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Training Day · 2001 — 第 16 / 23 章 · 3'38" · B2

Alonzo Shields Jake From His Crew, Explained：the nature of the business

Six guns, one rookie, and a story that's already been written: "Says that you're the shooter, OK?" Alonzo's crew wants Jake dead and the blame pinned on Roger, but Alonzo calls him "a good man" and refuses. Then he hands Jake the exit: walk out, or shoot him.

あらすじ

Guns are out in a crowded room. Alonzo's men want to kill Jake and blame it on Roger, but Alonzo refuses and insists Jake is "a good man." He then lays out the choice: take the fall and become "a virgin shooter above suspicion," walk outside to clear his head, or shoot Alonzo.

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a roomful ofthe bitchchoir boythe nature of the business

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このシーンの表現

the nature of the business

how this line of work is

Alonzo excuses the killing as simply the nature of the business, calling a death routine.

Late nights and burned dinners are just the nature of the business for chefs.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a roomful of

    a room full of

  • the bitch

    a vicious slur for a woman

  • choir boy

    an innocent, naive type

  • pull the trigger

    fire the gun

  • be man enough

    brave enough

このシーンのメモ一覧

72 行のセリフに 44 件のメモ

表現 · B1shoot someone

fire at someone

I didn't shoot him.
発音didn't shoot

The t in didn't often drops, so it can sound like did.

I didn't shoot him.
表現 · B2a roomful of something

a room full of

After the raid Alonzo opens by pointing at Jake, as if reading a verdict aloud.

A roomful of cops said you did.
文法 · B1said you did

object clause: The that after said is dropped, leaving you did as the object clause.

A roomful of cops said you did.
表現 · C1serve a high-risk warrant

a warrant with high risk

Serving a high risk warrant in Echo Park.
文法 · B2Serving a high risk warrant

participle phrase: The -ing phrase sets the circumstance in which the officer was killed.

Serving a high risk warrant in Echo Park.
表現 · C1be survived by someone

leave behind in death

LAPD Spokesperson said the officer is survived by his wife and infant child.
表現 · B1things get deeper

gets worse

Shit gets deeper.
スラング · B2Shit

crap, as an expletive — Casual swear for frustration; fine with friends only.

Shit gets deeper.
表現 · B1get the picture

understand the situation

You get the picture?
表現 · B1point a gun at someone

aim a gun at

That is the second time you pointed a gun at me.
発音pointed a gun

Pointed a links into one sound, and gun at runs together.

That is the second time you pointed a gun at me.
表現 · B2there won't be a third

never again

There will not be a third.
発音not be a

Not, be and a flow together in fast speech.

There will not be a third.
スラング · C1My niggah

brother, as address — Used only within the Black community; outsiders must never say it.

My niggah. Are you all watching this? That's it.
表現 · B1it'd be my pleasure to do something

I'd be glad to

It'd be my pleasure to put a hydra shock in that melon. Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
文法 · B2It'd be my pleasure

polite conditional: It'd (would) softens the offer, which makes the threat behind it colder.

It'd be my pleasure to put a hydra shock in that melon. Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
スラング · A2be cool

stay calm — Everyday way to tell someone to stay calm.

No, but I'm going to be cool.
スラング · B2fucking

damn, for emphasis — Crude intensifier for anger; keep it out of polite talk.

Now drop the fucking gun now. You want to shoot me, Paul, go ahead. But I'm taking him with me.
表現 · B2be a fed

a federal agent

I'm going, Alonzo. This motherfucker is a fed, man.
スラング · C1motherfucker

bastard — Heavy insult; never use it in public or at work.

I'm going, Alonzo. This motherfucker is a fed, man.
表現 · B2a choir boy

an innocent, naive type

When someone suspects Jake is a fed, Alonzo scoffs that he is just a choir boy, easy to use.

No, he is no fed. He's just a choir boy.
表現 · C1get the drop on someone

outsmart or outdraw

With a heart that got the drop on all you fools.
表現 · B1take a deep breath

calm down

Listen, everybody just take a deep breath. And just diffuse this thing. You hear me, Jake?
表現 · B2pull something on someone

try that trick on

You can't pull this shit on me, man.
表現 · B2sign up for something

agree to take on

I didn't sign up for this.
スラング · B2Hell no

absolutely not — Strong refusal among peers; too blunt for elders.

Hell no, no, no, no, no.
表現 · C1the nature of the business

how this line of work is

Alonzo excuses the killing as simply the nature of the business, calling a death routine.

It's just the nature of the business.
表現 · B2pull the trigger

fire the gun

Alonzo promises Jake will never be forced to shoot again, quietly locking in the shot just fired.

Now no one will ever ask you again to pull the trigger if you don't want to, all right?
文法 · B2if you don't want to

conditional clause: If sets the condition, and the repeated verb after to is left out.

Now no one will ever ask you again to pull the trigger if you don't want to, all right?
表現 · B2make a big arrest

catch major criminals

We make the big arrests.
表現 · B2be in it all the way

fully committed

But if you're in my unit, you got to be in it all the way.
発音in it all

In it all blends into something like in-ni-tall.

But if you're in my unit, you got to be in it all the way.
表現 · B2be man enough to do something

brave enough

Alonzo mocks Jake as not man enough, dressing up going dirty as a test of manhood.

I mean, I thought you were man enough to handle this shit. I guess I was wrong.
表現 · C1pull a tube of blood

draw a vial of

The investigators are going to want to pull a tube of your blood to check for intoxicants.
表現 · B2do the math

figure it out

What are they going to find, Jake? Do the math.
発音Do the math

Math takes the sentence stress and lands hard.

What are they going to find, Jake? Do the math.
表現 · B1make it to a place

reach a place

You want to walk your little baby nuts around the block? You won't make it to the corner.
表現 · C1be above suspicion

beyond suspicion

You're a virgin shooter above suspicion.
表現 · B2have a freak out

panic

Just had a little freak out, that's all. We all been there.
表現 · B1have a decision to make

have a choice to make

But you do have a decision to make, Jake.
文法 · B2do have

emphatic do: Do before have adds emphasis: the decision is real and it is yours.

But you do have a decision to make, Jake.
表現 · B2blue suits

the police

This place is going to be overrun with blue suits.
表現 · B1clear one's head

think clearly again

Clear your head.

「Alonzo Shields Jake From His Crew」を読み解く

What's really going on

Alonzo spends the scene rewriting a killing as routine. Someone in the crew says, "We need to just kill your boy right now. And say Roger got him coming through the door" — a clean narrative that solves a problem. Alonzo's answer is not moral, it's practical: "No, we are killing nobody," then "It's just the nature of the business." The same logic he uses on Jake: a blood test will show P.C.P., so the only smart move is to be "a virgin shooter above suspicion." He is generous and terrifying at once, offering Jake a career, then the curb: "You won't make it to the corner." Finally he makes Jake the offer that isn't one: "This place is going to be overrun with blue suits. So why don't you please go outside? Clear your head. Or shoot me." The guns are down, but the room is still a trap.

Theme

CorruptionThe unit treats killing and covering it up as standard procedure, with a ready story for every corpse.
PowerAlonzo controls the room by choosing who lives, who takes the blame, and who owes him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A compliment here is a threat in disguise.
  • Alonzo flips between violence and charm in one breath.
  • The real pressure is the choice he leaves Jake.
  • Slang is how the crew marks who belongs.

発音のポイント

  • didn't shoot — The t in didn't often drops, so it can sound like did.
  • pointed a gun — Pointed a links into one sound, and gun at runs together.
  • not be a — Not, be and a flow together in fast speech.
  • in it all — In it all blends into something like in-ni-tall.
That is the second time you pointed a gun at me.

A warning, not a complaint: a gun has been in his face twice now, and there will not be a third.

It's just the nature of the business.

Alonzo's excuse for hard violence — killing and lying are simply how this job works, so nobody should flinch.

But you do have a decision to make, Jake.

After defending Jake from the crew, Alonzo puts the choice back on him: stay and fall in line, or get out alive.

I didn't sign up for this.

Jake's refusal: he never agreed to dirty work like this, so he won't be treated as if he did.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Alonzo protect Jake from his own crew?

Killing a cop would bring heat and a story that has to hold. Keeping Jake alive, scared, and in debt to him serves Alonzo better — and he still needs Jake to be the shooter on record.

Does Alonzo really want Jake to shoot him at the end?

He frames it as Jake's only two options: leave and clear his head, or shoot him. It's a dare dressed as a choice, since everyone in the room would see Jake draw first.

Why does the blood test matter so much?

Alonzo had Jake around P.C.P. all day, so a tox screen would wreck Jake's version of events. That is the leverage: the truth can be twisted into proof that Jake is the dirty cop.

What does "choir boy" mean in this scene?

It's sarcastic. A choir boy is someone clean and innocent, and the line mocks Jake as a naive rookie whose heart still "got the drop on all you fools."

Who is Paul in this scene?

Paul is one of Alonzo's men. Alonzo singles him out with "You want to shoot me, Paul, go ahead," and the scene closes on "Hey, Paul. You're dead, motherfucker."

トレーニング デイ · 全 23 章

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次のチャプター · 第 17 章a higher pathAlonzo Justifies Killing Roger
第 1 章screw something upJake's First Day on the Job第 2 章keep your mouth shutAlonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story第 3 章slap the taste out of your mouthAlonzo's Felony Stop第 4 章take a hitAlonzo Forces Jake to Smoke第 5 章put a gun to your headAlonzo Doses Jake第 6 章green lightAlonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech第 7 章pressing businessAlonzo Interrogates a Suspect第 8 章it takes a wolf to catch a wolfAlonzo Explains Wolves and Sheep第 9 章doesn't flyAlonzo Extracts a Name第 10 章clear the houseAlonzo Searches Without a Warrant第 11 章work the systemAlonzo Introduces Jake to the Wise Men第 12 章off the radarAlonzo Gets the Green Light第 13 章render unto CaesarAlonzo Shakes Down Roger第 14 章a piece of thisAlonzo Tempts Hoyt With Cash第 15 章quarterbackAlonzo Coaches the Cover-Up再生中 · 第 16 章the nature of the businessAlonzo Shields Jake From His Crew第 17 章a higher pathAlonzo Justifies Killing Roger第 18 章the headJake Plays Cards at Smiley's第 19 章play someone for a foolThe Card Players Tell Jake the Truth第 20 章get to the bottom ofAlonzo Questions a Man in the Bathtub第 21 章came out of nowhereSmiley Questions His Cousin Letty第 22 章no witnessesAlonzo Tells Jake He Has No Witnesses第 23 章see the light of dayJake Shoots Alonzo and Walks Away
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