The Third Man · 1949 — 第 8 / 17 章 · 2'25" · B2

Martins Questions Dr Winkel, Explained:come to the point

Martins visits Dr Winkel to learn how Harry Lime died, but the doctor will say only what he saw: "He was run over by a car. He was dead when I arrived." When Martins tests the idea that Harry was pushed, Winkel refuses to speculate — "I cannot give an opinion." Outside, Calloway and Brodsky discuss the girl.

あらすじ

Holly Martins calls on Dr Winkel, Lime's medical adviser, to hear the details of the death. The doctor says Lime was run over and was already dead when he arrived, and firmly refuses to give an opinion about anything else. Martins asks whether Lime could have been pushed; Winkel says the injuries would have been the same. Outside, Calloway and Brodsky discuss the forged passport and the girl.

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このシーンの表現

come to the point

get to the main matter

As soon as Martins introduces himself, the doctor asks him to come straight to the point.

Let's come to the point quickly.

このシーンの他の表現

  • run over

    hit and driven over by a car

  • keep something to yourself

    not tell anyone about it

  • capable of

    able to do something

  • give an opinion

    state a judgement

  • not necessarily

    not always true

このシーンのメモ一覧

38 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

スラング · B1Come, come

calm down, that's enough — Said by someone senior to soothe or cut short another person.

Come, come, come...
スラング · A2Would you mind

polite request opener — A polite way to ask for something or before asking a question.

Yes. Would you mind, Mr, uh...
表現 · B1come to the point

get to the main matter

As soon as Martins introduces himself, the doctor asks him to come straight to the point.

- Martins. - Martins, coming to the point, please?
表現 · B2someone's medical adviser

personal doctor

- We were both friends of Harry Lime. - I was his medical adviser.
表現 · A2find out something

discover the facts

I want to find out all I can.
表現 · B1be run over by something

hit and driven over by a car

The doctor states the cause of death flatly: Harry was run over by a car.

He was run over by a car. He was dead when I arrived.
発音dead when I

Link dead when I so the words run into one block.

He was run over by a car. He was dead when I arrived.
表現 · A2for a short time

briefly

I understand he was, yes, for a short time, while they carried him across the road.
文法 · B1while they carried him

time clause: The while-clause pins the brief moment to what was happening at the same time.

I understand he was, yes, for a short time, while they carried him across the road.
表現 · B1not necessarily

not always true

Asked if Harry was in great pain, the doctor answers with a soft 'not necessarily'.

- In great pain? - Mmm, not necessarily.
表現 · B1be capable of doing something

able to do something

Martins asks whether a dying man could still have been able to make plans for others.

Could he have been capable of making plans, for me and others just... Just during those few moments?
表現 · A2make plans

arrange things

Could he have been capable of making plans, for me and others just... Just during those few moments?
文法 · B2Could he have been

modal perfect question: Could have been asks about a past possibility that can no longer be checked.

Could he have been capable of making plans, for me and others just... Just during those few moments?
発音Could he have been

Run Could he have together and weaken have been to əv-bin.

Could he have been capable of making plans, for me and others just... Just during those few moments?
表現 · B1give an opinion

state a judgement

Pushed for a judgement, the doctor refuses with one line: he was not there.

I cannot give an opinion. I was not there.
表現 · B2be limited to something

restricted to something

My opinion is, uh... limited to the causes of death.
表現 · B1might have been something

could possibly have been

Was it possible that his death might have been not accidental?
表現 · B2would have been something

would have turned out to be

The injuries to the head and skull would have been the same.
文法 · B2would have been

conditional perfect: Would have been describes a hypothetical result, hinting the two cases cannot be told apart.

The injuries to the head and skull would have been the same.
表現 · B1be interested in something

care about the case

This forgery is very clever, and we are interested in this case.
表現 · B1keep something to yourself

not tell anyone about it

Brodsky hands the passport over and asks Calloway to keep it quiet until he has made inquiries.

Please, keep this passport to yourself until I make some inquiries. Will you, Major?
表現 · B2make inquiries

ask around for information

Please, keep this passport to yourself until I make some inquiries. Will you, Major?
発音keep this passport

Keep and this blur together so the p almost disappears.

Please, keep this passport to yourself until I make some inquiries. Will you, Major?

「Martins Questions Dr Winkel」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a duel of evasion, and the doctor wins it by refusing to say anything he did not see. Martins wants a story that explains the accident — could Lime have spoken, made plans, been conscious? — and Winkel answers each question with the limits of his own knowledge: "I cannot give an opinion. I was not there." That phrase is the whole scene: a professional protecting himself behind exactness. When Martins finally asks whether Lime was pushed, the answer is not a denial but a technical dodge — the injuries would have looked the same either way. The doctor is not lying; he is declining to help, which is more chilling. The real information, meanwhile, comes outside the door, where Calloway and Brodsky quietly agree there is a forgery and a girl to reckon with.

Theme

SecretsThe doctor answers only what he witnessed, and the scene's real news — a forgery and a girl — is kept for whispers outside the door.
TrustWinkel's careful refusal to speculate shows how little Martins can rely on anyone, even a doctor who calls himself a friend's adviser.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A doctor's 'I was not there' ends the conversation politely.
  • Hedged questions try to make a hope sound like evidence.
  • 'Not necessarily' quietly refuses to confirm a guess.
  • One conditional sentence admits a push cannot be ruled out.

発音のポイント

  • dead when I — Link dead when I so the words run into one block.
  • Could he have been — Run Could he have together and weaken have been to əv-bin.
  • keep this passport — Keep and this blur together so the p almost disappears.
He was run over by a car. He was dead when I arrived.

The doctor's bare account: a traffic accident, and Lime already dead by the time he reached him, which leaves no room for the story Martins needs.

I understand he was, yes, for a short time, while they carried him across the road.

A small but crucial admission: Lime was conscious briefly, while being carried, which is exactly the window Martins is trying to fill.

Could he have been capable of making plans, for me and others just... Just during those few moments?

Martins' central question: could Lime, in his last moments, have left instructions for him and the others, or is that wishful thinking?

I cannot give an opinion. I was not there.

The refusal that defines the scene: the doctor will not speculate, because he was not present and will not go beyond what he saw.

Was it possible that his death might have been not accidental?

Martins' suspicion put plainly: perhaps the accident was arranged, which is the possibility the doctor declines to examine.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Martins visit Dr Winkel?

To learn the details of Lime's death. As Lime's medical adviser, Winkel was at the scene, and Martins hopes the doctor can tell him whether Lime spoke or made any plans.

Why won't Dr Winkel answer Martins' questions?

Because he refuses to go beyond what he saw himself. He says he cannot give an opinion since he was not there, and limits his judgment to the causes of death.

What does "run over" mean?

It means to be knocked down and driven across by a vehicle. The doctor uses it to describe how Lime died, presenting it as a simple traffic accident.

What does Martins suspect about the accident?

He suspects it was not accidental and asks whether Lime might have been pushed. Winkel will not rule it out, saying the injuries would have been the same either way.

What are Calloway and Brodsky discussing outside?

A clever forgery connected to the case. Brodsky asks Calloway not to arrest the girl yet and to keep the passport secret until he makes inquiries.

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