M*A*S*H · 1970 — 第 20 / 22 章 · 2'32" · B2

Rivals Double the Football Bet, Explained:pulled something

The game turns ugly when the other team injures the star player, and both sides argue about who played dirty. Then the real contest surfaces: a bet offered again at longer odds. "Are you prepared to back that up with odds?" one side asks, and the other answers by doubling the stake.

あらすじ

A football game against a rival unit turns rough when the other team's tactics injure the 4077th's best player, leaving both sides accusing each other of playing dirty. At the end, the argument becomes a wager again, with longer odds demanded and the bet doubled on the spot.

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pulled somethingtrack meetthe old Knute Rocknepress the bets

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このシーンの表現

pulled something

played a dirty trick

The sideline accuses the other team of a dirty trick that injured a player.

The other team pulled something sneaky at the scrum.

このシーンの他の表現

  • track meet

    an athletics competition

  • the old Knute Rockne

    a classic pep talk

  • press the bets

    push the bets through

  • double the bet

    raise the stake twofold

  • a time and a place

    a proper moment and setting

このシーンのメモ一覧

27 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1another + number + points

six more points

Another six points. Another six points?
表現 · B1leave the game

go off the field

Look. Look. He's- He's hurt. He's leaving the game.
表現 · A2what's the matter with someone

what is wrong with

What the hell's the matter with you? Smith! Smith!
表現 · B2pull something

played a dirty trick

The sideline accuses the other team of a dirty trick that injured a player.

Goddamn bastards pulled something.
スラング · B2Goddamn

damned — A coarse curse; keep it out of polite speech.

Goddamn bastards pulled something.
発音not a track

Not a runs together as no-ta before track.

Four hundred? This is not a track meet, this is a football game!
表現 · B1walk someone around

help him walk it off

What? Get him up. Walk him around. Do something.
スラング · B2fuckin

fucking — The roughest swear in English; never in formal settings.

All right, Bub, your fuckin' head is coming right off.
表現 · B2give someone the old ...

a classic pep talk

With morale low, Henry jokes that halftime calls for the same old famous pep talk.

Guess I have to give them the old Knute Rockne at halftime.
表現 · B1about time for something

almost time for

About time for the gun. Right.
スラング · B2like a mother

incredibly fast — Crude slang; fine as a joke, not in formal talk.

Yea! [ Gasping ] [ Whistle Blows ] He runs like a mother, but how we gonna score— Men, ever since the dark days before Pearl Harbor, I have been proud to wear this uniform. Boone, you got a towel?
表現 · B2press a bet

push the bets through

Mid-speech, the real worry is getting the bets placed, not inspiring the team.

Henry, press the bets, man. The bets, the bets. Finish the halftime speech.
表現 · B2halftime speech

the pep talk at halftime

Henry, press the bets, man. The bets, the bets. Finish the halftime speech.
発音Kick 'em

Link Kick and 'em so it sounds like ki-ckem.

Hit 'em with a mortar! Kick 'em off the hill!
表現 · B2a time and a place for something

a proper moment and setting

Hot Lips scolds the cheering as out of place, then joins the chant a second later.

Hot Lips, there's a time and a place for everything, damn it! [ Gasps ] Right. Bo-bo. [ All ] Bo-bo!
文法 · B1there's a time and a place for everything

there is: There is sets up existence: a right time and place exist for everything.

Hot Lips, there's a time and a place for everything, damn it! [ Gasps ] Right. Bo-bo. [ All ] Bo-bo!
表現 · A2ought to know

should know better

What's the matter with him? What's the matter? Hell, you oughta know.
発音oughta know

Oughta blur ought to together and drops the t sound.

What's the matter with him? What's the matter? Hell, you oughta know.
スラング · A2oughta

ought to — Spoken shorthand; write ought to in formal text.

What's the matter with him? What's the matter? Hell, you oughta know.
表現 · B2double the bet

raise the stake twofold

Henry tests whether they dare double the bet, and they raise it further instead.

Well, I guess you don't wanna double the bet.
表現 · A2go on doing something

keep on beating

Oh, the hell I don't. We were beating you without him, and we'll go on beating you.
文法 · B1go on beating

future with will: Will plus the base verb states the future as a flat promise here.

Oh, the hell I don't. We were beating you without him, and we'll go on beating you.
発音go on beating

Go on flows as one unit, with the t in beating flapping.

Oh, the hell I don't. We were beating you without him, and we'll go on beating you.
表現 · B2back something up

prove it with something real

Are you prepared to back that up with odds?
文法 · B1Are you prepared to

be prepared to: Be prepared to do asks whether someone is ready to follow words with action.

Are you prepared to back that up with odds?
表現 · B2N-to-one odds

odds of three to one

Damn right. Three-to-one. Double the bet.

「Rivals Double the Football Bet」を読み解く

What's really going on

The football game is a proxy for everything else the unit cannot control, and it goes wrong in the usual way: the other side plays dirty and the star man is hurt. What follows is less a sports climax than a negotiation. Both camps accuse each other of cheating — 'You guys pulled something out there' — and then move straight back to the money. The offer to double the bet, and the demand for odds, turns a grudge into a market. The humour is that nobody pretends the game matters for its own sake; it was always a scheme, and losing the ringer only changes the price. The scene ends on a handshake over numbers rather than a final score, which is the film's attitude in miniature.

Theme

MoneyThe game is played for a bet, and the argument quickly returns to odds and stakes.
DeceptionBoth sides suspect cheating, and the football match was a rigged scheme from the start.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A game can be settled by the odds, not the score.
  • Backing a claim up means putting something real behind it.
  • A track meet is a race; football is a fight.
  • Catching a cheat only raises the stakes here.

発音のポイント

  • not a track — Not a runs together as no-ta before track.
  • Kick 'em — Link Kick and 'em so it sounds like ki-ckem.
  • oughta know — Oughta blur ought to together and drops the t sound.
  • go on beating — Go on flows as one unit, with the t in beating flapping.
Four hundred? This is not a track meet, this is a football game!

A complaint that the other team is running away with it like a race rather than playing football.

All right, Bub, your fuckin' head is coming right off.

A threat delivered on the field, crude and comic, showing how rough the game has become.

Guess I have to give them the old Knute Rockne at halftime.

A joke about resorting to a worn-out motivational speech, named after a famous coach.

Mash 'em, smash 'em, kill, kill, kill!

The fake battle cry of the halftime speech, all aggression and no tactics.

What's the matter with him? What's the matter? Hell, you oughta know.

A pointed reply after the injury: the other side knows exactly why the player is down.

Oh, the hell I don't. We were beating you without him, and we'll go on beating you.

A defiant answer to the offer: they refuse to admit the ringer mattered and double down on winning.

Are you prepared to back that up with odds?

The challenge that turns trash talk into a wager: prove the boast by agreeing to real numbers.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the other team hurt the 4077th's star player?

The film never shows a fair contest; the rival unit targets the ringer once he starts winning. The injury is treated as deliberate dirty play, which is why the sidelines erupt with accusations of cheating.

What is the point of asking for odds?

It converts a boast into a bet. By offering three-to-one and doubling the stake, the speaker is daring the rival to put money behind his claim that the ringer did not matter. The scene ends on that negotiation.

Was the football game ever a real game?

Not really. It was set up as a gambling scheme, with a ringer transferred in and bets pressed on both sides. The match is a show staged for the wager, which is why the ending is about odds rather than the score.

Why is football so important to the unit?

It is an escape from the war, a project to pour energy and money into. The same impulse that filled a bet and a transfer request shows the men inventing stakes and rules of their own, separate from the army's.

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