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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964 — 第 2 / 20 章 · 2'59" · B1

General Turgidson Dodges Calls, Explained：what's cooking

General Turgidson is in his office with his secretary, so every caller is told he is "tied up" or in the powder room. Then a real alert arrives: a transmission from Burpelson decoded as "Wing Attack Plan R," and all communications with the base are dead. "I don't like the look of this, fred."

あらすじ

In his office, General Turgidson is with his secretary, Miss Scott, and lets her screen his calls. She tells Colonel Puntritch he is tied up, then hears that Burpelson Air Force Base sent a transmission decoded as Wing Attack Plan R. Turgidson orders him to call base commander Ripper, but all communications are dead.

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注目の表現

tied upcatch up onpowder roomshut down

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このシーンの表現

what's cooking

what is happening

Turgidson asks what is cooking on the threat board, a light phrase for a deadly question.

What's cooking at the office today?

このシーンの他の表現

  • tied up

    busy and unavailable

  • catch up on

    do work that piled up

  • powder room

    a polite word for the restroom

  • shut down

    be stopped or cut off

  • condition red

    the highest alert level

このシーンのメモ一覧

38 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2at the moment

right now

Hello? Yes, general Turgidson is here, But he can't come to the phone at the moment.
発音come to the phone

The to in come to weakens to tə and links on.

Hello? Yes, general Turgidson is here, But he can't come to the phone at the moment.
表現 · B1catch up on something

do work that piled up

Miss Scott claims they were just catching up on the general's paperwork, dressing up a tryst as work.

We were just catching up on some of the general's paperwork.
発音catching up on

Up on links together so it sounds like uppon.

We were just catching up on some of the general's paperwork.
表現 · B1be tied up

busy and unavailable

Miss Scott keeps callers away by saying the general is very tied up, polite but final.

Freddie, he's very tied up at the moment.
表現 · B2for Pete's sake

a mild exclamation

Aw, for pete's-- find out what he wants.
スラング · B2for pete's

a mild exclamation — A mild complaint; too casual for formal talk.

Aw, for pete's-- find out what he wants.
表現 · B1the powder room

a polite word for the restroom

To dodge the call, Miss Scott says the general is in the powder room, a polite way to stall.

Freddie, the general is in the powder room right now.
表現 · B2Wing Attack Plan R

the wing attack plan

It decoded as wing attack plan r.
文法 · A2Do I have to

yes-no question: Do at the front makes a question, and have to means must, with a note of impatience.

Do I have to think of everything?
表現 · B2communications go dead

all lines are down

Oh. All communications are dead!
スラング · B2Bull!

nonsense! — A blunt dismissal; rude in polite settings.

Bull! Tell him to do it himself.
表現 · B1be shut down

be stopped or cut off

The bad news escalates: even the normal phone lines are shut down, reported in the same calm voice.

Even the normal phone lines are shut down.
文法 · B1are shut down

passive voice: Be plus past participle marks the lines as cut off without naming who did it.

Even the normal phone lines are shut down.
表現 · B2what's cooking

what is happening

Turgidson asks what is cooking on the threat board, a light phrase for a deadly question.

Huh? What's cooking on the threat board? Nothing!
スラング · B2What's cooking

what is happening — Casual; used among friends, not in formal talk.

Huh? What's cooking on the threat board? Nothing!
表現 · B2go to condition red

the highest alert level

On the phone the general orders everything bumped up to condition red, military jargon tossed off lightly.

Give elmo and charlie a blast and bump everything up to condition red.
スラング · B2condition red

the highest alert level — Military jargon; also used lightly in jokes.

Give elmo and charlie a blast and bump everything up to condition red.
表現 · B1get back to someone

contact someone later

Stand by the blower. I'll get back to you.
スラング · C1blower

the phone (old slang) — Old crime-film slang for the phone; rare today.

Stand by the blower. I'll get back to you.
表現 · B2mosey over

walk over casually

Turgidson says he is going nowhere, then mentions he might mosey over to the war room.

No place. I thought I might mosey over to the war room...
スラング · B2mosey

walk slowly — Easygoing American speech; keep it informal.

No place. I thought I might mosey over to the war room...
表現 · B2before you can say something

in no time at all

You just start your countdown, and old bucky will be back here before you can say, "blastoff!"
文法 · B2before you can say

time clause: Before introduces a clause meaning something happens faster than you can speak.

You just start your countdown, and old bucky will be back here before you can say, "blastoff!"
発音before you can say

In fast speech before you blurs into b'fore ya.

You just start your countdown, and old bucky will be back here before you can say, "blastoff!"

「General Turgidson Dodges Calls」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets the tone for the whole film: catastrophe is handled through secretaries, euphemisms and a man who cannot tear himself away from his girlfriend. While the machinery of war reports an alert, Turgidson is ordering his calls screened and telling a colonel to sort it out himself — "Do I have to think of everything?" The real emergency is real, but it is processed as office admin: call back, call Ripper, check the threat board. His one moment of seriousness, "I don't like the look of this, fred," is answered with a brush-off to a girlfriend — "I thought I might mosey over to the war room" — as if the end of the world were a quick errand. The comedy is not that the generals are stupid; it is that the system keeps working exactly as designed while the clock runs down.

Theme

SatireA nuclear alert is handled like office admin — calls screened, a colonel told to sort it out, and a general slipping off to the war room.
AbsurdityThe threat of annihilation is met with euphemism and a girlfriend's countdown joke, as if nothing serious were happening.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The general hides behind his secretary's calm voice.
  • Phone courtesy becomes a shield for bad news.
  • A dead phone line is the real alarm in this scene.
  • Flirting and panic share the same hotel room.

発音のポイント

  • come to the phone — The to in come to weakens to tə and links on.
  • catching up on — Up on links together so it sounds like uppon.
  • before you can say — In fast speech before you blurs into b'fore ya.
We were just catching up on some of the general's paperwork.

The secretary's cover story for why the general cannot come to the phone, while he is in fact alone with her.

Do I have to think of everything?

Turgidson's irritated reply when asked how to reach the base: he expects others to solve obvious problems for him.

Oh. All communications are dead!

The report that cuts through the office comedy: the base can no longer be reached at all.

I don't like the look of this, fred.

Turgidson's rare note of unease: an unauthorized alert with no threat on the board does not add up.

Give elmo and charlie a blast and bump everything up to condition red.

His response to the alert: raise the alert level everywhere, using slang for calling his contacts.

You just start your countdown, and old bucky will be back here before you can say, "blastoff!"

His flirty goodbye to Miss Scott, turning a war-room errand into a joke about a countdown and a quick return.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Miss Scott keep saying the general can't come to the phone?

Because he is in his office with her. She screens his calls with excuses — he is 'tied up' or in the powder room — so that no one disturbs them.

What is Wing Attack Plan R?

It is a coded order detected in a transmission from Burpelson Air Force Base. Its appearance alarms the officers because it suggests the base has launched an attack without authorization.

Why can't they reach base commander Ripper?

All communications from Burpelson are down. The colonel reports that every line, including the normal phones, is shut down, so Ripper cannot be reached directly.

What does 'what's cooking' mean?

It is slang for asking what is happening or what is going on. Turgidson uses it when he asks what is showing on the threat board.

Where does Turgidson say he is going at the end?

He tells Miss Scott he might mosey over to the war room for a few minutes to see what is happening, though he frames the trip as nothing serious.

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