trouble in one's home life
I'm sorry you're having problems at home.Breach · 2007 — 第 19 / 20 章 · 2'27" · B2
Eric Questions If It's Worth It, Explained：keep your head on straight
Eric's marriage is falling apart, and a colleague offers the only advice he has: keep your head on straight and do the job. The scene turns on one question — "Do you think it's worth it?" — and the answer is a promise to answer later: "Ask me when we've caught him."
あらすじ
After a briefing on the 300 pages of classified material found in Hanssen's trunk, Eric asks a colleague whether being an agent is worth the cost. The answer is put off: ask again once Hanssen is caught. Later, Hanssen asks Eric to drive him Monday and mentions having his car swept for electronic devices.
注目の表現
keep your head on straightget this over withimminentworth it
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このシーンの表現
keep your head on straight
stay calm and focused
Plesac tells Eric to stay clear-headed and do the job at hand.
Just keep your head on straight and the work will take care of itself.
このシーンの他の表現
- get this over with
finish something unpleasant
- imminent
about to happen very soon
- worth it
good enough to justify the cost
- tailed
followed secretly
- swept for
searched for hidden devices
このシーンのメモ一覧
36 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
give someone advice
I'd offer you some advice, but it wouldn't be worth much.the only thing I can say is
All I can tell you is you keep your head on straight and you do your job.predicative clause: The clause after is spells out exactly what he can tell.
All I can tell you is you keep your head on straight and you do your job.the best chance to do something
It's your best shot at getting this over with. Understand?Shot at runs together like sho-tat.
It's your best shot at getting this over with. Understand?secret documents
We pulled 300 pages of classified material out of a Lawn and Leaf bag from his trunk today.a fairly large amount of
And quite a bit of correspondence from the Palm Pilot.seems to be
His next drop appears to be imminent.a secret handoff — Spy jargon for handing off secrets.
His next drop appears to be imminent.cause someone to be suspicious
Unless, of course, somebody does something to make him suspicious.unless-clause: The unless-clause sets the one condition that would ruin the plan.
Unless, of course, somebody does something to make him suspicious.return to something
I really should be getting back to this.the price one pays
What it costs.the person in charge — An informal way to address the person in charge.
Eric. Yes, boss?come and collect someone
I need you to pick me up and bring me in to work.Pick me up is said as one quick unit.
I need you to pick me up and bring me in to work.a fault in something
Is something wrong with your car, sir?be heard through something
Been sensing signal bursts coming through my radio lately, and car alarms go off when I drive past.dropped-subject participle: The subject and have are dropped, so it starts with Been sensing.
Been sensing signal bursts coming through my radio lately, and car alarms go off when I drive past.someone is capable of it
It's not beneath the Russians to track me.The t in not is often dropped before beneath.
It's not beneath the Russians to track me.constantly
I'm tailed all the time.「Eric Questions If It's Worth It」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter pairs a quiet personal question with a professional briefing, and the two keep bleeding into each other. Eric's home life is collapsing, so a colleague gives him the only rule of survival he knows: "you keep your head on straight and you do your job." Then the case updates arrive — 300 pages of classified material pulled from a Lawn and Leaf bag — and Eric finally asks what it all costs: "Do you think it's worth it?" The reply, "Ask me when we've caught him," refuses to answer while admitting the question is real. Hanssen's own paranoia closes the scene: he is having his car swept for electronic devices and insists, "They know how much I know."
Theme
DutyThe advice is simple: do your job. But Eric's question about the cost shows duty can hollow out a private life.
IdentityEric asks whether the man he's becoming is worth it, while Hanssen's paranoia shows a spy losing his grip on reality.
このチャプターで学べること
- A favor is how a boss quietly tests loyalty.
- The question about worth never gets a straight answer.
- Jargon like drop and tailed keeps the spy world closed.
- Keep your head on straight is advice, not comfort.
発音のポイント
- shot at — Shot at runs together like sho-tat.
- pick me up — Pick me up is said as one quick unit.
- not beneath — The t in not is often dropped before beneath.
I'm sorry you're having problems at home.A colleague acknowledges Eric's marriage trouble before getting to business — sympathy offered without prying.
I'd offer you some advice, but it wouldn't be worth much.He admits he has no personal life to draw on, so any advice he gives would ring hollow.
All I can tell you is you keep your head on straight and you do your job.The one rule he will pass on: stay steady and do the work, nothing more dramatic than that.
Do you think it's worth it?Eric's real question — not about the case, but whether the cost of this life is justified.
Ask me when we've caught him.The question is deferred, not denied: the answer will come once the operation succeeds.
It's not beneath the Russians to track me.Hanssen's paranoia about Russian surveillance of him — a spy who believes he is the one being watched.
They know how much I know.His explanation for the odd radio signals and car alarms: the Russians know exactly what he knows.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Eric having problems at home?
His marriage to Juliana has been strained all week, largely over Hanssen's church, which she dislikes and doesn't understand. It's one of the costs of the secret assignment he can't talk about.
Why won't the colleague answer whether it's worth it?
He says, 'Ask me when we've caught him.' He isn't refusing the question so much as admitting he can only judge the cost once the operation is over.
Why does Hanssen have his car swept for electronic devices?
He thinks he's being tracked — he mentions radio signal bursts and car alarms going off as he drives past. He tells Eric, 'It's not beneath the Russians to track me,' and 'They know how much I know.'
What did they find in Hanssen's trunk?
About 300 pages of classified material, hidden in a Lawn and Leaf bag, plus correspondence from his Palm Pilot. It's presented as evidence that his next drop is imminent.
What does it mean to have a car swept?
To be 'swept' means the car is checked top to bottom for hidden electronic devices, like bugs or trackers. Hanssen says he's having it swept precisely because he suspects he's under surveillance.
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次のチャプター · 第 20 章at the end of the dayHanssen Pulls a Gun on Eric
第 1 章riding the deskEric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen
第 2 章keep an eye onKate Recruits Eric to Spy on Hanssen
第 3 章lapsedHanssen Interrogates His New Assistant
第 4 章wipe off the mapHanssen Explains Why He Stayed
第 5 章turf protectionEric Gets Debriefed on Turf Protection
第 6 章the varsityHanssen Lectures Eric on God and Empire
第 7 章work miraclesKate Explains Why They Picked Eric
第 8 章play the gameHanssen Invites Eric to His Home
第 9 章shoot his mouth offKate Reveals Hanssen Is a Traitor
第 10 章caught in the actEric Learns the Real Story
第 11 章be read inKate Reveals the Mole Was Hanssen
第 12 章insanely loyalHanssen's Letter to the KGB
第 13 章boundariesJuliana Confronts Eric About Hanssen
第 14 章put on yourselfEric Asks His Father About Quitting
第 15 章come out firingHanssen's DIA Meeting Cut Short
第 16 章power playHanssen Dumps His Tail
第 17 章sure as hellEric Confesses He Lied to Hanssen
第 18 章keep 'em straightJuliana Reads Herself Into the Case
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