《社交网络》精讲 33好建议

They'll hire private detectives who'll follow you day and night.

他们会聘请私人侦探 不分日夜的跟踪你

You're a target for high-priced escorts¹.

你会成为高级伴游女的目标

I can't prove it, but I know they tap my phones.

我无法证明它 但我知道他们监听我的手机

Whatever it is that's gonna trip you up, you've done already.

不管是你已经做的旅行

Private behavior is a relic² of a time gone by.

根本没有私人空间

And if somehow, someway, you've managed to live your life like the Dalai Lama,

不管怎样 你把你的生活管理的像达赖喇嘛

they'll make shit up.

他们才会闭嘴

Because they don't want you, they want your idea.

因为他们不是想要你，而是你的想法

And they want you to say "thank you" while you...

他们希望你说“谢谢”，当你…

Excuse me.

打扰一下

...wipe your chin and walk away.

…擦完下巴，然后走开的时候

That's what happened to you?

这就是发生在你身上的事？

And delusional³.

还有妄想症

Yes. But there'll be payback at Case.

是的，但是，赢了官司也会有后果

I brought down the record companies with Napster

我和纳帕斯达打败了唱片公司

and Case'll suffer for their sins, too.

于是我离开了公司

Sorry, you didn't bring down the record companies.

对不起，你没有打倒唱片公司

They won.

他们赢了

In court. - Yeah.

在法庭上 - 是的

You wanna buy a Tower Records, Eduardo?

爱德华多，你想买塔唱片公司股票吗？

And he told story after story about life in Silicon⁴ Valley,

他讲完之后又讲了他在硅谷的生活

and parties at Stanford and down in LA, and friends who'd become millionaires...

斯坦福的聚会，洛杉矶的困境 还有百万富翁的朋友

But mostly how Mark had to... He had to come to California.

他说的最多的还是劝马克必须来加州

And then he got around to The Facebook.

之后他才谈到脸谱网

So, tell me about your progress.

那么告诉我你们的进展

Well, we're in 29 schools now. We got over 75,000 members.

我们现在拓展了29所学校 有超过75000名成员

Tell me about the strategy you're using. - Okay.

说说你们使用的策略 - 好的

For instance, we wanted Baylor, in Texas,

举例来说 我们要拓展得克萨斯州的贝勒大学

but Baylor already had a social network on campus.

但贝勒大学已经有了社会网路

So instead of going right after them,

我们不会直接进入

we made a list of every school within 100 miles...

我们统计它100英里内的每个学校

You put The Facebook on those campuses first.

你先把脸谱网放在这些学校

Pretty soon all the Baylor kids saw their friends on our site and we were in.

很快，贝勒大学的学生看到他们的朋友 在我们的网站上，我们就打入了这个学校

It's called the Little Bighorn. That's smart, Mark.

这叫抛砖引玉，很明智，马克

- Thanks, that was mine. - Easy.

- 谢谢，那是我的想法 - 放松

Hey, you know what? Settle an argument for us.

你知道如何解决我们之间的争论

I say it's time to start making money from The Facebook,

我的想法是时候开始 从脸谱网上面赚钱了

but Mark doesn't want advertising⁵. Who's right?

但是马克不想在上面放广告 我们俩谁对？

Neither of you yet.

都不对

The Facebook is cool, that's what it's got going for it.

脸谱网很酷，它还有东西要完善

Yeah.

是的

You don't wanna ruin it with ads because ads aren't cool.

你不想破坏它，因为广告可不酷

Exactly.

对极了

It's like you're throwing the greatest party on campus

就像你正在校园里最大的派对玩的嗨呢

and someone's saying it's gotta be over by 11:00.

但有人说11点就要结束了

That's exactly right.

就是那样

You don't even know what the thing is yet. - Exactly.

你甚至不知道它究竟是什么 - 没错

How big it can get, how far it can go. This is no time to take your chips down.

它能发展多大，走多远 没有太多时间去考虑这些

A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?

一百万美元是不酷，你知道什么酷吗？

You?

你呢？

"A billion dollars."

“十亿美元”

And that shut everybody up.

那让每个人震惊

And that's where you're headed. A billion-dollar valuation.

这就是你们前进的方向 十亿美元的估价

Unless you take bad advice, in which case you may as well have come up with

除非你采纳了不好的建议 那样的话你也可以赶上

a chain of very successful yogurt shops.

非常成功的酸奶连锁店

When you go fishing, you can catch a lot of fish or you can catch a big fish.

当你钓鱼的时候， 你可以捉到好多鱼或者捉到大鱼

You ever walk into a guy's den⁶ and see a picture of him standing⁷ next to 14 trout⁸?

你曾经走进一个伙计书房里面看到 他站在14条鲑鱼旁边的照片吗？

No, he's holding a 3,000-pound marlin. - Yep.

不，他拿着一个3000磅重的马林鱼 - 没错

That's a good analogy⁹. - Okay.

这是一个很好的类比 - 好吧

But we all know marlins don't really weigh 3,000 pounds, right?

但我们都不知道 马林鱼是否真有3000磅，对吗？

Have you seen the big ones up close?

你近距离看到过大的马林鱼吗？

No, but I don't think the guy's holding a marlin the size of a Range Rover.

没有，但我相信那个家伙 弄不到路虎那么大的马林鱼

That would be a really big fish and a very strong guy.

那真是一条大鱼需要非常强壮的人

You think we might be getting away from the point?

你认为我们怎样走的更远？

I don't have a dog in this fight. I'm just a fan who came to say hi.

我并没有参与你们的项目 我只是一个粉丝，来和你们打声招呼

He owned Mark after that dinner.

那顿晚餐之后，马克被他征服了

He picked up the check, he told Mark they'd talk again soon,

他结了帐 告诉马克他们会很快再次交谈

and he was gone.

之后他就走了

But not before he made his biggest contribution to the company.

但还没说到他为公司做出的最大贡献呢

Drop the "The." Just "Facebook."

去掉网站前面的定冠词，只要脸谱网

It's cleaner.

这样更简洁

1 escorts   

护送者( escort的名词复数 )； 护航舰； 陪同某人参加社交活动的人（尤指男人）； 受雇陪同某人外出社交的人（尤指女人）

参考例句：

• Armed escorts are provided for visiting heads of state. 来访的国家元首由武装卫队护送。
• In the region of Chufu we gathered an army of military escorts. 在曲阜境内，有一支军队保护我们。

2 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

3 delusional   

妄想的

参考例句：

• You became delusional and attacked several people trying to escape. 你产生了错觉并攻击了许多人还试图逃走。 来自电影对白
• He is incoherent, delusional, suffering auditory hallucinations. 他出现无逻辑的，妄想的，幻听的症状。 来自电影对白

4 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

6 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 trout   

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

参考例句：

• Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
• We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

9 analogy   

n.类似，相似，类比，类推

参考例句：

• It is not always reliable to argue by analogy.靠类推法论证并不总是可靠的。
• A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.可以用歌唱艺术作类比。