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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 2 / 30 章 · 5'06" · B2

The Zodiac Confession Call, Explained：I wouldn't kid you

A voice on the phone admits to killings and hangs up; later a letter reaches the Chronicle claiming the murders and offering proof only the killer and police would know. The newsroom reads it out — "To prove I killed them, I shall state some facts which only I and the police know" — before anyone grasps the danger.

あらすじ

Someone calls in a confession, then the San Francisco Chronicle receives a letter from a writer claiming the murders. The staff reads its details aloud, including a promise to prove guilt and a demand to print a cipher on the front page. Editors debate how to cover it while a reporter senses a story getting out of hand.

Crime scenesInvestigationConfessingThreateningCoworkersB2slowamerican
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注目の表現

go withI wouldn't kid youon the front pageswallow it

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このシーンの表現

I wouldn't kid you

I am not joking; I mean it

同事聊起一条离谱的新闻，一人追问真假，另一人甩出这句话强调自己没有拿他寻开心。

The tickets cost two thousand dollars. I wouldn't kid you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • go with

    to choose or settle on one option

  • on the front page

    printed on the first page of a newspaper

  • swallow it

    to believe a lie or story without questioning it

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

発音Come on

liaison

Come on, buddy.
スラング · B1buddyCome on, buddy.
表現 · B1swallow something

to believe a lie or story without questioning it

-I swallowed it. -Why?
表現 · A2be not good for someoneYou can't do that. It's not good for you.
発音for you

weak form

You can't do that. It's not good for you.
表現 · A2stay with someoneOkay, you're staying with your mom and Aaron tonight.
表現 · A2not really-No, not really. -Oh, that's honest.
表現 · A2there will be a testThere will be a test tonight!
文法 · B1There will be

future with there will be

There will be a test tonight!
表現 · A2how's the coffee todayHow's the coffee today, Shorty?
表現 · C1in twoEditorial in two.
表現 · B2damn near perfectWell, Stanton, tell Mr. Howe the draft board piece was damn near perfect.
スラング · B2damn nearWell, Stanton, tell Mr. Howe the draft board piece was damn near perfect.
表現 · B1go with something

to choose or settle on one option

Horrid. I'm thinking we go with not so horrid.
表現 · C1on the crime beatPaul, what's on the crime beat?
表現 · B2wouldn't kid someone

I am not joking; I mean it

Have you seen her? Wouldn't kid you.
発音kid you

liaison

Have you seen her? Wouldn't kid you.
表現 · B2a crime waveIt may be the beginning of a crime wave.
表現 · B2state the facts"To prove I killed them, "I shall state some facts which only I and the police know.
文法 · B2which only I and the police know

relative clause with which

"To prove I killed them, "I shall state some facts which only I and the police know.
表現 · B1shots were fired"Ten shots were fired.
文法 · B2Ten shots were fired

passive voice

"Ten shots were fired.
表現 · B1on one's back"The boy was on his back with his feet to the car.
表現 · B1on one's right side"The girl was on her right side, feet to the west.
表現 · B1on the front page

printed on the first page of a newspaper

"I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper.
文法 · B1want you to print

want someone to do something

"I want you to print this cipher on the front page of your paper.

「The Zodiac Confession Call」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is built on the gap between newsroom banter and what is actually in the letter. The staff joke about the crime beat, then go quiet as lines like "To prove I killed them, I shall state some facts which only I and the police know" are read out. What makes it unnerving is the killer's request to be published: he isn't hiding, he's asking for a stage. The paper faces its own dilemma, because printing the cipher both sells papers and feeds the man's appetite for attention. The half-joking remark about it being "the beginning of a crime wave" lands less as a joke than a forecast, and the whole office is suddenly part of the story rather than just covering it.

Theme

DeceptionA caller claims the murders and feeds the press details only the killer would know, turning proof into theater.
PowerBy demanding front-page printing, the writer forces a powerful paper to do his bidding.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hear crime beat as a reporter's assignment
  • Catch the pun in that's a crime
  • Use front page for the lead slot
  • Split joke crime wave from a real one

発音のポイント

  • Come on — liaison
  • for you — weak form
  • kid you — liaison
"To prove I killed them, "I shall state some facts which only I and the police know.

The letter's chilling core: the writer offers private details as proof, daring the paper to confirm his guilt.

Horrid. I'm thinking we go with not so horrid.

An editor picking a headline: he dislikes both options but settles on the milder one, a moment of ordinary office business.

It may be the beginning of a crime wave.

Spoken half in jest, it reads later like a forecast, as the killings continue.

You can't do that. It's not good for you.

Ordinary parenting, telling a child not to eat something, that sits oddly beside the confession.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the letter ask to be printed on the front page?

The writer wants publicity. By demanding space on the front page and offering proof only he and the police would know, he turns the newspaper into his stage.

Who reads the letter aloud in the newsroom?

The staff take turns with it, reading out details about the victims, the ammunition, and the demand to print a cipher, so everyone can see how specific the claims are.

Is the confession call connected to the letter?

Both present the same person claiming responsibility. The call is brief and hangs up, while the letter arrives at the paper with far more detail and a request to publish.

Why does the paper consider printing the cipher?

Publishing is the biggest story available, but it also gives the writer exactly the attention he asks for, which is the dilemma the editors begin to weigh.

ゾディアック · 全 30 章

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