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Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011 — 第 13 / 16 章 · 2'46" · B2

Dagny Commissions a Rearden Metal Bridge, Explained：keep your word

Dagny, as president of the John Galt Line, commissions a Rearden Metal bridge from Hank Rearden and reveals that a group of industrialists is funding it. She shows him a mysterious engine prototype. Then a call arrives: the Equalization of Opportunity Bill has passed, and Rearden can only own one company.

あらすじ

Dagny Taggart, now president of the John Galt Line, commissions a Rearden Metal bridge for Wyatt Junction. Rearden agrees at once, and when she explains that industrialists are funding it, he matches the difference himself. She then shows him a prototype engine she found. Before they can discuss it, a call reports that the Equalization of Opportunity Bill has passed, limiting him to one company.

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I'll bitekeep your wordcommissionsign away

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このシーンの表現

keep your word

honor a promise

The other man offers to hold the mine for him, and Rearden answers that he should keep his word or drop it.

You should keep your word even when it costs you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • I'll bite

    go on, I'm listening

  • commission

    order something made

  • sign away

    give up by signing

  • made up the difference

    covered the gap

  • on time and on budget

    done as promised

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2good news

a happy update

I have some good news.
表現 · B2commission something for someone

order a bridge built

...I would like to commission a Rearden Metal bridge for Wyatt Junction
表現 · B2curious as to how/why

eager to know how

Aren't you curious as to how I'm able to finance this?
発音I'll bite

I'll links into bite, so I'll almost sounds like ail.

Okay, I'll bite.
スラング · B2bite

take the bait — Casual; it means playing along when someone baits you.

Okay, I'll bite.
表現 · B2make up the difference

covered the gap

After Dagny lists her partners, Rearden sees that she made up the missing money herself.

There. I just made up the difference.
表現 · B1take a risk

run a risk

I would never ask anyone to take a risk I wasn't willing to take.
文法 · B2a risk I wasn't willing to take

relative clause: The clause after a risk specifies the kind of risk he refuses to offload onto others.

I would never ask anyone to take a risk I wasn't willing to take.
表現 · B1tell someone about something

mentioned to you before

Remember that motor company I was telling you about in Wisconsin?
表現 · B2dig around

search about

I did a little digging around and I found these.
スラング · B2digging around

poking around — Informal; common for looking into facts or back rooms.

I did a little digging around and I found these.
表現 · B2go into production

start being made

It never went into production. I'm not even sure the thing works
表現 · B1look into something

examine further

Once the John Galt line is complete, I'd like to look into this further.
発音look into

Look into runs together, with the k barely audible.

Once the John Galt line is complete, I'd like to look into this further.
表現 · B1an urgent call

a pressing call

I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Rearden. There's an urgent call on line two.
表現 · A2more than one

more than a single

Nobody can own more than one company.
表現 · C1sign away something

give up by signing

Facing the new law, Rearden says he will sign away his other companies but keep his metal.

I'll sign away my other companies, but they are not getting my metal.
表現 · B2on time and on budget

done as promised

Even after the bill passes, Rearden promises Wyatt's bridge on time and on budget.

It will be done on time and on budget
発音on time and

On time and links up, with and reduced to a faint n.

It will be done on time and on budget
文法 · B1either own the property or I don't

either-or construction: The either-or pairing rules out any middle ground and makes his position absolute.

I either own the property or I don't.
表現 · B2as much something as you need

all you could want

You know you'll always have as much ore as you need.
表現 · B2keep one's word

honor a promise

The other man offers to hold the mine for him, and Rearden answers that he should keep his word or drop it.

If you intend to keep your word, then keep it.
文法 · B1If you intend to keep your word

conditional clause: The if-clause sets a condition, and the imperative main clause turns it into a demand.

If you intend to keep your word, then keep it.
表現 · C1first call on something

the right to buy first

If you wanna give me first call on the ore produced, fine.
スラング · B2double-cross

betray — Casual for betrayal; use betray in formal writing.

If you intend to double-cross me...

「Dagny Commissions a Rearden Metal Bridge」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter moves from a handshake to a phone call, and that shift is the story. Private people do business on trust: Dagny commissions a bridge, explains that 'Ellis Wyatt, Ted Nielsen, Lawrence Hammond, Kenneth Danagger' are putting up the money, and Rearden answers by matching the difference — 'I would never ask anyone to take a risk I wasn't willing to take.' It is cooperation without coercion. Then the call comes: the Equalization of Opportunity Bill has passed, and the law says that 'nobody can own more than one company.' Rearden's answer is to give up his other holdings rather than his metal — 'I'll sign away my other companies, but they are not getting my metal' — and he insists the bridge will be built 'on time and on budget.' The closing exchange about the ore mine shows the new world: a promise of trust ('You can trust me') meeting a man who deals only in ownership — 'I either own the property or I don't.'

Theme

TrustPrivate deals are built on trust and matched risk, while the new law replaces trust with ownership and suspicion.
PowerThe Equalization of Opportunity Bill shows the state dictating what a man may own, and Rearden refusing its terms.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Rearden accepts the bridge before asking about the money.
  • A prototype engine becomes a second thread in the scene.
  • The new law forces him to choose between firms and metal.
  • His warning ends with a line he refuses to finish.

発音のポイント

  • I'll bite — I'll links into bite, so I'll almost sounds like ail.
  • look into — Look into runs together, with the k barely audible.
  • on time and — On time and links up, with and reduced to a faint n.
I would never ask anyone to take a risk I wasn't willing to take.

Rearden's rule for business: he won't ask others to gamble where he won't. It explains why he matches the funding himself.

I'll sign away my other companies, but they are not getting my metal.

His answer to the new law: he will give up his holdings to comply, but the one thing he created stays his.

I either own the property or I don't.

Rearden's refusal of a friendly half-measure: for him ownership is exact, not a matter of goodwill.

If you intend to keep your word, then keep it.

A blunt statement of his ethic: promises are kept or not, and good intentions do not count as ownership.

Nobody can own more than one company.

The plain meaning of the new bill, as one character spells it out: the law has decided how much a man may own.

You're a good man, Hank Rearden.

Dagny's warm verdict after he agrees to the bridge and matches the money — praise for character, not for success.

I've never given you any reason to mistrust me.

The caller's plea for trust, which lands oddly on a man who now trusts only what he owns outright.

このシーンについての質問

What does Dagny ask Rearden to build?

A Rearden Metal bridge for Wyatt Junction, as president of the John Galt Line. Rearden agrees immediately and starts rolling the metal.

How is the bridge being funded?

A group of industrialists — Ellis Wyatt, Ted Nielsen, Lawrence Hammond and Kenneth Danagger — put up the money. Rearden matches the difference himself.

What does the Equalization of Opportunity Bill do?

It limits any person to owning a single company. Once it passes, Rearden must give up his other holdings, though he refuses to give up his metal.

What does 'keep your word' mean?

It means to do what you promised. Rearden says, 'If you intend to keep your word, then keep it,' meaning promises should be kept, not just made.

What happens with the ore mine at the end?

Someone promises Rearden he will always treat the mine as his, and asks to be trusted. Rearden refuses the half-measure, saying he either owns the property or he doesn't, and ends with 'so be it.'

Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 全 16 章

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第 1 章right-hand manDagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal第 2 章squeeze every pennyDagny and Rearden's Metal Deal第 3 章toast of the townRearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift第 4 章grease the palmsBusinessmen Plot Against Rearden第 5 章name your priceOwen Kellogg Resigns from Taggart第 6 章dog-eat-dogEllis Wyatt Confronts the Taggarts第 7 章who are you wearingRearden's Anniversary Party第 8 章reputation precedes youD'Anconia Warns Rearden at a Party第 9 章take it off your handsLillian Trades the Bracelet第 10 章hard-line positionRearden Refuses to Stop Production第 11 章I was wondering ifRearden Offers to Build the Bridge第 12 章off the railsDagny Names the John Galt Line再生中 · 第 13 章keep your wordDagny Commissions a Rearden Metal Bridge第 14 章get on the bandwagonA Toast and a Confession第 15 章went underDagny and Rearden's Wisconsin Trip第 16 章overstep its boundsDagny Meets Dr. Akston at the Diner
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