Chapter 7 of 28 · 2'53"
Kitty And Empty Space 酒杯是空的IMDb ↗
有人用酒杯解释世界是空的
Oppenheimer · 2023
CEFR B2IELTS 6.0Kitchen雅思
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Everything you need before watchingAfter the party, Oppenheimer leads Kitty into the Tolmans' kitchen, where he keeps the liquor. She is married, a biologist who jokes she graduated to housewife, and she asks him to explain quantum mechanics. He uses the glass, the drink, their bodies: mostly empty space, bound just tightly enough that matter feels solid. Then she tells him about Joe Dallet, Spain, and a death she calls nothing. Watch a physics lesson that is also a pass, then a confession that refuses to romanticize war.
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J. Robert Oppenheimerphysicist
基
Kittybiologist
露
Ruthiehostess
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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00:02
Oop!
哎哟！
00:03
This way. This is where I keep the good stuff.
这边。好东西我藏这儿。
00:05
Well, I thought this was the Tolmans' house.
我还以为这是托尔曼家呢。
00:07
I live with them while I'm at Caltech.
我在加州理工的时候住他们家。
00:09
Do you two need anything?
你们俩还要什么吗？
00:10
We're good , Ruthie.
我们挺好的，露丝。
00:13
So, you're a biologist.
所以，你是生物学家。
00:16
Well, somehow I have graduated to housewife.
不知怎么的，我已经「毕业」成家庭主妇了。
00:19
Can you explain quantum mechanics to me ?
你能给我讲讲量子力学吗？
00:22
Seems baffling.
听着挺让人糊涂的。
00:23
Yes, it is.
是啊，确实。
00:26
Well, this glass,
嗯，这只杯子，
00:29
this drink,
这杯酒，
00:30
this countertop,
这台面，
00:33
uh, our bodies...
呃，我们的身体……
00:36
all of it.
全都是。
00:38
It's mostly empty space .
几乎全是空的。
00:41
Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together .
一小簇一小簇的能量波绑在一起。
00:43
By what?
靠什么？
00:45
Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us
引力强到能让我们相信
00:49
that matter is solid .
物质是实心的。
00:51
Stop my body passing through yours.
拦住我的身体，不让它穿过你的。
01:06
You're married to Dr. Harrison.
你嫁给了哈里森博士。
01:07
Not very.
不太算。
01:11
There is someone that I feel ...
有一个人，我感觉……
01:15
Does she feel the same way ?
她也这么想吗？
01:16
Sometimes. Not enough.
有时候。不够。
01:21
You know, I'm going to New Mexico.
对了，我要去新墨西哥。
01:24
To my ranch, with friends.
去我的牧场，跟朋友一起。
01:26
You should come.
你该来。
01:28
I meant with your husband.
我是说，跟你丈夫一起。
01:30
Yes, you did.
是啊，你是这个意思。
01:32
'Cause you know it won't make a bit of difference .
因为你知道，那根本不会有任何分别。
01:39
Why did you marry him?
你为什么嫁给他？
01:40
I was lost and he was kind.
我迷失了，而他很温柔。
01:46
Lost?
迷失？
01:47
Well, my previous husband had died, and...
我上一任丈夫死了，而且……
01:50
at 28, I wasn't really ready to be a widow.
二十八岁，我还没准备好当寡妇。
01:53
-Who was your first husband? -Nobody.
-你第一任丈夫是谁？-无名之辈。
01:55
But my second husband was Joe Dallet.
但我第二任丈夫是乔·达利特。
01:57
He was, um, from money , like me, but...
他，呃，出身有钱人家，跟我一样，可是……
02:00
he was a union organizer in Youngstown, Ohio.
他在俄亥俄州扬斯敦做工会组织者。
02:03
Fell hard .
爱得很深。
02:05
How hard?
有多深？
02:06
Hard enough to spend the next four years
深到接下来四年
02:08
living off beans and pancakes,
靠豆子和煎饼过日子，
02:09
handing out the Daily Worker at factory gates.
在厂门口发《每日工人报》。
02:12
By 36, I just told Joe I couldn't take it anymore.
到了三十六岁，我跟乔说我受不了了。
02:14
Quit the Party and a year later,
退了党，一年以后，
02:17
I wanted him back , so... Him, not the Daily Worker.
我想让他回来，所以……要的是他，不是《每日工人报》。
02:20
And he said, " Swell , I'll meet you on my way to Spain."
他说：「好啊，我去西班牙路上跟你会合。」
02:22
He went to fight for the Loyalists?
他去帮共和派打仗了？
02:23
And then he went to the brigades and I waited.
然后他进了国际纵队，我就等着。
02:26
And...
然后……
02:28
Joe got himself killed
乔把自己送死了
02:29
first time he popped his head out of the trench.
头一回从战壕里探出头。
02:33
Ideology got Joe killed. For nothing .
意识形态害死了乔。毫无意义。
02:36
Spanish Republic isn't nothing.
西班牙共和国可不是毫无意义。
02:37
My husband offered both our futures
我丈夫把我们俩的未来都赔上去了
02:39
to stop one fascist bullet
就为挡住一颗法西斯子弹
02:40
from embedding itself in a mudbank .
不让它嵌进泥岸里。
02:43
That's the definition of nothing.
这才叫毫无意义。
02:45
Seems a little reductive.
好像有点简单化了。
02:47
Pragmatic.
务实。
02:49
Now here I am.
可我人在这儿。
02:53
Wherever the hell this is.
管这儿到底他妈是哪儿。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:07
live with someone
live with someone
跟某人同住
I live with them while I'm at Caltech.
我在加州理工的时候住他们家。
CollocationA2↩ 00:10
be good
be good
我们挺好、不用了
这里 We're good=不用再添什么
We're good , Ruthie.
我们挺好的，露丝。
Pronunciation↩ 00:10
We're good
We're 弱成 /wər/，good 才是实词。
We're good , Ruthie.
我们挺好的，露丝。
CollocationB2↩ 00:16
graduate to something
graduate to something
「升级」到某身份
这里是反话：降级成家庭主妇
Well, somehow I have graduated to housewife.
不知怎么的，我已经「毕业」成家庭主妇了。
CollocationA2↩ 00:19
explain something to someone
explain something to someone
把某事解释给某人听
Can you explain quantum mechanics to me ?
你能给我讲讲量子力学吗？
CollocationA2↩ 00:38
empty space
empty space
空的空间、空无
It's mostly empty space .
几乎全是空的。
Pronunciation↩ 00:38
mostly empty space
empty 和 space 都重，mostly 稍轻。
It's mostly empty space .
几乎全是空的。
CollocationB1↩ 00:41
bound together
bound together
绑在一起、束缚成团
Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together .
一小簇一小簇的能量波绑在一起。
Pronunciation↩ 00:41
bound together
together 里的 tt 可弹成 /d/。
Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together .
一小簇一小簇的能量波绑在一起。
CollocationB1↩ 00:45
strong enough to do something
strong enough to do something
强到足以去做某事
Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us
引力强到能让我们相信
GrammarB1↩ 00:45
strong enough to convince us
enough to结构：形容词 + enough to + 动词：强到足以让我们相信。
Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us
引力强到能让我们相信
Pronunciation↩ 00:45
enough to convince
enough to 连成 /ɪnʌftə/。
Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us
引力强到能让我们相信
GrammarB1↩ 00:49
that matter is solid
宾语从句：convince us that + 句子：that 引出被说服的内容。
that matter is solid .
物质是实心的。
CollocationA2↩ 01:06
be married to someone
be married to someone
嫁给/娶了某人
You're married to Dr. Harrison.
你嫁给了哈里森博士。
GrammarA2↩ 01:11
someone that I feel
定语从句：someone that I feel：that 指人，后面本该接 about，他没说完。
There is someone that I feel ...
有一个人，我感觉……
CollocationA2↩ 01:15
feel the same way
feel the same way
也有同样的感觉
Does she feel the same way ?
她也这么想吗？
CollocationB1↩ 01:32
make a difference
make a difference
会有任何分别、起作用
'Cause you know it won't make a bit of difference .
因为你知道，那根本不会有任何分别。
CollocationB1↩ 01:57
be from money
be from money
出身有钱人家
He was, um, from money , like me, but...
他，呃，出身有钱人家，跟我一样，可是……
SlangB1↩ 01:57
from money
出身有钱人家——口语说家世，书面改 wealthy background
He was, um, from money , like me, but...
他，呃，出身有钱人家，跟我一样，可是……
CollocationB1↩ 02:03
fall hard
fall hard
爱得很深、迅速陷进去
Fell hard .
爱得很深。
GrammarB1↩ 02:06
Hard enough to spend the next four years
enough to结果：Hard enough to + 动词：深到接下来四年都在做某事。
Hard enough to spend the next four years
深到接下来四年
CollocationB1↩ 02:08
live off something
live off something
靠某物过日子
living off beans and pancakes,
靠豆子和煎饼过日子，
CollocationA2↩ 02:09
hand something out
hand something out
分发、往外发
handing out the Daily Worker at factory gates.
在厂门口发《每日工人报》。
CollocationA2↩ 02:17
want someone back
want someone back
想让某人回来
I wanted him back , so... Him, not the Daily Worker.
我想让他回来，所以……要的是他，不是《每日工人报》。
CollocationA2↩ 02:20
on one's way to
on one's way to
去某地的路上
And he said, " Swell , I'll meet you on my way to Spain."
他说：「好啊，我去西班牙路上跟你会合。」
SlangB1↩ 02:20
Swell
太好了、行啊——上世纪口语，今天听着复古
And he said, " Swell , I'll meet you on my way to Spain."
他说：「好啊，我去西班牙路上跟你会合。」
CollocationB2↩ 02:28
get oneself killed
get oneself killed
把自己作死、送死
Joe got himself killed
乔把自己送死了
CollocationB1↩ 02:29
pop one's head out
pop one's head out
探出头来
first time he popped his head out of the trench.
头一回从战壕里探出头。
GrammarB1↩ 02:29
first time he popped his head out
省略关系词：the first time (that) he...：time 后常省 that。
first time he popped his head out of the trench.
头一回从战壕里探出头。
Pronunciation↩ 02:29
popped his head
popped his 常吞成 popptiz。
first time he popped his head out of the trench.
头一回从战壕里探出头。
CollocationA2↩ 02:33
for nothing
for nothing
毫无意义、白费了
Ideology got Joe killed. For nothing .
意识形态害死了乔。毫无意义。
GrammarB2↩ 02:40
from embedding itself in a mudbank
stop from结构：stop X from doing：拦住子弹，不让它嵌进泥岸。
from embedding itself in a mudbank .
不让它嵌进泥岸里。
CollocationB1↩ 02:43
the definition of something
the definition of something
某事的定义、这才叫
That's the definition of nothing.
这才叫毫无意义。
Pronunciation↩ 02:53
the hell this
hell 最重，the 轻轻带过。
Wherever the hell this is.
管这儿到底他妈是哪儿。
SlangB1↩ 02:53
the hell
到底他妈的——加强烦躁，正式场合删掉
Wherever the hell this is.
管这儿到底他妈是哪儿。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IronyB2↩ 00:16
graduated to housewife
反话：降级成主妇
In the scene基蒂本是生物学家，用毕业反讽自己掉进家庭主妇。
After the layoff I graduated to unpaid intern in my own kitchen.裁员之后，我「毕业」成了自家厨房的无薪实习生。
In daily life
吐槽降职They promoted him to copying files all day.他们把他「升」成整天复印文件。
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SwearingB1↩ 02:53
the hell
到底他妈是哪儿
In the scene基蒂讲完丧夫，骂自己人在一个说不清的地方。
Where the hell did I park?我到底把车停哪儿了？
In daily life
找不到路How the hell do we get back to the station?咱们到底怎么回车站？
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IdiomB1↩ 02:03
fall hard
爱得很深、陷进去
In the scene基蒂说自己为乔抛掉体面，穷过四年。
She met him in March and fell hard by April.她三月遇见他，四月就陷进去了。
In daily life
朋友八卦Don't tease him. He fell hard, and it shows.别拿他开玩笑。他陷得很深，脸上写着。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 02:08
live off
靠某物过日子
In the scene基蒂为乔过穷日子，三餐只剩豆子和煎饼。
In grad school we lived off instant noodles.读研时我们靠方便面过日子。
In daily life
省钱旅行We lived off street food for two weeks.我们靠街头小吃过了两周。
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CollocationB1↩ 01:32
make a bit of difference
会有任何分别
In the scene基蒂拆穿邀请：带不带丈夫，结果都一样。
Apologizing now won't make a bit of difference.现在道歉根本不会有任何分别。
In daily life
劝别纠结Switching seats won't make a bit of difference. The film is the film.换座位根本不会有分别。片子就是片子。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 02:45
reductive
简单化、削得太薄
In the scene奥本海默嫌她把共和国事业说成毫无意义。
Calling the whole project a hobby is a little reductive.把整个项目叫成爱好，有点简单化了。
In daily life
会议反驳That's reductive. We had three constraints, not one.这太简单化了。我们有三个限制，不是一个。
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SlangB1↩ 02:20
swell
太好了、行啊
In the scene乔答应复合，随口说去西班牙路上会合。
You can crash on the couch? Swell. I'll bring breakfast.你能在沙发凑合一晚？太好了。早饭我带。
In daily life
答应邀约Friday works? Swell. See you at seven.周五行？太好了。七点见。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“It's mostly empty space.”
几乎全是空的。
Why it's great
四个词把量子和调情叠在一起，空既是物理也是邀请。
Pattern
It's mostly + 名词。
When to use
要把庞然大物说成「其实没什么」时。
Similar
It's mostly air. ／ There's almost nothing there.
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literary
Shadowing tip
mostly 稍拉，empty space 两拍砸实。
Use it yourself
拆穿虚张That org chart looks huge. It's mostly titles.那张组织图看着很大。几乎全是头衔。
“Ideology got Joe killed. For nothing.”
意识形态害死了乔。毫无意义。
Why it's great
先定罪名，再两词把牺牲砍成零。
Pattern
X got someone killed. For nothing.
When to use
要否定「为理想而死」的浪漫时。
Similar
The cause got him killed. For nothing. ／ He died for an idea that paid nothing back.
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informal
Shadowing tip
killed 顿住，For nothing 往下砸。
Use it yourself
否定牺牲The overtime got her sick. For nothing.加班把她累病了。毫无意义。
“I was lost and he was kind.”
我迷失了，而他很温柔。
Why it's great
两个短句对仗，把将就的婚姻说成因果。
Pattern
I was A and he was B.
When to use
解释自己为何走进一段关系时。
Similar
I was adrift and he was steady. ／ I needed landing, and he offered it.
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literary
Shadowing tip
lost 下沉，kind 轻轻收住。
Use it yourself
解释选择I was broke and she was patient.我当时没钱，而她很有耐心。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 酒杯讲量子
Well, this glass, this drink, this countertop, uh, our bodies... all of it. It's mostly empty space. Groupings of tiny energy waves bound together. By what? Forces of attraction strong enough to convince us that matter is solid. Stop my body passing through yours.
嗯，这只杯子， 这杯酒， 这台面， 呃，我们的身体…… 全都是。 几乎全是空的。 一小簇一小簇的能量波绑在一起。 靠什么？ 引力强到能让我们相信 物质是实心的。 拦住我的身体，不让它穿过你的。
从杯子讲到身体，科学比喻收成一次靠近。
❝ 基蒂讲亡夫
But my second husband was Joe Dallet. He was, um, from money, like me, but... he was a union organizer in Youngstown, Ohio. Fell hard. How hard? Hard enough to spend the next four years living off beans and pancakes, handing out the Daily Worker at factory gates. Quit the Party and a year later, I wanted him back, so... Him, not the Daily Worker. And he said, "Swell, I'll meet you on my way to Spain." He went to fight for the Loyalists? And then he went to the brigades and I waited. And... Joe got himself killed first time he popped his head out of the trench. Ideology got Joe killed. For nothing. Spanish Republic isn't nothing. My husband offered both our futures to stop one fascist bullet from embedding itself in a mudbank. That's the definition of nothing.
但我第二任丈夫是乔·达利特。 他，呃，出身有钱人家，跟我一样，可是…… 他在俄亥俄州扬斯敦做工会组织者。 爱得很深。 有多深？ 深到接下来四年 靠豆子和煎饼过日子， 在厂门口发《每日工人报》。 退了党，一年以后， 我想让他回来，所以……要的是他，不是《每日工人报》。 他说：「好啊，我去西班牙路上跟你会合。」 他去帮共和派打仗了？ 然后他进了国际纵队，我就等着。 然后…… 乔把自己送死了 头一回从战壕里探出头。 意识形态害死了乔。毫无意义。 西班牙共和国可不是毫无意义。 我丈夫把我们俩的未来都赔上去了 就为挡住一颗法西斯子弹 不让它嵌进泥岸里。 这才叫毫无意义。
从坠入爱河讲到战壕探头，把理想砍成泥。