[Low Conversation]
Mr. Hart...
will you recite the facts of Hawkins vs. McGee? 你能否复述一下Hawkins诉McGee这个案子?
I do have your name right? You are Mr. Hart? 我有把你的名字念对吗？你就是Mr. Hart?
Yes, my name is Hart. 是的，我就是Hart.
You're not speaking loud enough, Mr. Hart. 你声音不够大，Mr. Hart.
Will you speak up? 能否大声一些?
Yes, my name is Hart. 是的，我是Hart
Mr. Hart, you're still not speaking loud enough. Mr. Hart，你的声音还是不够大
Will you stand? 你能否站起来?
Now that you're on your feet, Mr. Hart... 你现在站起来了, Mr. Hart...
maybe the class will be able to understand you. 或许我们都可以听听你说些什么
You are on your feet? 你站起来了吗?
Yes, I'm on my feet. 是的, 我站起来了
Loudly, Mr. Hart. 大声一点, Mr. Hart
Fill this room with your intelligence. 让你的智慧充满这个房间.
Now, will you give us the facts of the case? 现在，你能否告诉我们 这个案件的事实?
I haven't read the case. 我还没读这个案例.
Class assignments for the first day... 第一天的课堂作业...
are posted on the bulletin boards... 贴在兰德尔馆（哈佛法学院最大建筑世界上最大的法学院图书馆兰德尔是判例教学法的创始人）
in Langdell and Austin Halls. 和奥斯汀馆（第一所专门为美国法学院建造的建筑）里面的公告板上...
You must have known that. 你肯定知道这些
No.
You assumed this first class would be a lecture... 你以为第一堂课
an introduction to the course. 会是关于一个课程介绍的演讲
Yes, sir.
Never assume anything in my classroom. 在我的课堂里不要假设任何事情
Mr. Hart, I will myself give you the facts of the case. Mr. Hart, 我会亲自给你这个案例的事实
Hawkins vs. McGee is a case in contract law... Hawkins诉 McGee是一个关于合同法的案例
the subject of our study. 也就是我们要学习的课程
The boy burned his hand by touching an electric wire. 一个男孩因触摸电线而导致手被烧伤
A doctor who was anxious to experiment in skin grafting... 而一位急着做皮肤移植实验的医生
asked to operate on the hand... 要求对受伤男孩的手实施手术
guaranteeing that he would restore it 100%. 并且保证男孩的手将会100%的复原.
He took a piece of skin from the boy's chest... 医生从男孩的胸部取了一块皮肤
and grafted it onto the unfortunate boy's hand. 并且把这块皮肤移植到这位不幸的男孩手上
The operation failed to produce a healthy hand. 然而手术没能成功
Instead it produced a hairy hand. 反而给了男孩一只毛绒绒的手
A hand not only burned... 一只不仅被烧伤
but covered with dense, matted hair. 而且覆盖着毛发的手
Mr. Hart...
what damages do you think the doctor should pay? 这位医生应赔偿什么损失？
What did the doctor promise? 医生承诺过什么？
There was a promise to fix the hand... 医生承诺治愈男孩的手
back to the way it was before it was burned. 保证会完好如初，像烧伤之前一样
And the result of the operation? 那手术的结果呢？
The hand was much worse than before he went to the doctor. 手上的伤比以前更严重了
How should the court measure the damages? 法庭应当怎样计算赔偿？
What should the doctor pay the boy? 那位医生应当向男孩赔偿什么？
The doctor should... 医生应该…
The doctor should pay for what he did... 医生应该为他所做的负责
and he should pay for the difference... 他应该为他所造成的伤势
between what the boy had... a burned hand... 也就是把男孩被烧伤的手变成
and what the doctor gave him, a... 经他治疗后的手，一只...
Oh...
a burned and hairy hand? 一只被烧伤并且毛茸茸的手？
Mr. Pruit.
[Toilet Flushing]
Man: Aah!
Ha ha ha!
That's just the screamer, men. 就是那个尖叫的人，同学们
Screams every Friday and Sunday night at exactly 12:00. 每逢周五周日晚上12点准时尖叫
It's all right. 没事儿
Nobody's ever seen him. Not that I know of. 据我所知从没有人见过他
It's my third year now, and he's been screaming since I came. 这是我在这儿的第三年，自从我来这儿 那家伙每晚都大呼小叫
Right at the stroke of 12:00. 12点整点
Story is it was Kingsfield. 这跟Kingsfield有关
Kingsfield drove him mad. Kingsfield把他逼疯了
He's driven a lot of lawyers mad over the 40 years... 40多年里他把很多学法律的人都逼疯了
since he's been teaching here. 自从他在这里执教
I just heard he ripped up a one-L this morning... 我刚听说Kingsfield今早把一个一年级的学生整惨了 （L 哈佛法学院一年级生，取自同名小说）
so bad that the guy lost his breakfast. 那家伙太可怜了 把早餐都吐光了
That's true. That was me. 没错 那就是我
Hardly a propitious start. 这可不是一个好的开始
[Snorts]
Well, let's see, I guess I covered... 好吧，让我看看，我想我已经…
everything I'm supposed to tell you about the dorm. 把你应该知道的有关宿舍的事儿都告诉你了
There's no cooking. No hot plates. 不能做饭，不能加热
There's intramural football and basketball... 学校里面有足球和篮球
if you have the time. 如果你还有时间的话
Where's the pool? 游泳池在哪？
It's across the square behind Holyoke Center. 穿过广场，在约克中心后面
You a swimmer? 你是个游泳运动员？
No. Just relaxes me. 不，只是放松
There's one more thing. 还有一件事
All that stuff about grades is true. 关于成绩的所有说法都是真的
You gotta work like hell. No kidding. 你必须玩儿命学习 这可不是开玩笑
Nobody jokes about grades. 没人拿分数开玩笑
Try getting a job without them. 没有好的成绩根本找不到工作
It's stacked against you if you don't have the grades. 如果不合格，你处处都要遇到障碍
Don't think you're made 'cause you go to Harvard. 别以为你来到哈佛读书了就万事大吉了
Maybe I better start studying then. 或许我现在就该开始学习
That's it. Study. 没错，学习
If there's any law around the dorm, that's it. 如果关于宿舍有任何规矩，对，就是学习
That's the main rule. 这就是最主要的规则
Remember, I'm here to answer your questions, so just ask. 我过来就是给你答疑解惑，所以有什么尽管问.
And I'm the only third-year student you can trust... 而我是你唯一能信任的三年级学生
so talk to me. 所以，有困难就告诉我
Okay. Thanks a lot. 没问题，多谢
Right. So long. 好的，再见
[Mumbling]
[Knock On Door]
[Door Opens]
Man: Hi.
My name's Ford. I'm across the hall. 我叫Ford，我住对面
I knocked, but you didn't hear me. 我敲门了，你没听见
Hi. My name's Hart. 你好，我叫Hart.
I came to ask you to join my study group. 我们有个学习小组，你要不要加入
What's a study group? 什么是学习小组?
It's a device. A tool. 它是一个手段，或者说工具
Groups of first-year students... 几个一年级的学生
get together a couple times a week. 每周抽些时间在一起
Review the class work, the casebooks. 讨论课堂作业，还有案例
They make outlines and then share them. 每个人还要做个大纲，共享
It helps at exam time. You interested? 对考试很有用。有兴趣吗？
Yeah. I'm interested. 嗯，不错
You plan to study all night? 你打算整晚都学习？
No, I'm finished. Five hours is plenty. 学好了。已经学了5个小时了，也差不多了
You want to get drunk? 要不要去喝一杯？
[Classical Piano Music Playing]
Of course you have to have the grades. 你当然应该努力考高分
I mean, hell, you can't wear ‘‘Harvard" 我是说，该死 你总不能把哈佛的头衔
on a sign around your neck. 挂在脑门上
You gotta have the grades and you have to look good. 你必须要通过，还必须拿得出去
Where you from, Hart? 你是哪的，Hart?
Minnesota. 明尼苏达
You went to the university there? 你在那儿上的大学？
Yeah. Where'd you go to school? 是啊，你在哪儿上的大学？
Harvard. 哈佛
In the grand tradition of the Fords. 这是我们Ford家族的光荣传统
I'm something like fifth generation Harvard. 我是我们家族第五代就读于哈佛的人
Harvard Law School. 哈佛法学院
And depending on if I get the grades... 要是到时我成绩不错
and then make the Law Review... 在《哈佛法律评论》的发文章
I'm on my way to Wall Street. 我正在通往华尔街的路上
You'll make the Law Review. 你会参与编辑《哈佛法律评论》？
Well, why not? After all, I am a genius. 对呀！谁叫我是天才
I've got an IQ of 190. 我的IQ，你知道吧，190
[Snorts]
When I was a freshman at college, I had 3 roommates. 当我还是大一新生的时候。我有三个室友
One was a genius, and one was crazy... 一个是天才 一个是疯子
and one was inconsequential. Kept to himself. 剩下一个微不足道
It was the genius who told me about Kingsfield. 那个天才告诉我关于Kingsfield的传说
First guy to tell me all about Kingsfield. 第一个告诉我关于Kingsfield的事的人
He read an article about him in Life or Time. 他在《生活》还是在《时代》杂志上读了篇 关于Kingsfield的文章
Something about a book he wrote. 介绍他写的一本书
It was called Contracts in Our Daily Lives. 书名是《日常生活中的合同》
Yeah.
To make a long story short... 长话短说
genius took the law school admission's test... 那个天才参加了LSAT （美国法学院入学考试，比GRE更难）
but didn't score high enough to get into Harvard. 但他的分数不够来哈佛
Genius. 天才
[Hisses]
Ah.
The study of law... 法律的学习
is something new and unfamiliar to most of you. 对于你们大多数人来说 是崭新而陌生的
Unlike any schooling you've ever been through before. 与你们之前经历过的任何学习经历 都不相同
We use the Socratic Method here. 我们会运用苏格拉底式的教学方法
I call on you, ask you a question... 我负责向你们提问
and you answer it. 你们负责回答问题
Why don't I just give you a lecture? 为何我不只是给你一个讲座
Because through my questions, you learn to teach yourselves. 因为通过我的问题 你们可以教会自己
Through this method of questioning, answering... 通过这种不断的
questioning, answering... 问与答
we seek to develop in you the ability to analyze... 我试着去培养你们的分析能力
that vast complex of facts that constitute... 从错综复杂的事实中
the relationships of members within a given society. 分析在现实世界中复杂的事实案例
Questioning and answering. 问与答
At times you may feel that you have found the correct answer. 有时你会觉得自己 已经找到了正确答案
I assure you that this is a total delusion on your part. 但我保证 这只是你自己的幻觉
You will never find the correct, absolute, and final answer. 你永远都不会找到 一个完全正确的标准答案
In my classroom, there is always another question... 在我的课堂里 总会有新的问题
another question to follow your answer. 针对你的答案
Yes, you're on a treadmill. 没错，你就像在跑步机上一样
My little questions spin the tumblers of your mind. 我的小问题 会让你的大脑高速运转
You're on an operating table. 就像你在手术台上一样
My little questions are the fingers probing your brain. 我的每个小问题 都会开发你的大脑
We do brain surgery here. 在这里我们做脑部手术
You teach yourselves the law... 你们自学法律
but I train your mind. 但是我会训练你们的思维
You come in here with a skull full of mush... 你们进来时脑子里是一团浆糊
and you leave thinking like a lawyer. 而离开之时会像法律人一样思考
Ford's study group? Ford的学习小组？
Yeah. Yeah. James Hart.
Hi. Kevin Brooks.
[Clears Throat]
This is Hart, Kevin, and O'Connor.
This is Anderson and Bell.
We were just talking about the most sensible thing... 我们正谈论最重要的事情
to do at the beginnin is divide up the courses. 开始划分课程
Each person be responsible for his particular course. 每个人对自己被分到的那部分课程负责
Each person do an outline. 每个人都写一份笔记
Then at the end of the year... 到年底
we have them Xeroxed and exchange them. 我们复印并交换这些笔记
Now, I propose that nobody buys any outlines... 好吧，我建议大家都不要去买笔记
because they won't reflect the work we've done together. 因为那不是我们劳动的成果
I'm gonna take property. 我选财产部分
There's no guarantee we'll all be here in the spring. 不过谁也不能确保我们在学期底都还坐在一起
Some of us might have nervous breakdowns. 我们中的有些人可能会半途而废
I think we should do research on nervous breakdowns. 我想我们应该研究这个几率
I want property. 我想选财产部分
I've already started property. 我已经开始研究财产部分了
Hart, don't you think this is the most logical thing... Hart，你觉得呢，首先划分课程？
to divide up the courses? 把我们的课程分开？
Yeah.
Let's divide the courses up. 我们先划分课程
We've divided them. I'm taking property. 已经分好了 我选财产部分
I think we should talk about who gets which course. 应该讨论一下 谁选哪部分
Maybe we should draw lots. 要么抽签
Like I said, I've already started property. 我说过了，我已经开始着手财产部分了
Forget it, shorty. 闭嘴，你个矮子
Listen...
Bell, try to think of this in terms of maximum utility. Bell，我们应将效率最大化
Try to attain the highest average possible. 尽量提高平均分
Treat all your courses as of equal importance. 没门课都很重要
They're not equal. 他们不一样重要
My father is in property. I know that stuff. 我父亲就是搞财产法的 我太熟了
That's different. Go ahead and take property. 好吧你就选财产法吧
If you like and you know it, you'll do a better job. 如果你喜欢并了解它 可能就会做得更好
I can outline something else. 我可以做其他课程的笔记
Anderson, which course would you like? Anderson，你喜欢哪部分？
Doesn't matter to me. 无所谓
I've made my study schedule out to the end of the year... 我已经把我的学习计划排到了年底
dividing my time equally among all the courses. 针对所有课程评价分配时间
I'll outline anything. 我会做所有课程的笔记
Kevin?
I don't know which course I'll be best at. 我不知道哪个课程我最擅长
I don't think you should outline your best course. 我认为 你不应该做自己最擅长课程的笔记
Perhaps your overall average would improve with your worst. 或许你研究一下你最不擅长的 会提供你的平均水平
I don't know which course will be my worst. 我不知道哪门课程是我最差的
I don't care as long as it's not contracts. 只要不是合同法我就不在乎
I hate that son of a bitch Kingsfield. 我痛狠那个狗娘养的Kingsfield.
Hart, which one do you want? Hart，你选哪部分？
Contracts. 合同法
You sure?Yeah. 你确定？ 确定
Okay, I'll take criminal law. 好吧，我选刑法。
You guys who haven't decided. 你们没有选择的人..
can divide up the other courses any way you like. 可以随便把剩下的课程平分
O'Connor: Civil procedure. O'Connor: 民事诉讼法
[Knock On Door]
I'm going up to Mass Avenue to get something to eat. 我去Mass大街弄点东西吃
You want to go? 一起去？
No, thanks. 不，谢谢
What is this, some sort of endurance contest? 这算什么？某种耐力比赛？
No. This is a really fascinating case... 不，这是真正有趣的案例
about this guy who went around killing everybody... 关于这杀了所有人的家伙
walking in his sleep. 在他熟睡的时候
Well, you want me to bring you back a pizza? 好吧，你想让我给你带个批萨吗？
Oh, no. No, thanks. 哦，不，谢谢了
Yeah. All right. 好吧，就这样
Yeah. Good-bye. Yeah. 好吧，再见
Hello. Do you mind? There's someone following me. 你会，你介意吗？ 有人在跟着我
Just to the corner's all right. 到前面拐角就好
I'll walk you home. 我把你送回家
All right.
I knew law school was hard... 我知道法学院很艰难
but I didn't think it was going to be as hard as it really is. 但我没想到它真的有这么难
You're up against some incredible minds here. 在这里你要挑战许多不可思议的想法
I think this guy's gonna be a supreme court justice... 我想这家伙将会成为最高法院的法官
this guy's gonna run Wall Street... 这家伙想去华尔街
this guy might be president of the United States. 这家伙可能会成美国总统
What it is, though, is this incredible sense of power. 这不可思议的力量究竟是什么
This is where I live. 我就在这儿生活
- Know what I mean? - Yes. - 知道我在说什么吗？ - 知道
Have you ever walked throug the law school campus? 你有穿越过法学院的校区吗？
- Yes. - Then you know what I mean. - 有过 - 那你就知道我在说什么
When I walk down those streets... 当我走过这些街道
I get the feeling that behind those doors... 我感觉在这些门后面
minds are being formed to run the world. 每时每刻都有新的思想思想 并且这些思想在改变世界
Good night. Thank you.
Pleasure's been mine. Good night.
[Whispering] Ford?
Hey, Ford, wake up.
Huh?
What the hell are you doing? 你究竟在干什么？
Shh.
Where the hell are we? 我们究竟在哪儿？
Langdell. Langdell（哈佛法学院图书馆）
I know that, but where? 我知道，图书馆的哪部分？
In the heart of the beast. 心脏部位
Ah, this goddamn building gets to me. 这该死的建筑吸引我
Comforts me... 安慰我
restores my soul. 重铸我的灵魂
Yea, though I walk through the valley... 所以，尽管我穿过
of the shadow of ignorance... 充满无知阴影的山谷
I shall fear no evil... 我依旧无所畏惧
for the law is with me. 因为法律与我同在
Okay, get the book you want and let's get out of here. 找到你要的书，然后我们离开这儿
[Footsteps]
Wait a minute. Whoa. 等等，哇.
There's somebody else in here. 还有其他人在这儿
Hey...
that's Kingsfield. Come on. 那是Kingsfield. 快来
We're gonna have to get up so early to keep up with him. 我们以后必须起这么早来跟上他的脚步
What are the elements that can lead to a party... 什么因素可以让 合同的一方
being excused from performing his part of a contract... 免除它履行合同的义务
and yet not paying damages? 还不用负违约责任？
Mr. O'Connor?
O'Connor: Both parties predicate their contract... 合同双方都 肯定他们的合同
on an assumption about a state of facts... 是基于某种事实的假设
and the assumption is untrue. 并且这种假设是错误的
Elaborate? 再详细点？
Mr. Anderson?
Both parties must share the assumption. 合同双方必须基于同一假设
The assumption must be material, i.e., that the true state of facts is that it is impossible... 这个假设必须是客观存在的 也就是，事实的真实状态
to complete the contract in any reasonable manner. 无法以任何合理的形式履行和他
Both parties must be dealing with each other in a fair manner... 合同双方必须以妥善的方式对待对方
and neither party may obtain an unfair advantage... 并且任意一方不得获取不当利益
because the contract is dissolved. 因为合同解除了
Example? 例子呢?
Um, well, suppose I were to agree... 呃，好的 假设我
to rent an apartment from you.. 从你那里租了一间公寓
an old apartment which you hadn't visited in a while... 租了一间你很长时间没去过的公寓
and the time came for me to move in... 到我搬进去的时候
and we discovered the apartment house had burned down. 我们发现那间公寓楼被烧毁了
That actually happened to me. 我确实遇到过这种情况
Personal comment is not necessary. 个人意见就不必了
[Knocking]
Hello.
I was walking by and I saw your light. 我刚好路过看到你的灯亮着
How nice. Come in.
Hart: It's very interesting to me how quickly... 非常有趣… 这么快
the classes have divided up into three factions. 我的班级已经被分成三组
One faction being the students who sit in the back. 一组是那些坐在后面的学生
Given up sitting in their assigned seats... 放弃了坐在他们指定的座位
preparing the cases. 准备案例
What is it, only October? 这算什么？只在十月？
They've already given up trying. 他们已经放弃了
Cowards. 他们已经放弃了
The second group are the ones who won't raise their hands... 第二组是那些不会举手
or volunteer an answer, but will try when called upon. 也不会主动回答问题 但当他们被点名时会试一试
That's where I am, right now... 我也是这一部分的
living in a state of constant fear. 整日处于一种恐惧之中
And then there's the third echelon. 接下来是第三阶层
The upper echelon. 上层
The volunteers. 那些主动回答问题的人
They raise their hands in class. 他们在课堂上举手发言
They thrust themselves into the fray. 他们把自己投入争辩之中
I don't think they're smarter than anyone else... 我不认为他们比其他人聪明
but they have courage. 但他们很有勇气
And they'll achieve the final recognition. 他们会获得平时成绩
The teachers will get to know their names... 老师们会知道他们的名字
and they'll get better... better grades. 他们会获得更高的分数
Past couple weeks, I've been preparing for the upper echelon... 过去几周里面，我一直在准备进入这个阶层
and this weekend if I get all my work done... 这个周末如果我能完成所有工作
I'm going to enter it Monday morning. 我会在周一进入这个阶层
In Kingsfield's contract law class. 在Kingsfield的合同法课堂里
[Clears Throat]
The facts of Carbolic Smoke Ball. 关于Carbolic Smoke Ball（一种治疗感冒的药）一案的案情
Miss Farranti?
This is a case where the defendants... 在这个案例中
entered an advertisement in the Pall Mall Gazette... 被告于1891年11月在Pall Mall Gazette
November 1891...
stating that a ￡100 reward would be paid... 可以获得支付100美元
by The Carbolic Smoke Ball Company... 从Carbolic Smoke Ball的公司
to any person who contracted influenza or a cold... 患上流感或感冒的人
or any disease caused by taking cold... 或任何其他感冒引起的疾病
after using the ball 3 times daily for 2 weeks... 根据要求两周内使用三次药剂
according to the directions. 根据说明
Now, on the strength of this advertisement... 根据这则广告
a Mrs. Carlill bought a smoke ball... Mrs. Carlill买了一只smoke ball...
used it according to the directions... 依据说明使用
until she developed influenza. 直到她患上了感冒
What were the reasons for the court's finding... 法庭找到了哪些
in favor of Mrs. Carlill? 对Mrs. Carlill有利的证据？
She had fulfilled the conditions of the offer. 她完全履行了要约部分
The bargain was complete. 交易完成了
Was there a bargain? 是否存在交易？
Was there communication between the parties? 合同的双方是否进行了沟通？
Was she not obligated to notify the company... 她是否没有义务去通知公司
that she had accepted their offer? 她接受了要约？
Mr. Hart.
It's obvious that notice is not important here. 很显然是否通知在这里并不重要
The offer requires no notice or personal communication. 要约没有要求通知或者来进行沟通
What is important is consideration. 在约因中最重要的是
Question... Did Mrs. Carlill give anything to the company? 问题是... Mrs. Carlill是否给予了公司什么？
The company argues that Mrs. Carlill, in using the ball... 公司认为Mrs. Carlill在服药期间
did absolutely nothing for them. 什么也没为它们做
All they were interested in was the sale itself. 他们所关心的只是他们的销量
The answer to that is obvious. 对于这个问题的答案很简单
Of course, they benefit from the sale itself... 毫无疑问，公司从销售中获利
but beyond this... 但除此以外
consideration does not necessarily in all cases... 对价并非在所有案件中
have to pass to the other party. 都是必须存在于双方
Mrs. Carlill suffered the inconvenience... Mrs. Carlill承受了
of having to use the ball. 服药带来的不便
She gave something up... 她放弃了一些东西
even if it didn't pass to the other party. 尽管这些东西并没有给予对方
So, you can only have a binding contract... 所以，只有在当各方给予对方一些东西
when each party gives something to the other... 或者因对方而遭受不便时
or suffers an inconvenience by or from the other party. 才会有一个有约束力的合同
- Damn good. - A good answer.
Not a complete analysis, not a hard question... 分析的不完全 问题也不难
but the point is I did it. 但关键是 我发言了
I did it in Kingsfield's class. 我在Kingsfield的课堂上发言了
This is a goddamn dance! 这真是无与伦比
I'm telling you, the worst thing a law student can do... 我告诉你，对法学院学生来说
is get involved with a girl. 最糟糕的事就是喜欢上一个女孩
Affairs by their very nature are time-consuming. 谈恋爱太花时间了
On the contrary, it's the best thing you can do. 才不是，谈恋爱才是最该做的事儿
Nothing makes you hornier than studying. 没有比学习更刺激的事了
My father warned me about that. 我父亲警告过我
Your father's full of shit. 你爸在扯淡
He said the celibate mind is sharper... 他说禁欲会让我们思维更敏捷
retains more information. 记住更多信息
The third year you can get laid all you want to. 到了第三年你就能得到所有你想要的
The only sensible thing to do in a mess like this... 现在唯一理智的做法
is find a woman that doesn't make demands and hang on. 是找个对你没要求的女人并且坚持下去
Hang on like hell. 像地狱一样坚持下去
Grab onto her boobs and don't let go. 别让她跑了
[Alarm Clock Ringing]
Oh, no.
What?
I thought you set the alarm at 12:00. 我以为你把闹铃订到了12点
I gotta study.
Oh, crap, I got Kingsfield at 9:00. 哦，该死，我在九点有Kingsfield的课
Kingsfield: The auctioneer is the agent of the vendor... 拍卖人作为卖主的代理人
and the assent of both parties is necessary... 双方的同意是
to make the contract binding. 达成合同效力的必要条件
An auction, is not unaptly called then... 一次拍卖被不适合的举牌 然后
Iocus poenitentiae, which means? Iocus poenitentiae, 是什么意思
Mr. Hart?
Hart: Uh...
Mr. Bell?
Bell: Locus poenitentiae means place of repentance... Bell: Locus poenitentiae 是指可反悔的
or for changing one's mind. 或是改变主意的意思
You asleep?
No.
Where you been?
Walking on the point. 那个时候
I was watching the rowers. 我在我在看赛艇
I've been thinking.
About what?
The trouble with entering the upper echelon... 进入高级阶层的麻烦
is you have to work harder to stay in it. 是你必须更努力地学习才能保持
And you haven't been working hard enough? 那你还不够努力？
I haven't been working hard enough... 我学得不够努力
since I've been seeing so much of you. 因为我老见到你
[Sighs]
I'm not getting enough sleep. 我睡眠不足
Ohh...
I shouldn't have drunk so much wine. 我不该喝那么多葡萄酒
Seems so much energy gets wasted. 好像好多能量都浪费了
Kingsfield caught me Friday unprepared. Kingsfield周五问了我个措手不及
Not following the discussion. 没能跟上讨论
I swore he'd never catch me unprepared again. 我发誓他绝不会再逮到我毫无准备
And it's all my fault? Is that what you're saying? 全是我的错？ 这就是你说的？
Well... you don't give me very much sustenance, Susan. 恩 .. 你没给我足够的支持, Susan.
Much what? 什么？
Sustenance. 支持
Alimentum victus.
Way of life. Livelihood. 生活的方法. 生活.
Nourishment. Support. 营养 支持
Susan?
Susan!
You bitch!
Susan!
Hi.
I'll meet you out front. Where have you been? 等会外面见。 你跑哪儿去了?
I've been sleeping in the park. 我在公园睡着了
You ought to try it sometime. It's wildly therapeutic. 你应该找时间试试 太有助于放松了
Hey! You missed the meeting of the study group. 嗨，你错过了学习小组的讨论
I'm sorry. It won't happen again. 抱歉 下不为例
Anderson's right. You cannot balance... Anderson是对的 你不能同时兼顾
girls and law school at the same time. 女孩和法学院
Kingsfield's having a party in 2 weeks. Kingsfield两周内会有个聚会
Day after Thanksgiving. 感恩节后
- What? He gives one every year according to Toombs. - 什么? - 据Toombs说每年都有.
- We all got invitations. I put yours on the typewriter. - Fantastic. -我们都拿到邀请函了. 我把你的放到打字机上了 - 太好了.
I get enough of the old bastard in class. 在课堂上我受够那老混蛋了
I don't have a decent tie to wear. 我没有合适的领带
Good night, Hart.
Yeah. Good night.
‘‘Friday, November 24.
R.S.V.P." 敬请赐复"
[Low Conversations]
Greetings.
- How are you? - Good.
Hi.
How are you?
Asheley, sweetheart...
I want you to meet my friend.
Hart, I want you to meet my wife Asheley.
This is Hart. We're in the same study group.
Oh, hi. How do you do?
Hello.
Jesus. If this is supposed to give us... 耶稣啊. 如果这就是该给我们的
closer contact with the faculty... 与教师们交流的机会
someone made a terrible mistake. 一定有人搞错了
This place is fantastic. 这地方太美妙了
It's just like I thought it would be. 和我想象的一样
- It gives me the creeps. - Don't be nervous. - 这让我起鸡皮疙瘩 - 别紧张
Everyone's running around getting bombed... 每个人都围着Kingsfield
or trying to kiss Kingsfield's ass. 想弄死他或者想巴结他
Excuse me, Asheley.
Just make like you can vanish or materialize... 就像你能随心所欲的出现
anytime you like. 或者消失
Anytime you like. 随心所欲
Have you said hello to Kingsfield yet?
It's too crowded. I thought I'd wait.
Oh, no, that's his daughter.
Can you believe Kingsfield has a daughter?
She just got back in town. She's been in Europe.
He's in the study, running this party... 他还在学习组织一个聚会
just like he runs his class... fear. 就像在课堂上一样恐惧
He's in with his pictures of the Law Review of 1929... 他和他1929年的法律评论的照片在一起
a big leather chair, and all his casebooks. 一张大皮椅以及很多案例
He needs a setting. 旁边应该再布置布置
Kingsfield: Wouldn't dream of it. 不可思议
Besides, I don't think you'll earn a goddamn penny. 还有，我不认为你能挣那么多钱
Oh, let's not argue. Hello, how are you? 哦，别讨论这个 你好吗？
Hart, have you gotten into Warner vs. Davis yet? 你看Warner vs. Davis这个案子没？
Excuse me, Ed.
You going home? You haven't paid homage to my father. 你要回家了？ 你还没向我父亲打招呼呢
Why don't I take you to meet him? 我把你带过去怎么样？
Why didn't you tell me you were Kingsfield's daughter? 你为什么不告诉我你是Kingsfield的女儿？
I'm not his daughter very much. Why didn't you call me? 我也不怎么是他女儿 你为什么不给我打电话？
Wait a minute. You left me in the park. 等一下 是你在公园离开我的
Why didn't you call me? 你为什么不打给我？
I knew I'd see you here today. 我知道我今天会在这里见到你
You lied to me, Susan. 你骗我，Susan.
You told me your last name was Fields. 你告诉我你的姓是Fields.
My last name is Fields. I'm married. 我确实姓Fields 我结婚了
Oh, man.
We are... 我们
We're separated. 我们分手了
He's still in Europe, and we're getting a divorce. 他还在欧洲 我们正在离婚
So why come back? 那你为什么回来？
Because my mother is in a mental institution. 因为我母亲在精神病院
That's why I came back. 这是我回来的原因
Sorry. 对不起
She's crazy as hell, but I'm not. 她疯了 但我没有
Couldn't prove it by me. 这我证明不了
I have spent my required hour. 我用掉了我所需的时间
Would you like to take a walk? 你想去散步吗？
No. You look too different dressed like that. 不，你穿这身看起来不一样
I've got to think. Please, excuse me. 我得去想想 不好意思
I'll be home at 9:00. 我晚上9点在家
[Door Closes]
Did you have a nice walk? 你散步怎么样？
What? 什么？
I can see the resemblance. 我能看到某些相似
I was just looking at some photographs of my father... 我刚在看我父亲的一些照片
and I don't see the resemblance at all. 我一点没看到相似
I look much more like my mother. 我更像我母亲
It all makes so much sense. 太有道理了
The way you looked at me when I talked about him... 当我谈到他时你看我的眼神
telling you things that happened in class. 告诉你课堂上发生的事
Didn't you ever want to burst out laughing? 你有想过放声大笑吗？
No. It's very serious. I've been here before. 不，我很认真 我以前经历过
What do you mean? 什么意思？
My husband Philip was a law student too. 我丈夫Philip 也是法学院学生
It's some curse of my father's that follows me around. 这是我父亲对我的某种诅咒
And that's why I didn't invite you in the first night. 也是第一个晚上不想邀请你的原因
But when you came back, there wasn't much I could do. 但当你回来 我也只能束手就擒了
Where is Philip? Is that his name? Philip在哪？ 这是他的姓吗？
Yes.
Where is he now?
We were married for 2 years... 我们结婚两年了
and I saw where my life was going... 我看见了我生活的走向
and I didn't and I don't want that kind of life. 我从没想要过那种生活
You haven't answered my question. 你还没回答我的问题
Where is Philip now?
Wandering around Europe with a knapsack. 背包环游欧洲
He dropped out of law school. 他法学院没能毕业
Why?
I refuse to answer on the grounds... 我不想如实回答
that it may incriminate me. 那样会让我有负罪感
I don't like the way you're looking at me. 我不喜欢你看我的方式
It was much nicer before not having any background. 以前好多了 什么都不知道
I wouldn't say that. 我没那样说
Our relationship has changed. 我们的关系变了
It certainly has. 绝对是
I'm going to ask you a question. 我问你个问题
You came back here because I'm Kingsfield's daughter. 你回来是因为 我是Kingsfield的女儿
That's not a question. That's an answer. 那不是一个问题 而是答案
Now...
suppose I write you a contract. 假设我给你写了个合同
It says... 合同写道：
‘‘I agree for $100 ‘‘我同意以100元的价格
to paint your apartment with white paint." 把你的公寓刷成白色
Is there any difference between this... 这是否有区别于
and a contract which says... 这样写的合同：
‘‘You agree to paint my apartment with white paint. ‘‘你同意把我的公寓刷成白色.....
provided I pay you $100." 只要我付你100元钱
Mr. Brooks.
You won't find it in the casebook, Mr. Brooks. 你在案例里面找不到这个 Mr. Brooks.
It's just a hypothetical. 这只是一个假设
I am waiting, Mr. Brooks. 我在等你，Mr. Brooks.
I'm not sure I understood it all. Could you tell me it again? 我可能没有理解您的意思 您能再说一遍吗？
In one case, there are two mutual promises. 在一个案例里 存在两个相互承诺
In the other, there is a condition on a promise. 在另一个例子里 是一个附条件的承诺
Mr. Brooks, do you know the difference between... Mr. Brooks 你知道附条件的承诺与承诺
a condition on a promise and a promise? 的区别吗？
Mr. Brooks, did you read this material? Mr. Brooks 你读材料了吗？
Yes, I did read the material. I memorized the facts. 是的，我确实读了材料 我记住了事实部分
- I have a photographic memory. - A what? - 我拥有照片式的记忆 - 什么？
A photographic memory. 照片式的记忆（过目不忘）
Would you repeat that? 你能再说一遍吗？
A photographic memory. 照片式的记忆
A photographic memory... 照片式的记忆...
is of absolutely no use to you, Mr. Brooks... 如果没有分析能力
without the ability to analyze... 你所记住的大量材料
that vast mass of facts between your ears. 都毫无用处
Did you hear me, Brooks? 听见我的话了吗，Brooks?
Yes, sir.
Could you give me the hypothetical again? 你能把假设再说一遍吗？
I didn't understand it. 我不理解它的意思
Mr. Ford...
do you know the difference between... 你知道 附条件承诺与承诺
a condition on a promise and a promise? 的区别吗？
It's a very difficult concept. 这是一个非常复杂的概念
A very difficult point in the law. 法律中很难的一块
You just shouldn't have raised your hand in class. 你不该在课堂上举手
I thought he was going to ask me the facts. 我以为他会问我案件事实
I couldn't hold the hypothetical in my mind. 我记不住那些假设
It's like my mind was outside his... 就好象我的思维完全不在状态
watching myself unable to bring it together. 不能把假设拼接起来
People laughed, didn't they? 大家嘲笑我了 是吧
I didn't hear anybody laughing at you. 我没听见任何人嘲笑你
I heard people laughing. 我听见了
Hey, relax.
We'll have a swim.
Feel better.
Mmm.
- Aah! - Aah!
Justice Douglas... Douglas法官... （美国最高法院在任最长时间的法官，任期为36年209天
Franklin Roosevelt... Franklin Roosevelt... （美国总统）
[Chuckles]
Ernest Hemingway...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Geez. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 天哪
Adlai Stevenson. Adlai Stevenson. （伊利诺伊州州长，驻联合国大使）
Helen Keller. Oh.
Interested in his study? 对他的研究有兴趣？
I played in this study when I was a little girl. 我小时候经常在这里玩
I used to run the dictaphone. 我以前玩过这个手摇录音机
Kingsfield: Adequacy. As long as one gets...
what he has bargained for...
and it is of some value...
No, turn it off. 不，关掉.
I feel like an intruder. 我感觉自己像个闯入者
Not , but in his study. 而是进入他的思想
What? 什么？
It's funny. 太可笑了
This is his special room. 这是他的特别小屋
Do you think he would mind me drinking... 你认为他会介意我在他的特别小屋
in his special room? 喝酒吗？
I don't know. 不知道
You can call him in New York and ask. 你可以给在纽约的他打电话问问他
I think you're behaving... 我想你做的
just the way he'd want you to behave. 正是他希望你做的
Picking up his little silver mementos... 拿起他的银质小纪念品
Iooking at his Law Review picture. 看看他的法律评论的照片
I think he'd like it... 我想他会喜欢
just to have you fondle his things. 只要你喜欢他的东西
Have you ever told him about me? 你向他说起过我吗？
About you and me? 关于我们俩？
No.
Well...
when I'm in his class... 我在他的课上...
I feel like he knows me. 感觉他知道我
As though when he calls upon me... 当他点我时
he's got it all planned out. 他早就计划好了
Like he... 就好象他
Like he's watching my progress. 好像他在看着我进步
You know? 这你都知道？
Like he cares about how I do. 好像他关心我怎么做
[Door Closes]
Oh, my God. He's back. 他回来了
Listen, get out through the kitchen. 听着，从厨房出去
Just go out the kitchen. 从厨房出去就行了
My clothes are upstairs. 我的衣服在楼上
I'll get 'em. You just go. 我帮你拿 你走就行了
I'll take care of this. Just go on. 我会处理的 快走
- So what did he say? - Well, he just said he hoped it wasn't a law student. - 他说什么了吗？ - 嗯，他只说希望不是法学院的学生
Now, will you state the facts... 现在，你能否叙述一下
of the case of Vigers vs. Cook? Vigers诉 Cook一案的案件事实？
Mr. Pruit.
Cook's son died. Vigers was the undertaker... Cook的儿子死了 Vigers是殡葬承办人...
Or was Cook the undertaker? 或者Cook是殡葬承办人？
Mr. Sanders.
You just want the facts? 您只要事实？
Mr. Fisher.
This undertaker agreed... 殡葬承办人答应
to provide the usual funeral services. 普通的葬礼服务
Mr. Knight.
Vigers gave Cook an estimate... Vigers向Cook预计
that the whole thing would cost about ￡49. 整套程序需要￡49.
Thank you, thank you.
Now, the rest of the facts, Mr... 好，剩下的事实 Mr...
The body was placed in a coffin... 尸体被放进棺材里...
Kingsfield: Ford.
Ford: The body was placed in a lead coffin. Ford: 尸体被放进一个铅制棺
The coffin was soldered without a vent hole. 棺材上没有一个孔
The coffin then burst... 然后棺材爆炸了
owing to decomposition of the body... 因为尸体的分解
and it was impossible to hold the services... 并且无法于教堂
in the church. 举行葬礼
I never said anything. 我什么都没说
I just went upstairs, I got your things... 我只是到楼上拿你的衣服
I put on my coat, and I came right down. 我整理了一下我的衣服 然后我就下楼了
Then why did he look at me that way in class? 那他为什么那样看着我
He questioned the student on my left... 他问了我左边的学生
on my right, in front of me... 右边的 前面的
behind me, and then, glaring at me... 后面的 然后他盯着我
asked somebody else the question. 问了其他人问题
I don't know, but believe me... 我不知道 但相信我
you're just a name on a piece of paper... 你只是纸上的一个名字
a picture on a seating chart, and that's all. 座位表上的一张图片 就这么多了
You're only one out of thousands... 你只是他过去40年里
over the past 40 years. 教过的数千学生之一
I don't believe that. 我才不相信
He knows who I am. 他知道我是谁
Susan!
What?
We can't go on like this. 我们不能再这么下去了
Like what?
Look, I've gotta get organized. 听着，我必须要有规划
What is it? The middle of February... 这算什么？ 2月中旬？
and I've got 4 months till exams. 我还有四个月就要考试了
I never know when or if I'm gonna see you. 我从不知道何时或者是否能见到你
What kind of organization did you have in mind? 你脑子里有什么规划？
When's your divorce final? 你什么时候最后离婚？
Oh, no more contracts, Mr. Hart. 哦，别再说合同了 Mr. Hart.
- Thank you, no. - [Sighs]
Are you really serious? 你是认真的吗？
Well, if not the honorable thing. 如果不是认真的
why not the dishonorable? 我们为什么还要在一起呢
I'd prefer to live alone. 我更想一个人住
I don't know what you want. 我不知道你想要什么
I don't know what to do with you. 我不知道该和你怎么办
Well, I don't want to live in the married students' dorm.. 我不想住在已婚学生宿舍
and have neat friends down the hall and walk babies with them. 楼下有几个爱好整洁的朋友 抱着小孩走来走去
I've been organized like that before. 我以前就被那样规划过
You law students, you're all the same. 你是法律专业的 你们都一样
You can't let things alone. 你不能让放任事情发展
You have to organize. 你必须规划
The endless defining of irrational human behavior... 把人类无尽的非理性行为
into tight little patterns. 置于细碎的模式中
People are not rational. People are irrational. 人不是理性的 人是非理性的
[Sighs]
What do you want? 你想怎么样？
Do you want me to be irrational? 你想我变得非理性吗？
All right.
I shall be irrational. 我这就非理性
[Laughs]
I'm gonna walk on the water! 我要水上漂
[Laughs]
Is that irrational enough for you? 这对你来说够非理性吗？
No? Okay.
I shall walk on my hands on the water. 我要在水上倒立行走
Now that's more like it. 现在更像非理性了
[Ice Cracking]
Oh, my God!
Aah!
[Ice Cracking]
Give me the coat. 把外套给我
The coat. 外套
Keep off the ice! 离冰远点
Here.
Oh, God!
Ohh!
Oh, crap. It's only 3 feet deep. Oh, 该死. 只有3英尺深
God.
Waaah!
Aah!
Get out, Hart. 下车吧，Hart.
I gotta go back and get warm. 我该回去 换身衣服
I know there's a lot of things to say... 我知道有很多话要说
but it really isn't worth saying... 但真的不值得说
so please just get out. 所以请下车吧
Think about me... 想想我
and think about yourself. 想想你自己
Don't call me. I know you're gonna want to... 别给我打电话 我知道你想打
but just don't, okay? 但是别打，好吗？
I Xeroxed an article I found in the library... 我复印了一篇我在图书馆找到的文章
called Blessings of Consideration. 文章名是《约因的祝福》
Kingsfield wrote it 30 years ago. Kingsfield三十年前写的
Well worth the time. 值得花时间学习下
What are we gonna do... 我们要怎么去
about practice exams? 准备小考
Nothing. 什么都不做
Practice exams don't count. 小考不算数的
They don't mean a thing. 毫无意义
Look, Kevin, just keep aiming towards the end of the year. 听着，Kevin，紧盯年底的考试就行了
You'll just have to relearn it all then anyway. 你无论如何都要再学一遍
I thought it would give us a chance... 我以为会给我们会
to see how we stand. 看看彼此的进度
Whether one of us needs special help. 我们中是否有人需要特殊帮助
You need special help... 你需要特殊帮助
and you, too, O'Connor. 你也是 O'Connor.
You both need a shrink. 你们俩都需要心理学家
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to touch your outline. 抱歉，我没想看你的笔记
I agree with Ford. I've given this problem considerable thought. 我同意Ford 这个问题我已经想了很多
and in terms of maximum grade point... 让分数尽可能高的方法
the most sensible thing is not to study. 不是去学习
See how much you retain... 看看学习程序
as a result of normal study procedure. 你能学到什么
And then you'll be able to measure accurately... 然后你就可以精确计算
how much extra work you'll need... 春天真正考试来临时
when it comes to take the real test in the spring. 你需要多少额外的工作
I thought we might all study together for the practice exam. 我想我们应该在一起学习 为了模拟考试
It would give us a chance to see how well... 这会给我们一个机会
we'll work together at the end of the year. 我们年底在一起学习的效果如何
But we don't have time to get up for this test. 但我们没有时间为这次考试在一起
We just take it. It doesn't count. 我们随便考考 这次考试不算成绩
But what I really would like to do... 但我真正想说的
is just talk about how to take the exam. 就是怎么考试
That's not so bad an idea. 这主意不错
I'd like a session on examsmanship. 我希望能有一次关于考试的讨论
Maybe you need somebody to hold your hand. 也许你需要有人能手把手教你
Okay, this article has a very interesting relationship... 好吧，这篇文章讲了一个非常有趣的关系
to the statute of frauds... 在《反诈骗法》中
which I thought we should get into today. 我认为我们今天应该研究一下
I'm not ready yet. 我还没准备好
Okay, the statute of frauds was passed in 1677. 好吧，《反诈骗法》于1677年通过
It was called An Act for the Prevention... 它被用来防止欺诈
of Frauds or Perjuries. 或者背信弃义
I said I'm not ready yet. 我说了我还没准备好
We can't wait for you. 我们不能等你
Who the hell do you think you are? 你以为你是谁？
King bow tie shit?
You don't run things around here. You don't run me. 这儿你说的不算 别对我指手画脚
The statute of frauds is, in some form or another... 《反欺诈法》在每个州的立法中
the law in almost every state in the union. 几乎都差不多
You're giving everyone a pain in the ass. 你让每个人都很不爽
If you don't like things, leave. 如果你不喜欢这样，你就走
We can get along very well without your outline 没有你的笔记 我们依旧可以进行得很好
I don't know how well you're gonna do without ours. 我就不知道没有我们的笔记你会如何
Shut up.
Just shut up.
Okay. Certain kinds of contracts... 好吧 有些特定形式的合同
have got to be put into writing. 必须以书面形式
Marriage contracts, buying and selling of land... 如 婚姻契约 土地买卖合同
any contract that is not to take place within a year. 任何有效期长于一年的合同
Does this cover international law? 这包括国际法吗？
With holdings in the United States. Yeah. 在美国来说，是的
I failed, Hart. I flunked every damn exam. 我挂了，Hart. 我他妈的每门考试都没过
I don't know what happened. 我不知道怎么了
I can't tell Asheley. 我没法告诉Asheley.
Her father's got a summer job waiting for me... 她父亲有个暑期工作 等着我去做
if I get the grades. 如果我能考的好
Well...
uh...
it's just a practice exam. 这只是一次模拟考试
You know, practice. 你知道的，模考
Doesn't really count. 不算数
Yeah.
They gave me the name of this tutor... 他们给了我一个导师
so I called him up. 我给他打电话了
He told me to come over on Saturday. 他让我周六过去
Mm-hmm.
I don't suppose you'd have time... 我想你应该没时间吧
to come over with me, would you? 和我一起去 你要和我一起去吗？
Sure. Just come by the dorm. 当然 到时候来宿舍
Pick me up. 叫我就行
Thanks.
Oh, hey, Hart.
Don't tell anybody. Don't tell Ford. 别告诉任何人 别告诉Ford.
Yeah?
I'm looking for a William Moss. 我来找William Moss.
You've come to the right place, all right. 你们来对地方了
Moss, you've got company! Moss，有房客。
He's in the kitchen. 他在厨房
Moss!
What time is it?
It's ten after 10:00.
I didn't see you at the mixer last night. 我昨晚在酒吧没见到你
Yeah?
Sorry about that. 不好意思
Couple of guys at the door. 来了几个人
Yeah, back to that interview I was telling you about. 好吧，再讲讲面试， 跟你说
Yeah, it's a New York firm. 是的，这是个纽约的律所
See, New York people... 听着，纽约人
hate to hire people from New York. 讨厌雇纽约人
I'm from New York. 我来自纽约
They want people from the South. 他们喜欢南方人
Yeah, they don't have to teach 'em manners. 是啊，他们没教他们礼貌
Which one of you is Brooks? 你们哪一个是Brooks？
I am.
Moss: What are you doing here? 那你来这里干嘛？
I asked him to come. He's in my study group. 是我叫他来的 他是我学习小组的成员
Want me to leave? 要我走吗？
No, no. You can stay as far as I'm concerned. 不，不，你留下吧 只要我在这儿
So, you flunked every one of your practice exams, huh? 那么，你每门模考都挂掉了？
Every one? 所有的？
Uh, yeah, every one.
That's quite an achievement. 那真是不朽的成就
Oh, my God, man.
Don't look like that. 别那样
You'll be saved. Every guy in this house... 你会被拯救的 这屋里的所有人
almost flunked out the first year. 第一年都有挂科
It's not too hard to see why. 原因很简单
They had broads on the brain. 他们都想着谈恋爱
It's the worst thing that can happen... 这对于一年级的学生最
to a first-year law student. 是最糟糕的问题了
I don't suppose that's your problem. 我认为那不只是你的问题
No, no, I'm married. 不，不，我结婚了
Moss: Well, the vote's split on that. 好吧，各有各的原因
But I've saved all kinds. 但我帮了他们所有人
I moved in here and saved all these dum-dums. 我搬进了救了所有人
They'll all graduate. 他们都将顺利毕业
All from Harvard, all good jobs. 都毕业于哈佛，找到好工作
I give them a little lecture before each exam. 考前我给了他们一趟小课
They go out and take it on their own. 他们就考这考试都没问题了
They remember things for about a day or two. 就记个一两天
They're not stupid. 他们又不笨
Did you bring any samples of your work? 你带你平时的作业了吗？
Yeah, I brought some notes. 恩，我带了一些笔记
Notes don't mean a thing. 笔记没用
Why don't you go get dressed? 你要么去穿件衣服？
Take this down. 把这个带去
All set? 准备好了？
Imagine an old woman comes to dinner with you. 假设有一位老妇人要与你共进晚餐
While you're mixing her drink, she slips on an ice cube... 当你准备饮料时 她不小心踩到了冰块上
slides across the room... 摔倒在地
smashing into your new breakfast table... 摔向你新买的餐桌
demolishing it, and killing herself. 碰倒了餐桌 摔死了
Got that? 明白了？
Yeah. Kills herself, right? 明白 她摔死了
After you've cleaned her up off the floor... 当你把老妇人收拾妥当以后
you discover a statute which says that homeowners... 你发现有这么一条法律， 说屋主
must keep their land free of dangerous ice... 必须保持地面清洁， 没有散落的冰块
especially, but not exclusively, ice on their sidewalks. 尤其是，但不仅是在屋内的通道上
And you find out that the old lady suffered from dropsy... 你还发现这位老妇人还患有水肿
a falling sickness. 一种癫痫的疾病
So you're sued on two accounts. 所以你被起诉了，两个原因：
The one relying on the statute... 首先是依据法律
and the other, ordinary negligence. 另外是依据普通过失
Can they recover from you... 他们能因此要求你为老妇人的死亡负责
for having caused the old lady's death? 并要求赔偿吗？
Can you recover the price of the breakfast table... 你能从老太婆的财产那里
from the old bag's estate? 获得餐桌的损坏赔偿吗？
Write out an answer. Take half an hour to do it. 用半个小时把答案写下来
No help from your friend. 别问你朋友
Come back a month before exams, and we'll go over it together. 考前一个月拿回来 我们到时一起看看你的回答
Don't worry.
There's no possibility of error in my analysis. 我的分析不会有错
Thanks.
- Good morning, Mr. Bell. - Good morning.