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United 93 · 2006 — 第 7 / 17 章 · 2'59" · B2

First Reports of Smoke Over Manhattan, Explained：a bad feeling

People see smoke pouring from the World Trade Center and the reports keep changing. The first word is a small plane, but nobody can make that fit what they're looking at. "A Cessna would have bounced off that." What looks like a bad accident is already something much larger, and the controllers are only starting to understand it.

あらすじ

Air traffic controllers and people on the ground notice smoke rising from the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. Early reports say a small plane hit the building. As they watch the footage, some argue the damage is far too big for a small aircraft. Meanwhile, Captain Dahl makes a routine welcome announcement to his passengers.

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注目の表現

figure outon the aircome out ofno way

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このシーンの表現

figure out

work out by thinking

On air, the anchor says they are calling sources and trying to work out what happened.

We still need to figure out how the alarm went off.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on the air

    broadcasting live

  • come out of

    emerge from inside

  • no way

    absolutely not

  • have a look

    take a quick look

  • hesitate to ask

    feel free to ask

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · A2a lot of something

a large amount of

Man, that's a lot of smoke.
スラング · A2Man

an informal opener — Casual opener between friends; not for formal talk.

Man, that's a lot of smoke.
表現 · B1get reports about something

receiving reports

I'm getting reports from numerous aircraft about smoke in Manhattan.
表現 · A2come out of something

emerging from

A lot of smoke coming out of the North Tower.
表現 · A2go into something

crashed into

A small plane went into the World Trade Center.
発音went into

Went into runs together and the t is often dropped.

A small plane went into the World Trade Center.
表現 · A2have a look at something

take a quick look

Someone tells a colleague he might want to look for himself, a soft nudge to come see it.

You might want to have a look. Okay.
表現 · B2the primary target

the main target

They were tracking the primary target, they've lost it.
文法 · B1they've lost it

present perfect: The present perfect stresses that the loss is already a fact right now.

They were tracking the primary target, they've lost it.
表現 · B1get in touch with someone

contact someone

All right. Get in touch with the metro towers, see if they got a visual.
スラング · B1Jesus

an exclamation of shock — A shocked exclamation; keep it out of formal settings.

Jesus. Oh, my...
表現 · B1figure out what happened

work out by thinking

On air, the anchor says they are calling sources and trying to work out what happened.

Obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened.
文法 · B1trying to figure out

infinitive object: Try takes to plus the base verb: trying to figure out, never trying figuring.

Obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened.
発音figure out exactly

Figure out exactly blurs into one long run.

Obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened.
表現 · B1no way

absolutely not

Someone flatly rejects the small-plane theory and ends with No way, refusing to believe it.

I'll tell you what, that is not a small plane. No way.
スラング · B1No way

absolutely not — Blunt spoken refusal; avoid it with a boss or client.

I'll tell you what, that is not a small plane. No way.
表現 · B1bounce off something

rebounded off

A Cessna would have bounced off that. Look at the size of that hole!
表現 · B1have a bad feeling about something

a sense of dread

I got a bad feeling about this. I'll tell you right now.
発音you're on

You're on links together, almost like yor-on.

Sean, you're on the air right now. What can you tell us about...
表現 · B2keep something fastened

belts buckled loosely

However, when you are in your seats I'll ask you to keep your seatbelts loosely fastened, as you never know when we'll get some bumps we're not expecting.
文法 · B2as you never know

reason clause: As introduces the reason, here explaining why the belts should stay fastened.

However, when you are in your seats I'll ask you to keep your seatbelts loosely fastened, as you never know when we'll get some bumps we're not expecting.

「First Reports of Smoke Over Manhattan」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is built on how ordinary the morning feels. Controllers trade routine updates and radio traffic while the news slowly hardens into something they can't explain away. The turning point isn't the first report of smoke; it's the moment someone looks at the image and says that it can't be a small plane. "A Cessna would have bounced off that." That line carries the whole dread of the sequence: whatever happened, it was deliberate, and it was aimed. Cut against it is Captain Dahl's calm, scripted welcome to the passengers — "If there's anything we in the cockpit can do to make your ride more enjoyable, please don't hesitate to ask." He has no idea yet, and the audience does, which is where the tension comes from.

Theme

DutyControllers, pilots and reporters keep doing their jobs in real time, repeating routine scripts while the truth of the morning is still unknown.
DeceptionThe scene strips away the first cover story, a small plane, as the controllers realize the damage could only be deliberate.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The first version of events is usually wrong.
  • A counterfactual about a Cessna kills the small-plane theory.
  • Being on the air means every word is public.
  • Calm service English can sound chilling in context.

発音のポイント

  • went into — Went into runs together and the t is often dropped.
  • figure out exactly — Figure out exactly blurs into one long run.
  • you're on — You're on links together, almost like yor-on.
A small plane went into the World Trade Center.

An early, mistaken report: the first word is that a small plane hit the tower, which the scene will quickly call into doubt.

They were tracking the primary target, they've lost it.

Controllers are tracking radar blips, not people; "the primary target" is a plane that vanished from the screen somewhere over the city.

I'll tell you what, that is not a small plane. No way.

Someone watching the footage rejects the official story outright: the hole and the fire are far too large to be a small plane.

A Cessna would have bounced off that. Look at the size of that hole!

A Cessna is a small private aircraft; the speaker uses it as a comparison to argue the damage proves a much bigger jet hit the tower.

I got a bad feeling about this. I'll tell you right now.

Plain dread, said out loud: this is not an accident, and the speaker says so before anyone knows what actually happened.

If there's anything we in the cockpit can do to make your ride more enjoyable, please don't hesitate to ask.

The pilot's routine, friendly closing to a welcome announcement, made with no idea of what the morning will become.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the controllers first assume it was a small plane?

The earliest reports describe smoke and a light aircraft, and a small plane is the easiest explanation for a single localized crash. The scene shows how quickly that guess falls apart as they see the size of the hole.

Who says "that is not a small plane"?

It's one of the people watching the footage, not a named character. The film deliberately keeps many of these voices unidentified, since the real air traffic control recordings are being recreated.

What does "they've lost it" mean when tracking the plane?

It means the aircraft has dropped off radar, so the controllers literally can no longer see its blip. That by itself doesn't confirm a crash, which is why they start calling around for a visual.

Is the scene using real air traffic control recordings?

The film is built around reconstructions of the actual events, and many of these lines mirror real radio and phone traffic from that morning. The effect is to keep the perspective on the people reacting, not on the hijackers.

Why does the film cut to Captain Dahl's welcome announcement?

It shows the ordinary routine of the flight just before it is hijacked. The calm, friendly safety message lands with heavy irony because the audience already knows the plane never reaches its destination.

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