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Supervisor Yells Get Her Away, Explained:making such a big deal

A trainer coos at the new whale and calls him cute, and a supervisor immediately screams to get her away. On the surface it looks like an overreaction. Underneath, the staff had been told he had nothing to do with a death, while "clearly they knew more than they were telling us."

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At SeaWorld, trainers remember a whale who seemed glad to see them, eager to work, and not scary. On his first day, a senior trainer walked over a gate cooing, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale," until a supervisor screamed, "Get her out of there!" The storyteller had thought the females, not Tilikum, were responsible for a death, and could not see why this was a big deal.

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注目の表現

chompersyou don't saynaivetéunder the impression

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このシーンの表現

making such a big deal

acting as if it matters too much

Making such a big deal is the speaker's real-time objection to a scream, based on the belief he had not killed her.

Stop making such a big deal out of one typo.

このシーンの他の表現

  • chompers

    teeth, said as something big and funny

  • you don't say

    fake surprise that flattens the news

  • naiveté

    innocence that misses the risk

  • under the impression

    what you believed, often no longer true

  • play-talking

    playful talk aimed one way

このシーンのメモ一覧

34 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2happy to see someone

glad at the sight of someone

He was always happy to see you in the morning.
発音happy to see

Keep to light and short between happy and see.

He was always happy to see you in the morning.
スラング · B2chompers

big teeth — Fine for pets and jokes; skip it in formal talk.

- You're the boy. - Look at his chompers.
表現 · B1go on in someone's head

what someone is thinking

Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.
文法 · B2who knows what was going on in his head

embedded question: The what-clause names the unknown; it is not a fresh question.

Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.
スラング · B2pecs

chest muscles — Gym talk and jokes only, not formal writing.

- Come on, big boy. - Show the pecs.
スラング · B1big boy

affectionate name for someone large — Use it on kids or pets, not on strangers.

- Come on, big boy. - Show the pecs.
表現 · A2learn new things

pick up what is new

He seemed to want to learn new things.
表現 · A2work with someone

do the job alongside someone

He seemed to be enjoying working with the trainers.
表現 · B1be a joy

a source of happiness

He, for me, was a joy.
表現 · B1respond to someone

reacted back to a person

He really responded to me and I--
表現 · B2get the impression that

a belief formed from what you saw

I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.
文法 · C1the impression of him while I was there that

split noun clause: that still delivers the impression after a long interruption.

I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.
発音Not at all

Let the t in Not slip into at instead of a hard stop.

Not at all.
表現 · B1the full details of something

every fact that matters

because we weren't given the full details of Keltie's situation.
スラング · A2buddy

casual pal — Casual address only; leave it out of formal writing.

Turn around. Smile, buddy.
表現 · B1have nothing to do with something

not involved in it

I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.
表現 · B2responsible for something

the one that caused it

I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.
文法 · C1it was the female whales who were responsible

cleft sentence: The cleft pins the death on the female whales alone.

I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.
表現 · B1find something odd

struck you as strange

What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.
表現 · B1be two different things

not the same account not two objects; behavior versus the story

What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.
文法 · C1What I found really odd at first was

wh-cleft: What-fronting highlights the oddness before the two sides appear.

What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.
表現 · B2make cooing noises

soft baby-talk sounds

And she was making cooing noises and going, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale."
表現 · B2play-talk at someone

aim playful talk at someone

And she was, like, just kind of play-talking at him, and one of the supervisors said, "Get her out of there!"
発音And just

Don't give And a full vowel; keep it a light link.

And just screamed at her, like, "Get her away from there," like they were so worried that something was going to happen.
表現 · B2make a big deal out of something

treating it as far too important

And I remember thinking, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?"
表現 · C1exercise caution

act with deliberate caution

Exercise caution is the formal afterword to the scream: management had a reason to be careful around him.

Well, clearly management thought there was some reason to exercise caution around him.
発音exercise caution

Stress caution and keep exercise light.

Well, clearly management thought there was some reason to exercise caution around him.
表現 · B2know more than one is telling

holding back known facts

You know, clearly they knew more than they were telling us.

「Supervisor Yells Get Her Away」を読み解く

What's really going on

The warmth comes first, and it is specific. He was happy in the morning, he liked the work, he wanted to learn, and "every day I went to work, I was happy to see Tilly." Nobody here calls him frightening. The turn is a mismatch, not a new attack. What the staff were told and how people behaved around the whale "seemed to me to be two different things." They had a clean version: Tilikum had nothing to do with her death, the females were responsible, and the full details of Keltie's situation were never given. So when a senior trainer baby-talks him from the gate and a supervisor shouts "Get her away from there," the private question is almost reasonable: "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?" Management, the account says, "knew more than they were telling us."

Theme

SecretsThe staff were never given the full details of Keltie's situation, and the shout to get away only makes sense if management knew more than they were telling us.
DeceptionBehavior around the whale and the story the staff were told register as two different things, so the caution gives away a fact the cheerful account left out.

発音のポイント

  • happy to see — Keep to light and short between happy and see.
  • Not at all — Let the t in Not slip into at instead of a hard stop.
  • And just — Don't give And a full vowel; keep it a light link.
  • exercise caution — Stress caution and keep exercise light.
Maybe because he was alone, maybe because he was hungry, maybe because he just liked you-- who knows what was going on in his head.

Someone lists loneliness, hunger, or simple liking, then drops all three: nobody can say what the whale was actually thinking.

I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale.

During the time this person worked with him, nothing about him read as frightening.

I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death.

The story this person was given cleared Tilikum and put the death on the female whales instead.

What I found really odd at first was the way they were acting around this whale and what they had told us seemed to me to be two different things.

How people behaved beside the whale did not match the account the staff had been given, and that gap felt strange from the start.

And I remember thinking, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?"

Watching the panic, this person still believed he had not killed her, so the shouting looked like an overreaction.

You know, clearly they knew more than they were telling us.

The caution is treated as proof that management was holding back facts the trainers never got.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the supervisor scream to get her away from the whale?

A senior trainer is walking over a gate, wetsuit tied at her waist, cooing, "Hey, Tilikum, what a cute little whale," and play-talking at him. A supervisor screams "Get her out of there!" and "Get her away from there," "so worried that something was going to happen." The account adds that management saw a reason to exercise caution and knew more than they had told the staff. It does not say what they knew.

Why did the staff not see him as a scary whale?

They remember him happy to see them in the morning, interested in the work, wanting to learn, and "a joy." One account says, "I never got the impression of him while I was there that, oh, my God, he's the scary whale. Not at all." They also call it naiveté, because they were never given the full details of Keltie's situation.

What had they been told about her death?

"I was under the impression that Tilikum had nothing to do with her death specifically, that it was the female whales who were responsible for her death." The same stretch says they were not given the full details of Keltie's situation, which is why the later caution feels like a contradiction.

Why does the big-deal line come up?

It comes from the impression they were given. The remembered thought is, "Why are you guys making such a big deal out of this when he didn't actually kill her?" Right after that, the account grants that management had a reason to exercise caution and "knew more than they were telling us."

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