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Oppenheimer · 2023 — 第 8 / 28 章 · 1'51" · C1

Lawrence Shuts Down the Union, Explained：herd into

Lawrence corners a young colleague over his ties to a union full of Communists and tells him it is why he cannot be brought onto the project. The argument turns personal: "It's not your people they're herding into camps." It ends less with agreement than with a warning to wake up.

あらすじ

Lawrence clears the room and confronts Lomanitz about the union, which he says is full of Communists, saying it is why he cannot be brought onto the project. The two men argue about politics and about who is really at risk, and Lawrence warns him to check his rearview mirror and stop being naive. Lomanitz agrees to settle things, and Lawrence welcomes him to the war.

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have in common withherd intorearview mirrorself-important

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このシーンの表現

herd into

把（人）像牲口一样驱赶、集中到某处

劳伦斯对奥本海默说，被赶进集中营的不是你这类人，而是我这类人，一句话把两人的身份处境摆到台面上。

The guards herded the prisoners into a single hall.

このシーンの他の表現

  • have in common with

    和某人或某物有共同之处

  • rearview mirror

    （汽车）后视镜；引申为回头审视自己的处境

  • self-important

    自视甚高的；把自己看得太重要的

このシーンのメモ一覧

35 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · A2get paidLomanitz, what do you get paid a month?
発音get paid

flap

Lomanitz, what do you get paid a month?
表現 · B1the pointThat's not the point, Lawrence.
表現 · B2have something in common with someoneWhat do any of you have in common with farm laborers and dock workers?
文法 · B2have in common with farm laborers

have in common with

What do any of you have in common with farm laborers and dock workers?
発音Filled with

liaison

Filled with Communists.
表現 · B2join the PartySo? I haven't joined the Party.
表現 · B2bring someone onto somethingThey won't let me bring you onto the project because of this shit.
文法 · B1let me bring you onto

let someone do

They won't let me bring you onto the project because of this shit.
スラング · B1shitThey won't let me bring you onto the project because of this shit.
表現 · B1know what something isOh. I know what the project is.
文法 · C1letter to Roosevelt warning him

present participle

We've all heard about Einstein and Szilard's letter to Roosevelt warning him the Germans could make a bomb,
表現 · B2what it means for someoneand I know what it means for the Nazis to have a bomb.
表現 · C1herd people into a placeIt's not your people they're herding into camps.
表現 · B2look in the rearview mirrorThe next time you're coming home from a meeting, why don't you take a look in the rearview mirror?
表現 · B1stop being somethingListen to the sounds on your phone line and stop being so goddamn naive.
文法 · B1stop being so goddamn naive

stop doing

Listen to the sounds on your phone line and stop being so goddamn naive.
発音I get it

flap

Okay. I get it.
表現 · A2it's doneyou don't have to worry. It's done.

「Lawrence Shuts Down the Union」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a friendship being tested by the machinery of security. Lawrence has just thrown a meeting out of the room, and the fight that follows is not really about politics but about access: the union makes Lomanitz a liability, so Lawrence cannot bring him onto the secret project. Their exchange keeps cutting to something rawer - whose people are being rounded up - and the line "It's not your people they're herding into camps" shows how personal the political has become. Lawrence's answer is both a defense and a warning: he tells Lomanitz to check the rearview mirror and stop being naive, as if the surveillance were simply weather. The scene ends in a truce rather than a resolution, with the friend reluctantly welcomed to the war.

Theme

IdentityA physicist's political ties make him a security risk, splitting his public and private self.
TrustTwo colleagues test whether friendship can survive suspicion and surveillance.

発音のポイント

  • get paid — flap
  • Filled with — liaison
  • I get it — flap
What do any of you have in common with farm laborers and dock workers?

A jab meant to deflate the union's claims of solidarity with ordinary workers.

Listen to the sounds on your phone line and stop being so goddamn naive.

A blunt warning that he is being watched, and that his idealism is dangerous.

It's not your people they're herding into camps.

A reminder, charged with personal stake, that the persecution is aimed at people like him.

They won't even let me tell you what the project is.

The concrete consequence of the political suspicion: secrecy now stands between them.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Lomanitz work on the project?

Because of his ties to a union that is full of Communists. The people running the project treat that as a security risk, which is why Lawrence cannot bring him on.

What is the union they are arguing about?

A federation of architects, engineers, chemists, and technicians that Lomanitz belongs to. Lawrence says it is full of Communists, which makes membership dangerous for his career.

What does Lawrence tell Lomanitz to do?

He tells him to look in his rearview mirror and listen to the noises on his phone line, meaning he is likely being watched, and to stop being naive about the danger.

Why does the argument turn personal?

Because Lawrence notes that the people being herded into camps are his people, not Lomanitz's, which makes the political dispute a question of identity and survival.

How does the scene end?

Lomanitz agrees to talk to the others and says the matter will be handled, and Lawrence answers, "Then welcome to the war."

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