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Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 5 / 25 章 · 3'07" · B2

Scientists Leak the Apocalypse Warning, Explained：blow someone off

The President hears that a celestial body is headed for Earth and answers with a plan to "sit tight and assess," then tells a story about sneaking cigarettes. Blown off by the White House, the scientists decide to "leak it to the press."

あらすじ

In a White House meeting, Kate and Mindy warn President Orlean about an apocalyptic threat. She responds with "sit tight and assess," jokes about sneaking cigarettes during her campaign, and calls everything she heard classified. Dismissed, the scientists plot to leak the warning to a reporter named Adul Grelio.

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注目の表現

smokeshowfreak showread the roomblow someone off

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このシーンの表現

blow someone off

ignore or brush off

Kate points out that the White House promised to meet them and simply left them waiting.

He blew us off and never even apologized.

このシーンの他の表現

  • smokeshow

    a very attractive person

  • freak show

    a circus of weirdos

  • read the room

    gauge the mood

  • heavy hitter

    a top-level player

  • on the down-low

    quietly, in secret

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · C1Am I to understand (that) ...

am I being told that

Am I to understand correctly that, after all of the information you've received today,
文法 · C1Am I to understand correctly that

formal question frame: Am I to understand is a formal frame for asking whether something is really the case.

Am I to understand correctly that, after all of the information you've received today,
発音Who the

In fast anger who the blurs, with the h nearly gone.

-I'm sorry, who is she? -Who the fuck are you? Aren't you her son?
表現 · A1get out of somewhere

leave this place

We gotta get out of here. This place is a freak show.
スラング · B2freak show

a circus of weirdos — A dismissive put-down; keep it casual.

We gotta get out of here. This place is a freak show.
文法 · B2what Miss Dibiasky is trying to say

subject clause: The what clause is the subject, and is introduces what she is really saying.

I think what Miss Dibiasky is trying to say is that the idea of sitting tight is an extremely, extremely dangerous-- Oh, oh! [laughing]
表現 · B2go for + 价格

sold for

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
表現 · B2数字 + a pop

each

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
発音hundred grand

Link hundred grand so the d slides into the g.

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
スラング · B2a pop

each — Casual price talk; use each in formal quotes.

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?
表現 · B1be sick of something

fed up with it

So, I'm always hiding, but, you know, I just got sick of it.
表現 · A2whenever someone wants to

anytime I like

And I just said, "You know what, I'm gonna smoke whenever I want to."
表現 · A1go up in the polls

in the opinion surveys

-I went up three points in the polls. -[Jason] They loved that she kept it real.
スラング · B2kept it real

stayed authentic — Casual praise for being genuine.

-I went up three points in the polls. -[Jason] They loved that she kept it real.
表現 · C1a smokeshow

a very attractive person

Right after the smoking story, Jason sums it up, and the word he picks plays on smoke twice.

They love watching a smokeshow smoke.
文法 · B2watching a smokeshow smoke

verb of perception: Watch someone do uses the base verb for a whole action, and here the two similar words collide.

They love watching a smokeshow smoke.
スラング · C1smokeshow

a very attractive person — Slang for a striking person; can offend.

They love watching a smokeshow smoke.
表現 · A2can't think of something

cannot imagine

I can't think of another president that I'd ever wanna see in Playboy.
表現 · C1loose nukes

unsecured nuclear weapons

Economic collapse, loose nukes, car exhaust killing the atmosphere.
表現 · B1read the room

gauge the mood

Jason jokes at the worst moment, and his mother snaps at him to sense the mood.

-Read the room for once in your life. -Sorry, Mom.
表現 · B1the point is ...

the key thing is

Point is, I have a job to do.
表現 · C1an apocalyptic event

a world-ending event

You do understand that this is an apocalyptic event.
文法 · B2heading towards our planet

participial phrase: The heading phrase describes the body as it moves, equal to which is heading towards.

This is a large celestial body heading towards our planet at speeds-- Dr. Mindy, I hear you.
表現 · B2take something straight in the heart

very personally

I'm taking it very seriously. I'm taking it straight in the heart.
文法 · B2taking it straight in the heart

prepositional phrase: Straight in the heart is an exaggerated adverbial meaning she takes it fully to heart.

I'm taking it very seriously. I'm taking it straight in the heart.
発音straight in the

Link straight in the with a light flap on the t.

I'm taking it very seriously. I'm taking it straight in the heart.
表現 · B2have no idea

you can't imagine

I'm so glad to hear that. You have no idea.
表現 · B2super classified

top secret

Hey, gang, obviously everything we talked about in here, super classified, right?
表現 · A2dress up

put on nice clothes

Thanks for dressing up.
表現 · B2leak something to the press

give it to journalists

You're saying we're just gonna leak it to the press?
スラング · B2Hell yeah

absolutely — Blunt and casual; not for formal settings.

-Isn't that illegal? -Hell yeah, we're going to leak it.
表現 · B1blow someone off

ignore or brush off

Kate points out that the White House promised to meet them and simply left them waiting.

In case you didn't notice, the White House just blew us off.
表現 · B2a heavy hitter

a top-level player

Hearing which reporter they have, the reply instantly sizes up his influence.

-Adul Grelio. -Good. He's a heavy hitter.
表現 · B1reach out to someone

contact someone

And I'll reach out to more of the scientific community on the down-low.
表現 · B2on the down-low

quietly, in secret

Kate plans to contact scientists quietly, going around the White House and setting up the leak.

And I'll reach out to more of the scientific community on the down-low.
発音down-low

Stress the first syllable and say down-low as one word.

And I'll reach out to more of the scientific community on the down-low.
スラング · B2on the down-low

quietly, in secret — Casual for quietly; say privately in formal talk.

And I'll reach out to more of the scientific community on the down-low.

「Scientists Leak the Apocalypse Warning」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is about the gap between the size of the warning and the size of the response. Orlean listens, then retreats into spin: smoking was "a funny story," her poll numbers went up, and any serious question can wait. Her line — "I'm taking it very seriously. I'm taking it straight in the heart." — is comfort with no plan behind it. Mindy tries to force the issue: "You do understand that this is an apocalyptic event." The title's choice — leak it or wait — is answered by the administration's own behavior: "In case you didn't notice, the White House just blew us off." The officials who control the room use attention as a weapon, and the scientists' only remaining move is to go around them.

Theme

PowerThe White House controls the room and dismisses a catastrophe with 'sit tight and assess,' leaving the scientists no choice but to leak.
SatireA president jokes about cigarettes and poll numbers while the world is about to end, and the media becomes the last resort.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Kate questions a decision and pays for it socially.
  • Blow someone off is what power does quietly and without apology.
  • Read the room is the line that keeps a room from turning worse.
  • On the down-low is how the leak starts before anyone admits it.
  • The president answers a warning with a story about herself.

発音のポイント

  • Who the — In fast anger who the blurs, with the h nearly gone.
  • hundred grand — Link hundred grand so the d slides into the g.
  • straight in the — Link straight in the with a light flap on the t.
  • down-low — Stress the first syllable and say down-low as one word.
We gotta get out of here. This place is a freak show.

Mindy's exit line: after the meeting, the White House feels less like a government than a spectacle where nothing serious can be said.

In case you didn't notice, the White House just blew us off.

The reason to go public: the people who should act have brushed them aside, so the press becomes the only way to be heard.

Point is, I have a job to do.

The president's defense of doing nothing: she frames ignoring the warning as simply doing her job.

You do understand that this is an apocalyptic event.

Mindy's blunt attempt to break through: he reminds her that this is not a routine crisis but the end of the world.

I'm so glad to hear that. You have no idea.

One side offers reassurance, the other sincere relief, and the gap between them is the whole joke.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the scientists decide to leak the news?

The White House dismisses the warning with 'sit tight and assess' and never acts. Since going through official channels got them nowhere, they turn to a reporter to force the issue into the open.

Why does President Orlean tell the smoking story?

She uses it to show she is likable and unbothered, and because her polls went up when she 'kept it real.' It also lets her avoid the apocalyptic briefing.

What does 'sit tight and assess' mean here?

It means to do nothing for now and study the situation. Orlean uses it to postpone action on the threat, which is what pushes the scientists to leak.

Who is Adul Grelio?

A reporter from the New York Herald whom Phillip knows. The scientists plan to give him the story, believing a heavy hitter can get the warning out.

Who is the Chief of Staff insulting?

He snaps at the visitors, calling himself 'the fucking Chief of Staff' and mocking one of them as 'Boy with the Dragon Tattoo' when they ask who he is.

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