Training Day · 2001 — 第 11 / 23 章 · 3'07" · B2

Alonzo Introduces Jake to the Wise Men, Explained:work the system

The lunch is Alonzo showing Jake off to the men who run things — the captain, the shooting team, the detective on high-dollar thefts. "I don't talk to dead men," one of them tells Alonzo, and the comeback is instant. Then a story about a burglar who faked insanity turns into a lesson in who really decides what happens.

あらすじ

Alonzo takes Jake to a diner and walks him past the men who matter: Lou, Stan and Doug. Each one gets a one-line sales pitch. Then, at the table, someone tells the story of a burglar who stuffed peanut butter down his pants, faked insanity in court, and dodged prison entirely. Alonzo's verdict is blunt.

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take your backthe fedsriding my assfell for it

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このシーンの表現

work the system

exploit the rules

After the joke, Alonzo admits the crook gamed the legal rules and never did a day in prison.

He knew how to work the system and got the permit in a week.

このシーンの他の表現

  • take your back

    watch out for you

  • the feds

    federal agents

  • riding my ass

    nagging me constantly

  • fell for it

    be tricked by it

  • so fucking smart

    sarcastic praise for the judge

このシーンのメモ一覧

69 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2someone's new guy

my newest team member

That's my new guy. He works on my squad.
表現 · B1pull the trigger

fire a gun

You think about him before you pull the trigger. Because if you're wrong,
文法 · B1before you pull the trigger

time clause: The before-clause puts the warning ahead of the action it is meant to prevent.

You think about him before you pull the trigger. Because if you're wrong,
発音snatch your

The t in snatch often drops before your.

He'll snatch your fucking nuts out, use them for dice.
スラング · C1fucking nuts

vulgar word for testicles — Extremely vulgar; do not repeat it.

He'll snatch your fucking nuts out, use them for dice.
表現 · B2the ... crowd

wealthy fancy people

Handles high-dollar theft cases. For the French poodle crowd.
表現 · B1do something or die trying

do it no matter what

You know, if you lose a Picasso, he'll find it for you or die trying. He's a good man.
文法 · B1if you lose a Picasso

conditional clause: The if-clause sets up a hypothetical loss before the promise that follows.

You know, if you lose a Picasso, he'll find it for you or die trying. He's a good man.
表現 · A2something or something

or something like that

Get yourself a baseball steak or something.
スラング · B1long face

a sad, gloomy look — Ask it to tease or check on someone's mood.

Why the long face, Doug, huh?
表現 · B1give up nothing

revealed nothing

A real slickster, gave up nothing.
スラング · B2slickster

a sly operator — Casual; describes a cunning person.

A real slickster, gave up nothing.
表現 · A2the entire time

the whole time

Captain's riding my ass the entire time.
表現 · B2be riding someone's ass

nagging me constantly

Telling the story, Alonzo complains that the captain nagged him the whole time.

Captain's riding my ass the entire time.
表現 · B2stand before the bench

in front of the judge

Then he's standing tall before the bench.
発音gob of

Gob of links up and can sound like go-bov.

Comes out with a gob of extra Chunky Jif.
表現 · B1look someone right in the eyes

straight into someone's eyes

Now he's... Now he's looking the judge right in the eyes.
表現 · B1fall for it

be tricked by it

The judge believed the peanut-butter act, and Alonzo notes with relish that she fell for it.

She fell for it.
文法 · B2Time she found out

reduced time clause: Time here stands for by the time, marking when the later action was already done.

Time she found out it was sandwich spread. The order was signed, the guy's been transferred.
文法 · B2The order was signed

passive voice: The passive hides the signer and stresses that the order was already sealed.

Time she found out it was sandwich spread. The order was signed, the guy's been transferred.
表現 · B1let someone loose

set someone free

That prick will do 6 months in the puzzle factory. Then they'll call him normal and let him loose.
スラング · B2puzzle factory

slang for a mental hospital — Slang; avoid it in formal settings.

That prick will do 6 months in the puzzle factory. Then they'll call him normal and let him loose.
表現 · B2work the system

exploit the rules

After the joke, Alonzo admits the crook gamed the legal rules and never did a day in prison.

Shit, he worked the system.
表現 · A2on the street

out in the streets

I'm going to find this guy on the street.
スラング · C1do him

kill him — Threatening gang talk for killing; never use lightly.

And I'm going to do him.
表現 · B1take someone's bullets

disarm someone

You better take his bullets from him, Stan.
発音take his

His is often reduced, so take his blurs into one sound.

You better take his bullets from him, Stan.

「Alonzo Introduces Jake to the Wise Men」を読み解く

What's really going on

The lunch is really an audition. Alonzo introduces Jake as "my new guy" and lists what each veteran can do for him, from the feds to theft cases. The burglar story is the real lesson: a crook beats the system, "He worked the system," as one man puts it, and the table half-admires him. Alonzo is not amused. When he says, "I'm going to find this guy on the street. And I'm going to do him," it stops being a joke, and someone tells Stan, "You better take his bullets from him." In one meal, Jake learns how the men around him really operate: reach, favors, and a personal version of justice.

Theme

CorruptionLunch with his mentors shows Jake a world where cops trade favors and talk about settling scores off the books.
JusticeA crook games the courts and walks free, and Alonzo's answer is to handle him on the street instead.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Introductions here are really a map of power.
  • The peanut-butter story is a lesson in gaming the rules.
  • A quiet threat can land harder than shouting.
  • Praise in this room often carries a warning.

発音のポイント

  • snatch your — The t in snatch often drops before your.
  • gob of — Gob of links up and can sound like go-bov.
  • take his — His is often reduced, so take his blurs into one sound.
I don't talk to dead men.

A cold greeting: the man treats Alonzo as already finished, so talking to him is a waste of time.

You know, if you lose a Picasso, he'll find it for you or die trying. He's a good man.

Alonzo's pitch for Doug: he will chase a theft case to the end, which is how a good detective is measured here.

You think about him before you pull the trigger. Because if you're wrong,

A warning aimed at Jake: one bad shooting puts him in front of Stan's team, and there is no room for error.

I am not dead yet.

Alonzo's comeback to being written off, insisting he is still very much in the game.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Alonzo introduce Jake to these men?

He is showing his new partner who holds power in the department, and showing the men that Jake is under his wing. It is both a favor and a warning.

Who are the men at the lunch?

Lou Jacobs is a captain, Stan Gursky runs the D.A.'s shooting team, and Doug Rosselli handles high-dollar theft cases. Each represents a different kind of pull.

Why is the burglar story supposed to be funny?

Because the crook beat the courts with a childish trick — peanut butter down his pants at sentencing — and got sent to a psychiatric hospital instead of prison.

Is Alonzo joking when he says he will do him?

No. The laughter stops and he says he will find the man on the street and settle it himself, prompting one of the men to tell Stan to take his bullets.

What does the ending tell you about Alonzo?

He is not just talking tough. The fact that someone tells Stan to take his gun shows the others take his threat seriously and expect him to act on it.

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