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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 12 / 30 章 · 5'05" · B2

Kathleen Johns Escapes the Zodiac, Explained：the more the merrier

A stranded mother with a baby accepts a ride, and the driver is friendly until he calmly threatens her — "Before I kill you, I'm gonna throw your baby out the window." She jumps from the moving car to survive, and the cruelty lingers in a later letter that lists her as a target.

あらすじ

A woman with an infant flags down a car at night and is offered a lift. The driver seems helpful, even welcoming, until he suddenly threatens to kill her and throw her baby from the window. She escapes by jumping from the car, and the episode returns later as a name on the killer's own list.

Crime scenesThreatsThreateningConfessingStrangersB2fastamericanClean
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注目の表現

the more the merrierdone with themcheer someone upgive someone a lift

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このシーンの表現

the more the merrier

the more people, the better

对方看到车里多了个婴儿有点犹豫，开车的人用这句话欢迎她们一起上车。

Bring your friends along; the more the merrier.

このシーンの他の表現

  • done with them

    finished with someone, in a lethal sense

  • cheer someone up

    to make someone feel happier

  • give someone a lift

    to give someone a ride in your car

このシーンのメモ一覧

51 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · A2have a good nightNo problem. Have a good night.
表現 · A1are you okayAre you okay?
表現 · B1worse than someone thoughtMust have been worse than I thought.
文法 · B2Must have been worse than I thought

must have done for deduction

Must have been worse than I thought.
表現 · B1give someone a lift

to give someone a ride in your car

I can give you a lift to a service station.
文法 · B1can give you a lift to a service station

can for offering help

I can give you a lift to a service station.
発音give you a lift

weak form

I can give you a lift to a service station.
表現 · B2the more the merrier

the more people, the better

The more the merrier.
発音The more the merrier

liaison

The more the merrier.
表現 · A2a bad habitYou shouldn't smoke. It's a bad habit.
表現 · B2go around doing somethingDo you always go around helping people in the night?
表現 · B2be done with someone

finished with someone, in a lethal sense

When I'm done with them, they don't need much help.
文法 · B1gonna throw your baby out the window

gonna for immediate future

I'm gonna throw your baby out the window.
表現 · B2flag someone downShe was on the side of the road. She flagged me down.
発音flagged me down

flap

She was on the side of the road. She flagged me down.
表現 · B1jump from something-What happened to her? -She said she jumped from a car.
表現 · B2in case someone does something-You hid it? -In case he came back.
文法 · B2have you cracked the last cipher I sent you

present perfect question

"By the way, have you cracked the last cipher I sent you?
表現 · B2money on someone's head"I'm mildly curious as to how much money you have on my head now.
表現 · B2wipe someone out"I hope you do not think I was the one who wiped out that blue meanie
スラング · C1blue meanie"I hope you do not think I was the one who wiped out that blue meanie
表現 · B1cheer someone up

to make someone feel happier

"It would cheer me up considerably "if I saw a lot of people wearing my button.
表現 · B2coupled with something"The map coupled with this code will tell you where the bomb is set.
表現 · B2dig something up"You have until next fall to dig it up."
文法 · B2have until next fall to dig it up

until for a deadline

"You have until next fall to dig it up."
発音dig it up

liaison

"You have until next fall to dig it up."
表現 · B1start with someone"So, I now have a little list, starting with the woman and her baby "that I gave a rather interesting ride
表現 · B2hold backThe new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
文法 · B1want us to hold back and see how he reacts

want someone to do

The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
スラング · B2brothers in blueThe new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
表現 · B1the first mention of somethingFour letters in three months, and this is the first mention of Kathleen Johns. That's very weird.

「Kathleen Johns Escapes the Zodiac」を読み解く

What's really going on

The horror here comes from politeness turning into menace without a pause. The driver jokes that "the more the merrier," then answers a question about why he helps people at night with the quietly awful "when I'm done with them, they don't need much help." Nothing about his manner changes, which is exactly what makes the threat land. The scene also shows the survivor's quick thinking: she hides her baby and later tells the police only part of the story, keeping the child out of reach. Her terror is not just the attack but the calm, and the letters that come afterward confirm her fear, repeating her as a name on a list.

Theme

SurvivalThe woman survives only by jumping from a moving car and hiding her baby from the driver.
DeceptionA friendly offer of a ride turns into a trap, and the killer's tone stays calm throughout.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Treat we're fine as possible shutdown
  • Use give a lift for a ride
  • Split merrier as welcome vs threat
  • Catch blue meanie as cartoon and cop

発音のポイント

  • give you a lift — weak form
  • The more the merrier — liaison
  • flagged me down — flap
  • dig it up — liaison
When I'm done with them, they don't need much help.

A chilling understatement: the driver admits the people he 'helps' are dead by the time he finishes with them.

Do you always go around helping people in the night?

A seemingly casual question that invites the driver to describe the pattern of his night-time attacks.

"You have until next fall to dig it up."

From a letter: the writer sets a deadline for the paper to dig up the bomb he claims to have planted.

"I'm mildly curious as to how much money you have on my head now.

From a letter: the writer asks, with mock politeness, what reward the police are offering for his capture.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the driver threaten the woman and her baby?

The friendly help was a trap. He has driven her to a remote spot, and the threat about throwing the baby out the window is meant to control her before the attack.

How does the woman survive?

She jumps from the moving car with her baby and reaches help. Later she hides the baby so the attacker cannot find the child if he returns.

Why does she tell the police she had no baby?

She had hidden the infant out of fear the man would come back, so at first she gives only a partial account, which is why the officers are puzzled.

How does this attack appear in the Zodiac letters?

A later letter lists the woman and her baby as targets and claims the driver burned her car, tying the roadside ambush directly to the writer.

ゾディアック · 全 30 章

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