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Oppenheimer · 2023 — 第 9 / 28 章 · 3'47" · C1

Groves Offers Oppenheimer the Job, Explained：point taken

Groves recruits Oppenheimer by listing every bad thing ever said about him, then they get into a fight about security and trust. Oppenheimer gives no ground: "I don't take anything on trust," and insists it is his job to say no. He ends with the line that wins the post.

あらすじ

Colonel Groves meets Oppenheimer and offers him the job of project director. He runs through the bad reports first, from dilettante to suspected Communist, and the two argue about security versus speed. Oppenheimer refuses to give ground, then closes with a joke about not being able to run a hamburger stand.

Job interviewTalking to the bossConfrontingPersuadingBoss & employeeC1mediumamericanClean
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put in chargesmart asstaken for grantedpoint taken

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このシーンの表現

point taken

明白了；你这一点我接受（但未必同意）

奥本海默听完格罗夫斯关于安全与效率的提醒，先认下这一点，紧接着用 but, no 表明依然拒绝。

Point taken, but I still think we should wait.

このシーンの他の表現

  • put in charge

    让某人负责、掌管某事

  • smart ass

    自作聪明的人；爱耍贫嘴的人

  • taken for granted

    被当作理所当然；因而不受重视

このシーンのメモ一覧

81 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

発音dry-cleaned

elision

Have that dry-cleaned.
表現 · C1the brassThe brass likes it so much they made me take over the Manhattan Engineer District.
表現 · B2be a smart assOh, don't be a smart ass. You know damn well what it is.
発音smart ass

liaison

Oh, don't be a smart ass. You know damn well what it is.
スラング · B2smart assOh, don't be a smart ass. You know damn well what it is.
表現 · B2someone's name comes upAnd my name came up?
表現 · B2take something for grantedWell, brilliance is taken for granted in your circle, so no.
文法 · B2who knows more about science than people

relative clause with who

but he also strikes me as a guy who knows more about science than people.
表現 · C1take something on trustYet here you are. You don't take much on trust.
表現 · B1have a Nobel PrizeWhy don't you have a Nobel Prize?
表現 · B1turn something into somethingYou're talking about turning theory into a practical weapons system faster than the Nazis.
文法 · B2turning theory into a practical weapons system

turn into

You're talking about turning theory into a practical weapons system faster than the Nazis.
表現 · B2put someone in chargeThe man they've undoubtedly put in charge will have made that leap instantly.
表現 · B2a straight raceIn a straight race, the Germans win.
表現 · B2be blinded by somethingOur one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources,
文法 · C1so blinded by hate that

so that

Our one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources,
文法 · B2have to see the whole task to contribute

infinitive of purpose

All minds have to see the whole task to contribute efficiently.
表現 · B1be at war with someoneRemind me, who are we at war with?
表現 · B2point takenPoint taken. But, no.
発音Point taken

flap

Point taken. But, no.
表現 · B2don't get to do somethingYou don't get to say "no" to me.

「Groves Offers Oppenheimer the Job」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a job interview built on insults, and both men know it. Groves says the worst things he has heard, not to reject Oppenheimer but to see how he takes it; the answer he likes is steadiness, not charm. Oppenheimer gives it. He will not accept the framing that his past disqualifies him, and he will not trade a little risk for a lot of delay. The disagreement about compartmentalization is the heart of it: one side wants secrecy, the other wants the whole problem visible to everyone who has to solve it. When Oppenheimer says, "It's my job to say 'no' to you when you're wrong," he is doing more than arguing — he is defining the partnership. The closing joke about the hamburger stand is the same move, and the last line seals it: "But I can run the Manhattan Project."

Theme

PowerGroves tests whether a risky scientist can be trusted with the most powerful project in the world.
TrustThe argument over secrecy and open work becomes the real negotiation between the two men.

発音のポイント

  • dry-cleaned — elision
  • smart ass — liaison
  • Point taken — flap
Oh, don't be a smart ass. You know damn well what it is.

Groves's blunt way of telling Oppenheimer to stop playing dumb about the Manhattan District.

Yet here you are. You don't take much on trust.

His observation that Oppenheimer keeps testing and doubting, even about the offer on the table.

In a straight race, the Germans win.

The bleak assessment that Germany has the better position if the two sides simply race.

It's my job to say "no" to you when you're wrong.

Oppenheimer defining the partnership before he even accepts it, claiming the right to push back.

But I can run the Manhattan Project.

The line that answers the joke about him and wins him the job.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Groves list Oppenheimer's flaws?

He is testing him. By naming the worst reports, from dilettante to suspected Communist, he wants to see whether Oppenheimer stays steady, and Oppenheimer does.

What do they argue about?

Security versus efficiency. Groves favors compartmentalization so that a leak cannot reveal the whole project, while Oppenheimer insists everyone must see the whole task to work well.

What does 'I don't take anything on trust' mean?

Oppenheimer means he does not accept claims without evidence. It is his answer to Groves's needling and a statement of how he will work if he takes the job.

How does the scene end?

Oppenheimer jokes that he cannot run a hamburger stand, then turns it around: he is still the man who can run the Manhattan Project, which is why the job becomes his.

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