teach animals to work with people
I go, "I don't know how to train animals.Blackfish · 2013 — 第 1 / 8 章 · 3'37" · B2
Trainers Hired for Personality, Explained：come to find out
Trainers thought the job needed a master's degree and years of study. One line flips that: "Come to find out, it really is more about your personality and how good you can swim." Getting hired on the spot feels thrilling, until the first day in the water shows how large and frightening the animal is.
あらすじ
People recall being told they should train at SeaWorld. They thought the job needed a master's degree and years of study to enter the water with Shamu. They tried out, got hired at once, and on the first day were sent in wearing a wetsuit, scared out of their wits. Later they tell of a first ride on a killer whale and a bond unlike any other.
注目の表現
he goescome to find outscared out of my witsalter ego
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このシーンの表現
come to find out
it turned out, against what you assumed
Come to find out lands right after the years-of-study line, and the surprise is personality plus swimming.
I packed three textbooks, and come to find out, they never opened one.
このシーンの他の表現
- he goes
spoken he says, before a quote
- scared out of my wits
so frightened you cannot think
- alter ego
another self of the same person
- in awe
struck quiet by wonder
- pick you up
lift someone up, or go collect them
このシーンのメモ一覧
61 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
get yourself ready to face it
How do you prepare yourself for an encounter with an 8,000-pound Orcinus orca?rules you must fully meet
It takes years of study and experience to meet the strict requirements necessary to interact in the water with Shamu.it turned out, against what you assumed
Come to find out lands right after the years-of-study line, and the surprise is personality plus swimming.
Come to find out, it really is more about your personality and how good you can swim.noun clause: The how-clause is a noun beside personality: how well you swim.
Come to find out, it really is more about your personality and how good you can swim.take a trial to see if you are hired
I went and tried out, got the job right away.I said, quoting myself — Use it to replay words for friends, not in email.
I'm like, "Yeah!" So excited, you know.be impatient to start
I couldn't wait to get in the water with the animals.arrive and be present
I showed up there on my first day, not really knowing what to expect.what you should anticipate
I showed up there on my first day, not really knowing what to expect.participial phrase: The -ing phrase shows she arrived with no idea what the day held.
I showed up there on my first day, not really knowing what to expect.so frightened you cannot think
Scared out of my wits is the leftover panic of a first day that started with get in the water, not a mild case of nerves.
Oh, I was scared out of my wits.In quick speech, out of often sticks together; keep the t light.
Oh, I was scared out of my wits.grew up in farm country
First of all, I put my wetsuit on backwards because I was raised on a farm in Virginia.another self of the same person
Alter ego ties Dorky to Dorothy: the man in the dress is the same person, now playing the other face.
the alter ego of Dorothy--Hit never and ever as two beats, and keep the comma pause.
And he's walking along with this little basket, and I go, "I will never, ever do that."struck quiet by wonder
In awe stops the excitement speech: the whale's size and beauty leave the person quiet.
I was just in awe.Let was stay small so the weight can land on the next word.
I was just in awe.right beside them, physically close
Being in the presence of the killer whales was just inspiring and amazing,prepared to start cleared to do the stunt, not to leave
And one day they say, "Okay, Sam, you're ready to go."you've got this — A sideline cheer for someone you know, not for a boss.
Come on, you got it.lift someone up, or go collect them
Pick you up is the next beat in the stunt list: the whale lifts you after swimming underneath.
The whale's going to swim under you and pick you up again.a ride around the pool's edge
And then you're going to do a perimeter ride around the pool."affectionate girl — Affectionate teasing among friends; skip it with strangers or at work.
Yay, girly!form a bond over time
You build a relationship together.shared the years of growing up
Grown up together closes the years and the four calves, then the Huh? checks the bond with the whale.
We've grown up together. Huh?the benefit you actually took the joy taken from the work, not a physical exit
That's the joy I got out of it.comparative clause: Like plus this clause means a bond she has never had before.
It's a relationship like I've never had.「Trainers Hired for Personality」を読み解く
What's really going on
The hiring story undercuts the myth of expertise. Someone is told "You should be a trainer" and answers "I don't know how to train animals," while the stated bar is years of study to get in the water with Shamu. "Come to find out, it really is more about your personality and how good you can swim" replaces that bar with charm and a swim stroke. The job lands the same day. Day one is a wetsuit and the water, remembered as "scared out of my wits," with the suit on backwards by someone raised on a Virginia farm. What balances the fear is the gaze: "When you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home." From there the account is all partnership, calves watched since age eighteen, and "a relationship like I've never had." The awe is real, and the preparation was thin.
Theme
DreamsPeople call it the most amazing job, get hired the same day they try out, and cannot wait to be in the water.
Coming of ageA first day of terror becomes a bond that started at eighteen and included watching four babies.
発音のポイント
- scared out of — In quick speech, out of often sticks together; keep the t light.
- never, ever — Hit never and ever as two beats, and keep the comma pause.
- was just — Let was stay small so the weight can land on the next word.
How do you prepare yourself for an encounter with an 8,000-pound Orcinus orca?It asks how anyone gets ready to meet an 8,000-pound orca, just before the hiring story admits a degree was not the real bar.
Come to find out, it really is more about your personality and how good you can swim.The line drops the expected master's degree and years of study. In this account, the job turned on personality and swimming ability.
Oh, I was scared out of my wits.It names the fright of that first water entry, in the same breath as a backwards wetsuit and dolphins that looked far bigger up close.
When you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home.Looking into the eyes, the speaker takes them as proof that someone is present and looking back, not an empty animal.
It's a relationship like I've never had.It sums up staying with one whale since the age of eighteen, through four babies, as a bond the speaker has never had before.
このシーンについての質問
Why did the trainer job not require a marine biology degree?
People had thought a master's degree and years of study were required to get in the water with Shamu. The account says it was really about personality and how well you can swim. Someone tried out and got the job right away.
What were they told to do on the first day?
Someone showed up not knowing what to expect and was told to put on a wetsuit and get in the water. The memory is of being scared out of their wits, with the wetsuit on backwards, and of dolphins looking much bigger up close.
Why does the sea lion show come up?
Someone watched the Sea Lion and Otter Show, where Mike Morocco came out in a dress as Dorky, the alter ego of Dorothy, with the Coward Sea Lion. The telling swears that would never happen, then two months later is onstage with "Hi, I'm Dorky!"
What do the speakers claim to see in the whales?
A killer whale up close is called breathtaking, huge, and beautiful, and someone was simply in awe. Looking into the eyes meant somebody is home and somebody is looking back. The lines also describe a team, four babies since age eighteen, and a relationship unlike any they have had.
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第 3 章on a hair triggerStarving Whales Into a Steel Box
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第 5 章screams outOrca Families Each Have a Language
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