表現 · A2you're up

it's your turn

All right, Leo, you're up. Let's go.
表現 · A2this one's for someone

dedicated to you

This one's for you, baby.
表現 · B1how'd you like something

how did you like it

How'd you like that, Michael?
スラング · B2ass

butt — Vulgar slang; avoid it in polite company.

How's my ass look, huh?

「Team Takes the Wild Shortcut」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a team taking an insane route for speed, but the beat underneath is trust: someone has to be first, and it isn't the captain. "Don't worry. Chiki's gonna be our guinea pig," one of them says, turning the oldest racer into their test run. It's affectionate hazing, not cruelty — when he lands it, the same teammates who doubted the plan cheer loudest. The joke about "peligro" meaning "welcome" in Spanish is the tell: everyone knows it's danger, and they go anyway. Michael's whole gamble only works because the group is willing to be reckless together.

Theme

CourageThe team rides a rigged zipline over a gap, trusting nerve over safety to gain time.
TrustSomeone must test the shortcut first, and the group's gamble runs on that trust.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A guinea pig is whoever tests the risk first.
  • Leo turns a tired proverb into pure bragging.
  • The rear position keeps the last person safe.
  • Ziplines here are about nerve, not gear.

発音のポイント

  • when you're — In fast speech when you're reduces to a quick jər sound.
  • this is gonna — Gonna is the swallowed shorthand for going to.
  • get out there — Get out there runs together, with the t linking into there.
  • set of — Set of links into one sound, with of nearly swallowed.
Old habits die hard when you're awesome.

A boast disguised as an apology: he supposedly quit climbing, but once he's back on the rope his skill is unchanged — and he wants credit for it.

The old man's got a set of church bells for nuts.

A crude way of saying the older racer is fearless or crazy to go first; "nuts" hints at testicles, so it means he's got nerve.

Don't worry. Chiki's gonna be our guinea pig.

The team plans to send Chiki down first so he takes any risk — treating a teammate as their test subject, half-jokingly.

How, uh... How long do you think this has been here?

Nervous small talk before the run: staring at old rigging and wondering aloud how long it's hung there, i.e. how safe it can be.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Michael take the team off the mapped route?

He gambles that the zipline shortcut saves enough time to be worth the risk in a multi-day race. It's his call as captain, and the others go along even while doubting it.

Is anyone forcing Chiki to test the shortcut first?

No. They joke that he'll be their guinea pig, but he volunteers and plays it up. The beat reads as trust and swagger inside the team, not as hazing.

Why do they joke about the 'peligro' sign?

Peligro is Spanish for danger, so one of them deadpans that it means 'welcome' and sends Chiki toward a hazard. It's bait for a laugh and a wink at how reckless the shortcut already is.

What does 'got a set of church bells for nuts' mean?

It's crude racing slang: 'nuts' hints at testicles, and church bells are enormous, so it means the older man has huge nerve to ride first. Admiration, delivered as a dirty joke.

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