Interstellar · 2014 — 第 5 / 13 章 · 4'24" · B2

Choosing the Next Home for Humanity, Explained:wasting your breath

The crew weigh three possible worlds and what each one costs, while on Earth a message is being arranged. The talk keeps circling a single worry: that the settlers may never see another human being again. "He's remarkable. He's the best of us," one of them says of a colleague.

あらすじ

Aboard the Endurance, the crew discuss three candidate planets — Miller's, Edmunds's and Mann's — and ask who these explorers left behind. On Earth, Professor Brand visits the farm with a message for Murph and her brother, hoping to recruit her. Cooper records a farewell to his family.

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catches its breathwasting your breaththe best of uspoker face

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このシーンの表現

wasting your breath

to speak with no chance of being heard

机器人提醒库珀,跟熟睡的人说话,等于把话白白浪费在空气里。

Do not argue with him; you are wasting your breath.

このシーンの他の表現

  • catches its breath

    to pause and recover

  • the best of us

    the finest person among a group

  • poker face

    a face that shows no emotion

このシーンのメモ一覧

73 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B1have each otherWe have each other. Dr. Mann had it worse.
表現 · B2have it worseWe have each other. Dr. Mann had it worse.
発音had it worse

flap

We have each other. Dr. Mann had it worse.
表現 · B2it's not like doing somethingNo, it's not like looking for a new condo.
表現 · B2desperate for something...desperate for a rock it can cling to while it catches its breath.
表現 · B2catch one's breath

to pause and recover

...desperate for a rock it can cling to while it catches its breath.
発音catches its breath

weak form

...desperate for a rock it can cling to while it catches its breath.
表現 · C1sustain life...might sustain human life.
表現 · B2no attachmentsNo. No attachments. My father insisted.
表現 · C1the odds against somethingThey all knew the odds against ever seeing another human being again.
文法 · C1the odds against ever seeing another human being again

gerund after against

They all knew the odds against ever seeing another human being again.
表現 · B2the best of us

the finest person among a group

He's remarkable. He's the best of us.
表現 · C1rip something to shredsIs a lion evil because it rips a gazelle to shreds?
文法 · B2because it rips a gazelle to shreds

because-clause

Is a lion evil because it rips a gazelle to shreds?
表現 · B1stay up- Don't stay up. - I'll be there in a minute.
発音stay up

liaison

- Don't stay up. - I'll be there in a minute.
表現 · C1waste one's breath

to speak with no chance of being heard

Just remember, Coop, you are literally wasting your breath.
スラング · B2closeDr. Brand and Edmunds. They close?
表現 · C1a poker faceBut not a poker face, Slick.
表現 · B1be about to do somethingUh, Dad's about to go down for the long nap.
表現 · C1fan the flameMaybe I should fan the flame.
表現 · B2make a fool of someoneShe's already making fools of her teachers.

「Choosing the Next Home for Humanity」を読み解く

What's really going on

What looks like mission planning is really a debate about what humanity is worth saving. The crew keep circling the same fact: the explorers they are about to meet chose to be alone, aware that they would probably never see another person again. Even the most admired colleague is described with a line of pure respect, "He's remarkable. He's the best of us." The scene then turns philosophical: asked whether nature can be evil, one of them answers that a lion is not evil for tearing a gazelle apart, it is only formidable and frightening. That argument sets up the film's choice — what to carry to a new world, and what to leave behind. Meanwhile the cut to Earth, where Brand comes looking for Murph, quietly links the search for a home to the family Cooper abandoned.

Theme

SurvivalThe crew weigh which planet might keep humanity alive, and what they must carry there.
LonelinessThe explorers chose to be alone, knowing they may never see another person again.

このチャプターで学べること

  • “Stay” is both a command and a plea.
  • Cooper explains science to soften goodbye.
  • Motive matters as much as action.

発音のポイント

  • had it worse — flap
  • catches its breath — weak form
  • stay up — liaison
He's remarkable. He's the best of us.

The highest praise one crew member gives another: not only skilled, but the most admirable person among them.

Is a lion evil because it rips a gazelle to shreds?

An argument that nature can be terrifying without being evil, which shapes how the film treats the universe.

They all knew the odds against ever seeing another human being again.

The price the explorers accepted: near-certain isolation, knowing they might never meet anyone again.

It's a perfect planet, and we won't find another one like her.

Earth is irreplaceable, so whatever they find elsewhere can only be a substitute, never a match.

このシーンについての質問

Why did the explorers have no families?

Someone explains that it was deliberate: none of them had attachments, because his father insisted. They all knew the odds against ever seeing another human being again.

Does the film say nature is evil?

No. Asked whether nature can be evil, one of the crew argues it is formidable and frightening but not evil, using a lion tearing a gazelle as the example.

Why does Professor Brand visit Murph on Earth?

He brings Cooper's truck and a message, and he seems to be testing Murph's potential. He calls her a bright spark and says he should fan the flame, hinting he wants to recruit her.

What is the crew's first destination?

They plan the trajectory for Miller's planet first, then Edmunds, then Mann. On the way they pass Mars and Saturn, and TARS notes the trip times.

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