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The Shuttle Only Has Oxygen for Five, Explained:get right to it

After the boys wreck the docking, Mission Control delivers the damage: the shuttle has lost most of its oxygen and fuel, and there are seven aboard with "enough oxygen for five people to make it home alive." The captain calls for two volunteers, while Beavis and Butt-Head just want the TV back on.

あらすじ

Aboard the damaged Endeavor, Mission Control reports the scale of the disaster: the shuttle has lost most of its oxygen and most of the fuel needed to return, the Mir is damaged, and they've missed their observation window. The captain admits there are seven of them and only enough oxygen for five to survive, so two must sacrifice themselves.

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注目の表現

your first timeenough ... formake it backget right to it

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このシーンの表現

get right to it

come straight to the point

Before the worst news, the captain admits it is hard to say and comes straight to it.

Let me get right to it: the deal fell through.

このシーンの他の表現

  • your first time

    when you do it the first time

  • enough ... for

    sufficient for

  • make it back

    get back safely

  • blame ... on

    hold someone responsible

  • the responsibility lies with

    the duty is on someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

発音kinda

Kinda is a fast, reduced form of kind of.

- It's kinda dark. - Let me help you there.
スラング · A2kinda

kind of, a bit — Casual for kind of; use kind of in writing.

- It's kinda dark. - Let me help you there.
表現 · A2can be tough

can be hard

It can be tough, your first time in space.
表現 · B1want someone to do something

wanted us to do it

- Yeah, but I thought you wanted us to do the docking first.
表現 · B1docking sequence

docking procedure

- Commence docking sequence.
表現 · A2what's going on

happening

Beavis: What's going on?
表現 · A2hit someone

struck us

- Ow! Somebody hit us!
スラング · B1Damn it

darn it, a swear — A mild swear for frustration.

Damn it, I can't see it.
表現 · A2hear someone

hear me

Endeavor, can you hear me?
表現 · B1return to somewhere

go back to Earth

You've lost 91% of your oxygen and 93% of the fuel you need to return to Earth.
文法 · B2you need to return

relative clause: An omitted relative pronoun links you need to the noun fuel.

You've lost 91% of your oxygen and 93% of the fuel you need to return to Earth.
表現 · B2an international incident

a diplomatic incident

The Mir has been damaged, causing an international incident with Russia.
表現 · B2miss one's window

missed the chance

We've missed our window to observe the black hole which will next be this close to Earth in 34 trillion years.
表現 · B2lose comms

lost contact

- And now we've lost comms with Earth.
表現 · B1get in a wreck

had a crash

- Looks like you guys got in a wreck.
表現 · B1make it back

get back safely

Even after the crash, the captain insists they will make it back to Earth.

- We're gonna make it back to Earth.
発音gonna

Gonna is the weak, reduced form of going to.

- We're gonna make it back to Earth.
文法 · B2how to say this

wh-infinitive: How to say this works as one noun phrase after know.

I don't know how to say this, so I'm just gonna get right to it.
発音enough oxygen

Link the final f in enough straight into oxygen.

There are seven of us, and we only have enough oxygen for five people to make it home alive.
表現 · B1have a decision to make

must decide

So we all have a decision to make.
表現 · A2put something back on

switch the TV on again

Right after the captain says two must die, Butt-Head asks to switch the TV back on.

Can we put the TV back on?
スラング · B1sucked

was terrible — Casual way to say something was bad.

- Yeah, but something cool this time, 'cause that show sucked.
表現 · B1make a suggestion

offer an idea

- You know... - Captain, if I can make a suggestion-- - Guys.
表現 · B2blame something on someone

put the blame on

It would be easy to blame our predicament on the mistakes of two absolute idiots.
文法 · B2It would be easy to blame

dummy subject: It is a dummy subject; the real subject is the infinitive.

It would be easy to blame our predicament on the mistakes of two absolute idiots.
スラング · B2dumbasses

idiots, an insult — A rude insult; joking with friends only.

Where'd you find these two dumbasses?
表現 · C1the responsibility lies with someone

the duty is on someone

Instead of shifting blame, the captain says the responsibility lies with her.

And ultimately, the responsibility lies with me.

「The Shuttle Only Has Oxygen for Five」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene turns a comedy of errors into a lifeboat dilemma. The mission's failure is stated as data first — oxygen, fuel, a lost window — and only then as a moral problem: "There are seven of us, and we only have enough oxygen for five people to make it home alive." The captain's response is the scene's real subject. She could "blame our predicament on the mistakes of two absolute idiots," and she says so out loud, but she refuses to stop there: "I'm the captain of this ship," and "the responsibility lies with me." Against that, Beavis and Butt-Head's suggestion that they just put the TV back on is both a punchline and a measure of how little they grasp the stakes.

Theme

DutyAs captain, Serena refuses to blame the two idiots and takes personal responsibility for the lives aboard.
SurvivalWith oxygen for only five of seven, the crew must decide who lives and who sacrifices themselves.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Enough comes before the noun, for names who it covers.
  • Make it back means returning after a hard trip.
  • The captain takes the blame instead of blaming the rookies.
  • The TV joke is the point, not a break from it.

発音のポイント

  • kinda — Kinda is a fast, reduced form of kind of.
  • gonna — Gonna is the weak, reduced form of going to.
  • enough oxygen — Link the final f in enough straight into oxygen.
It can be tough, your first time in space.

A reassuring line to the rookies before everything goes wrong, delivered like a friendly instructor's advice.

- Looks like you guys got in a wreck.

The boys' clueless read on the disaster, treating a damaged spacecraft like a fender bender.

I don't know how to say this, so I'm just gonna get right to it.

The captain's warning that bad news is coming, and her decision to skip the softening and say it plainly.

There are seven of us, and we only have enough oxygen for five people to make it home alive.

The central dilemma stated as simple arithmetic: there isn't enough air for everyone, so not all of them can return.

So we all have a decision to make.

The captain turns the numbers into a shared choice, framing sacrifice as something the whole crew must face.

It would be easy to blame our predicament on the mistakes of two absolute idiots.

She names the obvious scapegoats and their guilt, then declines to use them as an excuse.

And ultimately, the responsibility lies with me.

Her acceptance of command: because she chose the mission and the crew, the failure is hers to own.

このシーンについての質問

Why do only five of the seven crew have enough oxygen?

The botched docking damaged the shuttle and the Mir, and Mission Control reports the Endeavor has lost most of its oxygen and fuel. With seven aboard and supplies for five, two people cannot make it home.

Why does the captain volunteer to sacrifice herself?

She says she chose the crew for the mission and that "the responsibility lies with me." Rather than blame the two rookies who caused the crash, she takes command's burden personally.

How do Beavis and Butt-Head react to the news?

They don't grasp the stakes. They ask to put the TV back on and complain that the broadcast "sucked," treating the only contact with Earth as entertainment.

Who caused the accident on the shuttle?

Beavis and Butt-Head did. The captain says it would be easy to blame "the mistakes of two absolute idiots," and the crew jokes about where she found the two of them.

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