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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 19 / 30 章 · 4'36" · B2

Candy Can't Get a Train Home, Explained：have kittens

Candy, hoping to travel home on leave, arrives at a railway transport office where the telephone is dead and, it turns out, there are no trains at all: "There's not a train, or a track, or a locomotive to pull one." Word of a German request for an armistice only makes the chaos more absurd.

あらすじ

Near the end of the war, Brigadier General Candy tries to arrange transport home on leave. The telephone line is dead, and the railway transport officer admits there is nothing to run: no train, no track, no locomotive. Meanwhile news arrives that a German delegation is going to sue for an armistice. Candy is driven to a convent for a meal.

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このシーンの表現

have kittens

be frantic with worry

The Colonel at the other end is frantic for news, as the phone operator reports.

She'll have kittens when she sees the bill.

このシーンの他の表現

  • brass

    rank, or senior officers

  • put someone off guard

    make us drop our defences

  • sue for an armistice

    ask for a truce

  • step on it

    hurry up, drive faster

  • summer manoeuvres

    summer military exercises

このシーンのメモ一覧

70 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B1the line is dead

the line is dead

The lousy line's dead, sir. I can't get Beechwood.
表現 · B2take the load off one's feet

sit down and rest

I'm sorry, sir. Sit down. Take the load off your feet.
発音see your brass

Link see-your, then brass-for into one run.

I couldn't see your brass for the mud.
スラング · C1chit

a note or slip — Old military and British slang for a written note.

- That is, when there are any trains to run. - Did you get my chit?
表現 · B2for the Lord's sake

for heaven's sake

Will you, for the Lord's sake, get me through to Beechwood?
表現 · B1get someone through to someone

put me through to

Will you, for the Lord's sake, get me through to Beechwood?
表現 · A2go through to somewhere

travel on to

Yeah, it's what I thought. You'll have to go through to Ami-le-Bon.
発音have to go

Have to reduces to haf-ta before go.

Yeah, it's what I thought. You'll have to go through to Ami-le-Bon.
表現 · A2catch a train

make it onto a train

I've come from Ami-le-Bon to catch a train here.
表現 · B1be stuck in something

trapped in the mud

- My motorcar is stuck in the mud... - What's that? What, Colonel?
表現 · A2be on one's way

already travelling

A German delegation is on its way to see General Foch. They're going to - sue for an armistice. - Yippee!
文法 · B1on its way to see General Foch

infinitive of purpose: The infinitive tells the purpose of the journey.

A German delegation is on its way to see General Foch. They're going to - sue for an armistice. - Yippee!
文法 · C1wouldn't have been tolerated

passive with would have: A hypothetical passive that scorns today's standards by invoking the past.

But let me tell you this, young man, that in the Boer War or in Somaliland, this sort of inefficiency wouldn't have been tolerated for a second. Not for a second.
表現 · B1get some grub

find some food

Now, where can I get some grub?
スラング · B2grub

food — Casual slang for food; too loose for formal talk.

Now, where can I get some grub?
表現 · B2a hand-out

free food given away

The Crown of Thorns is good for a hand-out at almost any hour.
表現 · B2speak the same language

understand each other

Oh, dash it. We don't speak the same language.
発音speak the same

Link speak-the, then stress language.

Oh, dash it. We don't speak the same language.
スラング · B2dash it

blast it, darn it — A mild, old-fashioned British curse for frustration.

Oh, dash it. We don't speak the same language.
表現 · A2on the way to somewhere

heading toward

No, sir. It's a convent. It's on the way to Ami-le-Bon.
表現 · A2show someone the way

point me in the right direction

- Show me the way, will you? - (Motor) I think I hear Armstrong coming with a bathtub now.
スラング · B1kinda

kind of, somewhat — American spoken form of kind of; keep it out of formal writing.

It's kinda damp, but I'll get you there.
スラング · B2Poor show

a poor effort — British informal for a disappointing outcome.

- You're off. - Poor show I couldn't get a train tonight.
文法 · B1he was talking about

relative clause: A reduced relative clause identifying which wars he meant.

What were those other wars he was talking about, Captain?
表現 · A2hear of something

know of

The Boer War and the Somi-something? I never heard of them.
表現 · A2give someone a hand

help someone out

- Let me give you a hand. - I can manage. Thank you.

「Candy Can't Get a Train Home」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy here is the gap between the war and the men fighting it. The railway officer is polite but helpless — no train, no track, no locomotive — and Candy's answer is a lecture about how such inefficiency would never have been tolerated in the Boer War. The joke cuts both ways: he is ridiculous, and he is also the only one who still believes in standards. Then comes the news that a German delegation is on its way to sue for an armistice, greeted with "Yippee!" by some and dismissed as propaganda by others. The scene keeps the war's end at arm's length, so the audience feels the anticlimax as the characters do: the fighting may be over, and nobody here can even get home.

Theme

AbsurdityAn army that cannot move its own officers, and a war about to end while the men are still hunting for a train, is the scene's whole joke.
DutyCandy's rant about standards in earlier wars shows a man whose sense of duty has outlived the war it was built for.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Complaining in this office is a form of manners.
  • Sue for peace has nothing to do with lawsuits.
  • 'A merry little madhouse' admits chaos without asking for pity.
  • Rank is wearer's metal, so brass became a nickname for the top.

発音のポイント

  • see your brass — Link see-your, then brass-for into one run.
  • have to go — Have to reduces to haf-ta before go.
  • speak the same — Link speak-the, then stress language.
I couldn't see your brass for the mud.

The polite apology of an officer who failed to recognise a general's rank: his insignia were covered in the mud of the trenches.

Yes, I'll let you know. A merry little madhouse we've got here.

A dry summing-up of the command post: phones failing, messages missing, and everyone running in circles while cheerfully pretending it is normal.

Oh, dash it. We don't speak the same language.

The punchline of a failed conversation: even two English speakers cannot understand each other, so he resorts to the bluntest word he can find.

Those weren't wars. Those were just summer manoeuvres.

The young officer's dismissal of Candy's Boer War and Somaliland: to a soldier of this war, the old campaigns barely counted as combat.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Candy get a train?

Because there are none. The transport officer explains there is no train, no track, and no locomotive to pull one, which is the scene's running joke about the state of the army.

What is the news about the German delegation?

A German delegation is on its way to see General Foch to sue for an armistice. Some cheer, but others call it German propaganda and an old trick to put them off guard.

Why does Candy mention the Boer War and Somaliland?

To contrast the present chaos with the standards he remembers. He insists that such inefficiency would not have been tolerated for a second in the older campaigns.

What is the Crown of Thorns?

A convent, not a pub, near the road to Ami-le-Bon. It is known for giving a hand-out at almost any hour, so Candy is driven there for something to eat.

Why does the officer not recognise Candy's rank?

Because Candy's brass — his insignia — is covered in mud. The officer apologises and tells him to sit down, which sets the tone of the whole visit.

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