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入党是关心这个世界
Oppenheimer · 2023
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Everything you need before watchingAt a Berkeley house party, Oppenheimer is introduced to linguist Haakon Chevalier, then immediately asked whether he has joined the Communist Party. He says no, while admitting he funds causes from Spain to German colleagues fleeing the Nazis. A woman named Jean arrives with drinks and calls him uncommitted. He answers that he is committed to thinking freely, and that he likes a little wiggle room. Watch a room try to recruit a scientist who refuses to pick a dogma.
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J. Robert Oppenheimerphysicist
骑
Haakon Chevalierlinguist
让
Jean Tatlockleft-wing activist
弗
Frank Oppenheimeryounger brother
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
- Gotcha ! - Jesus Christ .
-抓到你了！ -我的老天。
00:03
-Sorry. Hi, brother. -Frank.
-抱歉。嗨，弟弟。 -弗兰克。
00:06
Uh, you remember Jackie.
呃，你还记得杰姬。
00:08
Evening.
晚上好。
00:10
Let's go. Come.
走吧。来。
00:12
Right over there, right over there.
就在那边，就在那边。
00:15
Robert. I want you to meet Chevalier.
罗伯特。我想让你见见骑士。
00:18
Dr. Haakon Chevalier, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer.
哈肯·骑士博士，罗伯特·奥本海默博士。
00:22
-Pleasure. -Pleasure.
-幸会。 -幸会。
00:23
This is my little brother, Frank.
这是我弟弟弗兰克。
00:24
-And this is... -Hello.
-这位是…… -你好。
00:26
-Still Jackie. -Hello, Still Jackie.
-还是杰姬。 -你好，还是杰姬。
00:28
Chevalier, you're in languages?
骑士，你是搞语言的？
00:30
And your reputation precedes you .
而且你声名远播。
00:31
-What have you heard? -Excuse me.
-你都听说了什么？ -失陪。
00:33
That you're teaching a radical new approach to physics
说你在教一种全新的物理路子
00:35
I have no chance of understanding,
我根本没机会听懂，
00:36
but I hadn't heard you're a Party member .
但我还没听说你是党员。
00:38
-Uh, I'm not . -Oh, not yet.
-呃，我不是。 -哦，还没入。
00:40
Frank and I are thinking of joining . Just the other day ,
弗兰克和我正打算加入。就前几天，
00:42
-I was saying... -I support a range of causes .
-我还在说…… -我支持不少事业。
00:44
The Spanish Civil War?
西班牙内战？
00:45
A democratic republic being overthrown
一个民主共和国正被人推翻
00:47
by fascist thugs , who wouldn't?
法西斯暴徒干的，谁会袖手旁观？
00:48
Our government.
我们的政府。
00:50
They think that socialism is a bigger threat than fascism .
他们觉得社会主义比法西斯更危险。
00:52
Not for long.
不会长久的。
00:53
Look at what the Nazis are doing to the Jews.
看看纳粹在对犹太人做什么。
00:55
I send funds to colleagues in Germany to emigrate.
我寄钱给德国同事，帮他们移民。
00:58
I have to do something.
我总得做点什么。
01:00
My own work is so abstract.
我自己的研究太抽象了。
01:03
What are you working on?
你在研究什么？
01:05
What happens to the stars when they die.
恒星死去时会发生什么。
01:07
Do stars die?
恒星也会死？
01:09
Well, if they do,
嗯，如果会，
01:11
they'd cool, then collapse.
它们会冷却，然后坍缩。
01:13
In fact, the bigger the star ,
其实，恒星越大，
01:15
the more violent its demise.
死得就越猛烈。
01:18
The gravity gets so concentrated
引力会集中到那种程度
01:19
it swallows everything.
把一切都吞进去。
01:22
Everything, even light.
一切，连光也算。
01:23
Can that really happen?
这真的可能发生？
01:25
The math says it can.
数学说可以。
01:27
If we can get published ,
要是我们能发表，
01:28
then perhaps one day, an astronomer finds one.
也许有一天，会有天文学家找到一颗。
01:30
But right now, all I have is theory,
可眼下，我手里只有理论，
01:31
which can't impact people's lives .
它改变不了任何人的生活。
01:33
Well, if you're going to send money to Spain ,
如果你要给西班牙寄钱，
01:36
do it through the Communist Party .
就通过共产党寄。
01:37
They can get it to the front lines .
他们能送到前线。
01:39
Mary sent me with these.
玛丽让我带这些过来。
01:42
-I'm Jean. -Robert.
-我是让。 -罗伯特。
01:44
Haakon Chevalier.
哈肯·骑士。
01:46
The union meeting at Serber's last month?
上个月在塞伯家开的工会会？
01:48
Right, right, yes.
对对，是的。
01:49
Oh, thank you.
哦，谢谢。
01:50
Robert here says he's not a Communist.
罗伯特说他不是共产党员。
01:53
Well, then he doesn't know enough about it.
那就是他还不够了解。
01:55
Oh, I've read Das Kapital, all three volumes.
哦，《资本论》三卷我都读过。
01:57
Does that count?
这算数吗？
01:59
It would make you better read than most party members.
那你读得比大多数党员都多。
02:01
Turgid stuff . There's some thinking, um,
写得又臭又长。里头倒有些想法，嗯，
02:03
"Ownership is theft."
「所有权即盗窃。」
02:05
-"Property." -"Property"?
-「财产。」 -「财产」？
02:07
"Property," not "ownership."
是「财产」，不是「所有权」。
02:09
I'm sorry, I read it in the original German .
抱歉，我读的是德文原版。
02:11
Well.
行吧。
02:14
It's not about the book.
重点不在这本书。
02:15
It's about the ideas. And you sound uncommitted.
重点在那些思想。而你听着并不坚定。
02:19
Well, I'm committed to thinking freely
我坚定的是自由思考
02:20
about how to improve our world.
怎么改进我们这个世界。
02:23
Why limit yourself to one dogma?
为什么要把自己限在一套教条里？
02:25
You're a physicist, you pick and choose rules?
你是物理学家，还挑着选规则？
02:28
Or do you use the discipline
还是你会用这套纪律
02:29
to channel your energies into progress?
把精力导向进步？
02:31
I like a little wiggle room .
我喜欢留一点回旋余地。
02:35
Do you always tow the party line ?
你总是跟党的口径走吗？
02:39
I like my wiggle room too.
我也喜欢我的回旋余地。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoSlangA2↩ 00:02
Gotcha
抓到你了——抓住对方或揭穿时喊，正式别用
- Gotcha ! - Jesus Christ .
-抓到你了！ -我的老天。
SlangB1↩ 00:02
Jesus Christ
我的天——吃惊咒骂，课堂职场慎用
- Gotcha ! - Jesus Christ .
-抓到你了！ -我的老天。
CollocationB2↩ 00:30
someone's reputation precedes them
someone's reputation precedes them
名声已经传到你前面
And your reputation precedes you .
而且你声名远播。
Pronunciation↩ 00:30
precedes you
precedes you 连成 precede-zyou。
And your reputation precedes you .
而且你声名远播。
CollocationB1↩ 00:35
no chance of doing something
no chance of doing something
根本没机会做成
I have no chance of understanding,
我根本没机会听懂，
Pronunciation↩ 00:36
Party member
Party 重读，点出是那个党。
but I hadn't heard you're a Party member .
但我还没听说你是党员。
Pronunciation↩ 00:38
I'm not
I'm 缩成 /aɪm/，not 才是重心。
-Uh, I'm not . -Oh, not yet.
-呃，我不是。 -哦，还没入。
CollocationA2↩ 00:40
thinking of doing something
thinking of doing something
正打算做某事
Frank and I are thinking of joining . Just the other day ,
弗兰克和我正打算加入。就前几天，
CollocationA2↩ 00:40
the other day
the other day
前几天、最近某天
Frank and I are thinking of joining . Just the other day ,
弗兰克和我正打算加入。就前几天，
Pronunciation↩ 00:40
thinking of joining
of 弱读成 /əv/，听成 thinkin-əv。
Frank and I are thinking of joining . Just the other day ,
弗兰克和我正打算加入。就前几天，
CollocationB1↩ 00:42
a range of something
a range of something
一系列……、不少……
这里 causes=政治与社会事业，不是原因
-I was saying... -I support a range of causes .
-我还在说…… -我支持不少事业。
GrammarB2↩ 00:45
A democratic republic being overthrown
被动进行分词：being overthrown 是被动进行，共和国正被人推翻。
A democratic republic being overthrown
一个民主共和国正被人推翻
SlangB2↩ 00:47
thugs
暴徒、打手——贬义，说用暴力的人
by fascist thugs , who wouldn't?
法西斯暴徒干的，谁会袖手旁观？
GrammarB1↩ 00:50
that socialism is a bigger threat than fascism
宾语从句：think that + 完整句子，that 可省略，这里留着更正式。
They think that socialism is a bigger threat than fascism .
他们觉得社会主义比法西斯更危险。
CollocationB1↩ 00:55
send funds to someone
send funds to someone
寄钱给某人
I send funds to colleagues in Germany to emigrate.
我寄钱给德国同事，帮他们移民。
GrammarB1↩ 01:13
the bigger the star
越…越…前半：the + 比较级，the + 比较级。这句只抛出前半：恒星越大。
In fact, the bigger the star ,
其实，恒星越大，
CollocationB1↩ 01:27
get published
get published
稿件被发表
If we can get published ,
要是我们能发表，
GrammarB2↩ 01:31
which can't impact people's lives
非限制定语：which 补说前面的 theory：理论改不了别人的生活。
which can't impact people's lives .
它改变不了任何人的生活。
GrammarA2↩ 01:33
if you're going to send money to Spain
be going to：be going to 表打算。不是 about to 的即将发生。
Well, if you're going to send money to Spain ,
如果你要给西班牙寄钱，
CollocationB1↩ 01:36
do something through an organization
do something through an organization
经由某个组织去办
do it through the Communist Party .
就通过共产党寄。
CollocationB1↩ 01:37
the front lines
the front lines
前线、最前方
They can get it to the front lines .
他们能送到前线。
CollocationA2↩ 01:53
know enough about something
know enough about something
对某事了解得够不够
Well, then he doesn't know enough about it.
那就是他还不够了解。
CollocationB2↩ 01:59
better read than someone
better read than someone
书读得比某人多
It would make you better read than most party members.
那你读得比大多数党员都多。
Pronunciation↩ 01:59
better read than
better 的 t 弹成美式 flap。
It would make you better read than most party members.
那你读得比大多数党员都多。
SlangA2↩ 02:01
stuff
那堆东西、那路货——口语统称，书面写 material
Turgid stuff . There's some thinking, um,
写得又臭又长。里头倒有些想法，嗯，
CollocationB2↩ 02:09
in the original language
in the original language
读的是某语原版
I'm sorry, I read it in the original German .
抱歉，我读的是德文原版。
CollocationB2↩ 02:19
committed to doing something
committed to doing something
致力于做某事
Well, I'm committed to thinking freely
我坚定的是自由思考
CollocationB1↩ 02:23
limit yourself to something
limit yourself to something
把自己限定在……里
Why limit yourself to one dogma?
为什么要把自己限在一套教条里？
CollocationB1↩ 02:25
pick and choose
pick and choose
挑着选、不当全盘接受
You're a physicist, you pick and choose rules?
你是物理学家，还挑着选规则？
CollocationB2↩ 02:29
channel your energy into something
channel your energy into something
把精力导向某事
to channel your energies into progress?
把精力导向进步？
CollocationB2↩ 02:31
wiggle room
wiggle room
回旋余地
I like a little wiggle room .
我喜欢留一点回旋余地。
Pronunciation↩ 02:31
wiggle room
两个词都重，像用手指留缝。
I like a little wiggle room .
我喜欢留一点回旋余地。
CollocationB2↩ 02:35
toe the party line
toe the party line
一切按组织口径走
字幕写成 tow，成语标准拼法是 toe
Do you always tow the party line ?
你总是跟党的口径走吗？
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
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SwearingB1↩ 00:02
jesus christ
我的天（惊呼）
In the scene弗兰克冷不丁抓住哥哥，奥本海默被吓得脱口骂神。
Jesus Christ, the kettle was still on.我的天，壶还开着。
In daily life
差点撞车Jesus Christ, I didn't see that bike.我的天，我没看见那辆自行车。
above my level
IronyC1↩ 02:25
pick and choose rules
物理学家岂能挑规则
In the scene让用科学纪律反刺他：你研究自然法则，政治上却挑着信。
You're a surgeon, you skip the checklist when you're in a hurry?你是外科医生，赶时间就可以跳过核对单？
In daily life
怼同事You're the safety lead, and you pick which drills to skip?你是安全负责人，还挑着哪些演练可以逃？
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PunB1↩ 00:26
still jackie
把还是杰姬当名字
In the scene杰姬说自己还是杰姬，骑士故意把 Still Jackie 当成全名打招呼。
Still the intern? Hello, Still the Intern.还是实习生？你好，还是实习生。
In daily life
同学聚会Still living at home? Nice to meet you, Still Living at Home.还住家里？幸会，还住家里。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 02:31
wiggle room
回旋余地、可商量的缝
In the scene奥本海默用它挡入党：立场要能扭一扭，不能焊死。
Leave some wiggle room in the budget for overtime.预算里给加班费留一点回旋余地。
In daily life
改行程Don't book the last train. I need wiggle room.别订末班车。我需要一点余地。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 02:35
tow the party line
一切按组织口径
In the scene他反问让：你是不是永远跟党的口径走。
The spokesperson toed the party line on every question.发言人每个问题都按组织口径答。
In daily life
开会表态Don't just toe the party line. Say if the plan is broken.别只跟口径。计划坏了就直说。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:30
reputation precedes you
名声已经传到你前面
In the scene骑士刚见面就夸他，下一句立刻拐到入党传闻。
Your reputation precedes you. They said you never miss a deadline.你声名远播。他们说你从不误期。
In daily life
见新上司Her reputation precedes her, so nobody argues in the first meeting.她名声在外，第一次开会没人抬杠。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 02:01
turgid
臃肿晦涩、读着发胀
In the scene奥本海默评《资本论》：有思想，但文字又胀又难读。
The report is turgid. Cut the adjectives and keep the numbers.这份报告又胀又空。去掉形容词，留下数字。
In daily life
退稿I bounced the essay. Turgid prose, no argument.这篇作文我退了。文字臃肿，没有论点。
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CollocationB1↩ 02:25
pick and choose
挑着选、不当全盘
In the scene让讽他：自然法则不能挑，你政治上却挑着信。
You can't pick and choose which house rules apply to you.你不能挑着哪些家规才对你有效。
In daily life
健身房Don't pick and choose the warm-up. Do the whole circuit.别挑着做热身。整套都要做。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Well, I'm committed to thinking freely”
我坚定的是自由思考
Why it's great
把 committed 从入党拧成思考，用同一词挡站队。
Pattern
I'm committed to + 动名词。
When to use
有人逼你站队，你要声明忠于原则时。
Similar
I'm committed to staying independent. ／ My loyalty is to the question, not the club.
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
committed 咬清，freely 上扬收住。
Use it yourself
拒绝站队I'm committed to hearing both sides before I vote.投票前我坚持把两边都听完。
“I like a little wiggle room.”
我喜欢留一点回旋余地。
Why it's great
四个轻词把拒绝教条说成生活口味。
Pattern
I like a little wiggle room.
When to use
不想把计划、立场锁死时。
Similar
Leave me some leeway. ／ I need a bit of flexibility.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
little 轻、wiggle room 两拍等重。
Use it yourself
谈合同Keep a little wiggle room on the delivery date.交货日期上留一点回旋余地。
“Why limit yourself to one dogma?”
为什么要把自己限在一套教条里？
Why it's great
反问把入党说成自我设限，针尖对麦芒。
Pattern
Why limit yourself to + 名词?
When to use
劝人别只认一条路、一个流派时。
Similar
Why lock yourself into one camp? ／ Don't box yourself in.
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
Why 上扬，dogma 下沉收问。
Use it yourself
选专业Why limit yourself to one major in the first year?大一为什么要把自己限在一个专业里？
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 恒星如何死去
Well, if they do, they'd cool, then collapse. In fact, the bigger the star, the more violent its demise. The gravity gets so concentrated it swallows everything. Everything, even light.
嗯，如果会， 它们会冷却，然后坍缩。 其实，恒星越大， 死得就越猛烈。 引力会集中到那种程度 把一切都吞进去。 一切，连光也算。
用坍缩和吞光讲黑洞，把抽象研究说成无法救人。