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创业者上门大谈野心:once-in-a-generation

肖恩·帕克突然出现在帕洛阿尔托的房子,一见马克就说这是个 once-in-a-generation(一代才有一次)的点子。他讲自己创办 Napster 的往事,鼓动马克别被风投牵着走,要自己当那个说了算的人。想学怎么给创业者打鸡血、怎么把野心说出口,这一段最有戏。

发生了什么

肖恩·帕克来到帕洛阿尔托的房子,对马克大谈未来。他先夸这场面:This house and this team are great(这房子和团队都很棒)。接着讲了个寓言:维多利亚的秘密创始人本想给妻子买内衣,却因此发家,五年后从金门大桥跳了下去——Poor guy just wanted to buy his wife a pair of thigh-highs(可怜的人,只想给老婆买双过膝袜)。他还讲自己创办 Napster 的动机,是想把喜欢的女孩从别人身边抢走。最后他鼓动马克别让风投接手,This is our time(这是我们的时代),要递上写着 I'm CEO, bitch 的名片。想学讲故事、下判断和赤裸裸的野心宣言,这段台词密度最高。

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  • 不在场的爱德华多被改写
  • 名片那句把脏话当职位

留意这几个短语

That's what I'm talking aboutthe next big thingtake it from hereI'm CEO, bitch.

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本章短语

That's what I'm talking about

这才对、我要的就是这个That is exactly what I want

看见有人戴上耳机完全沉进工作,Sean 脱口 That's what I'm talking about,用这句话给这种投入盖章。

You finished it a day early? That's what I'm talking about.你提前一天就做完了?这才对嘛。

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  • the next big thing

    下一件大事、即将爆火的东西

  • take it from here

    接下来交给某人接手

  • I'm CEO, bitch.

    带着挑衅宣布自己的位置

  • suck up to

    巴结、拍马屁

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短语 · A2move out

搬走、搬出去

I was helping her move out, we saw the chimney...
短语 · B1make the right choice

做了正确的选择

You made the right choice.
短语 · B2exactly what it should be

正是它该有的样子

This house and this team are great. It's exactly what it should be.
短语 · B2be wired in

在线、连上了网络

Oh, he's wired in.
俚语 · B2wired in

在线、接入网络、时刻连着——口语里形容一个人随时泡在网上,或设备已联网;朋友间调侃常用,正式场合说「总在线」更稳。

Oh, he's wired in.
短语 · B2crash at a place

在那边借住、蹭住

I was crashing there for a little bit while I'm taking care of some things,
短语 · B1someone's place

某人的住处

but she's done for the summer so she's back at her parents' place.
短语 · B2a rock star of something

大腕、风云人物

- The homeless rock star of Palo Alto. - All right.
发音hundred schools

hundred 的词尾 d 滑向 schools,常连成 /ˈhʌndrədskulz/,重音压在 hun 上。

A hundred schools by the end of the summer.
短语 · B1too ... to do something

尴尬到没法做某事

but he's too embarrassed to shop for it in a department store.
语法 · B2too embarrassed to shop for it in a department store

too ... to 结构:too embarrassed to shop 表示「尴尬到没法去做某事」:too 后面的形容词指出程度,to 后面接因此做不成的动作。它和单纯加强程度的说法不同,那种只说程度高,too 暗含后果是做不到。中文的「尴尬到不敢」,正是这个结构的意思。

but he's too embarrassed to shop for it in a department store.
短语 · B1come up with something

想出、提出

He comes up with an idea for a high-end place that doesn't make you feel like a pervert.
短语 · B2high-end + noun

高端的、高档的

He comes up with an idea for a high-end place that doesn't make you feel like a pervert.
短语 · B2feel like something

觉得自己像个变态

He comes up with an idea for a high-end place that doesn't make you feel like a pervert.
短语 · A2a pair of something

一双、一对

Poor guy just wanted to buy his wife a pair of thigh-highs, you know?
短语 · B1be impressed by something

被某物打动、被镇住

- God. - Don't be impressed by all this.
俚语 · C1cretins

蠢货、白痴——骂人智商的词,带轻蔑;朋友间自嘲或开玩笑可以,对陌生人、正式场合就是人身攻击。

You know, no, that was for web cretins.
短语 · B2the next big thing

下一件大事、即将爆火的东西

他讲自己为什么动手做那个项目:想把喜欢的人抢过来,于是决定做出 the next big thing,把这件事说成一场非赢不可的证明。

So I decided to come up with the next big thing.
短语 · B2piss someone off

把很多人惹恼了

It may not have been good business, but it pissed a lot of people off.
语法 · B2may not have been good business

may have 推测:may have been 是对过去情况的推测,表示「也许当时算不上……」。这里先让一步承认它不是好生意,再用 but 把重点转到「但它气到了很多人」。这种先退后进的让步结构,让后半句的立场更突出。中文说「也许算不上」,英文用 may have been 对位。

It may not have been good business, but it pissed a lot of people off.
语法 · B2isn't that what your Facemash was about

反问句:isn't that ... 是反问句式,用否定形式其实是要对方点头:难道你那东西不是这个意思吗。what your Facemash was about 是表语从句,回答的是 about 的宾语。反问让结论显得不容反驳,比直接说 that is what it was about 有力得多。

And isn't that what your Facemash was about?
短语 · A2be scared of someone

怕某人

They're scared of me, pal, and they're gonna be scared of you.
发音scared of me

scared 的词尾 d 连上 of,of 再滑向 me,听上去像 scare-də-me。

They're scared of me, pal, and they're gonna be scared of you.
俚语 · B1pal

老兄、哥们儿——男性之间带点居高临下或套近乎的称呼;对上级、不熟的人用会显得轻慢,正式场合避免。

They're scared of me, pal, and they're gonna be scared of you.
短语 · B2take it from here

接下来交给某人接手

Sean 模仿风投的口气说 the grown-ups will take it from here,讽刺他们总想把年轻人踢出局。

What the VCs want is to say, "Good idea, kid, the grown-ups will take it from here."
语法 · C1What the VCs want is to say

what 主语从句:what the VCs want 是主语从句,整块当主语,后面用 is 接表语 to say。这种语序把「风投想要什么」放到句首,先摆出对方的立场,再揭它的台词。中文说「风投想要的就是说」,英文也用 what 从句先立主题。

What the VCs want is to say, "Good idea, kid, the grown-ups will take it from here."
发音CEO

CEO 三个字母要逐个重读并拉开,比周围任何词都响,才有那股气势。

This time, you're gonna hand them a business card that says, "I'm CEO, bitch."
俚语 · C1bitch

贱人(这里当语气词用,表挑衅)——对女性的侮辱性骂词,攻击性极强;本场是肖恩教马克用来放狠话,并非称呼在场任何人。日常对任何人都不能用。

This time, you're gonna hand them a business card that says, "I'm CEO, bitch."
短语 · B2suck up to someone

拍某人马屁

- He's in New York. - Sucking up to ad execs.
俚语 · B2Sucking up to

拍马屁、讨好——贬义说法,指为了好处去奉承有资源的人;私下吐槽可用,当面评价同事、上级会得罪人。

- He's in New York. - Sucking up to ad execs.
短语 · C1live and breathe something

把全部身心扑在某事上

- Do you live and breathe Facebook? - Yes.
短语 · C1kiss someone's ass

拍马屁、巴结

but he shouldn't be in New York kissing Madison Avenue's ass.
俚语 · B2ass

屁股(用在拍马屁的固定说法里)——kiss someone's ass 是粗俗版的巴结,等于「舔」。表达强烈不满时才用,职场、正式场合要换成「奉承」这类中性说法。

but he shouldn't be in New York kissing Madison Avenue's ass.
短语 · C1once-in-a-generation + noun

一代才有一次的

This is a once-in-a-generation, "holy shit" idea.
短语 · C1a gesture of good faith

表示诚意的举动

Tell you what. Gesture of good faith.
语法 · B1If you don't have a place to crash

if 条件句:if 从句用一般现在时否定,主句用 should 给建议:如果你没地方住,就该来跟我们住。条件句在这里不是谈事实,而是制造一个顺水推舟的理由,把邀请说得像对方的需要。中文的「你要是没地方住」,语气一样是替人先想好。

If you don't have a place to crash, I think you should definitely come and live with us.
短语 · B2line up shots

摆一排酒、准备几杯

Let's line up some shots.
发音line up

line 的词尾 n 直接勾住 up,常连成 /laɪnʌp/,两个词几乎黏成一个。

Let's line up some shots.

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发音重点

  • hundred schools — hundred 的词尾 d 滑向 schools,常连成 /ˈhʌndrədskulz/,重音压在 hun 上。
  • scared of me — scared 的词尾 d 连上 of,of 再滑向 me,听上去像 scare-də-me。
  • CEO — CEO 三个字母要逐个重读并拉开,比周围任何词都响,才有那股气势。
  • line up — line 的词尾 n 直接勾住 up,常连成 /laɪnʌp/,两个词几乎黏成一个。
This time, you're gonna hand them a business card that says, "I'm CEO, bitch."

这一次,你要递给他们一张名片,上面写着:「我是 CEO,贱人。」 把职位和脏话焊在一张名片上,等于用最不体面的方式宣布最正式的权力。这是肖恩给马克上的姿态课,也是全片最有攻击性的野心宣言。

They're scared of me, pal, and they're gonna be scared of you.

他们怕我,老兄,他们也一样会怕你。 把恐惧当成可以交接的资产:我怕过,所以我知道他们会怕你。一句话把两个人的命运绑在一起。

But not this time. This is our time.

但这一次不一样。这是我们的时代。 两个短句划出分界:过去的规则到此为止,接下来归我们。它把一场晚餐后的闲谈抬成了改朝换代的开场白。

This is a once-in-a-generation, "holy shit" idea.

这是一代才出一次、牛逼到吓人的点子。 把夸张说成事实:用「一代一次」给机会定价,再用一句粗口给它盖戳。野心被包装成了产品评估。

Look at my face and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about.

看着我的脸,告诉我我不知道自己在说什么。 用最直接的对视来担保自己的判断:不相信我的话,就看着我说。它把说服力押在人的脸上,而不是道理上。

关于这一章的问题

live and breathe 是什么意思?

字面是「活着都在呼吸这件事」,实际指整个人扑在某件事上、离了就活不了。台词里问 Do you live and breathe Facebook(你是不是为 Facebook 活着),就是在确认这份投入。

「拍马屁」英语怎么说?

suck up to。台词里说爱德华多 Sucking up to ad execs(在拍广告高管的马屁),带点看不起的口气,比 flatter 更口语。

once-in-a-generation 怎么理解?

意思是「一代才有一次的、极其罕见的」,用来形容难得一遇的机会或人才。台词里夸这是个 once-in-a-generation 的点子,等于说错过就再也没有。

「接下来交给我们」英语怎么说?

take it from here。台词里模拟风投的口气:Good idea, kid, the grown-ups will take it from here(好主意,孩子,接下来交给大人),正是这种态度让肖恩反感。

「拍麦迪逊大道的马屁」这句在骂谁?

在骂爱德华多跑去纽约讨好广告圈。Madison Avenue 指广告业,kissing someone's ass 指卑躬屈膝。这句话一半是调侃一半是不满,也为后面的冲突埋线。

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