The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013 — 第 10 / 16 章 · 5'02" · B1

Walter Jumps Into the Ocean, Explained:kick-ass

Told to jump onto a boat, Walter misunderstands and leaps into the freezing sea carrying the radio parts. A fin appears, someone insists it is a porpoise, and it turns out to be a shark. Rescued and dried off in Iceland, he finds Sean's shoot itinerary wrapped around a cake.

あらすじ

On the helicopter, the pilot tells Walter to jump onto the small boat, but Walter mishears and dives into the ocean still holding the radio parts. He nearly freezes, spots a fin that the pilot calls a porpoise, and it proves to be a shark. On shore in Iceland, a local gives him dry clothes and cake, and Walter finds Sean's itinerary.

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注目の表現

the other boathomeslicekick-assstay in touch

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このシーンの表現

kick-ass

excellent, awesome

The sailor offers cake and calls it kick-ass, casual and warm.

That little diner serves kick-ass noodles.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the other boat

    the different boat

  • homeslice

    buddy, mate (slang)

  • stay in touch

    keep in contact

  • porpoise

    a small dolphin-like sea mammal

  • take pictures of

    photograph someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

93 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1radio parts

parts for a radio

I was gonna drop the radio parts into the boat.
表現 · A2jump in the boat

get into the boat

Just jump in the boat. You got them?
表現 · A2stay in touch

keep in contact

Hanging off the helicopter, Walter asks how to reach the pilot so they can stay in touch.

What would be the best way of reaching you to stay in touch?
発音What do you

In fast speech what do you blurs into waddaya.

What do you mean "jump into the boat"?
表現 · A1far away

a long way off

It looks far away!
表現 · A2have got to go

must leave now

Yeah, but you got to go now!
表現 · A2the other one

the different boat

Walter shouts this after landing in the ocean, trying to clarify which boat he meant.

I meant the other boat! The little boat!
表現 · B1remain calm

stay calm

Try to remain calm.
表現 · B1come for someone

approaching to get you

The pontoon boat is coming for you.
表現 · A2at least

no less than

You have at least a minute before you freeze!
表現 · B1a school of porpoises

a group of porpoises

We are traveling through a porpoise school!
発音fear the

Link fear and the so it sounds like one word.

Don't fear the porpoise!
表現 · B1protect someone from something

keep you safe from

It will protect you from the sharks.
スラング · B1Jesus

an exclamation of shock — A shocked exclamation; avoid it in formal or religious settings.

Jesus!
スラング · B2Poke his eyes out

gouge his eyes — A violent outburst; not meant literally.

Poke his eyes out!
表現 · A2X hours ago

four hours earlier

They took him four hours ago.
表現 · B1radio someone

contact him by radio

Is there any way that we could radio him?
文法 · B2any way that we could

relative clause: The that-clause modifies any way, naming the possible method.

Is there any way that we could radio him?
表現 · B1discuss something with someone

talk something over with

It's very important that I discuss something with him.
文法 · B2that I discuss

subjunctive: After it is important that, the verb stays in the base form.

It's very important that I discuss something with him.
表現 · B1jump into something

leap into

You jumped into the ocean with our radio components.
スラング · B1homeslice

buddy — Friendly slang; avoid it in formal settings.

Come on, I'll find you some dry clothing, homeslice.
発音got some

In American speech the t in got flaps toward a d.

I got some kick-ass cake, man.
スラング · B2kick-ass

excellent — Casual praise; too rough for formal talk.

I got some kick-ass cake, man.
表現 · B2a shoot itinerary

a filming schedule

This is a shoot itinerary.
表現 · A2take pictures of someone

photograph someone

The sailor recalls Sean only taking pictures of the Chilean deckhands while he was there.

He was just taking pictures of these guys, the Chilean deckhands.
文法 · B1was just taking

past continuous: Was taking shows an ongoing past action, with just narrowing it.

He was just taking pictures of these guys, the Chilean deckhands.

「Walter Jumps Into the Ocean」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is Walter's first true adventure, and the film plays it as farce. He takes the pilot's instruction literally and leaps into the sea with the equipment, which is both a mistake and a leap of faith: he is finally acting instead of daydreaming, even if he gets it completely wrong. The porpoise joke is the film's tone in miniature — the danger is real, and so is the absurdity. What keeps the scene from being only comedy is the way Walter keeps going: he asks to radio Sean, explains that "it's very important that I discuss something with him," and then, in Iceland, follows the itinerary clue without hesitation. The journey is now something he is doing, not imagining.

Theme

CourageWalter leaps into the ocean on a misheard instruction, and keeps moving forward even through absurd mistakes.
DreamsThe man who only imagined adventures is now living one, complete with sharks and cake in Iceland.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The joke lands because one wrong word nearly kills him.
  • Slang like homeslice builds instant warmth between strangers.
  • A shark mistaken for a porpoise shows how hope distorts what we see.
  • Stay in touch is what you say when you may never meet again.

発音のポイント

  • What do you — In fast speech what do you blurs into waddaya.
  • fear the — Link fear and the so it sounds like one word.
  • got some — In American speech the t in got flaps toward a d.
What do you mean, "jump into the boat"?

Walter questioning the instruction even as he is about to obey it far too literally.

I meant the other boat! The little boat!

The correction arriving too late, once Walter is already in the water.

It's very important that I discuss something with him.

Walter's explanation for chasing Sean across countries: the missing photograph matters that much.

You jumped into the ocean with our radio components.

The blunt summary of Walter's mistake, which has cost them the radio parts.

He was just taking pictures of these guys, the Chilean deckhands.

The final clue of the chapter, pointing to where Sean went and what he photographed.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Walter jump into the ocean?

The pilot tells him to jump onto the small boat, but Walter mishears and jumps straight into the sea while still holding the radio parts.

Was the animal really a porpoise?

No. Someone insists it is a porpoise and tells him not to fear it, but it is actually a shark, which the scene treats as a punchline.

What happens after Walter is rescued?

He is taken ashore in Iceland, given dry clothes and clementine cake by a friendly local, and discovers Sean's shoot itinerary wrapped around the cake.

What is on the itinerary?

It shows Sean was photographing the Chilean deckhands. The local also tells Walter that a pilot boat took Sean away four hours earlier, heading for Iceland.

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