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Crews Net the Orca Calves, Explained：without missing a beat
On the surface this is a capture story: planes, speedboats, bombs, and a seine net so crews could pick out the young. Underneath, the adults stay when they could leave, and one line names the harm: "Just like kidnapping a little kid away from their mother." Three dead whales are later cut open and sunk.
あらすじ
Someone on the capture tells how teams used aircraft, spotters, speedboats, and bombs to herd orcas. Mothers with calves went north, but the whales had to surface, and speedboats drove them into a net. Crews wanted only the young. The others could have left and stayed. The speaker cries as the calf is stretchered, then says three dead whales were sunk with rocks.
注目の表現
herd the whales into covescome up for airafter the little onesfamn damily
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このシーンの表現
without missing a beat
continuing at once with no pause
Right after the ban names them, the story goes on without missing a beat as capture shifts to Iceland, cold, like a new site.
Without missing a beat, she left the failed shop and opened another across town.
このシーンの他の表現
- herd the whales into coves
drive the whales into inlets
- come up for air
surface in order to breathe
- after the little ones
pursuing only the young
- famn damily
a bleeped damn family
- lost it
suddenly lost composure
このシーンのメモ一覧
51 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
at the greatest speed they could manage
They were lighting their bombs with acetylene torches in their boats and throwing them as fast as they could to herd the whales into coves.drive the whales into inlets
Someone lists the gear fast and lands on herd the whales into coves, bombs as a boast, not a firework.
They were lighting their bombs with acetylene torches in their boats and throwing them as fast as they could to herd the whales into coves.Keep as fast as in one breath when you shadow the rush.
They were lighting their bombs with acetylene torches in their boats and throwing them as fast as they could to herd the whales into coves.what was actually happening
and they knew what was going on and they knew their young ones would be taken from them.be removed from their side
and they knew what was going on and they knew their young ones would be taken from them.participle clause: The boats follow a wrong belief; while shows the mothers went north.
the boats followed them, thinking they were all going that way, while the mothers with babies went north.drive them into a closed area
So the boats-- the speedboats caught them there and herded them in.pull something from one side to the other
And then they had fishing boats with seine nets that they would stretch across so none could leave and then they could just pick out the young ones.select and remove the young
And then they had fishing boats with seine nets that they would stretch across so none could leave and then they could just pick out the young ones.relative clause: that attaches to the nets and says they were stretched across to block the way.
And then they had fishing boats with seine nets that they would stretch across so none could leave and then they could just pick out the young ones.pursuing only the young
Once the net is shut, someone narrows it to after the little ones, and the excuse sounds colder than it looks.
We were only after the little ones.had the chance to go
And all the others could have left, but they stayed.Tuck have between could and left so it does not take its own beat.
And all the others could have left, but they stayed.a bleeped damn family — A bleeped swear said in anger; do not copy it in public.
the stretcher, and the whole famn damily is out here, 25 yards away maybe,one way and then the other
...and they're communicating back and forth.emotionally fell apart — Fine with friends; too casual for a formal report.
I-- I lost it.be emotionally unable to cope This is emotional overload, not a grip.
you know, I just couldn't handle it.slice the bodies open
cut the whales open, fill them with rocks, put anchors on their tail, and sink them.at that moment in the events
really, I didn't even think about it being illegal at that point.a public-relations move — Fine when scoffing in conversation; not in court.
I thought it was a PR thing.an official order from a court
They were finally ejected from the State of Washington by a court order in 1976.cleft sentence: The cleft names SeaWorld as the one under the order.
It was SeaWorld by name that was told, "Do not come back to Washington to capture whales."continuing at once with no pause
Right after the ban names them, the story goes on without missing a beat as capture shifts to Iceland, cold, like a new site.
Without missing a beat, they went from Washington to Iceland and began capturing there.Lean on beat and let missing pass quickly.
Without missing a beat, they went from Washington to Iceland and began capturing there.difficult to accept as real
and seen some things that's hard to believe, but this is the worst thing that I've ever done--「Crews Net the Orca Calves」を読み解く
What's really going on
"A really exciting thing to do" opens on aircraft, spotters, speedboats, and bombs thrown "as fast as they could." Adults without calves lead the boats east into a dead end while mothers and babies head north, but aircraft spot them when they surface. Seine nets close the way out so crews can pick out the young. Shipping costs are why they take only the little ones. After the calves are in the corrals, the nets drop, and "all the others could have left, but they stayed," while one calf is put on a stretcher. Someone says "I lost it" and likens the job to kidnapping a child from a mother. Three whales are dead in the net, then are cut open, filled with rocks, and sunk. "I thought it was a PR thing" follows. A 1976 court order bars SeaWorld from Washington captures. "Without missing a beat, they went from Washington to Iceland."
Theme
GuiltSomeone on the crew cries, says "I lost it," and calls the capture the worst thing they can think of, while still doing the work.
Family loveMothers take the calves north, and after the nets drop the others stay in a line and call instead of leaving.
発音のポイント
- as fast as — Keep as fast as in one breath when you shadow the rush.
- could have left — Tuck have between could and left so it does not take its own beat.
- missing a beat — Lean on beat and let missing pass quickly.
It was a really exciting thing to do and so everybody wanted to do it.The capture is introduced as a thrill that people were eager to join, before the bombs, the nets, or the dead whales come up.
They had aircraft, they had spotters, they had speedboats, they had bombs they were throwing in the water.This is the gear behind the roundup: planes and spotters to find the whales, speedboats to chase them, and bombs thrown in the water to drive them.
And all the others could have left, but they stayed.The calves the crews wanted were already in the corrals and the nets were down, so nothing in the setup stopped the rest from leaving. They stayed anyway.
Just like kidnapping a little kid away from their mother.The calf is being moved onto a stretcher with the family lined up nearby, and the account sets that beside taking a child from a mother.
I thought it was a PR thing.After describing dead whales cut open, filled with rocks, and sunk, the speaker says they were not thinking about the law. They thought it was about image.
Without missing a beat, they went from Washington to Iceland and began capturing there.The 1976 court order told SeaWorld not to capture in Washington. This line says the captures did not pause; they moved to Iceland at once.
このシーンについての質問
Why did the crews take only the young orcas?
A person on the capture says, "We were only after the little ones," and adds that a little one is still a big animal. The reason they report being told is shipping costs.
What did the other whales do when the nets were dropped?
The young ones the crews wanted were already in the corrals, so the seine nets came down and the rest could have left. They stayed, in a long line about 25 yards out, calling back and forth while a calf was moved onto a stretcher.
Why were the dead whales cut open and sunk?
The speaker says that when the hunt was over, three whales were dead in the net, and describes cutting them open, filling them with rocks, anchoring the tails, and sinking them. The speaker adds that they did not even think about it being illegal, and "I thought it was a PR thing."
What was SeaWorld told in 1976?
A court order ejected them from the state of Washington. SeaWorld was named and told, "Do not come back to Washington to capture whales." The following line says they went to Iceland and started capturing there without missing a beat.
Why is the capture compared to kidnapping?
While a young orca is being put on a stretcher, the account places the family about 25 yards away in a line, communicating back and forth. The line that follows is "Just like kidnapping a little kid away from their mother," and the speaker calls it the worst thing they can think of.
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