Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971 — 第 5 / 18 章 · 2'57" · B2

Violet Wins the Third Golden Ticket, Explained:butt in

A news programme tracks the worldwide hunt for the last Golden Tickets and presents a machine that is supposed to predict where they are. Then the third ticket is introduced: "Here is Golden Ticket number three, and it's all mine," says Violet Beauregarde, who explains that she gave up gum to eat chocolate bars.

あらすじ

A television report describes the global search for the remaining Golden Tickets as a worldwide craze, then shows a machine that promises to calculate their locations but jokes instead. The programme then introduces Violet Beauregarde, who has the third ticket, and lets her tell the story of how she froze her gum habit and ate chocolate bars until she found it.

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注目の表現

lifetime supplygiveawaycome truelay off

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  1. ❝ 独白Violet on her gum habit4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

butt in

interrupt rudely

Just as the interview winds down, Mr. Beauregarde cuts in to advertise his own business.

Sorry to butt in, but the meeting has already started.

このシーンの他の表現

  • lifetime supply

    enough to last a whole life

  • giveaway

    something given away free

  • come true

    actually happen

  • lay off

    stop using for a while

  • on the hour

    at each full hour

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B2the sign of the times

what defines an era

This is the sign of our times. The symbol of the havoc...
表現 · B2sweep the world

spread everywhere fast

the mad craze that's sweeping the world today.
表現 · B1the search for something

a wide hunt for

the great search for Wonka Bars continues. We're nearing the end...
表現 · B2signs of something

hints of worry

And everywhere, we're beginning to see signs of anxiety.
表現 · B1around the globe

all over the world

new shipments are being sent to points around the globe.
表現 · B1more and more + adjective

increasingly hopeless

As time passes, the men who seek them become more and more desperate.
表現 · B1safely say something

state with confidence

But now I think I can safely say...
表現 · B1well-spent

worth the cost

that your time and money have been well-spent.
表現 · B1be about to do something

on the point of

We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the Machine Age.
文法 · B1We're about to witness

be about to: Be about to do marks something happening immediately, more vivid than plain will.

We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the Machine Age.
表現 · B2the law of probability

the rules of chance

Based on the revolutionary law of probability...
表現 · B1the precise location of something

the exact place

this machine will tell us the precise location...
発音What would a

What would a is squeezed into one quick run in fast speech.

He says: " What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?"
表現 · B2what someone can do with something

what use it has for

I am now telling the computer exactly what he can do with the chocolate.
発音come true

Link come to true so the two words run together.

Where even in the smallest town, the happiest of dreams can come true.
表現 · B1the finder of something

the person who found

Because, folks, here she is.: Miss Violet Beauregarde, finder of Golden Ticket number three.
スラング · B1folks

everyone, folks — A friendly American way to address a crowd; too casual for formal writing.

Because, folks, here she is.: Miss Violet Beauregarde, finder of Golden Ticket number three.
表現 · B2a civic leader

a local community figure

Mr. Beauregarde, a prominent local politician, a civic leader.
表現 · B1switch to something

change over to

I laid off gum and switched to candy bars instead.
スラング · B1Cool it

calm down — A blunt way to tell someone to calm down; only with people you know well.

Violet. VIOLET: Cool it, Mother.
文法 · B2I've been chewing on

present perfect continuous: The present perfect continuous stresses an action running continuously from months ago until now.

This is a piece of gum I've been chewing on for three months solid. A world record.
発音chewing on

Link chewing to on; it sounds almost like one word.

This is a piece of gum I've been chewing on for three months solid. A world record.
表現 · B1beat the record

break the record

It's beaten the record held by my best friend, Cornelia...
表現 · B2was someone angry

she was furious

and was she mad.
文法 · B2was she mad

inversion for emphasis: The inversion was she mad stresses how furious she was, a literary way to push the degree.

and was she mad.

「Violet Wins the Third Golden Ticket」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a portrait of a world gone slightly mad, and the film gets its comedy from the distance between the language of news and the absurdity of what is happening. The report reaches for grand phrases — "the greatest miracle of the Machine Age" — to describe a machine that only wants to trade jokes about chocolate. Then it hands the screen to Violet, whose claim to fame is chewing gum and whose parents are selling something on camera. The point is not subtle: in this world, a Golden Ticket turns ordinary people into celebrities and makes the smallest habits into news. "Where even in the smallest town, the happiest of dreams can come true," the report says, and Violet is the proof — a dream come true for no reason except luck and appetite.

Theme

DreamsThe report promises that the happiest dreams can come true, and Violet's sudden fame is offered as the proof.
MoneyA ticket turns a small town and a family business into a media event, showing how the contest is as much commerce as magic.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A dream come true puts the emphasis on the dream, not the dreamer.
  • Lay off means to pause a habit here, not to fire anyone.
  • On the hour pins the schedule to exact clock times.
  • The computer's question quietly mocks the whole prize.

発音のポイント

  • What would a — What would a is squeezed into one quick run in fast speech.
  • come true — Link come to true so the two words run together.
  • chewing on — Link chewing to on; it sounds almost like one word.
We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the Machine Age.

The reporter's grand promise before the machine is switched on, which the scene immediately punctures with a joke instead of a miracle.

Where even in the smallest town, the happiest of dreams can come true.

The fairytale line that frames the whole contest: fortune can land anywhere, even in a town nobody has heard of.

Here is Golden Ticket number three, and it's all mine.

Violet's announcement of her prize, delivered as pure ownership: she does not share the moment, she claims it.

This is a piece of gum I've been chewing on for three months solid. A world record.

Her proud proof of greatness: three months of chewing, offered as a world record and a personality.

He says: " What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?"

The machine's cheeky reply, which turns the search into a gag and shows the film's fondness for nonsense.

It's beaten the record held by my best friend, Cornelia...

The competition inside the interview: she has beaten her best friend's record, and she enjoys saying so.

このシーンについての質問

What is the machine supposed to do?

It is meant to calculate the exact locations of the remaining Golden Tickets using the law of probability. Instead, it answers with jokes, which is the scene's punchline.

What does "butt in" mean?

It means to interrupt a conversation to say something. The phrase is used by someone stepping into the interview to make an announcement.

How did Violet find her Golden Ticket?

By giving up gum and eating chocolate bars instead. She says she switched to candy bars, found the ticket, and then went right back to chewing gum.

Why does Violet talk about her gum?

Because it is her identity. She holds up a piece she has chewed for three months and calls it a world record, which is how the film shows her vanity.

What is special about Violet's record?

She has been chewing the same piece of gum for three months, beating the record held by her friend Cornelia, and she is proud of it.

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