in advance
And we're not gonna tell the press about it ahead of time because that way it will have the appearance of a breaking emergency sort of…Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 12 / 25 章 · 4'41" · B2
The President Announces the Comet, Explained：on a collision course
The president interrupts a reality show to announce that a nine-kilometer comet is on a collision course with Earth, then turns the fix into a nuclear strike and a hero. "Washington's always gotta have a hero," someone notes. When a scientist speaks, she says the crisis is bigger than how much she dislikes the president.
あらすじ
President Orlean interrupts the show Jackpot Fiancé to deliver a presidential address: a comet nine kilometers wide is on a collision course with Earth, arriving in about five months. She announces a congressional spending bill and a nuclear plan, then names Benedict Drask to fly the mission. Scientists question the theatrics and the choice, and one of them tells the president the crisis matters more than personal dislike.
注目の表現
good things come to those who waiton a collision coursepreemptive strikegotta have a hero
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このシーンの表現
on a collision course
headed for a clash
The president says the comet is on a collision course with Earth, making doom sound like navigation jargon.
The two teams are on a collision course over the schedule.
このシーンの他の表現
- good things come to those who wait
patience pays off
- preemptive strike
an attack made first
- gotta have a hero
must have a savior
- pussies
cowards (vulgar)
- that's really nice
sarcastic praise
このシーンのメモ一覧
75 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
the worst possible outcome
Citizens of the United States and peoples of the world, I have just been handed scientific findings that confirm a worst-case scenario.Stress the middle of collision and the word course.
An unprecedented comet, nine kilometers wide, is now on a direct collision course with our cherished home, planet Earth.enable to do: Enable someone to do something means make it possible for them.
And that will enable NASA and our great military to launch a preemptive strike,carrying a lot of
using decommissioned space shuttles and satellites loaded with nuclear explosives.Gotta runs as one word and have weakens to uv.
Washington's always gotta have a hero.have got to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.
Washington's always gotta have a hero.yell at someone
I'm sorry. Isn't he the mercenary gentleman that was screaming at all those children on the White House lawn?fatso — A crude insult about weight; highly offensive.
Get a little air into it, you lard-ass…damn — Mild-to-strong profanity; skip it in polite settings.
You look like a goddamn bunch of pussies.elliptical question: The opening did is dropped, so the line works as a casual question.
You ever see inside a man's torso?all I want is
Well, all I ask is,killed — Gangster-style slang for getting killed; keep it off formal talk.
if I get snuffed,need help with this
We're gonna need everybody's help on this.spread something widely
All have to pitch in and push out this message.take someone's name
And we have Kate Dibiasky, who the comet is named after, but don't blame her.on the condition that
-[Oglethorpe] We'll do whatever we can. -As long as you do the right thing.condition clause: As long as introduces the condition under which their support holds.
-[Oglethorpe] We'll do whatever we can. -As long as you do the right thing.score higher in polls
Especially you, Dr. Mindy, because you poll so much higher than your colleagues. It's wild. [laughing] He will help us destroy our common enemy, Dibiasky.Vote for links into voe-fer with a weak for.
I didn't vote for you.far larger than
But this is obviously much bigger than my misgivings.regardless of how
No matter how offensive I may find you.「The President Announces the Comet」を読み解く
What's really going on
The address is staged for maximum drama — the broadcast is cut into a dating show, the press is deliberately kept in the dark "ahead of time," and the comet becomes a prime-time event. What looks like crisis leadership is really image management: a spending bill, a nuclear strike, and a pilot chosen because, as one character says, "Washington's always gotta have a hero." The hero turns out to be Benedict Drask, whose public record is shouting at children on the White House lawn, and whose speech borrows a line from Saving Private Ryan. The scientists are the uncomfortable conscience in the room. When one of them finally gets to speak, she refuses to pretend: "No matter how offensive I may find you," the crisis is bigger than her feelings. The president's answer is to brag that she had the FBI put a bag over a scientist's head — proof that even the apocalypse is, for her, politics.
Theme
PowerA president turns a comet into a broadcast, a spending bill, and a hero for the cameras.
SatireThe end-of-the-world plan is sold like entertainment, complete with a borrowed movie speech.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calm voice makes doomsday sound bureaucratic.
- Proverbs turn ironic when dropped into a crisis.
- Praise in a flat tone can be an insult.
- The hero talk hides a publicity machine.
発音のポイント
- collision course — Stress the middle of collision and the word course.
- gotta have — Gotta runs as one word and have weakens to uv.
- vote for — Vote for links into voe-fer with a weak for.
Good things come to those who wait.A smug line as the plan is set in motion: patience will be rewarded — used here with more spin than wisdom, since the stakes are the end of the world.
An unprecedented comet, nine kilometers wide, is now on a direct collision course with our cherished home, planet Earth.The official framing of the threat: a giant comet is aimed straight at Earth, turning a scientific fact into a prime-time announcement.
Washington's always gotta have a hero.The blunt reason a pilot is chosen over remote technology: politics needs a human face and a hero in the story.
I'm sorry. Isn't he the mercenary gentleman that was screaming at all those children on the White House lawn?A critic undercuts the new hero by recalling his outbursts: the "great patriot" is the man who was caught screaming at children.
No matter how offensive I may find you.A grudging olive branch: the speaker makes clear how much she dislikes the president, then agrees the crisis matters more.
You know, I did have the FBI put that bag over your head.A power move disguised as small talk: the president admits she arranged the earlier humiliation and treats it as a joke.
このシーンについての質問
Why does President Orlean announce the comet herself?
She wants the drama. She says they will not brief the press beforehand so it looks like a breaking emergency, and she frames the whole announcement as a presidential statement to the nation.
Why is Benedict Drask chosen for the mission?
One line answers it: Washington always has to have a hero. Instead of remote technology, the plan puts a famous, outspoken patriot in the pilot seat, with nuclear-armed shuttles as the actual weapon.
What does 'preemptive strike' mean?
It means hitting first, before the threat arrives. In the speech it refers to launching shuttles and satellites to knock the comet off its path before it reaches Earth.
Why does the president bring up the FBI bag?
The scientists' visit earlier involved a bag over someone's head. When one of them says they did not vote for her, she answers that she personally had the FBI do it, then jokes that the CIA usually handles that sort of thing.
Why does a scientist say 'no matter how offensive I may find you'?
It is a grudging truce: the president is personally disliked, but the comet is bigger than that, so the scientist agrees to cooperate while making the dislike clear.
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第 18 章off the gridKate Exposes the Comet Conspiracy
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