get letters by post
Walter asks the pub owner whether anyone receives mail at this address, polite and anxious.
Can I ask you, could someone receive mail here?The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013 — 第 8 / 16 章 · 5'02" · B1
Walter Searches a Greenland Pub, Explained：speak from the heart
Walter tracks his clue to a bar that doubles as a helipad, where the barman explains that mail is flown to passing ships by helicopter. The whole room breaks into song, and a drunk singer announces he is speaking from the heart. Walter keeps asking practical questions, and one of them leads him to the pilot who flew Sean out.
あらすじ
Following the boat's name, Walter finds a bar in Greenland that is also a helipad, and asks whether Sean O'Connell receives mail there. The barman says they helicopter mail to passing ships, and confirms this is the Erkigsnek. Then the pub starts singing, while Walter keeps working the room for information.
注目の表現
receive mailhelicopter mailspeak from the heartblown away
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このシーンの表現
speak from the heart
say what you truly feel
The drunk pilot lowers the song and says he wants to speak from the heart, earnest and absurd.
I want to speak from the heart tonight.
このシーンの他の表現
- receive mail
get letters by post
- helicopter mail
deliver mail by helicopter
- blown away
deeply amazed
- cheat on someone
be unfaithful to a partner
- scrappy
feisty and determined
このシーンのメモ一覧
102 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
go past
We helicopter mail to the ships when they pass by.Helicopter links into mail with almost no pause.
We helicopter mail to the ships when they pass by.a bar that is also a helipad
We are pub and helipad.lower the intensity
I'm gonna take it down a little, here.say what you truly feel
The drunk pilot lowers the song and says he wants to speak from the heart, earnest and absurd.
I just want to speak from the heart.From the runs together as from-the before the stressed heart.
I just want to speak from the heart.not by yourself
I feel this song is helping me feel like I'm not alone.help + bare infinitive: Help takes an object plus a bare verb, and feel like introduces another clause.
I feel this song is helping me feel like I'm not alone.more or less — A spoken softener; avoid it in formal writing.
Even though I pretty much am.do you no longer want me
Don't you want me, baby?Don't you can blur into doncha.
Don't you want me, baby?jab with a finger — A casual action verb, common when teasing someone.
What if I poke you? Don't poke me.imperative: The imperative drops you and gives a blunt, direct order.
Do your work, man. Don't poke me!deeply amazed
Walter matches the thumb in the photo to the pilot's own hand and can only say he is blown away.
I'm just blown away I located your thumb.a fine spot for doing it
I mean, it's a good place to find a thumb.be unfaithful to a partner
The pilot jokes that Walter should not cheat on his partner, especially in a country of eight people.
Don't cheat on your lady, man...relative clause: The that-clause defines the country, driving home how tiny it is.
when you live in a country that only has eight people in it.feisty and determined
The pilot, impressed that Walter tracked him down, calls him scrappy with rough approval.
You're scrappy.a ship-to-land radio call
Walter wants to phone the boat, and the pilot corrects him: that is the ship-to-shore.
Yeah, maybe I could just ask him on the ship-to-shore.modal possibility: Maybe with could marks a tentative suggestion, softer than can.
Yeah, maybe I could just ask him on the ship-to-shore.does not seem good
The weather doesn't look so great.a storm approaching
Looks like there's a storm moving in.brewing, coming soon — Dialect for something brewing; write brewing in formal text.
A-brewin'.swallow a few drinks
With a storm coming, the pilot still wants to get a few beers down before flying, calm and reckless.
I just want to get a couple of beers down.Couple of reduces to couple-a in fast speech.
I just want to get a couple of beers down.「Walter Searches a Greenland Pub」を読み解く
What's really going on
The pub is where the film's loneliness and its comedy meet. Everyone in the room is singing along to a heartbreak song, and the man with the microphone explains why: "I feel this song is helping me feel like I'm not alone." That is Walter's condition too, though he would never say it out loud, and he answers the moment the way he always does — by focusing on the practical. The Greenland joke lands because it is also the truth of the scene: there are almost no people here, and yet this is where Walter finally connects with someone. The pilot's praise, that Walter is scrappy, is the first real recognition he has received, and it comes with the lead he needs.
Theme
LonelinessIn a bar full of strangers singing about heartbreak, Walter recognises his own isolation without saying so.
CourageOut of his depth in Greenland, Walter keeps chasing the clue and earns the pilot's respect.
このチャプターで学べること
- A remote pub turns mail delivery into a helicopter run.
- The drunk pilot's sing-along hides real loneliness.
- A thumb in a photograph becomes proof of where Sean has been.
- Getting a few beers down is the pilot's version of preparation.
発音のポイント
- helicopter mail — Helicopter links into mail with almost no pause.
- from the heart — From the runs together as from-the before the stressed heart.
- Don't you — Don't you can blur into doncha.
- couple of — Couple of reduces to couple-a in fast speech.
I just want to speak from the heart.The singer's preamble, turning a bar performance into a confession.
I feel this song is helping me feel like I'm not alone.The line that names the loneliness under the comedy, and echoes Walter's own life.
Don't you want me, baby?The chorus everyone joins in on, a shared anthem of wanting to be chosen.
There is, like, eight people in Greenland.The joke about how empty the country is, and the reason a random encounter can change everything.
Come on, man. This song is important to me.The singer refusing to let Walter stay detached, pulling him into the room.
I just want to get a couple of beers down.The pilot's blunt answer to the coming storm, and the film's idea of courage as ordinary.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Walter in a Greenland bar?
He followed the boat's name, Erkigsnek, and found the port. He is asking whether Sean O'Connell collects mail there, hoping the clue leads to the photographer.
What does 'helicopter mail' mean?
It means the bar uses a helicopter to deliver mail to ships as they pass. That is why the place is both a pub and a helipad.
Who is the pilot, and what does he tell Walter?
The pilot flew mail out to the Erkigsnek and gave Sean a ride. He tells Walter that Sean took the photo of his hand on the stick, which is the clue Walter has been chasing.
Why does the pilot call Walter scrappy?
Because Walter keeps pushing and asking questions even though he is clearly out of place. Scrappy means tough and determined, and it is meant as a compliment.
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第 6 章soul matesWalter and Cheryl Walk Together
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第 9 章made the gradeWalter Takes the Helicopter to Greenland
第 10 章kick-assWalter Jumps Into the Ocean
第 11 章end upWalter Calls Cheryl From Iceland
第 12 章get something out of your systemWalter Learns Sean Visited His Mom
第 13 章ask for attentionWalter Finds Sean in the Himalayas
第 14 章a lot on your plateTodd Meets Walter After Detention
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