Sabrina · 1954 — 第 1 / 18 章 · 2'05" · B1

Linus Saves Sabrina in the Garage, Explained:a good thing

Sabrina tries to gas herself in the Larrabee garage and Linus pulls her out just in time. She plays it off as car trouble—"Just checking the spark plugs"—while he keeps needling her with the obvious: "Haven't you ever heard of carbon monoxide? It kills people."

あらすじ

Sabrina, the chauffeur's daughter, locks herself in the Larrabee garage and starts all eight cars with the doors shut, hoping the fumes will kill her. Linus comes home, finds her passed out, and carries her into the fresh air. Revived, she insists she was only checking the spark plugs.

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注目の表現

check the spark plugsfind outget out of herepass out

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このシーンの表現

a good thing

lucky that; fortunately

Linus explains his timing: only because Mrs Van Horn asked for a ride did he happen to be there.

It's a good thing you checked the tires.

このシーンの他の表現

  • check the spark plugs

    inspect the engine's spark plugs

  • find out

    discover or learn

  • get out of here

    leave this place now

  • pass out

    faint, lose consciousness

  • carbon monoxide

    a poisonous, odorless gas

このシーンのメモ一覧

30 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2come out of somewhere

come out from in there

Sabrina, come out of there. Come on. Come on out of there.
発音on out of

Link on out of into one smooth run.

Sabrina, come out of there. Come on. Come on out of there.
表現 · B1check the spark plugs

inspect the engine's spark plugs

Linus finds Sabrina in the garage and she answers like a mechanic, though she has no business there.

- What are you doing here? - Just checking the spark plugs.
表現 · A2something is missing

not there, gone

Father was worried 'cause one of the spark plugs was missing.
スラング · A2'cause

because (casual) — Casual speech only; keep it out of writing.

Father was worried 'cause one of the spark plugs was missing.
表現 · A2find out something

discover or learn

Sabrina explains why she crept into the garage at night: she wanted to know which plug was missing.

I wanted to find out which one it was.
表現 · B1disturb someone

bother someone

I didn't want to disturb anyone.
文法 · B1might never have disturbed

modal perfect: Might have done speculates about a past outcome that nearly happened.

You might never have disturbed anyone again.
表現 · A2get out of somewhere

leave this place now

The moment Linus senses danger he orders Sabrina out of the garage, hard and unmistakable.

You'd better get out of here.
スラング · A2You'd better

you had better — A spoken warning, softer than an order but firm.

You'd better get out of here.
表現 · B1pass out

faint, lose consciousness

Waking up, Sabrina asks what happened, and Linus tells her flatly that she passed out.

- What happened? - You passed out.
発音don't have to

Have to weakens to hafta; the t in don't often drops.

I'm all right. You don't have to carry me.
表現 · B2of all the ... things

a way to call something absurd

Of all the idiotic things.
表現 · A2kill people

can kill a person

It kills people.
表現 · B1come along

show up, happen by

What do you suppose would have happened if I hadn't come along?
文法 · B1would have happened if I hadn't come along

third conditional: It imagines a different past: would have happened plus an if-clause with had done.

What do you suppose would have happened if I hadn't come along?
発音hadn't come

The d in hadn't drops and come along runs together.

What do you suppose would have happened if I hadn't come along?
スラング · A2would've

would have — Common in speech, rare in formal writing.

Eight cars! One would've done it.
表現 · A2drive someone home

take her home by car

It's a good thing Mrs Van Horn asked me to drive her home.
表現 · A2start a car

get a car going

All right. The next time you start a car, make sure you leave the garage doors open, you understand?
表現 · A2make sure (that) something happens

be certain to do something

Linus closes with an instruction: next time she starts a car, the garage doors must be open.

All right. The next time you start a car, make sure you leave the garage doors open, you understand?
文法 · A2The next time you start a car

time clause: The next time introduces a time clause; the present tense stands in for the future.

All right. The next time you start a car, make sure you leave the garage doors open, you understand?
表現 · B1know better

be wise enough not to

You'd think a chauffeur's daughter would know better.

「Linus Saves Sabrina in the Garage」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene plays a suicide attempt as drawing-room comedy, and that tension is the point. Sabrina would rather be found tinkering with cars than admit what she was doing, so she reaches for the most ordinary excuse she can: "Just checking the spark plugs." Linus refuses to let her off that easily, answering with mock-clinical irony—"Haven't you ever heard of carbon monoxide? It kills people"—and then, almost tenderly, "You might never have disturbed anyone again." His final line, about how lucky it was that Mrs Van Horn needed a ride home, turns a near-death into a social anecdote, which is exactly how this world handles feelings it can't name.

Theme

ClassA chauffeur's daughter and the family's eldest son meet in a garage, and every line reminds her she should know better.
HeartbreakSabrina's silent suicide attempt says what she won't: she's been hurt badly enough to want out.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A sealed garage turns eight idle engines into a death trap.
  • Linus scolds because he is scared, not because he is cold.
  • Her know-how as a chauffeur's daughter cuts both ways.

発音のポイント

  • on out of — Link on out of into one smooth run.
  • don't have to — Have to weakens to hafta; the t in don't often drops.
  • hadn't come — The d in hadn't drops and come along runs together.
So you started all the motors and closed all the doors?

He repeats her actions back to her: she didn't just sit in a car, she ran eight engines and shut the doors—proof it was deliberate.

You might never have disturbed anyone again.

A dry way of saying she nearly died: if he hadn't found her, she'd never disturb anyone again.

Eight cars! One would've done it.

Eight engines were running; a single one would already have been enough to kill her.

What do you suppose would have happened if I hadn't come along?

He makes her imagine the alternative out loud, forcing her to admit that without his arrival she would have died.

You'd think a chauffeur's daughter would know better.

Cutting at her dignity: as the chauffeur's daughter, she's supposed to be too sensible to pull a stunt like this.

Haven't you ever heard of carbon monoxide?

Not a real question—he's scolding her for not knowing that car exhaust is lethal.

このシーンについての質問

Is Sabrina trying to kill herself in the garage?

Yes. She starts all eight engines and closes the doors, meaning the fumes were meant to kill her, not an accident.

Why does Sabrina say she was checking the spark plugs?

It's a cover story. She'd rather pretend she was doing car maintenance than admit she was trying to die, so she grabs the most ordinary excuse.

Is Linus kind or cruel to Sabrina here?

Both, in a dry way. He saves her life and carries her out, then needles her with sarcasm—but his teasing is also his way of not making the moment heavier.

Does Sabrina realize how close she came to dying?

At first she doesn't seem to. She asks "It does?" when told carbon monoxide kills, and only Linus's questions make her admit she'd have died.

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