United 93 · 2006 — 第 17 / 17 章 · 4'22" · B1

Passengers Plan to Storm the Cockpit, Explained:take over

The passengers stop waiting for rescue and start planning: how to rush the cockpit, grab the detonator, and who could fly the plane. "I can talk you down," one man offers. What sounds like tactics is really ordinary people deciding to act, with no expectation that help is coming.

あらすじ

The passengers on United 93 learn that the pilots are gone and the cockpit door won't open, so they begin to organize. They pick targets, look for anyone who can fly, and find a man who once flew single-engine planes. A passenger with years of air traffic control experience offers to guide him down by radio. Others call home to say goodbye.

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注目の表現

take overtalk someone downget ahold ofsingle engine

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このシーンの表現

take over

seize control

A passenger whispers to his family that a group has gathered and will try to seize the plane.

They plan to take over the building at dawn.

このシーンの他の表現

  • talk someone down

    guide by radio

  • get ahold of

    grab or reach

  • single engine

    one-engine aircraft

  • stay calm

    keep cool

  • seat belts

    safety belts

このシーンのメモ一覧

86 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2hand-to-hand combat

unarmed close fighting

I'm trained in hand-to-hand, I'm trained in judo. So...
発音trained in

Trained in links across the words, with the d almost joining in.

I'm trained in hand-to-hand, I'm trained in judo. So...
表現 · B1right behind someone

directly after someone

Okay. So we go up right behind you.
表現 · A1very fast

at great speed

We have to go very fast.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; write going to in formal text.

And I'm gonna... I don't give a fuck if that thing is real or not.
表現 · A2no talking

keep quiet

Hey, no talk!
表現 · A2stay calm

keep cool

With people moving in the aisle, someone repeats this line to keep the cabin from boiling over.

Just stay calm. Just stay calm.
表現 · A2put your seat belts on

safety belts

Flying dangerously low, someone yells at the moving passengers to buckle up at once.

Get your seat belts on!
表現 · A2be able to do something

be capable of

You're not supposed to be able to see the ground that low, are you?
文法 · B1not supposed to

be supposed to: Be supposed to marks what should be true; the negative plus a tag question says this is not normal.

You're not supposed to be able to see the ground that low, are you?
発音not supposed to

In not supposed to the t often drops, so it sounds like no-supposed-to.

You're not supposed to be able to see the ground that low, are you?
表現 · B1something in progress

currently happening

Yes, hijacking in progress.
表現 · A2get into somewhere

enter

How do we get into the cockpit door?
表現 · B1take someone down

bring someone down

Just take him down.
表現 · B1go after someone

follow and attack

You go after me...
文法 · B1If you can get me in there

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause says landing is possible only once he is inside.

You can come up behind us. Okay. If you can get me in there, I think I might be able to land it, but I need a lot of help from the ground.
発音get me in

Get me in runs together as one sound group rather than separate words.

You can come up behind us. Okay. If you can get me in there, I think I might be able to land it, but I need a lot of help from the ground.
表現 · B2talk someone down

guide by radio

A passenger with eight years of air traffic control offers to guide the plane down over the radio.

I can talk you down. I can talk you down. I did eight years ATC.
表現 · B1get ahold of something

grab or reach

The would-be pilot spells out the one crucial move: grab the controls the moment they get inside.

When you get me in there, you've gotta get ahold of the controls, because if he does anything sudden,
文法 · B1When you get me in there

time clause: The when-clause sets the moment first; the main clause gives the action required at that point.

When you get me in there, you've gotta get ahold of the controls, because if he does anything sudden,
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Casual shorthand; avoid it in formal writing.

When you get me in there, you've gotta get ahold of the controls, because if he does anything sudden,
表現 · B1get someone off something

pull someone away

we don't have enough room, to pull out of it. Okay? You gotta get him off the controls.
文法 · B1that you'll call my family

noun clause: The that-clause spells out exactly what the speaker wants promised: a call to his family.

If I don't make it out of this alive, will you please promise that you'll call my family?
表現 · B1a bunch of something

a group of

Listen, a bunch of the guys have got together and they said that we're gonna, like, try and take over the plane.
表現 · B1take over something

seize control

A passenger whispers to his family that a group has gathered and will try to seize the plane.

Listen, a bunch of the guys have got together and they said that we're gonna, like, try and take over the plane.
スラング · B1like

filler word — A spoken filler; keep it out of formal speech.

Listen, a bunch of the guys have got together and they said that we're gonna, like, try and take over the plane.

「Passengers Plan to Storm the Cockpit」を読み解く

What's really going on

What the scene documents is a shift from fear to decision. Earlier the passengers could only make phone calls and hope; now someone says, "Nobody is going to help us. We've got to do it," and the cabin starts to organize around a plan. The practical details matter — the detonator, the cockpit door, the question of who can fly — but the real drama is in ordinary people discovering they are on their own. The man who offers to talk the pilot down, and the passenger who admits he only flew single-engine planes, show how thin the hope is, and yet they move anyway. The goodbye calls that follow make clear what they believe is at stake.

Theme

CourageOrdinary passengers with no training choose to rush armed hijackers, knowing the plan may cost them their lives.
SurvivalEvery decision in the scene, from the detonator to who can fly, is aimed at one goal: getting the plane back on the ground.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The attack is choreographed like a relay, step by step.
  • One man's half answer about flying restarts everyone's hope.
  • Goodbyes and battle plans share the same cabin.
  • Who leads is decided in seconds, not by rank.

発音のポイント

  • trained in — Trained in links across the words, with the d almost joining in.
  • not supposed to — In not supposed to the t often drops, so it sounds like no-supposed-to.
  • get me in — Get me in runs together as one sound group rather than separate words.
And I'm gonna... I don't give a fuck if that thing is real or not.

A passenger refuses to let the threat of a bomb stop him: whether or not the device is real, he has decided to fight back.

I understand. That's why we've gotta do something right now.

Acknowledging the danger, then turning it into urgency: understanding the situation is useless unless the passengers act immediately.

Nobody is going to help us. We've got to do it. Okay?

The line that ends any hope of rescue: no outside help is coming, so the passengers have to take the plane themselves.

If I don't make it out of this alive, will you please promise that you'll call my family?

A farewell request made by phone, asking someone on the ground to pass on the news if the caller does not survive.

But, baby, I promise you, if I get out of this, I'm quitting tomorrow.

A promise to a partner: surviving this would mean giving up the life that keeps putting him in the air, a way of saying he wants a future.

He said he can fly! He can fly a plane.

News passed down the cabin that gives the plan a chance: there is someone aboard who may be able to fly the aircraft.

このシーンについての質問

Who is the passenger who says he can fly?

He is one of the passengers, later identified by his shirt, who admits he only flew single-engine planes. He agrees to try, but he warns that he will need help from the ground to land something this large.

Why do the passengers decide to rush the cockpit?

They learn the pilots are dead and that the plane is being flown by the hijackers, so waiting means certain death. Their plan is to take the cockpit back and get someone who can fly into the pilot's seat.

What does the passenger with air traffic control experience offer to do?

He tells the group he can talk the new pilot down by radio, drawing on eight years as a controller. He is the reason they believe landing the plane might actually be possible.

Why do the passengers start calling their families to say goodbye?

They understand the assault on the cockpit may kill them. The calls are last words: telling loved ones they are on a hijacked plane, that they love them, and asking that the message be passed on.

Do the passengers go ahead with the plan?

Yes. After settling on the detonator as the first target and the cockpit as the goal, they vote and move forward together, which is where the film's final act begins.

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