WinkLingo
ログイン

United 93 · 2006 — 第 14 / 17 章 · 4'14" · B2

The FAA Shuts Down US Airspace, Explained：national emergency

With hijackings multiplying and fighters still unarmed, the command center moves from confusion to a single decision. One official cuts through it: “Listen, I'm not taking any more chances.” Then the order that empties the sky: “This is a national emergency. Everyone lands, regardless of destination,” with nothing allowed in and nothing allowed to take off.

あらすじ

As reports of more hijackings flood in, the command center scrambles for fighters and asks whether it even has the authority to shoot. Then the decision comes: the country's airspace will be shut down. Every flight must land, no matter its destination, no international flights may cross the borders, and nothing is allowed to take off.

MeetingsPhone callsWarningExplainingCoworkersB2fastamerican
IMDb ↗

注目の表現

interceptgod damn ittake chancesfigure out

00:00 / 04:14
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
  73. ❝ 独白the order to shut it all down23 行練習ページ ↗
セリフをタップするとそこから再生

このシーンの表現

national emergency

a nationwide crisis

Before grounding every flight, he declares This is a national emergency to justify the order.

The governor declared a national emergency after the floods.

このシーンの他の表現

  • intercept

    stop before it arrives

  • god damn it

    damn it

  • take chances

    risk it

  • figure out

    work out

  • off-course

    not on its route

このシーンのメモ一覧

95 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B2hit up something

call up on the screen here it means to display the track, not to contact someone

Hit me up every track. Did you copy that, sir?
表現 · B1come in

approaching

This is a second plane, sir, coming in.
表現 · B1be armed

carrying weapons

Yes, sir. These guys are not armed.
表現 · B2no transponder

a radar identity signal

No transponder, and now heading eastbound, over Cleveland.
表現 · B2get verification on something

confirm something

Can you get me some verification on that?
表現 · B1be headed toward somewhere

moving toward

We have a plane headed toward the Capitol.
表現 · B2get an intercept on something

make an interception

Hey, are we gonna get an intercept on this, though?
表現 · B2no coordination between X and Y

no working together

There's no coordination between what NORAD has and what we have.
文法 · B2what NORAD has and what we have

nominal clause: The two what-clauses act as objects of between, naming what each side holds.

There's no coordination between what NORAD has and what we have.
発音There's no

There's no links into therez-no, sounding like one word.

There's no coordination between what NORAD has and what we have.
表現 · B1know where someone is headed

know their destination

You know where they're headed.
スラング · B2Holy shit

a strong oath of shock — For extreme shock; never in polite settings.

Holy shit.
表現 · B1as soon as possible

as quickly as one can

We're gonna get them turned as soon as possible.
発音soon as

Soon as links into soo-naz with no pause between.

We're gonna get them turned as soon as possible.
スラング · B2What the fuck

what on earth — Strong confusion or anger; not for polite use.

What the fuck? They're what? They're heading east?
表現 · B2go off-course

not on its route

Watching the screen, the commander demands to know why the fighters are off-course.

What the hell is wrong out there? Why are those planes off-course?
表現 · B2turn someone back

send them back

I don't care, God damn it, if they break windows, you turn them back over land!
文法 · B2a board full of these planes hitting every building

participle phrase: Planes hitting every building is a noun plus participle structure describing what the planes would do.

And I don't want a board full of these planes hitting every building on the East Coast.
表現 · B2regardless of something

no matter what

This is a national emergency. Everyone lands, regardless of destination.
文法 · B1regardless of destination

concessive phrase: Regardless of introduces a concession: destination does not matter, the plane must land.

This is a national emergency. Everyone lands, regardless of destination.
表現 · B1cross the border

come across the border

No. No, I don't want any more international flights crossing the borders.
表現 · A2take off

leave the ground

Nobody comes in, and nobody takes off.
表現 · B1figure out something

work out

Before closing everything, he says they will stay shut until they figure out what to do about it.

That's right. Listen, we're at war with someone, and until we figure out what to do about it, we're shutting down.
発音figure out

Figure out links at the r, so it sounds like fig-ger-out.

That's right. Listen, we're at war with someone, and until we figure out what to do about it, we're shutting down.
スラング · B1That's it

that is the end — Casual closure or resignation; rare in formal speech.

That's it. We're finished.

「The FAA Shuts Down US Airspace」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the moment a system stops improvising and commits. For an hour the controllers have been chasing one problem at a time — where the fighters are, whether they can engage, why the jets are off-course. The breaking point is a calculation instead of a fact: “I'm not taking any more chances,” one official says, and “I don't want a board full of these planes hitting every building on the East Coast.” From there the language turns absolute — national emergency, everyone lands, nobody comes in, nobody takes off — because half-measures cannot cover a threat this large. The cost is enormous and someone says so, and the answer is simply, “Just do it.”

Theme

DutyAn official makes an enormous decision in minutes, choosing an unprecedented shutdown over the risk of another crash.
CourageAmid confusion and unanswered questions, the scene shows the nerve required to act on incomplete information.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Grounding a whole country starts with one sentence.
  • Two nobodies can close a sky more firmly than a law.
  • Refusing to take chances is itself a decision with a cost.
  • The word emergency gives an order its legal weight.

発音のポイント

  • There's no — There's no links into therez-no, sounding like one word.
  • soon as — Soon as links into soo-naz with no pause between.
  • figure out — Figure out links at the r, so it sounds like fig-ger-out.
There's no coordination between what NORAD has and what we have.

The core problem stated plainly: two agencies tracking the same crisis are not sharing what they know.

I don't care, God damn it, if they break windows, you turn them back over land!

The commander's order to get the jets back over land, even at the cost of noise and damage, so they can defend the city.

Listen, I'm not taking any more chances.

The line that ends deliberation: no more waiting for confirmation before acting on the worst case.

This is a national emergency. Everyone lands, regardless of destination.

The order that clears the sky: every aircraft in the country must land, wherever it was going.

Nobody comes in, and nobody takes off.

The shutdown made total — no arrivals, no departures, and no exceptions.

That's right. Listen, we're at war with someone, and until we figure out what to do about it, we're shutting down.

The blunt framing of the day: an attack has happened, the enemy is unknown, and the response is to stop everything.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't the command center just order the fighters to shoot?

The jets are unarmed in some cases and the rules of engagement are unclear, so the controllers have neither the weapons nor the authority to act directly.

What finally pushes the command center to shut down the airspace?

Reports that another plane is heading for Washington and that the Pentagon has been hit. Once the scale is clear, the officials decide half-measures are no longer enough.

What does shutting down the airspace mean?

Every flight must land regardless of destination, no international flights may enter, and no aircraft may take off, which effectively grounds the country's aviation system.

Why does someone object that the shutdown will cost billions?

Grounding every flight disrupts the entire industry at once. The official raises the cost, and the answer is that the emergency makes the cost unavoidable.

ユナイテッド93 · 全 17 章

すべて見る →
次のチャプター · 第 15 章one after the otherThe News Spreads Through the Cabin
第 1 章give someone a handPassengers Board United 93第 2 章reduced or eliminatedThe FAA Morning Briefing第 3 章take over the cockpitA Controller Reports a Possible Hijack第 4 章real worldA Real Hijacking During the Exercise第 5 章battle stationsFAA Command Center Goes on Alert第 6 章pull the tapesFAA Pulls the Tapes, Scrambles Jets第 7 章a bad feelingFirst Reports of Smoke Over Manhattan第 8 章take care of itControllers Spot a Second Hijacking第 9 章like a manhole coverSecond Plane Hits the South Tower第 10 章ground stopNORAD Orders a National Ground Stop第 11 章make the callOfficers Demand Shoot-Down Authority第 12 章get through toPassengers Call for Help from the Air第 13 章get throughPassengers Learn the Pilots Are Down再生中 · 第 14 章national emergencyThe FAA Shuts Down US Airspace第 15 章one after the otherThe News Spreads Through the Cabin第 16 章suicide missionPassengers Fight Back on United 93第 17 章take overPassengers Plan to Storm the Cockpit
第 14 / 17 章 · 残り約 10 分