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Oppenheimer · 2023
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5Office雅思Negotiation
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Everything you need before watchingColonel Groves walks into Oppenheimer's office with a file full of reasons not to hire him: womanizer, suspected Communist, theatrical, egotistical. He reads the defects aloud, then asks how America can beat Germany to a bomb. Oppenheimer answers like a man already running the room: he could not manage a hamburger stand, but he can run the Manhattan Project. Watch a job offer dressed as an interrogation.
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J. Robert Oppenheimertheoretical physicist
格
Leslie GrovesArmy colonel
尼
Nicholslieutenant colonel
Chapters
28 parts · AI-cut01Bohr Sends Him Away玻尔劝他离开实验室，去能想问题的地方C11'56"02Strauss Recruits Him有人拿房子通勤当挖角筹码B23'02"03Rabi On The Train火车上有人挖苦：美国人凭什么来讲新物理B21'39"04First Quantum Seminar第一堂课就把光既是粒子又是波讲成入门C12'08"05Party Politics Debate入党是关心这个世界B22'38"06Naming Los Alamos一生理想落在荒原尽头B21'45"07Kitty And Empty Space有人用酒杯解释世界是空的B22'53"08Lawrence Shuts The Union劳伦斯说你重要，所以电话早就被监听了C11'47"09Groves Offers The Job将军当众念完缺点清单，接着把计划交给他C13'42"10Einstein On Atmosphere点燃大气的概率近乎零，却拿整个世界当赌注C11'53"11Chevalier Approaches厨房里有人转述：资料可以走后门给苏联C11'32"12Teller Pitches Fusion特勒打断裂变课，说下一堂该讲百万吨级氢弹C11'55"13Condon Walks Out芝加哥堆刚临界，康登当场辞职说受不了规矩B22'21"14Last Night With Jean过夜之后他告诉琼，从此不能再见面B23'21"15Cock-And-Bull Story安全官追问时，他编假故事把朋友护下来C14'03"16Bohr On The Aftermath玻尔说即将揭开的力量会活过纳粹，那是新世界C12'35"17GAC Rejects The Super更大的炸弹只瞄准最大的城市，会上有人叫它屠杀C11'52"18Target Committee Meeting轰炸城市能少死人C13'33"19Trinity Weather Hold点火时刻押在黎明雨停C13'01"20Truman Oval Office他在白宫说手上有血，总统骂广岛不是他的戏B23'26"21Fuchs And The World生日会上听说富克斯一直在为苏联做间谍C11'31"22Moment Of The Explosion侥幸活着仍会死C11'54"23Power In The Shadows斯特劳斯把材料交给博登，权力留在阴影里C12'38"24Rabi Asks For Mermaids拉比反问：原子弹氢弹都有了，还要美人鱼吗C12'19"25Borden Reads The Letter博登当庭宣读：奥本海默更可能是苏联代理人C12'14"26Hill Names The Motive整人不过公报私仇C12'34"27Kitty On The Stand基蒂当场顶回去：我不喜欢你这种问法C12'36"28Did You Support The Bomb律师当庭问他后不后悔投弹，他只说做了本职C13'00"
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00:00
I thought you might know.
我以为你会知道。
00:02
Dr. Oppenheimer.
奥本海默博士。
00:04
I'm Colonel Groves.
我是格罗夫斯上校。
00:06
This is Lieutenant Colonel Nichols.
这位是尼科尔斯中校。
00:08
Have that dry-cleaned.
拿去干洗。
00:16
Well, if that's how you treat Lieutenant Colonel,
哟，中校你都这么使唤，
00:18
I'd hate to see how you treat a humble physicist .
真不敢想你怎么对待一个谦卑的物理学家。
00:21
Ah, if I ever meet one, I'll let you know.
啊，要是我真碰上一个，会告诉你的。
00:23
Ouch.
哎哟。
00:25
Theaters of combat all over the world,
全世界都在打仗，
00:26
but I have to stay in Washington.
我却得留在华盛顿。
00:28
-Why? -I built the Pentagon.
-为什么？-我盖了五角大楼。
00:31
The brass likes it so much they made me take over
上头太喜欢了，又让我接手
00:34
the Manhattan Engineer District.
曼哈顿工程区。
00:36
Which is?
那是什么？
00:37
Oh, don't be a smart ass . You know damn well what it is.
哦，别装傻。你心里清楚得很那是什么。
00:40
You and half of every physics department
你，再加上全国一半物理系
00:42
across the country. That's problem number one.
都知道。这才是头号问题。
00:45
I thought problem number one would be
我还以为头号问题会是
00:47
securing enough uranium ore.
弄到足够的铀矿。
00:48
1,200 tons bought the day I took charge.
我接手那天就买了一千二百吨。
00:51
Processing?
加工呢？
00:52
Just broke ground at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
田纳西橡树岭刚破土。
00:55
Now I'm looking for a project director.
现在我在找项目主任。
00:57
And my name came up ?
所以提到了我的名字？
00:59
Nope .
没有。
01:01
Even though you brought quantum physics to America.
哪怕是你把量子物理带进了美国。
01:04
Which made me curious.
这倒让我起了好奇心。
01:05
What have you found out ?
那你查到了什么？
01:08
You're a dilettante, a womanizer,
你是个半吊子，拈花惹草，
01:10
a suspected Communist...
一个嫌疑共产党……
01:12
I'm a New Deal Democrat.
我是新政民主党人。
01:13
I said "suspected."
我说的是「嫌疑」。
01:15
Unstable, theatrical, egotistical, neurotic...
不稳定，爱演戏，自负，神经质……
01:19
Nothing good, no?
没一句好话，是吧？
01:20
Not even "he's brilliant, but..."
连一句「他很聪明，只不过……」都没有？
01:22
Well, brilliance is taken for granted
哦，聪明在你们那圈里是理所当然的，
01:24
in your circle, so no.
所以没有。
01:26
No, the only person who had anything good to say
没有，唯一肯说好话的
01:27
was Richard Tolman.
是理查德·托尔曼。
01:29
Tolman thinks you have integrity,
托尔曼觉得你有操守，
01:31
but he also strikes me as a guy
可他在我看来也像那种
01:33
who knows more about science than people.
懂科学远胜过懂人的家伙。
01:36
Yet here you are. You don't take much on trust.
可你还是来了。你不怎么凭信任办事。
01:40
I don't take anything on trust .
我什么都不凭信任接受。
01:45
Why don't you have a Nobel Prize?
你为什么没有诺贝尔奖？
01:47
Why aren't you a general?
你为什么还不是将军？
01:48
They're making me one for this.
为了这个，他们要授我军衔。
01:49
Perhaps I'll have the same luck.
也许我也能碰上同样的好运。
01:51
A Nobel Prize for making a bomb?
造炸弹还能拿诺贝尔奖？
01:52
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔发明的是炸药。
01:57
So how would you proceed?
那你打算怎么推进？
02:00
You're talking about turning theory
你是说要把理论
02:03
into a practical weapons system
变成一套能用的武器系统，
02:05
faster than the Nazis.
还得比纳粹更快。
02:07
Who have a 12-month head start.
他们已经领先十二个月。
02:08
Eighteen.
十八个月。
02:09
How could you possibly know that?
你怎么可能知道？
02:11
Our fast neutron research took six months.
我们的快中子研究花了六个月。
02:13
The man they've undoubtedly put in charge
他们肯定已经派上去管事的那个人
02:14
will have made that leap instantly.
会瞬间跨过这一步。
02:16
Who do you think they put in charge ?
你觉得他们派了谁去管？
02:17
Werner Heisenberg.
维尔纳·海森堡。
02:18
He has the most intuitive understanding
他对原子结构的直觉理解
02:21
of atomic structure I have ever seen.
是我见过最强的。
02:23
-You know his work? -I know him.
-你了解他的研究？-我了解他本人。
02:24
Just like I know Walther Bothe, von Weizsäcker, Diebner.
就像我了解瓦尔特·博特、冯·魏茨泽克、迪布纳。
02:26
In a straight race , the Germans win.
硬碰硬比速度，德国人会赢。
02:29
-We've got one hope. -Which is?
-咱们只有一个希望。-什么希望？
02:32
Anti-Semitism.
反犹。
02:35
What?
什么？
02:36
Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science."
希特勒把量子物理叫作「犹太科学」。
02:39
Said it right to Einstein's face .
当着爱因斯坦的面说的。
02:40
Our one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate
咱们唯一的希望是希特勒被仇恨蒙得……太瞎，
02:44
that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources ,
不肯给海森堡应有的资源，
02:46
because it'll take vast resources.
因为这事要砸进去海量资源。
02:48
Our nation's best scientists working together.
全国最优秀的科学家得一起干。
02:49
Right now, they're scattered.
眼下他们散落各处。
02:51
Which gives us compartmentalization.
这才方便我们搞分舱隔离。
02:53
All minds have to see the whole task
所有人必须看见整项任务，
02:54
to contribute efficiently.
才能高效出力。
02:56
Poor security may cost us the race .
安保不严可能会让咱们输掉这场竞赛。
02:58
Inefficiency will.
效率低下才会。
03:00
The Germans know more than us anyway.
德国人反正也比我们懂得多。
03:02
The Russians don't.
俄国人可不是。
03:04
Remind me, who are we at war with ?
提醒我一下，咱们在跟谁打仗？
03:08
Somebody with your past doesn't want to be seen
有你这种履历的人，可不想被看见
03:10
downplaying the importance
在淡化
03:12
of security from our Communist allies.
对共产党盟友的保密。
03:15
Point taken . But, no.
这点我认。但是，不行。
03:18
You don't get to say "no" to me.
你没资格对我说「不」。
03:20
It's my job to say "no" to you when you're wrong .
你错了，对你说「不」就是我的工作。
03:22
So you have the job now?
所以这职位现在是你的了？
03:24
Uh, I'm considering it.
呃，我还在考虑。
03:29
I'm starting to see where you got your reputation.
我开始明白你那名声是怎么来的了。
03:33
My favorite response,
我最喜欢的一句评价，
03:35
"Oppenheimer couldn't run a hamburger stand."
「奥本海默连个汉堡摊都管不好。」
03:39
I couldn't.
我确实管不好。
03:42
But I can run the Manhattan Project.
但我能管曼哈顿计划。
03:45
There's a way to balance these things.
这些事是可以平衡的。
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationB1↩ 00:18
hate to see something
hate to see something
不想看到某种场面（常带挖苦）
I'd hate to see how you treat a humble physicist .
真不敢想你怎么对待一个谦卑的物理学家。
GrammarB1↩ 00:18
how you treat a humble physicist
how宾语从句：see 后面接 how 从句，作宾语：不想看到你怎么对待。
I'd hate to see how you treat a humble physicist .
真不敢想你怎么对待一个谦卑的物理学家。
Pronunciation↩ 00:18
I'd hate to
I'd 缩成 /aɪd/，hate 才是重音。
I'd hate to see how you treat a humble physicist .
真不敢想你怎么对待一个谦卑的物理学家。
CollocationB1↩ 00:31
take over something
take over something
接手、接管
The brass likes it so much they made me take over
上头太喜欢了，又让我接手
GrammarB1↩ 00:31
so much they made me take over
so…that结果：so much 后省略 that，表示喜欢到让他接手下一摊。
The brass likes it so much they made me take over
上头太喜欢了，又让我接手
SlangB2↩ 00:31
The brass
军部高层、上头——军中行话，书面写 commanders
The brass likes it so much they made me take over
上头太喜欢了，又让我接手
CollocationB2↩ 00:37
know something damn well
know something damn well
心里清楚得很
Oh, don't be a smart ass . You know damn well what it is.
哦，别装傻。你心里清楚得很那是什么。
Pronunciation↩ 00:37
know damn well
damn well 两词同重，把「你明明知道」钉死。
Oh, don't be a smart ass . You know damn well what it is.
哦，别装傻。你心里清楚得很那是什么。
SlangB2↩ 00:37
smart ass
耍小聪明的人——骂嘴欠，正式听证别用
Oh, don't be a smart ass . You know damn well what it is.
哦，别装傻。你心里清楚得很那是什么。
SlangB2↩ 00:37
damn well
明明、清楚得很——加强语气的脏话，课堂禁用
Oh, don't be a smart ass . You know damn well what it is.
哦，别装傻。你心里清楚得很那是什么。
CollocationB1↩ 00:52
break ground
break ground
破土动工
Just broke ground at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
田纳西橡树岭刚破土。
Pronunciation↩ 00:52
broke ground at
broke ground 两个实词都重，像砸镐。
Just broke ground at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
田纳西橡树岭刚破土。
CollocationB1↩ 00:57
someone's name came up
someone's name came up
名字被提起、进入候选
And my name came up ?
所以提到了我的名字？
SlangA2↩ 00:59
Nope
不、才没有——口语回绝，听证里显得很冲
Nope .
没有。
CollocationA2↩ 01:05
find something out
find something out
打听出、查明
What have you found out ?
那你查到了什么？
CollocationB2↩ 01:22
take something for granted
take something for granted
被认为理所当然
Well, brilliance is taken for granted
哦，聪明在你们那圈里是理所当然的，
Pronunciation↩ 01:22
taken for granted
for 弱成 /fər/，granted 咬清。
Well, brilliance is taken for granted
哦，聪明在你们那圈里是理所当然的，
GrammarB1↩ 01:26
who had anything good to say
定语从句：who 修饰 the only person，说明唯一肯说好话的人。
No, the only person who had anything good to say
没有，唯一肯说好话的
CollocationB2↩ 01:31
strike someone as
strike someone as
给人留下某种印象
but he also strikes me as a guy
可他在我看来也像那种
CollocationB2↩ 01:40
take something on trust
take something on trust
凭信任就接受
I don't take anything on trust .
我什么都不凭信任接受。
Pronunciation↩ 01:40
don't take anything
don't 的 t 常丢掉，听成 don-take。
I don't take anything on trust .
我什么都不凭信任接受。
CollocationA2↩ 02:00
talking about something
talking about something
咱们说的是……
You're talking about turning theory
你是说要把理论
CollocationB1↩ 02:13
put someone in charge
put someone in charge
让某人负责
The man they've undoubtedly put in charge
他们肯定已经派上去管事的那个人
CollocationB2↩ 02:26
in a straight race
in a straight race
硬碰硬比速度、公平对决
In a straight race , the Germans win.
硬碰硬比速度，德国人会赢。
CollocationB1↩ 02:39
say something to someone's face
say something to someone's face
当着某人的面说
Said it right to Einstein's face .
当着爱因斯坦的面说的。
CollocationB2↩ 02:40
blinded by something
blinded by something
被……蒙蔽得看不见
Our one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate
咱们唯一的希望是希特勒被仇恨蒙得……太瞎，
GrammarB2↩ 02:44
denied Heisenberg proper resources
双宾语：deny someone something：拒绝给海森堡应有的资源。
that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources ,
不肯给海森堡应有的资源，
CollocationB1↩ 02:56
cost someone something
cost someone something
让某人输掉/付出代价
Poor security may cost us the race .
安保不严可能会让咱们输掉这场竞赛。
CollocationA2↩ 03:04
at war with someone
at war with someone
在和谁打仗
Remind me, who are we at war with ?
提醒我一下，咱们在跟谁打仗？
GrammarB2↩ 03:08
doesn't want to be seen
被动不定式：want to be seen=不想被看见在做某事，后面接 downplaying。
Somebody with your past doesn't want to be seen
有你这种履历的人，可不想被看见
CollocationB1↩ 03:15
point taken
point taken
这点我认、说得对
Point taken . But, no.
这点我认。但是，不行。
CollocationB1↩ 03:18
get to do something
get to do something
有资格去做某事
这里 don't get to=没资格对我说不
You don't get to say "no" to me.
你没资格对我说「不」。
Pronunciation↩ 03:18
get to say
get to 连成 ge-tə，no 单独砸出来。
You don't get to say "no" to me.
你没资格对我说「不」。
GrammarA2↩ 03:20
when you're wrong
时间状语从句：when 标出说不的条件：你错了才轮到我否决。
It's my job to say "no" to you when you're wrong .
你错了，对你说「不」就是我的工作。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 00:37
smart ass
耍小聪明的人
In the scene格罗夫斯骂奥本海默装傻，曼哈顿计划谁都心知肚明。
Don't be a smart aleck in the briefing. You already saw the numbers.简报里别耍嘴皮。数字你早就看过了。
In daily life
骂装傻Don't play dumb. You know perfectly well why the client left.别装傻。客户为什么走，你心里清楚。
above my level
IronyC1↩ 00:21
if I ever meet one
要是真碰上一个再说
In the scene奥本海默自嘲humble physicist，格罗夫斯回：humble的我还没见过。
A modest founder? If I ever meet one, I'll send a memo.谦虚的创始人？要是真碰上一个，我发备忘录。
In daily life
回敬自夸A quiet genius? If I ever meet one, you'll hear about it.不爱出风头的天才？要是碰上，我会告诉你。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 03:35
run a hamburger stand
连小摊都管不好
In the scene格罗夫斯念别人的评语：他连汉堡摊都经营不了。
They said she couldn't run a lemonade stall. She now runs the whole region.他们说她连柠檬水摊都管不好。她现在管整个大区。
In daily life
翻旧账He couldn't run a corner kiosk, they said. Then he shipped the product.他们说他连街角小店都管不好。后来产品他发出去了。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:40
take on trust
凭信任就接受
In the scene格罗夫斯声明：档案再差，他也不凭印象用人。
I don't take vendor claims on trust. Send the logs.供应商的说法我凭空不信。把日志发来。
In daily life
核预算Don't take the forecast on trust. Check last quarter.别凭感觉信预测。核对上季度。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:22
taken for granted
被认为理所当然
In the scene格罗夫斯说在奥本海默那圈里，聪明根本不值得写进评语。
In that lab, late nights are taken for granted.那个实验室里，熬夜被当成理所当然。
In daily life
吐槽加班Weekends are taken for granted on this team. Nobody asks.这组里周末被当成默认班。没人问一声。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 01:08
dilettante
半吊子、玩票的人
In the scene格罗夫斯当众宣读档案：你是玩票的，还风流。
Call him a dilettante if you want. He still shipped the prototype.你要叫他半吊子也行。样机还是他交出来的。
In daily life
评同事She's no dilettante. She read the whole spec twice.她可不是玩票。整份规格她读了两遍。
auto-pauses
Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:52
break ground
破土动工
In the scene格罗夫斯汇报铀处理厂已在橡树岭开工。
They broke ground on the new lab before the permit hit the papers.批文还没见报，新实验室已经破土了。
In daily life
工地参观We broke ground last Monday. The fence went up overnight.上周一破土。围栏一夜之间立起来了。
above my level
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don't get to say no
你没资格对我说不
In the scene奥本海默否决分舱保密，格罗夫斯立刻收回否决权。
You don't get to veto the budget after signing the plan.计划你都签了，就不能再一票否决预算。
In daily life
划职权You don't get to rewrite the brief the night before the pitch.提案前一晚，你没资格改需求。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I don't take anything on trust.”
我什么都不凭信任接受。
Why it's great
五个词把将军的工作原则钉死，比任何保证都硬。
Pattern
I don't take anything on trust.
When to use
拒绝空口承诺、强调要证据时。
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I don't take anyone's word for it. ／ I need proof, not trust.
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formal
Shadowing tip
anything 稍重，on trust 整块下沉。
Use it yourself
审合同I don't take timelines on trust. Show me the dates.工期我凭空不信。把日期拿出来。
“It's my job to say "no" to you when you're wrong.”
你错了，对你说不就是我的工作。
Why it's great
把顶撞改写成职责，面试当场翻盘。
Pattern
It's my job to say no to you when...
When to use
下属必须否决上级错误时。
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My job is to push back when you're wrong. ／ I'm paid to tell you no.
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formal
Shadowing tip
no 咬清，when you're wrong 加快收。
Use it yourself
顶项目It's my job to say no to a launch when the tests fail.测试没过，对上线说不就是我的工作。
“But I can run the Manhattan Project.”
但我能管曼哈顿计划。
Why it's great
承认管不了小摊，却把最大工程揽下来。
Pattern
But I can run + 大工程.
When to use
承认小处不行、争大处职权时。
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I couldn't run a cafe. I can run this lab. ／ Small shops, no. This project, yes.
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neutral
Shadowing tip
But 后略停，Manhattan Project 四个重音砸下去。
Use it yourself
争主导I can't run the canteen. I can run this rollout.食堂我管不了。这次上线我能管。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 反犹才是唯一希望
Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science." Said it right to Einstein's face. Our one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources, because it'll take vast resources. Our nation's best scientists working together. Right now, they're scattered.
希特勒把量子物理叫作「犹太科学」。 当着爱因斯坦的面说的。 咱们唯一的希望是希特勒被仇恨蒙得……太瞎， 不肯给海森堡应有的资源， 因为这事要砸进去海量资源。 全国最优秀的科学家得一起干。 眼下他们散落各处。
把科学竞赛收成政治判断：恨会让对手缺资源。