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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 23 / 24 章 · 3'32" · B1

Becca and Fitz Arrive at El Cap, Explained：the moment of truth

Becca and Fitz fly in to watch Tommy attempt the hardest part of the route. Becca talks about watching him "in his element," and Tommy explains what fatherhood changed: he wants to be a role model for his son. "And now here we are at the moment of truth," a voice says, as the final push begins.

あらすじ

Tommy prepares for the hardest thing he has ever done, choosing his footwork carefully and letting the calm take some pressure off. Becca and Fitz fly in to watch from the meadow. Becca describes seeing him in his element, and explains how they fell in love, married and had Fitz — the son who gave Tommy a new reason to finish.

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front-steptake the pressure offmake historygive up

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このシーンの表現

the moment of truth

the decisive moment

With everything prepared, the narrator marks the instant Kevin must finally deliver.

The moment of truth came when the envelope was opened.

このシーンの他の表現

  • front-step

    climb on the front of the foot

  • take the pressure off

    reduce the stress on someone

  • make history

    do something historic

  • give up

    stop trying

  • in his element

    doing what one does best

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

発音have to

Have to often reduces to hafta in fast speech.

I think I have to try to front-step more,
スラング · A2cos

because — Casual for because; too loose for formal writing.

foot, I can't front-step it or in-step it cos this foot's in the way.
表現 · A2last time

the previous occasion

A couple of your falls last time were just cos you couldn't find that right foot.
表現 · A2even if something happens

despite the possibility that

So even if it's a little bit harder, it's going to be better.
表現 · B1for something to end well

so that things turn out fine

But I was still gonna have to do the hardest thing I've ever done for this to end well.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Spoken shorthand; keep it out of writing.

But I was still gonna have to do the hardest thing I've ever done for this to end well.
表現 · A2only about + number

just roughly

I'm only about 30 feet up, and I've called my momma twice.
スラング · A2momma

mom, mum — Warm American speech; formal use is mother.

I'm only about 30 feet up, and I've called my momma twice.
表現 · B1what is called something

known as

I'm on what's called a portaledge that's secured to this wall.
表現 · B1waiting for one's moment

waiting for the right chance

Fitz and I have been home waiting for our moment to get on a plane and get out here.
文法 · B2have been home waiting

perfect continuous: The perfect continuous stresses the waiting that has lasted until now.

Fitz and I have been home waiting for our moment to get on a plane and get out here.
発音get out

Link get and out so they sound like one word.

Fitz and I have been home waiting for our moment to get on a plane and get out here.
表現 · A2it has finally come

at last it has arrived

And it's finally come. We're here.
表現 · B1feel like giving up

wanted to quit

After failing for so many years, there was times when I definitely felt like giving up.
文法 · B1After failing

gerund phrase: After takes an -ing form here, marking the time before the next clause.

After failing for so many years, there was times when I definitely felt like giving up.
表現 · A2get pregnant

became pregnant

And then we got pregnant shortly after.
発音had a

Run had and a together so it sounds like had-a.

We had a little boy named Fitz.
表現 · A2a good example to someone

a positive model

I thought, how am I going to be a good example to Fitz?
表現 · B1how great it is to do something

how wonderful it is to

How great it is to be a Caldwell boy.
表現 · B2the same sort of something

the same kind of wonder

I wanted Fitz to look at me with that same sort of awe.
文法 · A2wanted Fitz to look

object complement: Want plus an object and infinitive expresses what you want someone to do.

I wanted Fitz to look at me with that same sort of awe.
表現 · B1make something happen

bring something about

You have to do everything to make this happen.
表現 · B2zoom out

step back for the big picture

Sometimes you zoom out and you think about what a process it's been, this wild six-year journey with Tommy.
表現 · B2at the moment of truth

at the decisive point

And now here we are at the moment of truth.

「Becca and Fitz Arrive at El Cap」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter turns the climb into a family story. Becca and Fitz fly in to watch, and the film stays with what fatherhood did to Tommy's motivation: after years of failure, he thought about the example he wanted to set. "The first day that I had this little baby in my arms, I was overcome with the emotion," he says, and the sentence explains why the wall matters so much to him now. He talks about wanting Fitz to look at him with the same awe he felt for his own father, and about showing his son how to be passionate and how to dream big. Becca, meanwhile, is the reason he did not quit: after so many years of failing, he admits there were times he felt like giving up, and it was Becca who kept him going. The climb is no longer only his.

Theme

ParenthoodBecoming a father gives Tommy a new reason to finish: he wants Fitz to see what passion and big dreams look like.
Family loveBecca and Fitz arrive to watch, and Becca's support becomes the reason Tommy keeps going after years of failure.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Support at home can decide a summit far away.
  • A child changes what a hard goal means.
  • Coaching footwork is a quiet act of trust.
  • The decisive moment arrives after years, not minutes.

発音のポイント

  • have to — Have to often reduces to hafta in fast speech.
  • get out — Link get and out so they sound like one word.
  • had a — Run had and a together so it sounds like had-a.
But I was still gonna have to do the hardest thing I've ever done for this to end well.

The scale of what remains: even with practice and support, the final effort is the hardest thing he has ever attempted.

After failing for so many years, there was times when I definitely felt like giving up.

The honest low point behind the record attempt: years of failure made quitting a real option.

But it was actually Becca who helped me to keep going.

Credit given where it is due: the partner's support, not willpower alone, kept the goal alive.

The first day that I had this little baby in my arms, I was overcome with the emotion.

Fatherhood as a turning point, powerful enough to reset why the climb is worth finishing.

And now here we are at the moment of truth.

The wait is over: after six years, the outcome is about to be decided.

Hard to put into words something so big.

The attempt has grown beyond the climbers themselves, so large that watching it resists description.

I'm only about 30 feet up, and I've called my momma twice.

A light, human aside from the broadcast: even a small distance up the wall is enough to want your mother's voice.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Becca and Fitz come to Yosemite?

To watch Tommy attempt the hardest part of the climb. They had been waiting at home for the right moment to fly out, and once it arrived they came to see him on the wall.

How did becoming a father change Tommy's motivation?

It gave him a new reason to finish. He thought about the example he wanted to set for Fitz, and about showing his son how to be passionate and how to dream big.

Who is Fitz?

Fitz is Tommy and Becca's young son. Tommy talks about wanting Fitz to look at him with the same awe he felt for his own father, which is part of why the climb matters so much.

What is 'the moment of truth' here?

It is the point where the outcome is finally decided. After six years of work and many failures, Tommy is about to attempt the moves that will determine whether the climb succeeds.

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