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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 2'42" · B1

Mike Sends Himself by Television, Explained：TV dinner

Wonka demonstrates Wonkavision by sending a chocolate bar across the room, where it arrives smaller but real. When he admits the machine might work on people with messy results, Mike jumps in and sends himself anyway. Mrs. Teevee is horrified by what comes out. "He's completely unharmed."

あらすじ

Willy Wonka shows the group Wonkavision, a machine that sends objects through television, and demonstrates it with a bar of chocolate that arrives smaller at the other end. He admits it might have messy results on people. Mike Teevee ignores the warning, steps into the machine, and is sent through the air, arriving as a tiny version of himself. Wonka calls him unharmed.

PartiesArgumentsWarningExplainingParent & childB1mediumamericanClean
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注目の表現

TV dinnermessy resultsend upput together

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このシーンの表現

TV dinner

a frozen meal; here, a boy sent by TV

As everyone marvels at the trick, a voice calls the shrunken boy a TV dinner.

He ate a TV dinner while watching the match.

このシーンの他の表現

  • messy results

    a chaotic outcome

  • end up

    turn out to be

  • put together

    assemble

  • I suppose

    I guess

  • coming in clear

    audible and sharp

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B2one's latest and greatest

newest and best

Wonkavision. My very latest and greatest invention.
表現 · B1split something into

divide into

then it's split into millions of pieces...
表現 · B1in the right order

in correct sequence

Wonka explains that the fragments must reach the TV set in the right order for the picture to form.

that go whizzing through the air and down to your TV set in the right order.
文法 · B1that go whizzing through the air

relative clause: The that-clause describes what the pieces do.

that go whizzing through the air and down to your TV set in the right order.
表現 · A2open your mouth

speak up

You should open your mouth a little wider when you speak.
発音open your mouth

Link open and your so it sounds like open-yer.

You should open your mouth a little wider when you speak.
表現 · B1from one end of something to the other

across the whole space

I shall now send this chocolate bar from one end of the room to the other.
文法 · B1when you transmit something by television

time clause: The when-clause sets up the condition for the result.

It has to be big, because when you transmit something by television...
表現 · B1end up + adjective

turn out to be

Wonka explains why the bar must be huge: anything sent by TV shrinks on arrival.

it always ends up smaller on the other end.
表現 · A2goggles on / off

put goggles on

Goggles on, please.
表現 · A2lights, camera, action

start filming

Lights, camera, action!
表現 · A2remove something

take goggles off

You can remove your goggles.
表現 · A2over one's head

above us

It's flying over our heads in a million pieces.
発音Taste it

Taste and it link into tay-st it.

- It's real. - Taste it. It's delicious. It's just smaller.
表現 · A2anything you like

whatever you want

Not just chocolate. WONKA: Anything you like.
表現 · B1have messy results

a chaotic outcome

Asked if people can be sent, Wonka says maybe, then quietly warns the outcome could be messy.

But it might have some messy results.
表現 · A2the first person to do something

the earliest to do it

Look! I'm going to be the first person to be sent by television.
文法 · B1the first person to be sent

infinitive modifier: The infinitive to be sent modifies person and is passive.

Look! I'm going to be the first person to be sent by television.
表現 · B1in pieces

shattered apart

He's up there, in a million pieces.
表現 · A2put something together

assemble

When Grandpa Joe asks about Mike, Wonka answers that a million pieces take time to assemble.

A million pieces take a long time to put together.
表現 · B1smaller by the minute

with each passing minute

MRS. TEEVEE: Is it Mike? WONKA: It's hard to tell but- The little groover's getting smaller by the minute.
発音getting smaller

In American speech the tt in getting can flap toward a d sound.

MRS. TEEVEE: Is it Mike? WONKA: It's hard to tell but- The little groover's getting smaller by the minute.
スラング · B2groover

a cool cat — Dated slang for a cool person, said in a joking tone.

MRS. TEEVEE: Is it Mike? WONKA: It's hard to tell but- The little groover's getting smaller by the minute.
表現 · B1come in clear

audible and sharp

Thinking he is a broadcast, Mike shouts to his mother asking if he is coming through clearly.

Am I coming in clear? Mom, I said, am I coming in clear?
表現 · B2completely unharmed

totally unhurt

Great. He's completely unharmed.

「Mike Sends Himself by Television」を読み解く

What's really going on

Wonkavision is the clearest case of the film's running joke about children who cannot wait and parents who cannot say no. Wonka explains the machine calmly and even names its flaw — it ends up smaller on the other end — and Mike's question about people gets an honest answer: "But it might have some messy results." That is the invitation Mike needs. Nobody actually stops him. Mrs. Teevee shouts "Get away from that thing," but she is already too far behind, and the other adults simply watch. The result is a boy turned into a tiny broadcast, still asking whether he is coming in clear. Wonka's verdict, "He's completely unharmed," is funny and troubling at the same time: the child is physically fine and completely transformed, and the film treats both facts as one gag. Nobody learns anything, which is exactly why the next room will be worse.

Theme

AbsurdityA machine sends a chocolate bar across a room, and a boy volunteers to be broadcast, arriving tiny while everyone debates whether he is fine.
ParenthoodMrs. Teevee shouts too late and watches her son go through the machine, like the other parents who cannot control the children they raised.

このチャプターで学べること

  • End up names the result, not the plan.
  • Put together turns fragments into one thing.
  • Messy results warns without alarm.
  • Coming in clear is broadcast talk for being heard.

発音のポイント

  • open your mouth — Link open and your so it sounds like open-yer.
  • Taste it — Taste and it link into tay-st it.
  • getting smaller — In American speech the tt in getting can flap toward a d sound.
You should open your mouth a little wider when you speak.

Wonka's aside to Mike, a small joke that shows how closely he watches everyone and how lightly he treats them.

" why can't I do it with a bar of chocolate?"

Wonka's question to himself, the idea behind Wonkavision: if television can send a picture, it can send an object.

I shall now send this chocolate bar from one end of the room to the other.

Wonka's formal announcement before the demonstration, which turns a scientific stunt into a stage act.

But it might have some messy results.

Wonka's warning about sending people. It sounds like caution, but to Mike it is a dare, and it is the line that leads straight to the accident.

Look at me. I'm the first person in the world to be sent by television.

Mike's proud claim on the other side, showing that he sees being first as worth any risk.

It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

Mike's verdict on his own transformation, which makes the scene's danger sound like a great gift.

このシーンについての質問

How does Wonkavision work?

It sends an object as a television signal, so the item travels through the air in millions of pieces and reassembles at the other end, always a little smaller than it started.

Why did the chocolate bar come out smaller?

Because that is what television does to anything sent through it. Wonka explains that a transmitted object always ends up smaller on the other end, which is why he used a huge bar.

What does "TV dinner" mean here?

It is a pun. A TV dinner is a ready meal eaten in front of the television, but here it jokes that Mike has just arrived by television, so he is a person sent through the set.

Why didn't anyone stop Mike?

His mother shouts at him to get away from the machine, but he jumps in before anyone can reach him, and the other adults only watch, as they have throughout the tour.

Is Mike really unharmed?

Wonka says he is completely unharmed, and Mike acts excited, but he has been reduced to a tiny size. The adults' reaction shows that the result is not as fine as Wonka claims.

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