告诉某人一声
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争论要不要起诉他：give someone the finger
偷点子的事被发现，三人吵成一团：先把证据 put all this together（整理齐全），再讨论要不要 sue（起诉）；有人说不如在报纸上 plant stories（放料），也有人只想 give someone the finger（竖中指挑衅）。可最后谁都不肯先动手，因为这里是哈佛，规矩是你不放料、也不告人。想学克制地吵架、把话说圆，这段很典型。
发生了什么
扎克伯格抢先做出「The Facebook」之后，温克沃斯兄弟和迪维亚认定他偷了自己的点子，翻出证据准备行动。他们打电话给父亲的律师，说好把材料 put all this together（整理齐全）再发过去；律师可能会寄一封 cease-and-desist letter（停止侵害警告函）。三个人随后吵起来：一个只想 sue（起诉），一个想低调，还有人想在《绯红报》上 plant stories（放料）把事闹大。结果被哈佛的规矩按住：Because we're gentlemen of Harvard（因为我们是哈佛的绅士）——This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people（这里是哈佛，你不放料，也不告人）。想学争论里的进退、还有怎么讲「克制」「规矩」，这一场很到位。
这场戏看什么
- 卡梅伦用身份挡起诉
- 迪维亚讽刺何时升级
- 念报纸怎样当证据
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get around tolied to our facesschool someone incease-and-desist letter
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give someone the finger
对某人竖中指、公然挑衅Openly insult or defy someone
Cameron 说 He's giving us the finger in The Crimson，认定 Mark 是在报上公开挑衅他们。
Ignoring the invitation entirely was giving them the finger.完全不理那封邀请，就等于对他们竖中指。
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- get around to
终于抽空去做
- lied to our faces
当着我们的面撒谎
- school someone in
给某人上课、教训一番
- cease-and-desist letter
停止侵害警告函
- plant stories
往媒体栽消息
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"'Everyone's been talking a lot about a universal facebook within Harvard,' he says."终于抽空去做
引述 Mark 的话，说大学 a couple of years to get around to it，嫌学校拖了几年才动手。
"'a couple of years to get around to it.around to 连读，t 变 flap 像 aroun-da，to 弱读。
"'a couple of years to get around to it.少得可怜、寒酸
And this guy doesn't have three friends to rub together to make a fourth.把材料整理齐全
We'll put all this together and we'll e-mail it to you.……反而更省事
You know what, it would just be easier for us to e-mail it to you.不是有意要……
He's a good guy and he's very bright and I'm sure he didn't mean to do...当着我们的面撒谎
Tyler 说 We know he lied to our faces for a month and a half，把欺骗说得又重又具体。
We know he lied to our faces for a month and a half.否定加一般过去：never 加一般过去，把他从没当面见过我们说成一句冷冷的事实，也顺手把当面撒谎这个指控拆掉。
- No, he never lied to our faces. - Okay, he never saw our faces.先到先得就是一切
because he knows what apparently you don't, which is that getting there first is everything.what 宾语从句：what apparently you don't 是 knows 的宾语，意思是你显然不知道的那件事；插进 apparently 后，嘲讽就出来了。
because he knows what apparently you don't, which is that getting there first is everything.给某人上课、教训某人
I don't think you need to school me in the importance of getting there first. Thank you.停止侵害警告函
Tyler 说律师若觉得合适 will send a cease-and-desist letter，把法律动作说成一步程序。
He's gonna look at all this and if he thinks it's appropriate he'll send a cease-and-desist letter.if 条件主将从现：if 从句用一般现在时、主句用将来，是标准的真实条件句：只要律师觉得合适，就会发警告函。事情被说成程序，不带情绪。
He's gonna look at all this and if he thinks it's appropriate he'll send a cease-and-desist letter.cease-and-desist 里 cease 和 desist 各扛一个重音，and 常弱化为 /ən/，letter 轻轻收尾。
He's gonna look at all this and if he thinks it's appropriate he'll send a cease-and-desist letter.把某人狠揍一顿
No, I wanna hire the Sopranos to beat the shit out of him with a hammer.the 弱读，beat the 连成 beada，shit out of 一气连读。
No, I wanna hire the Sopranos to beat the shit out of him with a hammer.把某人狠揍一顿——粗俗说法，朋友间夸张地说要揍人也常见；正式场合、对长辈、写邮件都不能用，字面涉及暴力。
No, I wanna hire the Sopranos to beat the shit out of him with a hammer.冷静下来
I'm saying, let's calm down until we know what we're talking about.体面、上档次（反讽）——这里拿体面这个词反讽对方的自吹；口语里 classy 更常见，正式场合别反着用。
Shit, I need a second to let the classiness waft over me.对某人竖中指、公然挑衅
Cameron 说 He's giving us the finger in The Crimson，认定 Mark 是在报上公开挑衅他们。
That's exactly what we said to him. He's giving us the finger in The Crimson.过目、检查一遍
While we're waiting for Dad's lawyer to look this stuff over,你死我活的互撕
We're not starting a knife fight in The Crimson.往媒体栽消息
Cameron 说 This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people，划出他们的行事底线。
This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people.起诉某人
This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people.看懂「争论要不要起诉他」
发音重点
- get around to it — around to 连读，t 变 flap 像 aroun-da，to 弱读。
- cease-and-desist letter — cease-and-desist 里 cease 和 desist 各扛一个重音，and 常弱化为 /ən/，letter 轻轻收尾。
- beat the shit out of — the 弱读，beat the 连成 beada，shit out of 一气连读。
This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people.这里是哈佛，在这儿你不往报上放料，也不起诉别人。 一句话框出整套出身规矩：体面优先、诉讼其次，理智里带着可笑。
Because we're gentlemen of Harvard.因为我们是哈佛的绅士。 把不打官司上升成身份认同，是骄傲，也是他们后来输掉一切的原因。
We know he lied to our faces for a month and a half.我们知道他有一个半月都在当面骗我们。 把抽象的剽窃换成可数的细节：一个半月、当面，愤怒因此有了刻度。
We're not starting a knife fight in The Crimson.我们不会在《绯红报》上开一场刀战。 用刀战比喻校内笔战，把体面人的分寸感说得又形象又好笑。
And this guy doesn't have three friends to rub together to make a fourth.而这家伙三个朋友凑一块都搓不出第四个来。 用凑不齐第四个朋友来羞辱对方，画面感强，刻薄得一针见血。
关于这一章的问题
cease-and-desist letter 是什么？
指「停止侵害警告函」，由律师发出，要求对方立即停止某项侵权或骚扰行为，通常是起诉前的第一步。台词里律师会先看材料，再决定要不要发这种信。
give someone the finger 是什么意思？
字面是「朝某人竖中指」，表示公然挑衅、不屑。台词里说 He's giving us the finger in The Crimson，就是「他在《绯红报》上公开冲我们竖中指」，是很强的挑衅。
「当着我们的面撒谎」英语怎么说？
lie to someone's face(s)。face 在这里指当面、对着人，lied to our faces 就是「当我们面撒谎」。台词里他们说 knows he lied to our faces for a month and a half，语气很气。
「往媒体栽消息」英语怎么说？
plant stories。plant 在这里是「暗中安插」，plant stories 就是故意把消息捅给媒体，好引导舆论。台词里明确说在哈佛你不 plant stories，属于不体面的做法。
他们为什么不立刻起诉？
一方面要等父亲的律师看完材料再决定，另一方面「哈佛绅士」的身份让他们不愿把家丑摆到台面上——不放料、也不打官司。面子、规矩和时机缠在一起，才让他们犹豫。
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