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Atlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011 — 第 16 / 16 章 · 4'02" · B2

Dagny Meets Dr. Akston at the Diner, Explained：overstep its bounds

Dagny tracks down Dr. Akston at a roadside diner to ask about the motor's inventor, but he refuses to name him. "I know why you're here, Miss Taggart. Do you?" he says, hinting that the mystery is larger than she thinks. Meanwhile, the news announces new controls on the railroads and a major fire at the Wyatt oil fields.

あらすじ

Dagny drives a long way to a roadside diner to find Dr. Akston, a retired philosopher, and ask about a former student who worked at Twentieth Century Motor. He tells her he knows why she has come, says the secret she is chasing is bigger than the motor, and promises the inventor will find her. On the television, new laws and a fire at the Wyatt oil field.

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I was wondering ifget good mileagea long way to gogive up

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このシーンの表現

overstep its bounds

go beyond its limits

On the talk show the host asks whether the government is overstepping its bounds.

The agency was accused of overstepping its bounds.

このシーンの他の表現

  • I was wondering if

    a polite way to ask

  • get good mileage

    use fuel efficiently

  • a long way to go

    still far from finished

  • give up

    stop trying

  • Robin Hood

    steal from rich, give to poor

このシーンのメモ一覧

60 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1be wondering if ...

a polite way to ask

At the diner Dagny opens with a careful question about a young engineer.

Dr. Akston, I was wondering if you remember a young engineer...
表現 · B1get good mileage

use fuel efficiently

Akston deflects her questions by asking whether her car gets good mileage.

Does this car get good mileage?
表現 · B1travel a long way to do something

come a great distance

I've traveled a very long way to be here
表現 · B1have a long way to go

still far from finished

When Dagny says she traveled far, Akston answers that she still has a long way to go.

You got a long way to go too.
スラング · A2You got

you have — In speech got often stands in for have.

You got a long way to go too.
表現 · A2work at a place

be employed at

I need the name of your student who worked at Twentieth Century Motor--
文法 · B1who worked at Twentieth Century Motor

relative clause: The who-clause pins down exactly which student she means.

I need the name of your student who worked at Twentieth Century Motor--
文法 · B1why you're here

embedded question: The why-clause is the object of know and names the reason she claims to see.

I know why you're here, Miss Taggart. Do you?
表現 · B2much greater than something

far bigger than

...and I mean much greater than an engine that runs on atmospheric electricity.
表現 · A2give up doing something

stop trying

Wished good luck, Dagny vows she will not give up finding the inventor.

I'm not gonna give up trying to find the inventor of that motor.
発音gonna give

Wanna-style gonna weakens and slides straight into give.

I'm not gonna give up trying to find the inventor of that motor.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

I'm not gonna give up trying to find the inventor of that motor.
スラング · A2I'm good

I'm fine, no thanks — A light way to decline more food or an offer.

No, I'm good. Thanks
発音turn that up

The t sounds flap and the three words run together.

Could you turn that up, please?
表現 · C1overstep one's bounds

go beyond its limits

On the talk show the host asks whether the government is overstepping its bounds.

Government is overstepping its bounds?
表現 · B2be in a position to do something

be able to do something

It's quite unique. It's in a position where it can help its neighborhood needier states.
文法 · B2where it can help its neighborhood needier states

relative adverb clause: The where-clause describes the position and what it allows the state to do.

It's quite unique. It's in a position where it can help its neighborhood needier states.
表現 · B2take from the rich

take money from the wealthy here it means taxing rich states to fund poorer ones

Like a Robin Hood of taking from the rich, feeding the poor.
表現 · B1be up to something

be doing secretly

I heard about what Orren Boyle is up to. Call me.
発音engulfed in

The end of engulfed links into in, almost as one word.

As you can see, the hillside behind me is completely engulfed in flames.
表現 · A2at the moment

right now

And zero containment at the moment.
表現 · C1place a moratorium on something

impose a temporary ban on

I am placing a moratorium on all railroad lines.
表現 · A2according to something

based on

...and distribute it according to the needs of the people.
発音according to

The word to reduces to a light schwa after according.

...and distribute it according to the needs of the people.
文法 · B2will no longer be permitted

future passive: The passive will be permitted carries the rule, and no longer reverses it.

Furthermore, big companies will no longer be permitted...
表現 · B1be applied to something

be imposed on

Finally, a federal tax will be applied to the state of Colorado...
表現 · A2in order to do something

so as to

...in order to equalize the national economy.

「Dagny Meets Dr. Akston at the Diner」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene gathers the film's two main threads: Dagny's private search and the state's public takeover. At the diner, Akston will not give her the name she wants, but he tells her what she really needs to hear — 'I know why you're here, Miss Taggart. Do you?' and 'He'll find you.' She is chasing an inventor she thinks she must rescue, when the film's point is that he is choosing to disappear. On television, the opposite logic plays out: 'Like a Robin Hood of taking from the rich, feeding the poor,' a commentator says, and then Mouch announces a moratorium on all railroads and a tax on Colorado. The two halves are set side by side so the contrast is plain: a woman hunting for the one man who can still create, and a government busy stopping everyone else.

Theme

PowerThe state seizes control of the railroads and the steel industry, calling it equality while punishing a productive state.
PhilosophyAkston's riddling answers push Dagny past the motor, toward a larger question she has not yet asked.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A quiet warning can matter more than a straight answer.
  • Broadcast English dresses power in procedure.
  • The fire and the decree land at the same moment.
  • A withheld name can still drive a whole search.

発音のポイント

  • gonna give — Wanna-style gonna weakens and slides straight into give.
  • turn that up — The t sounds flap and the three words run together.
  • engulfed in — The end of engulfed links into in, almost as one word.
  • according to — The word to reduces to a light schwa after according.
You got a long way to go too.

Akston's double meaning: Dagny's journey is long, and so is the road she has not yet understood.

I know why you're here, Miss Taggart. Do you?

The philosopher's challenge: he sees through her errand, and asks whether she understands her own motive.

Oh, don't worry, Miss Taggart. He'll find you.

His reassurance, or riddle: she will not find the inventor by searching, because the inventor will come to her.

Like a Robin Hood of taking from the rich, feeding the poor.

The news panel's frame for the new laws: a flattering name for taking from one group to fund another.

I mean, rich people are getting richer poor people are getting poorer.

A blunt statement of the trend the new laws will worsen, delivered as if it were equality.

As you can see, the hillside behind me is completely engulfed in flames.

The reporter's line from the fire: the whole hillside is burning with no sign of control.

このシーンについての質問

What does Dagny want from Dr. Akston?

The name of his former student, the engineer who built the motor that ran on atmospheric electricity. She believes finding the inventor will save her railroad.

What does Mouch mean by a "moratorium" on all railroad lines?

A moratorium is an official pause. Mouch is ordering every railroad to stop operating until further notice, the first of several directives he issues from his new post.

What new directives does Wesley Mouch announce?

He suspends all railroad lines, orders steel mills to produce at the same level, forbids companies from moving to wealthier states, and puts a federal tax on Colorado to equalize the economy.

What is happening at the Wyatt Oil Field?

A major fire has erupted, with several explosions on the hillside. The report says the fire is completely uncontained and crews have been brought in from far away.

Why does Akston tell Dagny the inventor will find her?

He is telling her to stop hunting. The inventor is not lost or captured; he is choosing his own path, and if he wants to, he will come to her in his own time.

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再生中 · 第 16 章overstep its boundsDagny Meets Dr. Akston at the Diner
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