"This is the Zodiac speaking.Zodiac · 2007 — 第 7 / 30 章 · 4'58" · B2
Zodiac Claims the Taxi Murder, Explained：did in
The Zodiac letter arrives with proof of the taxi killing and a new threat against children. The newsroom's first question is whether any of it can be printed — “Is this on the record?” — while police try to keep the school-bus threat quiet before the story breaks anyway.
あらすじ
A letter claiming to be from the Zodiac confesses to the murder of a taxi driver, includes a blood-stained scrap of the victim's shirt as proof, and threatens to shoot children on a school bus. Detectives compare handwriting and blood, the newsroom debates what it can publish, and the story finally breaks with a police tip line.
注目の表現
did inon the recordgo about your businessgo from ... to ...
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このシーンの表現
did in
to kill someone
凶手在信里自报身份，说北湾那些人也是他下的手，用一句轻描淡写把连环命案归到自己头上。
The gang did him in before he could talk to the police.
このシーンの他の表現
- on the record
officially stated and allowed to be published
- go about your business
to continue with your normal routine
- go from ... to ...
to change from one state to another, often dramatically
このシーンのメモ一覧
69 行のセリフに 44 件のメモ
"I am the murderer ofthe taxi driver "over by Washington Street and Maple Street last night."To prove this, here is a blood-stained piece of his shirt."I am the same man who did in the people in the North BayArea."I am the same man who did in the people in the North BayArea."The S.F. Police could have caught me last nightcould have with past participle
"The S.F. Police could have caught me last night"if they had searched the park properly "instead of holding road races with their motorcicles."past perfect in an if-clause
"if they had searched the park properly "instead of holding road races with their motorcicles."Right there, boss.So he got in the front seat to tear off a piece of the shirt.So he got in the front seat to tear off a piece of the shirt.officially stated and allowed to be published
-Is this on the record? -Well, what do you think?Gets worse.What does he mean, it gets worse?"School children make nice targets."I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning.liaison
"I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning."Just shoot out the front tire "and then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."liaison
"Just shoot out the front tire "and then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."I'm gonna need elimination prints from your staff.relative clause with that
Is there anyone here that didn't touch this letter?On my way back to my desk. They have phones, if you want.Dave, just one thing. Is it true they got a print off the cab?-But that is not for publication. -Hey, hey, come on.Hey, it's me.Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby.Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby.contact clause
You're doing that thing, the thing we discussed, the thing that I don't like. Starts with an "L."In cooperation with SFPD, we will run the Zodiac letter without including the threat on school children.We don't want to start a city-wide panic so I'm asking all of you to please keep this confidential.We don't want to start a city-wide panic so I'm asking all of you to please keep this confidential.to continue with your normal routine
Just go about your daily business.Similarities in the lowercase "r's."it is ... doing
It is you waiting in the hall if you speak again."Sorry" counts as speaking.liaison
"Sorry" counts as speaking.We have to release the bus threat.-It'll screw us. -We're already screwed.-It'll screw us. -We're already screwed.to change from one state to another, often dramatically
We just went from "Routine Cabbie Shooting" to "Mass Murderer Targets Kids."the Zodiac has threatened to, "Wipe out a school bus "and pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."「Zodiac Claims the Taxi Murder」を読み解く
What's really going on
The letter is a performance designed to prove the writer is the Zodiac, and the scene is about how institutions handle that performance. The blood-stained cloth is the price of credibility; the school-bus threat is the lever that forces a response. “Is this on the record?” lays out the newsroom's dilemma in one line: the public wants the truth, and publishing the truth may also spread the threat. The compromise — print the letter but cut the school-bus line, then keep the staff quiet — collapses almost immediately. What the scene really dramatizes is the impossible middle: you cannot both calm a city and keep a killer's promise secret.
Theme
PowerA single letter forces the police and a newspaper to negotiate what the public is allowed to know.
SecretsThe newsroom plans to withhold the school-bus threat, and the attempt to keep it quiet falls apart immediately.
このチャプターで学べること
- Hear on the record as quotable
- Use not for publication as a freeze
- Read wipe out as destroy all
- Catch looming as hovering too close
発音のポイント
- wipe out a school bus — liaison
- pick off the kiddies — liaison
- counts as speaking — liaison
"This is the Zodiac speaking.The letter opens by claiming the name outright, an assertion of identity that everything else in the note is meant to support.
"To prove this, here is a blood-stained piece of his shirt.The enclosed cloth is offered as physical proof, turning the confession into something the police can actually verify.
"School children make nice targets.The letter's escalation: children are described as easy targets, which is why the threat cannot stay internal.
"I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning.A specific and horrifying plan stated calmly, which is exactly what forces the newsroom to weigh publication against panic.
It is you waiting in the hall if you speak again.A dry threat from someone trying to concentrate: keep interrupting and you'll be sent out of the room.
このシーンについての質問
How does the Zodiac prove he killed the taxi driver?
He mails a blood-stained piece of the driver's shirt along with the letter, and claims the details match earlier killings. Police then check whether the blood and fabric actually match the taxi driver.
Why does the newsroom hesitate to publish the letter?
The letter threatens to shoot children on a school bus, and running that detail could set off a city-wide panic. Editors debate printing the confession while cutting the school-bus threat, then quietly drop the plan to hide it.
Why do the police want elimination prints from the staff?
Fingerprints on the letter could belong to the Zodiac, but they could also come from anyone at the paper who handled it. Taking elimination prints lets investigators set those aside and focus on unknown prints.
What does 'on the record' mean here?
It means the information can be officially quoted and printed. When a reporter asks 'Is this on the record?', they are asking whether the source's words can be attributed and published.
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第 9 章at a moment's noticeZodiac Calls the TV Talk Show
第 10 章crack the codeBelli Tries to Catch the Zodiac
第 11 章What's your angle?Graysmith Cracks the Zodiac Cipher
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第 13 章come out of the woodworkGraysmith Finds the Zodiac's Source
第 14 章in my gutGraysmith Talks Zodiac on a Date
第 15 章beat the bushesRiverside Investigators Compare Notes
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第 18 章greener pasturesPolice Question Leigh Allen's Mother
第 19 章home turfPolice Build a Case Against Allen
第 20 章tore out of herePolice Search Allen's Trailer
第 21 章holding the bagBill Transfers Out of the Chronicle
第 22 章fade into a footnoteGraysmith Pitches a Zodiac Book
第 23 章yesterday's newsGraysmith Talks His Way In
第 24 章more than just a coincidenceGraysmith Follows the Birthday Clue
第 25 章tread lightlyGraysmith Chases Rick Marshall
第 26 章blow overThe Letter That Framed Toschi
第 27 章put yourself out thereGraysmith Chases the Case at Home
第 28 章get it in your headGraysmith Meets the Theater Owner
第 29 章the date that didn't endLinda Recalls the Painting Party
第 30 章cancel each other outRobert Confronts Dave About Allen第 7 / 30 章 · 残り約 116 分