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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 6 / 27 章 · 4'25" · B1

The Earthquake Hits the Party, Explained：suck up

The party is cut short by what everyone first calls an earthquake — then one guest insists it was something else: "There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky." The others, including the person standing beside him, flatly deny seeing any of it.

あらすじ

An earthquake interrupts the group: the ground shakes, everyone runs, and they race back to Franco's house. One person swears he saw beams of blue light sucking people into the sky, but the others insist they saw nothing. At the house, guests who felt nothing party on — until the real quake hits, and the news reports the biggest quake to ever hit LA, plus looting and martial law.

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go on the grasssuck upcrazy earthquakeget out of

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このシーンの表現

suck up

pull upward and away

Seth describes people being pulled upward by the light, still trying to make sense of it.

The tornado sucked up dust from the empty field.

このシーンの他の表現

  • go on the grass

    walk onto the lawn

  • crazy earthquake

    a wild, frightening quake

  • get out of

    move away from

  • fucking

    a crude intensifier

このシーンのメモ一覧

92 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2go on the grass

walk onto the lawn

As everyone bolts, Seth still yells that people should not step on the lawn.

Don't go on the grass. Not everybody on the grass.
文法 · A2Don't go

negative imperative: Don't plus a base verb issues a blunt command with no subject, which fits the panic.

Don't go on the grass. Not everybody on the grass.
表現 · A1this way

come this direction

This way. Okay, okay, okay.
表現 · B1back to somewhere

return to a place

We are going back to Franco's.
スラング · B1Fuck no

a flat, rude refusal — An emphatic no among friends, far too rude for strangers.

That was insane. Fuck no.
表現 · A2can't feel anything

sense nothing at all

We can't feel anything in here.
発音can't feel

The t in can't often vanishes; judge the negative from context, not the sound.

We can't feel anything in here.
表現 · B2a fortress

a very solid stronghold Not a real fort; the house just feels that solid.

This place is a fucking fortress.
スラング · B2fuck

crude intensifier — Only when furious and informal; never at work.

Get the fuck out of my way.
表現 · B2beams of light

columns of blue light

There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky.
表現 · B1come out of something

emerging from above

There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky.
発音out of

Link out and of into one smooth unit, close to outta.

There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky.
表現 · B1be sucked up into something

pulled up into the sky

and people getting sucked up into the sky.
表現 · A2keep going

don't stop moving

Keep going, man. What are you talking about?
文法 · B1what he's talking about

noun clause: The what-clause is the thing the speaker has no idea about, so it keeps statement order.

I have no idea what he's talking about, honestly. Did anybody get sucked up into the sky?
文法 · B1that were in the store with us

relative clause: The that-clause identifies which people, then the main clause delivers what happened to them.

All those people that were in the store with us, they just fucking vanished.
表現 · B2a little tremor

a small shake

Everyone, it's all right. Just a little tremor. Party's still going.
表現 · A2get out of someone's way

move aside for me

Move, move, move, come on. Get out of my way. Move, girl.
発音come on

Come on reduces to a quick c'mon rather than two full words.

Move, move, move, come on. Get out of my way. Move, girl.
表現 · B1listen up

pay attention now

All right, everybody, listen up. Listen up.
表現 · B1empty something

turn out your pockets

Martin, empty your pockets. What?
スラング · B2Shut the fuck up

shut up, angrily — A furious, very rude way to silence someone.

Shut the fuck up. It's unbelievable. It's unacceptable, after all the coke I've wasted on you people.
表現 · B1pretty much

more or less

Police are pretty much outnumbered.

「The Earthquake Hits the Party」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter stages the birth of a conspiracy in real time. Something happens, the group scatters, and one witness gives a specific, impossible account — "There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky" and people "getting sucked up into the sky." The others, asked to confirm, refuse: "I have no idea what he's talking about, honestly." Even the man who was standing right there denies it — "You were there with me. What are you saying?" is the reply — and the group settles on the safer explanation, an earthquake. When the guests at the house say they felt nothing, the skeptic dismisses it as a tremor and the party continues. Then the ground shakes again and the news arrives: the biggest quake to hit LA, looting, martial law, Air Force One down. The comedy is in watching people decide, in seconds, which facts to believe.

Theme

TrustThe group rejects a first-hand account of blue light and clings to the ordinary explanation, showing how fast people dismiss what they can't accept.
SurvivalAn ordinary night turns into a disaster as the quake hits, riots spread, and martial law is declared.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Sucked up into the sky names the impossible sight plainly.
  • Listen up gathers a panicked crowd with one short command.
  • Get out of my way is a rough shout, not polite speech.
  • The scene hides shock inside fast, clipped commands.

発音のポイント

  • can't feel — The t in can't often vanishes; judge the negative from context, not the sound.
  • out of — Link out and of into one smooth unit, close to outta.
  • come on — Come on reduces to a quick c'mon rather than two full words.
There were beams of blue light coming out of the sky.

The witness's account of what the quake really was: columns of blue light pouring down, the detail that everyone else refuses to confirm.

All those people that were in the store with us, they just fucking vanished.

His version of what happened to the bystanders: everyone who had been in the store simply disappeared, which no one else backs up.

We are going back to Franco's.

The decision in the panic: whatever is happening outside, they are heading back to the safety of Franco's house.

What the hell? Why the fuck did you bring me down here?

The accusation mid-run: he blames the person who talked him into coming out, now that everything has gone wrong.

このシーンについての質問

What did the witness say he saw?

He says he saw beams of blue light coming out of the sky and people getting sucked up into the sky. The others, including the person who was with him, insist they saw nothing.

Why does nobody believe him?

The others say they were there and saw nothing, and the man standing beside him denies it too. Faced with an impossible story, the group prefers the ordinary explanation — an earthquake.

What is happening in the outside world?

The news reports the biggest earthquake ever to hit LA, spreading looting and rioting, police outnumbered, martial law declared, and Air Force One down.

Why does the group run back to Franco's house?

It's the safe place they know. The house turns out to be built like a fortress — guests inside felt nothing — so they retreat there while the city falls apart outside.

Does the party stop after the quake?

For a moment it keeps going. Guests who didn't feel the tremor are told it was just a little one and to relax — the party's still on — right before another rumble hits.

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