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The Social Network · 2010 — 第 15 / 23 章 · 3'49" · B2

The Winklevosses Meet President Summers, Explained：make that call

The Winklevoss twins bring their complaint to Harvard's president, quoting the student handbook against Mark. Summers is unimpressed: "You might just be letting your imaginations run away with you." When they push back, he reminds them who he is — "I was the US Treasury Secretary" — and sends them to the courts.

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The Winklevoss twins go to President Summers to accuse Mark of stealing their idea, citing the Harvard handbook on honesty. Summers is dismissive, calling it petty larceny and telling them they are letting their imaginations run away with them. After a sharp exchange about who can judge the matter, he tells them to try the courts.

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このシーンの表現

make that call

Make the decision

Cameron 对 Summers 说 you're in any position to make that call，质疑他没资格对这个案子下判断。

It's your project, so you make the call.

このシーンの他の表現

  • run away with you

    Let your imagination go too far

  • devastated

    A deadpan reply that hides contempt

  • petty larceny

    The theft of property of small value

このシーンのメモ一覧

79 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · B2the absence of somethingWell, darkness is the absence of light, and the stupidity in that instance was the absence of me.
文法 · B2the absence of light

noun + of: The of phrase turns absence into a noun.

Well, darkness is the absence of light, and the stupidity in that instance was the absence of me.
表現 · B1come up with somethingWell, we came up with an idea for a website called Harvard Connection...
表現 · B2steal an ideaWe've since changed the name to ConnectU. And Mark Zuckerberg stole that idea...
表現 · B1what do you want me to do about itAnd I'm asking what you want me to do about it.
表現 · B2under the heading ...under the heading "Standards of Conduct in the Harvard Community,"
文法 · B2the college expects all students to be honest and forthcoming in their dealings with members in this community

expect someone to be: Expect plus object plus to be states an institutional standard.

it says the college expects all students to be honest and forthcoming in their dealings with members in this community.
表現 · B2be required to do somethingStudents are required to respect public and private ownership, and instances of theft, misappropriation or...
文法 · B2Students are required to respect public and private ownership

passive voice: The passive puts the rule, not a person, in charge.

Students are required to respect public and private ownership, and instances of theft, misappropriation or...
発音Yes, sir

weak form

- Anne? - Yes, sir?
表現 · B2result in something...or unauthorized use will result in disciplinary action, including the requirement to withdraw from the college.
表現 · B1instead of doing somethingAnd you memorized that instead of doing what?
表現 · B2plain and simpleSir, it's against university rules to steal from another student, plain and simple.
発音plain and simple

liaison

Sir, it's against university rules to steal from another student, plain and simple.
表現 · B1deal with someoneHave you tried dealing with the other student directly?
表現 · B1respond to somethingMr. Zuckerberg hasn't been responding to any of our e-mails or phone calls for the last two weeks.
表現 · B1knock on someone's doorHe doesn't answer when we knock on his door at Kirkland,
表現 · B1deal with someone face-to-faceand the closest I've come to dealing with him face-to-face
文法 · C1the closest I've come to dealing with him face-to-face

superlative with to + gerund: The superlative frames how near he ever got to a real meeting.

and the closest I've come to dealing with him face-to-face
表現 · B2go after someoneI saw him and I know he saw me. I went after him and then he disappeared.
表現 · B1make no senseI'm sorry, President Summers, but what you just said makes no sense to me at all.
発音makes no sense

liaison

I'm sorry, President Summers, but what you just said makes no sense to me at all.
スラング · C1petty larcenyI really don't know. This office doesn't handle petty larceny.
表現 · C1let one's imagination run away with one

Let your imagination go too far

You might just be letting your imaginations run away with you.
表現 · B2be in a position to do somethingSir, I honestly don't think you're in any position to make that call.
表現 · B2make the call

Make the decision

Sir, I honestly don't think you're in any position to make that call.
表現 · B2invent a jobHarvard undergraduates believe that inventing a job is better than finding a job.
表現 · B2better than doing somethingHarvard undergraduates believe that inventing a job is better than finding a job.
表現 · B1that's not the point- I'm sorry, sir, but that's not the point. - Please, arrive at the point.
表現 · C1arrive at the point- I'm sorry, sir, but that's not the point. - Please, arrive at the point.
表現 · B2the difference between A and BYou don't have to be an intellectual property expert to understand the difference between right and wrong.
表現 · B2on the subject of somethingLet me tell you something, Mr. Winklevoss, Mr. Winklevoss, since you're on the subject of right and wrong.
表現 · B1get special treatmentYou don't get special treatment.
文法 · B2If you have a problem with that

conditional clause: The condition sets up a not-so-veiled threat.

If you have a problem with that, Mr. Winklevoss...
表現 · C1be at someone's disposal...the courts are always at your disposal. Is there anything else I can do for you?
発音shove it

flap

You can take the Harvard Student Handbook and shove it...
スラング · B2shove itYou can take the Harvard Student Handbook and shove it...

「The Winklevosses Meet President Summers」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a lesson in how institutions protect themselves. The twins arrive with the rules on their side — a handbook clause on honesty, a stolen idea, a clear wrong — and Summers meets them with boredom. He reframes their case as "petty larceny," suggests they are letting their "imaginations run away," and points out that the code they quote binds students to the university, not to each other. When they insist he has no standing to judge, he ends the argument with rank: "I was the US Treasury Secretary." Finally he hands them off to the legal system, which is a polite way of refusing to help. Being right, the scene shows, is not the same as being heard.

Theme

PowerSummers ends a moral argument with rank, reminding the twins that authority decides what counts as a university issue.
JusticeThe twins have the rules and the facts, but the institution simply refuses to hear the case, showing how justice can be dodged.

発音のポイント

  • Yes, sir — weak form
  • plain and simple — liaison
  • makes no sense — liaison
  • shove it — flap
Well, darkness is the absence of light, and the stupidity in that instance was the absence of me.

Summers' smug one-liner: he explains the failure as simply his own absence, mixing fake philosophy with pure vanity.

You don't have to be an intellectual property expert to understand the difference between right and wrong.

The twins' core appeal to common sense, which Summers treats as an insult to himself.

Harvard undergraduates believe that inventing a job is better than finding a job.

His pat generalization about students, used to dismiss their complaint as an ordinary campus habit.

You might just be letting your imaginations run away with you.

A dismissive way of saying their claim is a fantasy, delivered like friendly advice.

このシーンについての質問

What do the Winklevoss twins want from President Summers?

They want the university to act against Mark for stealing their idea, and they cite the student handbook on honesty and ownership. Summers refuses to treat it as a university matter.

Why does Summers call it petty larceny?

To belittle the claim. Labeling the idea-theft as minor theft lets him say the office does not handle such things, which pushes the twins away without arguing the merits.

What does Summers mean by imaginations running away?

He is suggesting the twins have invented a grievance and blown its value out of proportion. It is a polite-sounding way of calling their claims fantasy.

Why does Summers mention being Treasury Secretary?

To end the argument with status. When the twins question his judgment, he answers with resume rather than reason, showing that rank is his real authority.

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