reciting together in unison
Sundance sneers that the holdup has become a unison recitation, since both men are just reciting lines.
This is a unison recitation.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969 — 第 10 / 12 章 · 4'02" · B2
Butch Robs a Bank in Spanish, Explained：on the tip of my tongue
On the surface it's a bank robbery: Butch has memorized a set of Spanish commands and is working through them out loud. Underneath, it's a language class gone wrong, with Etta feeding lines and Sundance losing patience. "This is a unison recitation," someone says — the crime sounds like homework.
あらすじ
Inside a Bolivian bank, Butch, Sundance, and Etta pull a robbery. Butch delivers his Spanish lines as if reciting them from memory, stumbling over the words while Etta prompts him from the sidelines. A teller's greeting, a customer's confusion, and the pair bickering turn the holdup into a comedy.
注目の表現
unison recitationon the tip of my tonguecrib sheeta specialised vocabulary
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このシーンの表現
on the tip of my tongue
almost remembered but stuck
When his Spanish line stalls, Butch tells Etta it is on the tip of his tongue, almost there but stuck.
Her name is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't say it.
このシーンの他の表現
- unison recitation
reciting together in unison
- crib sheet
a cheat sheet of notes
- a specialised vocabulary
field-specific words
- lot of good you did
some help you were
- the damn language
the blasted language
このシーンのメモ一覧
55 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
the blasted language
Sundance blames Butch, who claimed to know the language, and curses the damn language itself.
I'm not doing this. He claimed he knew the damn language!The t in not is nearly dropped before doing.
I'm not doing this. He claimed he knew the damn language!the blasted — A mild swear for irritation; skip it in formal settings.
I'm not doing this. He claimed he knew the damn language!one's occupation
We've been over this before. Your line of work requires a specialised vocabulary.field-specific words
Etta lectures that their line of work requires a specialised vocabulary, so Butch must learn the words.
We've been over this before. Your line of work requires a specialised vocabulary.blanked on the lines
I got nervous. I forgot the words. Shoot me!have had worse plans
You've had worse ideas lately!stay awake all night
This is not going to work and we'll be up all night until you get this.time clause: The until clause marks the point at which the waiting finally ends.
This is not going to work and we'll be up all night until you get this.almost remembered but stuck
When his Spanish line stalls, Butch tells Etta it is on the tip of his tongue, almost there but stuck.
It's on the tip of my tongue, Etta.present progressive question: Still with the progressive stresses an action that has not stopped.
Butch, are you still thinking in there?existential question: The there is pattern inverts into a question about available options.
What the hell else is there to do?what on earth — A rough intensifier for questions; casual speech only.
What the hell else is there to do?attempt this one
Try this one.the strongbox
Where is the safe? Open it.move along
- ¡Manos arriba! - They got 'em up! Skip on down.some help you were
After the holdup, Sundance tells Butch lot of good you did, sarcasm dressed as thanks.
- Lot of good you did. - You didn't help.Lot of blurs into something like lotta in fast speech.
- Lot of good you did. - You didn't help.a cheat sheet of notes
Sundance mocks Butch for being useless without the cheat sheet he wrote for the robbery.
You ain't any good without a crib sheet.prepositional condition: Without here works like if you don't have, a compact condition.
You ain't any good without a crib sheet.Any and good link so tightly they sound like one word.
You ain't any good without a crib sheet.am/is/are not — Nonstandard speech for am not or is not; keep it out of writing.
You ain't any good without a crib sheet.bandits — Spanish for bandits, borrowed into English talk of robbers.
¡Bandidos!for heaven's sake
- For God's sake, don't drop the money! - I won't!「Butch Robs a Bank in Spanish」を読み解く
What's really going on
The robbery is staged as a language test, and Butch keeps failing it. He has the whole script in his head but can't get it out under pressure — "It's on the tip of my tongue, Etta," he insists, and she answers by feeding him the next line. Sundance, meanwhile, treats the whole plan as a waste of time. What makes it funny is the mismatch: real guns, real fear, and a man rehearsing vocabulary like a schoolboy, so that even the people being robbed start grading his performance.
Theme
Dark humorArmed robbery played for laughs: the danger stays real while the robbers fumble their lines and bicker like students.
AbsurdityTwo famous outlaws reduce a bank holdup to a memorized vocabulary drill, and the customers judge it like a performance.
このチャプターで学べること
- The humor comes from treating crime as homework.
- Butch's confidence depends entirely on a script.
- Etta coaches the robbery like a language lesson.
- Sundance blames the language instead of himself.
発音のポイント
- not doing — The t in not is nearly dropped before doing.
- Lot of good — Lot of blurs into something like lotta in fast speech.
- any good — Any and good link so tightly they sound like one word.
This is a unison recitation.Someone watching Butch deliver his memorized Spanish lines says it sounds less like a holdup than a class reciting together. The line frames the robbery as an awkward performance.
We've been over this before. Your line of work requires a specialised vocabulary.The schoolteacher's note in the middle of a robbery: they've rehearsed this already, and by the nature of his job, Butch should already know these words.
You ain't any good without a crib sheet.A jab at Butch's method: he can only do the robbery by copying someone else's words, and the moment the prompt is gone he falls apart.
I'm not doing this. He claimed he knew the damn language!The partner wants out: Butch boasted he could speak Spanish, and now the plan is collapsing line by line. The complaint turns a robbery into a quarrel between the people pulling it.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Butch use Spanish to rob a Bolivian bank?
Because they're in Bolivia and the locals speak Spanish. He and Sundance can't pass as locals, but Butch thinks reading memorized commands will get the job done.
Who taught Butch the Spanish lines?
Etta. He calls her a good teacher right after getting a phrase right, and she's the one feeding him the next line whenever he gets stuck.
Why does the robbery keep stalling?
Butch has to deliver his lines in Spanish, and under pressure he keeps forgetting or mangling them, so the pair have to stop and coach him in the middle of the holdup.
What does 'crib sheet' mean here?
A crib sheet is a cheat sheet — a page of notes you copy from when you haven't really learned something. The insult is that Butch's crimes only work when someone hands him the words.
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