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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964 — 第 19 / 20 章 · 3'26" · B2

Kong Opens the Bomb Bay Doors, Explained：harelips everybody on bear creek

The crew runs a flawless arming checklist — fuses, safeties, trigger overrides — until the bomb bay doors refuse to open. "The teleflex drive cable must be sheared away," someone reports, and nothing brings the circuits back. The captain decides to fix it by hand, telling the crew, "Stay on the bomb run, ace."

あらすじ

Aboard a B-52 heading for its target, the crew works through the final bomb run checklist: fusing circuits, safety releases, trigger overrides. When the bomb bay doors will not open, backup circuits and emergency power both fail. The captain orders a manual override, tells the crew to stay on the bomb run, and goes below to open the doors himself.

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注目の表現

harelips everybody on bear creekacenegative functionone through four

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このシーンの表現

harelips everybody on bear creek

a stubborn oath to do it no matter what

The bomb bay doors will not open, so the captain swears a backwoods oath and climbs down to force them.

He'll finish the race if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ace

    a top hand

  • negative function

    a fault reading

  • one through four

    an inclusive range

  • manual override

    manual control

  • stay on the bomb run

    keep on the bombing course

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · B2final ... run

last bombing pass

Ready for final bomb run check.
表現 · B1take over

take control

Take over, ace. Roger.
スラング · B2ace

a top hand — A warm nickname for a skilled partner.

Take over, ace. Roger.
表現 · B2master safety on

master safety engaged

Bomb fusing, master safety on.
表現 · B2fuse for ground burst

explode on impact

fuse for ground burst. Delay factor yellow three.
表現 · B2delay factor ...

delay setting yellow three

fuse for ground burst. Delay factor yellow three.
表現 · B1one through four

an inclusive range

Checking the fusing circuits, the crew uses one through four to cover all four.

Bomb fusing circuits one through four, test.
文法 · B1one through four

inclusive range: One through four includes both endpoints of the range.

Bomb fusing circuits one through four, test.
発音one through four

Through weakens to a light thru.

Bomb fusing circuits one through four, test.
表現 · C1engage ... override

override the trigger switch

engage primary trigger switch override.
表現 · B2to maximum deflection

full deflection

Track indicators to maximum deflection.
表現 · B2bomb door circuits

bomb bay door circuits

Check bomb door circuits, one through four.
表現 · B2negative function

a fault reading

Reporting the bomb door circuits, the crew uses the jargon negative function as the lights turn red.

Uh, bomb door circuits, Negative function, lights red.
表現 · B2switch in backup circuits

bring in the backups

Switch in backup circuits. Roger.
表現 · B2manual override

manual control

With every automatic system failing, the captain orders manual override to force the doors.

Operate manual override!
発音manual override

Stress both words to make it a clear command.

Operate manual override!
表現 · C1shear something away

cut away

The teleflex drive cable must be sheared away.
発音sheared away

Link sheared and away, softening the d.

The teleflex drive cable must be sheared away.
表現 · B2fire the explosive bolts

blow the bolts

- Fire the explosive bolts! - Roger.
表現 · B2the circuits are dead

the circuits are gone

Uh-- Still negative, sir. The operating circuits are dead, sir.
表現 · B1go down below

go below deck

Stay on the bomb run, ace. I'm goin' down below and see what I can do.
文法 · B1I'm goin' down below

present continuous: The present continuous marks an action about to start right away.

Stay on the bomb run, ace. I'm goin' down below and see what I can do.
発音down below

Stress down and below to point at the location.

Stay on the bomb run, ace. I'm goin' down below and see what I can do.
スラング · A2goin'

going — Drops the g in speech; restore it when writing.

Stay on the bomb run, ace. I'm goin' down below and see what I can do.
表現 · B2stay on the ... run

keep on the bombing course

Before leaving to fix the doors, the captain tells the crew again to stay on the bomb run.

Stay on the bomb run, boys.
表現 · C1if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek

no matter the cost

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!
表現 · B1get something open

force something open

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!
文法 · C1if it harelips everybody on bear creek

conditional clause: The if-clause is a boast: he will do it no matter the cost.

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!
発音get them doors

Them weakens to thum in fast speech.

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!
スラング · C1harelips

a comic oath — A folksy Southern oath; not for strangers.

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!

「Kong Opens the Bomb Bay Doors」を読み解く

What's really going on

On one level this is pure procedure: the crew recites each step in a flat, professional voice, which makes the machinery feel unstoppable. The tension comes from a single failed part. The doors will not open, and the men throw backup circuits, emergency power, and manual overrides at the problem. "The teleflex drive cable must be sheared away," one of them says, trying to diagnose it. The captain refuses to abort, telling the crew to hold course and going down to the bomb bay himself. His line — that he will open the doors "if it harelips everybody on bear creek" — is comic and chilling at once: the mission will go on no matter the cost.

Theme

DutyThe crew follows the checklist to the letter and refuses to abandon the mission, even when the machine fails.
AbsurdityMen calmly arm a doomsday bomb, and the captain promises to force the doors open no matter what.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A checklist can sound calm while everything fails.
  • Technical jargon makes panic sound almost polite.
  • One comic oath turns a dead end into a last stand.
  • Radio repetition builds tension better than shouting.

発音のポイント

  • one through four — Through weakens to a light thru.
  • manual override — Stress both words to make it a clear command.
  • sheared away — Link sheared and away, softening the d.
  • down below — Stress down and below to point at the location.
The teleflex drive cable must be sheared away.

A diagnosis from the crew: the only way to free the doors is to cut the drive cable.

Uh-- Still negative, sir. The operating circuits are dead, sir.

The failure report: the circuits are completely dead and the doors still will not work.

Stay on the bomb run, ace. I'm goin' down below and see what I can do.

The captain tells the crew to hold course while he goes below to fix the doors himself.

I'm gonna get them doors open if it harelips everybody on bear creek!

A folksy vow: he will force the doors open no matter what it costs.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't the bomb bay doors open?

The circuits fail and stay negative even after backup circuits and emergency power are switched in. The crew concludes the drive cable itself must be sheared away.

Why does the captain go down to the bomb bay?

The automatic systems have all failed, so he decides to open the doors by hand. He tells the crew to stay on the bomb run while he goes below.

What does the captain mean by "if it harelips everybody on bear creek"?

It is a folksy American oath meaning "no matter what happens." He is saying he will force the doors open even if it costs everything.

Why does the crew keep following the checklist?

They are trained to run the procedure exactly as written. The flat, calm delivery makes the arming of a nuclear bomb feel routine.

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