影片对白
Man 1: It's not enough Hansen won the Carnegie Scholarship.
Man 2: No, he has to have it all for himself.
Bender: It's the first time the Carnegie prize has been split. Hansen's all bent.
Neilson: Rumor is he's got his sights set on Wheeler Lab, the new military think tank at M.I.T.
Bender: They're only taking one this year. Hansen's used to being picked first.
Neilson: Oh, yeah, he's wasted on math. He should be running for president.
John: There could be a mathematical explanation for how bad your tie is.
Neilson: Thank you. Neilson, symbol cryptography.
Bender: Neils here broke a Jap code. Helped rid the world of fascism. At least that's what he tells the girls, eh, Neils? The name's Bender. Atomic physics. And you are?
Sol: Am I late?
Bender: Yes？Mr. Sol.
Sol: Oh, good. Uh, hi. Sol. Richard Sol.
Hansen: The burden of genius.
Bender: There he is.
Hansen: So many supplicants, and so little time. Mr. Sol.
Sol: How are you, sir?
Hansen: Ah, Bender. Nice to see you.
Bender: Congratulations, Mr. Hansen.
Hansen: Ah, thank you. I'll take another.
John: Excuse me?
Hansen: A thousand pardons. I simply assumed you were the waiter.
Neilson: Play nice, Hansen.
Bender: Nice is not Hansen's strong suit.
Hansen: Honest mistake.
John: Well, Martin Hansen. It is Martin, isn't it?
Hansen: Why, yes, John, it is.
John: I imagine you're getting quite used to miscalculation. I've read your pre-prints-- Both of them. The one on Nazi ciphers, and the other one on non-linear equations, and I am supremely confident that there is not a single seminal or innovative idea in either one of them. Enjoy your punch.
Hansen: Gentlemen, meet John Nash, the mysterious West Virginia genius. The other winner of the distinguished Carnegie Scholarship.
妙语佳句，活学活用
1. Carnegie Scholarship
Andrew Carnegie Scholarship 安德鲁·卡耐基奖学金。卡耐基是工业家、慈善家，“富人在道义上有义务把他们的一部分财产分给穷人。在巨富中死去，是一种耻辱。” 是他临终前的名言。注，此卡耐基非那个到处演讲成功学的卡耐基。
2. Hansen's all bent.
Bent 这里的意思是“upset 沮丧”，所以这句话就是说“Hansen is very upset.”
3. set one's sights on
这个片语的意思是“have as a goal目标，打算”，比如：She's set her sights on law school. 她想进法学院学习。
4. Wheeler Lab
这是一个虚构的机构，M.I.T.根本没有这个实验室。
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cinderdew (2008-12-02 11:29:33)
影片对白 Adam Smith needs revision.
文化面面观
Nash equilibrium 纳什均衡
纳什均衡，Nash equilibrium，又称为非合作博弈均衡，是博弈论的一个重要术语，是纳什发现的，以他的名字命名。它的含义是这样的：假设有n个局中人参与博弈，给定其他人策略的条件下，每个局中人选择自己的最优策略（个人最优策略可能依赖于也可能不依赖于他人的战略），从而使自己效用最大化。所有局中人策略构成一个策略组合（Strategy Profile）。纳什均衡指的是这样一种战略组合，这种策略组合由所有参与人最优策略组成。即在给定别人策略的情况下，没有人有足够理由打破这种均衡。
In game theory, the Nash equilibrium (named after John Forbes Nash, who proposed it) is a solution concept of a game involving two or more players, in which no player has anything to gain by changing only his or her own strategy unilaterally. If each player has chosen a strategy and no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy while the other players keep theirs unchanged, then the current set of strategy choices and the corresponding payoffs constitute a Nash equilibrium.
Stated simply, A and B are in Nash equilibrium if A is making the best decision A can, taking into account B's decision, and B is making the best decision B can, taking into account A's decision. Likewise, many players are in Nash equilibrium if each one is making the best decision that they can, taking into account the decisions of the others. However, Nash equilibrium does not necessarily mean the best cumulative payoff for all the players involved; in many cases all the players might improve their payoffs if they could somehow agree on strategies different from the Nash equilibrium (eg. competing businessmen forming a cartel in order to increase their profits). (answers.com)
影片中Nash以谁能得到金发美女这个博弈导出了自己的理论，算是导演对该理论的学以致用吧。
亚当•斯密 Adam Smith
亚当•斯密（Adam Smith，1723～1790），是英国古典政治经济学的主要代表人物之一。他的代表作《国富论》（全称《国民财富的性质和原因的研究》）被翻译成十几种文字，全球发行。而他本人也因此被奉为现代西方经济学的鼻祖。《国富论》是一部划时代的巨著。它概括了古典政治经济学在形成阶段的理论成就，最早系统地阐述了政治经济学的各个主要学说，它标志着自由资本主义时代的到来。
Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is the author of the 1776 book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations(《国富论》), a classic of modern economics beloved especially by free market advocates. He began his academic career as a professor of logic and moral philosophy in Glasgow (1751-64), but after about 1748 he was famously part of the Edinburgh intellectual circle that included David Hume. Smith gained international attention for his 1759 examination of societal ethics, Theory of Moral Sentiments, in which he argued that people are naturally empathetic to those suffering in their midst. But his Wealth of Nations secured Smith's fame -- the book sold out five editions during his lifetime, including revised versions in 1784 and 1789. He is credited with being the first to examine the importance of the division of labor and worker productivity, and for advancing the idea that free markets thrive on the basis of mutual self-interest. Although Smith warned against monopolies and mercantilism, his notion that markets are driven toward the public good by an "invisible hand" has made him a venerated figure among free market doctrinaires. He spent his last years in Edinburgh as a government official, as the Commissioner of Customs.
Most sources list his birthdate as 5 June 1723, the date of his baptism. His father died before Smith was born; Smith lived with his mother most of his life and never married. (Who2biography)
考考你
将下面的句子译成英语。
1. 大家总是担心谁会控制原油市场。
2. 说到下象棋，我的女婿一般都能赢。
3. 影片的一些部分以慢动作重放。
4. 我作为朋友前去和他面谈，但遭到了他的拒绝。
A beautiful mind《美丽心灵》精讲之一 考考你 参考答案
1. 我同意我们应当以改进效率为目标。
I agree that we should set our sights on improving efficiency.
2. 以我之见，戒烟对你来说是明智的。
In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
3. 他没有耐心。
Patience is not his strong suit.
A beautiful mind《美丽心灵》精讲之二
文化面面观 影片中Nash以谁能得到金发美女这个博弈导出了自己的理论“纳什均衡”，补充了亚当•斯密博弈理论的缺陷。
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影片对白
John: Does anyone else feel she should be moving in slow motion?
Bender: Will she want a large wedding, ya think?
Sol: Shall we say swords, gentlemen? Pistols at dawn?
Hansen: Have you remembered nothing? Recall the lessons of Adam Smith, the father of modern economics.
Sol: "In competition...”
Sol and Neilson: “… individual ambition serves the common good.'' Exactly.
Neilson: Every man for himself, gentlemen.
Bender: And those who strike out are stuck with her friends.
Hansen: I'm not gonna strike out.
Sol: You can lead a blonde to water, but you can't make her drink.
Hansen: I don't think he said that.
Sol: Nobody move. She's looking over here. She's looking at Nash.
Hansen: Oh, God. He mayhave the upper hand now, but wait until he opens his mouth. Remember the last time?
Bender: Oh, yes, that was one for the history books.
John: Adam Smith needs revision.
Hansen: What are you talking about?
John: If we all go for the blonde, we block each other. Not a single one of us is gonna get her. So then we go for her friends, but they will all give us the cold shoulder, because nobody likes to be second choice. Well, what if no one goes for the blonde? We don't get in each other's way, and we don't insult the other girls. That's the only way we win. That's the only way we all get laid. Adam Smith said the best result comes from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself, right? That's what he said, right?
Hansen: Right.
John: Incomplete. Incomplete, okay? Because the best result will come from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself and the group.
妙语佳句，活学活用
1. slow motion
这个词组的意思就是我们在电影中经常看到的“慢动作”，我们来看个例子：The empty car rolled down the hill in slow motion and nobody could do anything to stop it. 这辆空车极其缓慢地从山丘上滑下来，但没有人能阻止住它。
2. strike out
这个动词短语这里的意思是指“(of a person or effort) to fail失败”，比如：His next two business ventures struck out. 他接下来两次贸易投机都失败了。
3. have the upper hand
Upper hand 是指“优势，有利地位，上风”，也写作 whip hand。比如：Once you let Jeff get the upper hand there'll be no stopping him. 一旦你让杰夫得逞，他就没完了。
have the upper hand 作为一个片语的意思是“have power and control over someone or a situation掌控局面，掌管某人”，我们来看个例子：At half time, the Italian team seem to have the upper hand. 前半场意大利队似乎占据优势。
4. cold shoulder
这个片语的意思是“deliberate coldness or disregard, a slight or snub冷遇，冷淡，轻视”，我们来看个例子： When I said hello to her in the library, she gave me the cold shoulder and walked away. 在图书馆我和她打招呼，她反应冷淡、走开了。
文化面面观 影片中Nash以谁能得到金发美女这个博弈导出了自己的理论“纳什均衡”，补充了亚当•斯密博弈理论的缺陷。
Onion (2008-12-07 15:05:02)