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The Mist · 2007 — 第 9 / 11 章 · 4'03" · B2

David Plans His Escape, Explained：at bay

The store has settled into dread: Joe is dead of his burns, and talk of "expiation" is whipping the crowd up. As some plot an escape, one person says flatly, "I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting," and David decides he needs to know what they are really up against.

あらすじ

David wakes after sleeping most of the day and learns that Joe died of his burns while he slept. In the store, panic and religious fervor are spreading, and a few survivors quietly plan to make a run for it. David wants answers first, and says he intends to talk to the soldiers about what caused the mist.

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このシーンの表現

at bay

held off and kept away

卡莫迪太太追问什么才能把这些怪物 keep at bay，也就是挡在门外、不让它们近身。

A good coat will keep the cold at bay.

このシーンの他の表現

  • up against

    facing something difficult or powerful

  • a direct line to God

    claiming direct communication with God

  • your call

    your decision to make

このシーンのメモ一覧

92 行のセリフに 41 件のメモ

表現 · A2most of the dayMost of the day.
表現 · B1pass outJust passed out is more like it.
発音passed out

liaison

Just passed out is more like it.
表現 · B1shut downI just shut down for a while.
表現 · B1die of somethingJoe died of his burns while you were asleep.
表現 · A2too lateWe were just too late.
表現 · B2whip someone upShe's getting people whipped up.
表現 · B2have a direct line to God

claiming direct communication with God

She has a direct line to God.
表現 · B1shut upWhy wouldn't they? Woman never shuts up. Like those speeches Castro used to make.
表現 · B1think of doing somethingOllie says you're thinking of leaving.
表現 · B1won't do that againI mean, come on, you saw what happened to Bobby Mike. I won't do that again. I won't be responsible.
表現 · B2reconsider somethingYou might want to reconsider that.
文法 · B1You might want to reconsider that

might want to for soft advice

You might want to reconsider that.
表現 · B2keep something at bay

held off and kept away

What will keep these evil, these abominations at bay? What will keep them away?
表現 · B1keep someone awayWhat will keep these evil, these abominations at bay? What will keep them away?
発音keep them away

liaison

What will keep these evil, these abominations at bay? What will keep them away?
表現 · B2give no shelterThe dead tree give no shelter.
表現 · B1let me hear itWhat will end it? Let me hear it.
表現 · A2say it againGood. Say it again like you mean it.
表現 · B1not be rightThat boy hasn't been right since the pharmacy.
スラング · B2snappedHis mind's just snapped, gone.
表現 · B1the rest of one's lifeI'm not spending the rest of my life here, I tell you what.
表現 · B1gather something upI can quietly gather up some bags of groceries
表現 · B1be someone's call

your decision to make

It'll be your call.
文法 · B2I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting

would rather A than B

I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting.
表現 · B2be up against something

facing something difficult or powerful

I want some idea of what we're up against.
文法 · B1what this mist is

what-clause as object

I want to know what this mist is.
表現 · A2be gonna doWhat's that gonna do?
表現 · B1the situationThe situation was insane.
表現 · B1the word someone usedHe said he was sorry. Wasn't that the word he used?
表現 · B1mean by thatThat's right, he said it was their fault, right? What did he mean by that?
表現 · A2find outThat's what we're gonna find out.
発音find out

liaison

That's what we're gonna find out.
表現 · B1hard to loseNot that big a store, it's kinda hard to lose.
スラング · B1kindaNot that big a store, it's kinda hard to lose.
表現 · B2someone's keeperDo I look like their keeper?
表現 · B1have nothing to do withI don't know nothin'. I got nothin' to do with it.
スラング · B1nothinI don't know nothin'. I got nothin' to do with it.
表現 · B2the loading dockThe only place we haven't looked is the loading dock.
表現 · B1the only placeThe only place we haven't looked is the loading dock.
表現 · B1just disappearCouldn't just disappear.

「David Plans His Escape」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about a group running out of reasons to stay. The threat outside is terrible, but the pressure inside is worse: a woman's sermons are "getting people whipped up," and grief for Joe turns into a search for someone to blame. Everyone is measuring the same two bad options. One survivor says it plainly: "I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting." That line sets the film's whole second half in motion — once waiting feels like a slow death, the mist becomes the lesser danger. David's counter-instinct is to slow down and ask what they are up against, which is why he wants to question the soldiers instead of just fleeing blind.

Theme

SurvivalTrapped between monsters outside and a mob inside, the survivors weigh two kinds of death and choose to move.
FaithMrs. Carmody turns fear into sermons, offering 'expiation' as the answer and gaining followers as hope runs out.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Notice how "for these" changes the exchange.
  • Listen for the attitude carried by "for these".
  • Try the phrase in a comparable conversation.

発音のポイント

  • passed out — liaison
  • keep them away — liaison
  • find out — liaison
I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting.

A declaration that staying put is its own death sentence; the speaker chooses action over a slow, trapped end.

I just shut down for a while.

The speaker reframes passing out as a machine switching off — not sleep but a system giving way under too much.

We were just too late.

The blunt verdict on Joe's death: not fate or evil, just the group's failure to reach him in time.

It's the only place they can be.

A logical guess that narrows the search to the loading dock — the last unchecked corner of the store.

このシーンについての質問

Why is David asleep when the scene begins?

He collapsed after the events at the pharmacy and was out for most of the day; when he wakes, he learns Joe died of his burns while he slept.

Why do some survivors want to leave the store?

The mist outside is deadly, but the store has become a place where a preacher is gaining power and people are turning on each other. They would rather take their chances on the road.

What does "at bay" mean in Mrs. Carmody's sermon?

To keep something at bay is to hold it off or keep it from getting close. She is asking what will keep the creatures and evil away, and offering her own answer.

Who is the private David wants to question?

One of the soldiers from the nearby base, who was with the MP at the pharmacy. David hopes he knows what the mist is and what the base was working on.

ミスト · 全 11 章

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次のチャプター · 第 10 章point the fingerThe Arrowhead Project Revealed
第 1 章the end of daysThe Mist Reaches the Store第 2 章sense of proportionDavid Argues With His Neighbor第 3 章at stakeDavid Argues the Mist Is Real第 4 章meet one's makerMrs. Carmody Preaches the End第 5 章tightly woundThe Group Debates Seeking Rescue第 6 章for the bestAftermath at the Grocery Store第 7 章cut and runThe Crowd Turns on David第 8 章leave well enough aloneCarmody Blocks the Pharmacy Run再生中 · 第 9 章at bayDavid Plans His Escape第 10 章point the fingerThe Arrowhead Project Revealed第 11 章wait and seeDavid Promises Billy He'll Never Leave
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