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Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011 — 第 12 / 16 章 · 2'50" · B2

Dagny Names the John Galt Line, Explained：off the rails

Dagny tells James the railroad is finished and lays out her own plan: leave Taggart Transcontinental, take the Rio Norte Line, and name it "The John Galt Line." What looks like a business rescue is a family break — she warns him, "if you double-cross me in any way," and makes him clear the government off her back.

あらすじ

Eddie tells Dagny that more men have quit and that Taggart Transcontinental's stock is collapsing after the State Science Institute denounced Rearden Metal. Dagny goes to James and announces she is taking a leave, forming her own company, and taking over the Rio Norte Line herself. She names it the John Galt Line.

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off the railsstand on our owndouble-crossin order to

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このシーンの表現

off the rails

out of control

Hearing the name John Galt Line, Jim sneers that Dagny has gone off the rails.

The project went off the rails after the funding was cut.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stand on our own

    make it without help

  • double-cross

    betray, cheat

  • in order to

    so as to

  • off my back

    stop bothering me

  • take a leave

    go on leave

このシーンのメモ一覧

48 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

発音What's going

What's going contracts into a single burst, with the t barely sounding.

What's going on, Eddie?
表現 · C1stocks plummet

prices have crashed

Taggart Transcontinental stocks have plummeted...
文法 · B1have plummeted

present perfect: The present perfect makes the crash a finished event whose result matters right now.

Taggart Transcontinental stocks have plummeted...
表現 · C1denounce something

publicly attack

...because the State Science Institute has denounced Rearden Metal.
表現 · B1be in real trouble

in serious difficulty

Your family’s railroad is in real trouble.
表現 · B2stand on one's own

make it without help

After the bad news, Dagny tells Eddie the company has to stand on its own.

I think it's time to stand on our own.
発音time to stand

Time to links into something like timeta, then stress stand.

I think it's time to stand on our own.
表現 · B1in order to do something

so as to

Dagny frames the split as saving the family business, leading with in order to.

In order to save my family's business...
文法 · B1In order to save

purpose clause: The purpose phrase comes first, so the reason is on the table before the sacrifice.

In order to save my family's business...
表現 · B1be done

is finished here it means finished for good

Taggart Transcontinental is done.
表現 · B1can't go on

cannot continue

We can't stop and we can't go on.
発音stop and

Stop and runs together, with the vowel in and almost swallowed.

We can't stop and we can't go on.
表現 · B2transfer something over to someone

hand it across to me

Shut up. You and the board are gonna transfer the Rio Norte Line over to me.
表現 · B1act as something

serve as

I will act as my own contractor
表現 · A2on time

on schedule

I will get my own financing and finish the line on time.
表現 · A2worry about something

be anxious about

And where are you gonna get financing? That is not for you to worry about.
文法 · B1Once we see

time clause: The once-clause sets the future moment when the line will be handed back.

Once we see how the rails perform...
表現 · B1the family name

the family's reputation

You're not dragging the family name through this.
表現 · B2get off someone's back

stop bothering me

Dagny's second condition is that her brother keep his Washington friends off her back.

Second, keep your cronies in Washington off my back.
スラング · B2cronies

trusted cronies — A disapproving word for a friend's loyal inner circle.

Second, keep your cronies in Washington off my back.
表現 · B1make sure (that)

see to it

Make sure I get all my permissions, grants, authorizations...
スラング · B2crap

junk, nonsense — Casual and crude; keep it out of formal talk.

...and any other political crap I need from those sons of bitches, otherwise, no deal.
スラング · C1sons of bitches

a harsh insult — A heavy insult; do not use it in polite speech.

...and any other political crap I need from those sons of bitches, otherwise, no deal.
表現 · B1in any way

by any means

But if you double-cross me in any way...

「Dagny Names the John Galt Line」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a takeover disguised as a resignation. Dagny is not quitting; she is carving the only valuable part of the railroad out from under her brother and running it herself. James can only reach for the family name — "You're not dragging the family name through this" — while Dagny answers with a name that turns the family business into a question no one can answer: "The John Galt Line." Her conditions make the power shift explicit: she takes Eddie, the one man she needs, and tells James to "keep your cronies in Washington off my back." The warning that ends the scene, that she has never hurt anyone "but if you double-cross me in any way," shows how little trust is left between them. It is a sibling scene fought entirely in the language of business.

Theme

PowerDagny takes the railroad's best asset and its best man, dictating terms to James rather than asking for approval.
Family conflictSiblings fight over the family business, with the family name used as a weapon and trust already gone.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Dagny turns bad news into a plan to take over the line.
  • Jim's railroad pun is also an accusation of madness.
  • The terms end with a threat left deliberately unfinished.
  • Naming the line after John Galt raises the stakes.

発音のポイント

  • What's going — What's going contracts into a single burst, with the t barely sounding.
  • time to stand — Time to links into something like timeta, then stress stand.
  • stop and — Stop and runs together, with the vowel in and almost swallowed.
I think it's time to stand on our own.

Dagny's decision to act without waiting for help: the company must survive on its own work rather than on favors.

In order to save my family's business...

The paradox she states outright: to rescue the family railroad, she has to take part of it away from the family.

We can't stop and we can't go on.

Her description of a company trapped: standing still loses money and moving forward is impossible under the current rules.

Now we know why you've gone off the rails.

James's insult, using the railway image: her plan proves to him that she has lost her judgement.

Second, keep your cronies in Washington off my back.

One of her two conditions: James must stop his political friends from obstructing her, a demand that admits how much the railroad runs on influence.

I have never done anything to hurt a living creature in my entire life.

Her warning before the threat: she claims a clean record, which makes the coming 'if' sound like a promise.

But if you double-cross me in any way...

The unfinished threat: she will not be betrayed, and the sentence stops precisely where the consequence would begin.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Dagny take a leave from the railroad?

She wants to rebuild the Rio Norte Line herself, free of the board and her brother's control. By taking a leave and forming her own company, she can act quickly and take the blame if she fails — "I go down alone."

Why does Dagny name the new line the John Galt Line?

It is the phrase people use when they cannot explain why things fall apart — "Who is John Galt?" Naming the line after it is a provocation, and James takes it as proof that she has gone off the rails.

What does "off the rails" mean?

It means behaving wildly or losing control, and here it is also a pun on the railway setting. James uses it to say Dagny's plan proves she has lost her judgement.

Why does Dagny demand that James keep his cronies off her back?

She knows the project depends on government permissions, grants, and authorizations. She wants James to stop his political friends from obstructing her — and the demand shows how much the railroad depends on influence.

Why does Dagny threaten James at the end?

She says she has never hurt anyone, then leaves the warning unfinished: if he double-crosses her, something will follow. It shows there is no trust left between them.

Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 全 16 章

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