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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 9 / 30 章 · 5'05" · B2

Zodiac Calls the TV Talk Show, Explained：at a moment's notice

Police notice the killer has changed his method — the cab driver does not fit the couple-on-lover's-lane pattern. Then a man claiming to be the Zodiac promises to call a live TV show, and the lawyer he asked for prepares to speak to him on air: "This is the Zodiac speaking."

あらすじ

Investigators realize the Zodiac has broken his pattern by killing a lone cab driver. A caller claiming to be him says he will phone a morning TV show and asks for attorney Melvin Belli. Belli, afraid he could be shot, rides to the studio in a bulletproof car and takes the live call.

Phone callsInterrogationsConfessingPromisingPolice & suspectB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

at a moment's noticeyou have my wordbreaking the patterndrunken reprobate

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このシーンの表現

at a moment's notice

immediately, without warning or preparation

梅尔文担心车外那个枪手随时能要他的命，用这句话说明危险近在眼前。

The team can be ready to travel at a moment's notice.

このシーンの他の表現

  • you have my word

    I give you my solemn promise

  • breaking the pattern

    to act against the usual pattern

  • drunken reprobate

    a drunk person with no moral restraint

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B2be caught up with someoneHe gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men.
表現 · B2finish someone offHe gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men.
文法 · B2so caught up with the women he forgets

so result clause

He gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men.
表現 · B2on lover's lanePlus, they're all couples and all on lover's lanes.
表現 · B1doesn't fitSingle, male cab driver on Washington and Cherry doesn't fit.
表現 · B1break the pattern

to act against the usual pattern

He's breaking the pattern.
表現 · B1claim to be someoneSomeone claiming to be Zodiac called Oakland PD a half-hour ago.
文法 · B1wants Melvin Belli on to counsel him

want someone to do

He wants Melvin Belli on to counsel him.
表現 · B2at a moment's notice

immediately, without warning or preparation

This man is a marksman, could snuff me out at a moment's notice.
発音at a moment's notice

weak form

This man is a marksman, could snuff me out at a moment's notice.
表現 · B2be up for somethingAre you sure you're up for this?
表現 · B2get someone talkingGet him talking. Convince him to meet you somewhere.
発音Convince him to meet you

liaison

Get him talking. Convince him to meet you somewhere.
表現 · B1see an opportunityIf you see an opportunity, we want you to suggest Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown.
表現 · B2you drunken reprobate

a drunk person with no moral restraint

Here you go, you drunken reprobate.
スラング · C1drunken reprobateHere you go, you drunken reprobate.
表現 · B1special editionWelcome to this special edition of our show in which we arejoined by attorney Melvin Belli
表現 · A2finish upFinish up, buddy, and put it in the sink.
文法 · B1so that the Zodiac himself can reach us

so that purpose clause

And we ask the public not to call in, so that the Zodiac himself can reach us.
表現 · B1a shame about somethingA shame about the show.
表現 · B2go liveJim, we have a call. We're going live.
発音going live

elision

Jim, we have a call. We're going live.
文法 · B2we'd like you to know that we are not tracing these calls

would like someone to do

Sam, we'd like you to know that we are not tracing these calls.
表現 · B1have someone's word

I give you my solemn promise

We're not tracing these calls. You have my word.
発音You have my word

liaison

We're not tracing these calls. You have my word.
スラング · C1fucked upThat is fucked up!
表現 · B1how long have you been doing somethingHow long have you been having these headaches?
文法 · B1How long have you been having

present perfect continuous

How long have you been having these headaches?

「Zodiac Calls the TV Talk Show」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about the killer turning media into a stage. Detectives can describe the change in his method — he "gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men," and now a single cab driver does not fit — but they cannot stop him from reaching the public directly. The call-in is a performance, and its horror comes from the calm exchange: "This is the Zodiac speaking," answered by a famous attorney trying to sound like a counselor. Each side uses the other: the Zodiac gets airtime and attention, the show gets a headline, and the police get a chance at a call they admit cannot be traced in time. Everyone is on live TV, and no one is in control.

Theme

DeceptionA caller claims to be the Zodiac and performs illness to win sympathy live on the air.
PowerThe killer turns a TV studio into his stage, forcing the police and the press to play along.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hear snuff out as kill
  • Use you have my word as a pledge
  • Split passport as metaphor vs document
  • Catch breaking the pattern in crime talk

発音のポイント

  • at a moment's notice — weak form
  • Convince him to meet you — liaison
  • going live — elision
  • You have my word — liaison
I have headaches. I kill, I don't get them.

The caller's bizarre bargain: murder is his cure for headaches, a self-serving excuse offered live on the show.

He gets so caught up with the women he forgets to finish off the men.

A detective's grisly read of the earlier attacks, noticing the killer leaves male victims alive when a woman is present.

This man is a marksman, could snuff me out at a moment's notice.

Belli's fear stated plainly: the man he is about to talk to could kill him in an instant.

I don't want to go to the gas chamber.

The caller's real worry surfaces, less about guilt than about avoiding execution.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the killing of Paul Stine break the pattern?

The earlier victims were couples on lover's lanes, but Stine was a single male cab driver on a city street, so the method no longer fits.

Why does the show ask the public not to call in?

The studio wants to keep the line open for the Zodiac himself, since he told the police he would phone the program.

Is the caller really the Zodiac?

The film presents him as the person who phoned the show and claimed the name; the police try to keep him talking but never confirm who he is.

Why does Belli agree to appear?

He says the man asked for his help, and he wants to counsel him, though he also admits he is afraid of being shot.

ゾディアック · 全 30 章

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