Chapter 16 of 23 · 4'32"
Billion Dollar Dinner 十亿晚餐IMDb ↗
先把盘子做大再谈广告变现
The Social Network · 2010
CEFR B2IELTS 6.5Restaurant雅思Money
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Everything you need before watchingSean Parker sits Mark, Eduardo, and Christy down at a New York restaurant and orders for the table. Between lobster claws and appletinis, he retells Napster, bankruptcy, and getting thrown out of his next company. Then he turns to The Facebook: campus strategy, no ads yet, and a line that silences the table—a million dollars isn't cool, a billion is. He picks up the check, drops the word The, and walks out owning the room.
肖
Sean ParkerNapster founder
马
Mark ZuckerbergFacebook founder
爱
Eduardo SaverinFacebook cofounder
克
ChristyEduardo's girlfriend
Chapters
23 parts · AI-cut01Breakup At The Bar约会时总把优越感当成关心B24'14"02Facemash Coding Night失恋当晚有人把怒气写成网站B25'14"03Harvard Network Crash一个玩笑网站把全校弄瘫痪B22'11"04Ad Board Hearing认错的时候还要人先表扬自己B21'57"05Harvard Connection Pitch有人请你合作却不让你进门B22'44"06Facebook Idea Outside有人要把整个大学社交搬上网B22'05"07Deposition And Stall Mails当庭把一封封拖延邮件当铁证B23'25"08Relationship Status Launch上线前把恋爱状态写成功能B23'08"09Gentlemen Do Not Sue先到的人却不肯撕破绅士面子B23'18"10Facebook Me Catchphrase上线才两周连问好都换成新词B21'42"11Monetize Versus Cool合伙人要赚钱创始人死守酷B23'07"12Minimum Attention Speech听证时把注意力公开放在别处C11'34"13Written In Ink在网上伤人后还想当面来求和B22'18"14Sean Parker Wakes Up醒来才发现枕边是行业名人B23'12"15Larry Summers Meeting找校长评理却被劝另做课题B23'45"16Billion Dollar Dinner先把盘子做大再谈广告变现B24'32"17Chicken Cannibalism Story校园恶作剧能被写成虐待动物B23'01"18I Am CEO Bitch有人用失败故事改写你的野心B25'00"19Decide To Sue Him输了比赛才肯把绅士规矩撕掉B22'47"20Get Left Behind人还在纽约就被警告会掉队B23'12"21Frozen Account Blowup冻结资金当晚爱与生意一起炸B23'13"22Signing The Dilution签字前没人告诉你旧股作废B22'28"23Dilution Ambush请你来开会其实是请你出局B23'16"
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00:00
- And he does own a watch. - Stop it.
——而且他确实有手表。——别说了。
00:02
- I'm Sean Parker. - How do you do?
——我是肖恩·帕克。——你好。
00:03
You must be Eduardo. And Christy. And Mark.
你一定是爱德华多。还有克里斯蒂。还有马克。
00:06
- Great to meet you. - Great to meet you.
——幸会。——幸会。
00:08
You guys don't have anything in front of you.
你们面前什么都没有啊。
00:10
- No. - Tori.
——没有。——托莉。
00:11
We were waiting.
我们在等。
00:12
- Hey, baby boy . - Can you bring out some things?
——嘿，小家伙。——先上点东西来？
00:14
The lacquered pork with that ginger confit. Tuna tartare?
漆皮猪肉配姜油封。金枪鱼鞑靼？
00:17
And the lobster claws, that'll get us started.
再来龙虾钳，先垫垫肚子。
00:19
Christy, what do you like to drink?
克里斯蒂，你想喝什么？
00:22
An appletini.
一杯苹果马提尼。
00:24
Great. Four of those.
好。来四杯。
00:26
From that point on, it was a Seanathon.
从那以后，就是一场肖恩马拉松。
00:38
The question was, "What did you talk about?"
问题是：「你们都聊了什么？」
00:52
He took us through his episode with Napster.
他把自己和Napster那一档子事讲了一遍。
00:54
I didn't wanna spend my 20s as a professional defendant.
我不想把二十多岁耗在职业被告上。
00:58
Who knew? The music industry doesn't have a sense of humor.
谁知道呢？音乐产业没幽默感。
01:01
We tried to sell the company to pay the 35 million they said we owed in royalties,
我们想把公司卖掉，好付他们口里那三千五百万版税，
01:04
but I guess to them that was a little like selling a stolen car to pay for the stolen gas .
可对他们来说，那有点像卖赃车去付偷来的汽油钱。
01:09
So we said screw it , declared bankruptcy.
所以我们说去他的，宣布破产。
01:12
- But you made a name for yourself . - And you are dry.
——可你闯出了名头。——你杯子空了。
01:15
- Tori! - No, no, I'm good.
——托莉！——不用，不用，我够了。
01:16
And then he went on to his second business venture,
接着他又讲到自己的第二桩生意，
01:19
which was an online Rolodex that he got thrown out of by Case Equity.
一个在线名片夹，他被凯斯资本给踢了出来。
01:23
And I wanted to do it nice this time.
这次我想正经来。
01:25
I put on a tie and I shined my shoes, but nobody wants to take orders from a kid.
我打上领带、擦亮皮鞋，可没人愿意听一个小孩发号施令。
01:28
So let me tell you what happens to a 20-year-old at the top of a hot dot-com.
那我告诉你，一个二十岁的人坐上热门互联网公司顶端会怎样。
01:31
- I'm not a psychiatrist, but... - I'm glad we've got that on the record.
——我不是心理医生，不过……——很高兴这句话记录在案了。
01:35
You're not a psychiatrist, but what?
你不是心理医生，不过怎样？
01:37
A psychiatrist would say that he was paranoid.
心理医生会说他有被害妄想。
01:40
They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night.
他们会雇私家侦探，日夜跟着你。
01:43
You're a target for high-priced escorts.
高价应召女会盯上你。
01:45
I can't prove it, but I know they tap my phones.
我没法证明，但我知道他们在窃听我的电话。
01:47
Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up , you've done already.
凡是能绊倒你的事，你早就干过了。
01:50
Private behavior is a relic of a time gone by.
私生活已经是过去时代的文物了。
01:53
And if somehow, someway, you've managed to live your life like the Dalai Lama,
就算你千方百计把自己活成了达赖喇嘛，
01:55
they'll make shit up .
他们也会瞎编。
01:57
Because they don't want you, they want your idea.
因为他们要的不是你，是你的点子。
02:00
And they want you to say "thank you" while you...
还要你一边说「谢谢」一边……
02:02
Excuse me.
失陪一下。
02:03
...wipe your chin and walk away.
……擦擦下巴走人。
02:04
That's what happened to you?
你就是这么过来的？
02:05
And delusional.
还有妄想。
02:08
Yes. But there'll be payback at Case.
对。不过凯斯那边会有报应。
02:11
I brought down the record companies with Napster
我用Napster搞垮了唱片公司
02:13
and Case'll suffer for their sins, too.
凯斯也会为他们的罪受罚。
02:14
Sorry, you didn't bring down the record companies.
不好意思，你没搞垮唱片公司。
02:17
They won.
他们赢了。
02:18
- In court. - Yeah.
——在法庭上。——对。
02:20
You wanna buy a Tower Records, Eduardo?
爱德华多，你想买一家Tower唱片店吗？
02:25
And he told story after story about life in Silicon Valley,
他一个接一个地讲硅谷的生活，
02:29
and parties at Stanford and down in LA, and friends who'd become millionaires...
斯坦福的派对、洛杉矶的局，还有变成百万富翁的朋友……
02:33
But mostly how Mark had to... He had to come to California.
但讲得最多的是马克必须……他必须去加州。
02:38
And then he got around to The Facebook.
然后他终于说到了The Facebook。
02:41
So, tell me about your progress.
来，跟我说说你们的进展。
02:43
Well, we're in 29 schools now. We got over 75,000 members.
我们现在进了29所学校。会员超过七万五千。
02:47
- Tell me about the strategy you're using. - Okay.
——跟我说说你们用的策略。——好。
02:49
For instance, we wanted Baylor, in Texas,
比如说，我们想拿下得克萨斯的贝勒，
02:51
but Baylor already had a social network on campus.
可贝勒校园里已经有一个社交网了。
02:53
So instead of going right after them ,
所以我们没直接冲他们去，
02:55
we made a list of every school within 100 miles...
我们列了周围一百英里内的每所学校……
02:57
You put The Facebook on those campuses first.
你们先把The Facebook铺到那些校园。
02:58
Pretty soon all the Baylor kids saw their friends on our site and we were in.
很快贝勒的学生就看见朋友都在我们网站上，我们就打进去了。
03:01
It's called the Little Bighorn. That's smart, Mark.
这叫小大角战役。很聪明，马克。
03:02
- Thanks, that was mine. - Easy.
——谢谢，那是我的主意。——悠着点。
03:04
Hey, you know what? Settle an argument for us.
嘿，对了，帮我们评评理。
03:06
I say it's time to start making money from The Facebook,
我说是时候让The Facebook开始赚钱了，
03:08
but Mark doesn't want advertising. Who's right?
可马克不想放广告。谁说得对？
03:10
Well...
这个……
03:12
Neither of you yet.
你们俩现在都不对。
03:13
The Facebook is cool, that's what it's got going for it .
The Facebook酷，这是它现在手里的牌。
03:15
Yeah.
对。
03:16
You don't wanna ruin it with ads because ads aren't cool.
你不想用广告毁了它，因为广告不酷。
03:18
Exactly.
没错。
03:19
It's like you're throwing the greatest party on campus
就像你在办校园里最棒的派对
03:21
and someone's saying it's gotta be over by 11:00.
却有人说必须十一点结束。
03:22
That's exactly right.
完全正确。
03:23
- You don't even know what the thing is yet. - Exactly.
——你甚至还不知道这东西能成什么样。——没错。
03:26
How big it can get, how far it can go. This is no time to take your chips down .
能做多大、能走多远。现在不是收筹码离场的时候。
03:30
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?
一百万不酷。你知道什么才酷吗？
03:32
You?
你？
03:35
"A billion dollars."
「十亿美元。」
03:40
And that shut everybody up .
全场都闭嘴了。
03:42
And that's where you're headed. A billion-dollar valuation .
你们就是奔那儿去的。十亿美元估值。
03:46
Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with
除非你听了馊主意，那样的话你还不如去搞
03:49
a chain of very successful yogurt shops.
一家很成功的酸奶连锁店。
03:51
When you go fishing, you can catch a lot of fish or you can catch a big fish.
钓鱼的时候，你可以钓很多条，也可以钓一条大的。
03:55
You ever walk into a guy's den and see a picture of him standing next to 14 trout?
你进过谁家书房，看见他站在十四条鳟鱼旁边拍照吗？
03:58
- No, he's holding a 3,000-pound marlin. - Yep.
——没有，他举着一条三千磅的马林鱼。——没错。
04:00
- That's a good analogy. - Okay.
——这比喻不错。——行。
04:01
But we all know marlins don't really weigh 3,000 pounds, right?
可我们都知道马林鱼没真的到三千磅，对吧？
04:04
Have you seen the big ones up close?
你近距离见过大家伙吗？
04:05
No, but I don't think the guy's holding a marlin the size of a Range Rover.
没有，但我不觉得那人举着一条路虎那么大的马林鱼。
04:08
That would be a really big fish and a very strong guy.
那得是条特别大的鱼，和一个特别壮的人。
04:11
You think we might be getting away from the point ?
你不觉得咱们有点跑题了吗？
04:12
I don't have a dog in this fight . I'm just a fan who came to say hi.
这场争执里我没站队。我只是个来打个招呼的粉丝。
04:17
He owned Mark after that dinner.
那顿晚饭之后，他把马克收了。
04:19
He picked up the check , he told Mark they'd talk again soon,
他买了单，跟马克说回头再聊，
04:22
and he was gone.
人就没了。
04:23
But not before he made his biggest contribution to the company.
但走之前，他给公司留下了最大的贡献。
04:29
Drop the "The." Just "Facebook."
把「The」去掉。就叫「Facebook」。
04:32
It's cleaner.
更干净。
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baby boy
小家伙（亲昵称呼）——对熟人、服务员撒娇，陌生别叫
- Hey, baby boy . - Can you bring out some things?
——嘿，小家伙。——先上点东西来？
GrammarB1↩ 01:04
like selling a stolen car to pay for the stolen gas
明喻结构：a little like + 动名词：卖赃车付偷来的油钱，喻用赃物还赃债。
but I guess to them that was a little like selling a stolen car to pay for the stolen gas .
可对他们来说，那有点像卖赃车去付偷来的汽油钱。
SlangB1↩ 01:09
screw it
不管了、豁出去——放弃时甩一句，正式改 forget it
So we said screw it , declared bankruptcy.
所以我们说去他的，宣布破产。
CollocationB1↩ 01:12
make a name for yourself
make a name for yourself
闯出名头
- But you made a name for yourself . - And you are dry.
——可你闯出了名头。——你杯子空了。
CollocationB1↩ 01:25
take orders from someone
take orders from someone
听某人差遣
I put on a tie and I shined my shoes, but nobody wants to take orders from a kid.
我打上领带、擦亮皮鞋，可没人愿意听一个小孩发号施令。
CollocationB2↩ 01:47
trip someone up
trip someone up
让人栽跟头
Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up , you've done already.
凡是能绊倒你的事，你早就干过了。
GrammarB2↩ 01:47
Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up
主语从句：Whatever it is that… 整块当主语：能绊你的事，你早就干过。
Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up , you've done already.
凡是能绊倒你的事，你早就干过了。
Pronunciation↩ 01:47
gonna trip you
going to 吞成 gonna，三个音节并成两个。
Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up , you've done already.
凡是能绊倒你的事，你早就干过了。
GrammarB2↩ 01:53
if somehow, someway, you've managed
让步条件：if somehow, someway 叠加强调：就算你活得再干净，他们也会编。
And if somehow, someway, you've managed to live your life like the Dalai Lama,
就算你千方百计把自己活成了达赖喇嘛，
SlangB2↩ 01:55
make shit up
瞎编——粗，熟人吐槽才用
they'll make shit up .
他们也会瞎编。
CollocationB1↩ 02:11
bring something down
bring something down
搞垮
I brought down the record companies with Napster
我用Napster搞垮了唱片公司
Pronunciation↩ 02:13
Case'll suffer for
Case will 缩成 Case'll，'ll 轻轻带过。
and Case'll suffer for their sins, too.
凯斯也会为他们的罪受罚。
Pronunciation↩ 02:20
You wanna buy
want to 连成 wanna，听成 you-wanna。
You wanna buy a Tower Records, Eduardo?
爱德华多，你想买一家Tower唱片店吗？
CollocationB1↩ 02:38
get around to something
get around to something
终于说到某事
And then he got around to The Facebook.
然后他终于说到了The Facebook。
CollocationB1↩ 02:53
go after someone
go after someone
直接冲着对方去
So instead of going right after them ,
所以我们没直接冲他们去，
CollocationA2↩ 02:58
pretty soon
pretty soon
很快、过不多久
Pretty soon all the Baylor kids saw their friends on our site and we were in.
很快贝勒的学生就看见朋友都在我们网站上，我们就打进去了。
Pronunciation↩ 02:58
Pretty soon all
Pretty soon 连成 Pri-soon，t 几乎听不见。
Pretty soon all the Baylor kids saw their friends on our site and we were in.
很快贝勒的学生就看见朋友都在我们网站上，我们就打进去了。
CollocationB2↩ 03:13
have something going for it
have something going for it
手里有的优势
The Facebook is cool, that's what it's got going for it .
The Facebook酷，这是它现在手里的牌。
CollocationB2↩ 03:26
take one's chips down
take one's chips down
收筹码离场
这里=别现在就靠广告把盘子变现
How big it can get, how far it can go. This is no time to take your chips down .
能做多大、能走多远。现在不是收筹码离场的时候。
Pronunciation↩ 03:30
A million dollars
million 重读，为后面 billion 铺垫。
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?
一百万不酷。你知道什么才酷吗？
CollocationA2↩ 03:40
shut someone up
shut someone up
让所有人闭嘴
And that shut everybody up .
全场都闭嘴了。
Pronunciation↩ 03:42
billion-dollar valuation
billion 和 dollar 都重，valuation 收住。
And that's where you're headed. A billion-dollar valuation .
你们就是奔那儿去的。十亿美元估值。
CollocationA2↩ 03:46
come up with something
come up with something
想出、搞出
Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with
除非你听了馊主意，那样的话你还不如去搞
CollocationB2↩ 03:46
in which case
in which case
那样的话
Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with
除非你听了馊主意，那样的话你还不如去搞
CollocationB1↩ 03:46
may as well do something
may as well do something
那样还不如
Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with
除非你听了馊主意，那样的话你还不如去搞
GrammarB2↩ 03:46
in which case you may as well
非限定从句：in which case 接后果：听馊主意的话，还不如去开酸奶店。
Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with
除非你听了馊主意，那样的话你还不如去搞
CollocationB1↩ 04:11
get away from the point
get away from the point
跑题
You think we might be getting away from the point ?
你不觉得咱们有点跑题了吗？
CollocationB2↩ 04:12
have a dog in the fight
have a dog in the fight
在这场争执里有利益
肖恩嘴上说没站队，其实在拉马克
I don't have a dog in this fight . I'm just a fan who came to say hi.
这场争执里我没站队。我只是个来打个招呼的粉丝。
SlangB2↩ 04:17
owned Mark
把马克收了——游戏黑话：完胜、拿下
He owned Mark after that dinner.
那顿晚饭之后，他把马克收了。
CollocationA2↩ 04:19
pick up the check
pick up the check
买单
He picked up the check , he told Mark they'd talk again soon,
他买了单，跟马克说回头再聊，
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 01:55
make shit up
瞎编、造谣
In the scene肖恩说投资人拿不到把柄就会捏假料，把迫害讲成行业常识。
If they can't find a mistake, they'll invent one.找不到错，他们就会捏一个。
In daily life
辟谣传闻Don't amplify that story. Someone made it up.别传那事。有人编的。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 04:12
don't have a dog in this fight
这场争执跟我无关
In the scene肖恩说自己只是来打招呼的粉丝，转头买单、改名、把马克收了。
I have no stake in the vote. I only came to watch.投票跟我无关。我只是来看看。
In daily life
假装中立He said he was just visiting. Then he rewrote the plan.他说只是路过。接着把方案改了。
auto-pauses
PunB1↩ 00:26
seanathon
肖恩马拉松式独白
In the scene爱德华多事后总结：点完酒，整晚就变成肖恩一个人讲。
After dessert it became a two-hour Tomathon.甜点之后就变成汤姆两小时独角戏。
In daily life
吐槽开会The standup turned into a manager-athon.站会变成经理马拉松。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 03:26
take your chips down
收筹码离场
In the scene肖恩劝马克别现在靠广告套现，牌局才刚开始。
Don't cash out in year one. Let the product grow.别第一年就套现。让产品先长。
In daily life
劝别套现This is no time to leave the table.现在不是离桌的时候。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 02:11
bring down
搞垮、打垮
In the scene肖恩自夸用Napster掀翻唱片公司，爱德华多立刻拆穿：法庭上他们赢了。
One leak can bring down a whole campaign.一次泄密就能搞垮整场竞选。
In daily life
评论丑闻The audit may bring the board down.这次审计可能把董事会掀翻。
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SlangB1↩ 01:09
screw it
不管了、豁出去
In the scene肖恩讲Napster还不起版税，索性放弃、宣布破产。
The fees kept climbing, so we walked away.费用越加越高，我们就撤了。
In daily life
放弃修补The old laptop died. Forget it. Buy a new one.旧笔记本挂了。算了。买新的。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 02:03
wipe your chin
擦嘴走人、被用完
In the scene肖恩说投资人要走点子，还要你道谢、擦掉残羹离开。
They take the pitch, thank you, and show you the door.他们拿走提案，道个谢，再请你出门。
In daily life
吐槽被用They used my draft, then cut me from the credit.用了我的稿，署名却把我拿掉。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?”
一百万不酷。你知道什么才酷吗？
Why it's great
先把百万踩下去，再留一拍等十亿砸下来。
Pattern
X isn't cool. You know what's cool?
When to use
要抬高目标、先贬低眼前那个数字时。
Similar
A raise isn't the prize. You know what is? ／ Ten thousand isn't interesting. A million is.
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informal
Shadowing tip
isn't cool 下沉，what's cool 扬起留白。
Use it yourself
谈融资A seed round isn't impressive. You know what is? Ownership.种子轮并不惊人。你知道什么才惊人吗？控股权。
“Pretty soon all the Baylor kids saw their friends on our site and we were in.”
很快贝勒的学生就看见朋友都在我们网站上，我们就打进去了。
Why it's great
Pretty soon 把迂回铺网收成必然：朋友在，你就得在。
Pattern
Pretty soon + 结果，and we were in.
When to use
讲先外围再包围、很快就打进去时。
Similar
Before long they all followed. ／ Soon enough we had a way in.
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informal
Shadowing tip
Pretty soon 连读，we were in 短促收住。
Use it yourself
推新产品Pretty soon their classmates were on it, and the holdouts joined.很快同学都在用了，死撑的人也进来了。
“Drop the "The." Just "Facebook."”
把「The」去掉。就叫「Facebook」。
Why it's great
三个音节改掉品牌，像随口点菜一样改公司命运。
Pattern
Drop the X. Just Y.
When to use
要砍掉多余字、把名字改干净时。
Similar
Lose the extra word. Just the name. ／ Cut the article. Cleaner.
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informal
Shadowing tip
Drop 咬清，Just Facebook 轻轻落下。
Use it yourself
改产品名Drop the subtitle. Just the brand.把副标题去掉。只留品牌。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 肖恩的迫害课
They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night. You're a target for high-priced escorts. I can't prove it, but I know they tap my phones. Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up, you've done already. Private behavior is a relic of a time gone by. And if somehow, someway, you've managed to live your life like the Dalai Lama, they'll make shit up. Because they don't want you, they want your idea. And they want you to say "thank you" while you... Excuse me. ...wipe your chin and walk away.
他们会雇私家侦探，日夜跟着你。 高价应召女会盯上你。 我没法证明，但我知道他们在窃听我的电话。 凡是能绊倒你的事，你早就干过了。 私生活已经是过去时代的文物了。 就算你千方百计把自己活成了达赖喇嘛， 他们也会瞎编。 因为他们要的不是你，是你的点子。 还要你一边说「谢谢」一边…… 失陪一下。 ……擦擦下巴走人。
从侦探讲到编造，把被抢点子说成必然剧本。