POU CRs Re EIT MYOMLIN Buse APlot One autumn night in 2003, Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard computer science student, is unexpectedly! dumped? by his girlfriend. Furious, anda little drunk, he goes back to his student residence, sits down in front of his computer and starts to insult her in his blog, He then creates an on-campus website, Facemash, where users can rate the attractive- ness of female students based on photos stolen from college computer systems. The site is so popular that it crashes. Zuickerberg’s new fame attracts the interest of two students, the twins Cameron and Tyler Win- Klevoss, and their business partner, Divya Narendra, who invite him to help as programmer on their planned social networking site for Harvard students, Zuckerberg agrees but in reality decides to create his own site, which proves so popular that he opts to extend it to other universities. Accusen oF THEFT ‘When they discover what Zuckerberg has done, the twins accuse him of stealing theiridea and begin to consider what action they can take. In the meantime, the new website, called The Facebook, continues to grow in popularity at an incredible speed, funded? by Zuckerberg’s best friend, Eduardo Saverin. Then Sean Parker, co-founder of the internet music sharing site Napster, hears of The Facebook and persuades Zuckerberg to move to California, He also suggests calling the sire just Facebook. Saverin starts to look for potental investors for the website in New York. However, he then begins to lose control of the site ~ which has now become a highly successful business - to Parker. The twins finally decide to take legal action against Zuckerberg on the grounds of ‘ intellectual theft’, later followed by Saverin, who accuses his former friend of ille- gilly reducing his number of shares in the company. 1 unexpectedly deforma imprevista 2 todump plantar (abandonar) 3 to fund financiar 4 onthe grounds of alegando 5 theft robo 6 former «xDefining A Decade The Social Network received almost unanimous praise’ from critics around the world. It was considered ‘Best Picture of the Yeat’ by The New York Times, The Washington Post and the BBC, among many oth- ers, and won Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Just to offer three examples of its excellent reviews: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times considered the film to have “the rare quality of being not only as smart as its brilliant hero, but in the same way .. cocksure’, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively per- ceptive’.”, while Rolling Stone thought director Fincher and screenplay writer Sorkin had managed’ to “define the dark irony of the past dec- ade”, and The Wall Street Journal highlighted! the “supersmart and su- perbly funny screenplay”. Fincher and Sorkin have produced one of the best films of the first decade of the century, one that is “absolutely emblematic of its time and place”, with “the excitement of a very recent revolution” and “big money moving fast.” (The New Yorker). Moxine Fact Ano Fiction Some critics have criticised the mixture of facts and fiction in the film, but the movie's real-life hero, Mark Zuckerberg, has been very prudent in his comments, and it seems most Facebook users have left the cinema with a favourable view of the internet genius. In fact, you have to say that it is an incredible achievement’ by Fincher and Sorkin to have so brilliancly dramatised something that, on paper at least, looked boring and even unfilmable: the creation of a website, two subsequent legal actions, and a group of people arguing around a table! The tone of thisexcellent film is created with the very first scene, which has become rightly famous. Mark and his girlfriend talk about univer- 1 praise clogios 2 smart listo 3 cocksure creido, engrefdo 4 perceptive perspicaz 5 to manage conseguir 6 tohighlight destacar educa finds an ssua place todo the maths shat wil ep launch the fire website, sity life and their future careers in some of the cleverest, fastest-moving dialogue heaed in cinemasin recent years, while atthe same time failing totally to? actually make any contact on a human level. The excellent editing also helps to create the important sensation of speed. The So- cial Network isa cultural landmark, a film about the boot-up, log-on, plug-in'® generation, led by the new, ridiculously young power elite in the world. Iris also a fable about the corrupting power of ambition and success, a8 well asa highly entertaining depiction’ of college social life, hip” business enterprises, friendship, rivalry and betrayal. Above all, however, as The New Yorker said in its review, itis.a film about “a sym- bolic man of the age, a supremely functional prince of dysfunction” 7 achievement logro 8 subsequent posterior 9 tofailto no conseguir 10 toboot-up, log-on, plug-in iniciar, concctarse, enchufarse 11 depiction representacién 12 hip demodaThe Director David Fincher The director of The Social Network, David Fincher, started his career as. camera operator at the age of 17 for an independent film company. He then moved to George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic, where he worked on the special effects for Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. A radical career change saw him moving to the music world, where he made some of the most popular videos of the 1990s, working with artists such as Madonna and George Michael He also became a virtuoso with camera, atmosphere and tone. Return- ing to film, he made a series of dark, stylish thrillers ~ Seven, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac~which brought him the nickname! ‘cinema's Prince of Datkuess’! Fascinated by outsiders? and rebels, his films have raged against’ order and conformity. He wants audiences “to feel uncomfortable”, and says his “responsibility is to unsettle" people”. “I don’t know how much movies should entertain. To me, I'm always interested in movies that scar’. The thing [love about Jawsis the fact that T've never gone swimming in the ocean again.” Mopern-pav LoneLiness Fincher says he was attracted to Zuckerberg's story because “this is so much how I feel about the notion of the internet, and about the loneliness® that characterizes much of modern, interpersonal communication”. Whathe ac- tually brought to the film was a surprising degree of humanity, even creating something genuinely touching’ outof Jesse Eisenberg'sintentionally robotic performance. Moving effortlessly® between the brilliant sarcasm of the arbi- tration table, the misogynistic, sex-dominated social life of Harvard, and the 1 nickname apodo 2 outsider intruso 3 to rage against protestarfuriosamente contra 4 vounsettle inguietar, preocupar 5 toscar dejar huella 6 loneliness soledad 4n ee L Timberlake found working with Fincher and Sorkin tobe a “real” experience breathless? dynamism of the youthful intemet world, he has created a cul- ture-defining cinematic triumph. The film has also added to Fincher's repu- tation for perfectionism and almost obsessive preparation. Famous for doing multiple takes, he actually reached number 99 for the very first scene. And while the real Zuckerberg disagreed with much of the film’s content, he did praise his character's wardrobe® saying that “every single shire and fleece!” they had in the movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own”. Commenting on Fincher’ sattitudeto film-making recently,a friend said: “There’swhathe thinks is right and there's litte else. Ifyou havea difference of opinion, he'll listen politely, then tell you in no uncertain terms" how completely wrong, youare.” With The Social Network, Fincher is completely right. 7 touching conmovedor 8 effortlessly sin esfuerz0 9) breathless emocionante 10 wardrobe vestuatio 11 fleece forro polar 12 inno uncertain terms inequivocamenteThe Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Asa child, Aaron Sorkin says, he “loved the sound of dialogue. It was like music to me. And, as a result, what I want to do now is imitate that sound.” Headds: “enter the world through what [write... I grew up be- lieving ... that... with my family and friends Thad nothing to offer in my conversation, Butwhen I started writing, suddenly there was something that I brought to the party that was at a high enough level.” It certainly was, for this is a man who has been called a “genius of prime-time televi- sion”, and who is famous aboveall forhis ability to write witty' dialogue, evident from such TV series as Sports Night and The West Wing, and films like A Few Good Men, Malice and Charlie Wilson's War. During his time on The West Wing he also became known as a tough control freak’, who rarely let a sentence from his staff of writers into the final script withour changing something. InventinG A PERSONALITY In the case of The Social Network, Sorkin not only created some superb dialogue, he also, along with the excellent Jesse Eisenberg, invented the personality of the main character! Zuckerberg is famous for having lit- tle discernible’ personality. Sorkin made him prickly’, clever, verbose, witty, arrogant and sometimes almost autistic. The New York Magazine went further: “The film is uniquely Sorkinian: an earnest’, unsparing* exploration of What exactly does it mean to be an asshole?” Many stu- dents of English may also consider it to be an unusually hard two-hour listening exercise. As Time put it: “It's determined to say it all and say it wittly at blinding speed’. Sorkin’s script was expected to play at® two 1 wityy ingenioso 2 control freak fandtico del control 3 discernible perceptible 4 prickly dificil 5 earnest serio, concienzudo 6 unsparing implacable ms Aaron Sorkin is one of she TV and cinema worlds best-known sreemoriter and a half hours, but with the ators speaking at an amphetamine pace «the picture came in at ewo hours flat.” Sorkin’s reliance on invention in the film, both of character and event, has received some criticism, but hhchas defended himself “I don’t wan my fidelity obe the truths [want it to be storytelling. Whatis the big deal” about accuracy for accuracy’s sake!”?” Against charges that the film is “anti-geek' and misogynistic” Sorkin says: “I was writing about a very angry and deeply misogynistic group of people.” Such criticism seems to be having little effect on his career: Sorkin is currently working on a TV pilot, a script about a fa- mous court case and an adaptation of a book about the politician John Edwards. And there are rumours ofa possible biopic of Steve Jobs! 7 atblinding speed toda pasilla (lic. velocidad cegadora) 8 toplay at durar 9 flat exacto, justo 10 what is the big deal por quées tan importante 11 accuracy foraccuracy’s sake In exactitud por la exactitud 12 geek cretinoJesse Eisenberg Jesse Eisenberg had made only a few films when Entertain- ment Weekly called him “the sexiest geek alive”. Now, interpreting the part of the person many consider the most famous geek - alongside Bill Gares- in the world, the 28-year-old ison the cusp of becoming a major star. Eisenberg had behavioural problems at school and acting helped him “feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behav- ing.” Acting, he went on, “allowed me to emote”. And it allowed me to experience those feelings that were otherwise inappropriate to display in school or with friends.” After his first role in Roger Dodger (while still at high school), his parts in The Squid? and the Whale, the surprise hit horror comedy Zombieland, and the comedy-drama Adventureland made him into “something of a specialist in motor-mouthed’, neurotic young men.” (New York Magazine). For Eisenberg, The Social Network was “the biggest relief I've ever had in a movie ... I don't often get cast® as insensitive people, so it feels very comfortable, fresh’ and exciting, as you never have to worry about the audience.” ‘Serious PREPARATION The actor prepared very seriously for the role, He took fencing" lessons when he found out that Zuckerberg practised the sport, and put audio recordings of the Facebook founder's public-speaking appearances on his iPod, to listen to just before shooting. It's clear that the actor was intimidated by the script: “This was not the sort of script you improvise on. It’s similar to reading Shakespeare ... it's a lot like great theatre. I looked at some of the lengthier’ scenes as if | was doing play.” His une- ‘motional self-beliefon the screen is superb. According to The Guardian, director David Fincher pushed Eisenberg towards maximum opacity by referring him to Robert de Niro’s character in Taxi Driver, whose ori- 1 on the cusp of alas puertas de 2 squid calamar 3 toemit ‘manifestar emociones 4 motor mouthed quc habla excesivamente 5 relief alivio 6 tocast asignargins and motives are a mystery. A complex, doubting, neurotic person, Eisenberg has said that he is “so shocked every time I get into a movie”, and that he is “able to manipulate things into being bad, which is not a healthy way to live.” He has also talked openly about suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (he doesn’t step'” on cracks" and touches the end of his fingers in a strange way), which has heen an accasional problem on set, but the situation usually resolves itself ~ “I just play anxious people, so it becomes okay.” Jesse Eisenberg's anxiety was clear to everyone when he met Zuckerberg for the first time during NBC’s Saturday Night Live lascyear. The actor nervously asked Facebook's boss what he thought of the film. “Itwas interesting,” came the reply. Eisen- berg then relaxed visibly: “You know, I'll take" it Parts of Speech * believe I've pointed out some pretty gaping holes in your system: far from appearing apologetic to the Administrative Board for his causing the Harvard computer system to crash, Mark Zuckerberg shows incredible arrogance as. well as complete confidence that his actions have actually benefitted the univer- sity! Allin all fairly typical Zuckerberg reaction! + Wow, you would do that for me?: Mark's answer to the twins and their partner when they suggest working with them could rehabilitate his image, damaged by the Facemash episode, is coldly sarcastic. Italso echoes Erica's equally sarcas- tic comment to Mark just before she dumps him. sltwasn'ta tsk, twas... like a glottal stop. Almost agag reflex: as well as being avery funny scene, and one of the cleverest in the film, this moment also de. monstrates Mark's total contempt for the business side of his new website and, in addition, his almost non-existent social skils. 7 fresh nuevo 8 fencing esgrima 9 lengthier mis largo 10 tostepon pisar 11 crack grieta 12 wtake aceptar bn id a tae ‘Mark is clearly not at all happy with Eduardo’ peculiar poultry problem! neAndrew Garfield ‘Andrew Garfield, who has been called “the newest kid on the Hollywood block” and the “Ne! hottest young British movie tal- ent”, says that his interest in acting “came from me being depressed” asa child. The Anglo- American actor made his debut in the C7 TV teenage drama Sugar Rush, followed by an appearance in the long-running’ clas- sic BBC series Dr Who. He then gave a memorable performance in the (C4 drama Boy Aasa rehabilitated child murderer re-entering society. He then caught the eye of Hollywood, appearing in Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs, then had a supporting role in Terry Gilliam’s The imagina- rium of Doctor Parnassus (with the late Heath Ledger) and, finally, co- starred in Never Let Me Go, with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan. ‘Auprrionep For ZuckeRsene Garfield was originally asked to audition for the Zuckerberg role, but David Fincher decided he was too good at showing his feclings to play such an emotionally-guarded character. Proving Fincher right, The New Yorker said that Garfield “has the emotional fluency” — the fear, the in- dignation and the hurt® feelings — that Eisenberg has to suppress.” On. set, the two actors became great friends, to the point that Eisenberg had problems in the scenes where he had to cause Garfield anguish. Both are openly neurotic. Garfield once said: “I think too much ... Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head.” He says that he arrives on most sets feeling “scared and insecure” and often “sabotages himself”. This ‘insecure’ actor is about to become a global star, as he has been chosen as the lead? in the new Spiderman series, with the first instalment’, The Amazing Spider-Man, opening later this year. The new series will focus on the superhero’s early years. The last series made an incredible $2.5 billion at the box office. 1 long-running (en cartel) durante mucho tiempo 2 fluency fluider 3 hort dolor 4 wo suppress reprimir 5 lead primer actor 6 instalment entregaJustin Timberlake Global pop star Justin Timberlake has a modest view of his segs position in the film industry. “This may sound strange, but I don’t have aspirations to be a movie star. I make movies because I enjoy the creative process. Just to work with people like Fincher and Sorkin, ot to trade! lines with great actors, has been more surreal than anything I’ve accom- plished? in my music career.” Timberlake's musical story began in 1995 ‘when he was just 14, asa member of the boy band N Sync, for whom he also wrote songs. Their first album sold 11 million copies and the group eventually sold 50 million copies worldwide. When Timberlake lefe the band to go solo, he found even more fame and success, selling seven million copies of his first album alone. He and Britney Spears (a couple from 1999 to 2002) and Christina Aguilera pioneered the ‘teen pop revolution’ of the mid- to late-1990s. During ths time, he said that one of his greatest fears was falling unconscious’ from the stuffed’ animals, thrown at him on the stage by fans. In fact, he actually broke a thumb on stage in 1997, when he slipped on water that had been sprayed atthe | public who were suffering in the extremely hot temperatures. ea ee ee Seta, ‘SupeRBowt SCANDAL In 2004, he caused a huge scandal in America when, during a half-time singing performance with Janet Jackson at the Superbowl, he ripped off” the singer's top, briefly exposing® a breast. He later apologised” for what he creatively called a “wardrobe malfunction”, Just one year later, he made his first film, Edison Force, with Kevin Spacey and Mor- gan Freeman. He also appeared in Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan and ‘The Open Road (with Jeff Bridges), and voiced the part of Prince Artil Pendragon in Shrek he Third. In 2009 he was named the ‘Most Stylish Man in America’ by GQ magazine. The singer/actor is also a very suc- 1 totrade lines intercambiar dislogos 2 toaccomplish conseguir, alcanzar 3 unconscious inconsciente 4 scuffed de peluche 5 worip off arrancar, rasgar 6 toexpose mostrarcessful businessman, owning restaurants, a clothes brand’, a golf course, avodka brand and his own record company. Well-known for his gener- osity to charities, he considers himself “pretty” frugal”. Timberlake did his audition for the role of Sean Parker (whose character he describes as “a kind of sociopath”) reading opposite Aaron Sorkin, who was playing the role of Zuckerberg, “It was awesome. Aaron writes like he speaks, so when you say his words, you heat his voice in your head a little, dry and witty ... when I heard him say his words, I thought, ‘Oh, so that’s how fast this screenplay of 100,000 pages is gonna go by!” Reviewing Tim- berlake’s performance in The Social Network, The Guardian said that the film “cements" a suspicion’ that has been growing for some time: Justin Timberlake really is a proper" actor.” Parts of Speech + It may not have been good business, butit pissed a lot of people off: Parker's ‘summary of his pioneering but failed business venture, Napster, reveals that he really likes to annoy people. n this respect, hes similar to Mark, which is one of the reasons, probably, why they liked each other. + Thisisa once-in-a-generation, ‘holy shit idea: tis line of exclamations "holy ~hasits riginsin the 1960s cult TV series Batman, where Robin, the ‘Caped Crusader’s partner, would often begin an exclamation with ‘holy’ and some- times end with ‘Batman’. One famaus example was "Holy bargain basements, Batman”, which was typically impossible to understand! + You think we were gonna let you parade around in your ridiculous suits, pretending you were running this company: Parker's unpleasant comment, fidiculing Eduardo's more conventional atitude to business, makes it clear that he has been the motivating force behind Mark's change of attitude to his friend. 7 to apologise disculparse 8 brand marca 9 pretty bastante 10 to cement consolidar 11 suspicion, sospecha | 12 proper genuino | Fincher captures prfecily the party like atmosphere of Facebook’ creation. nn ‘aaLanguage The brilliance of The Social Network depends to a great extent’ on the script. Sorkin’s dialogue - funny, sharp’ and very fast-moving - is excel- lentat giving an understanding of whar it must he like to eavesdrop on’ highly intelligent people working together —and sometimes against each other—at the beginning ofa fantastically exciting, revolutionary adven- ture. The script is also, on a strictly language-learning level, incredibly rich in examples of numerous types of English, including such fields! as computing, the internet, business, education and American colloguial- isms. In terms of computer and internet English, there ate many in- stances of relatively simple words that have already entered the Spanish language either in the original English form ‘hacker’ ot in a Spanglish version ‘cliquear’. There are also phrases that, with a litle bit of efor’, can be understuod without difficulty —such as “to runa search”, “to save a page”, “to detect an intrusion”, “they link to” and “hit refresh”. ‘Ancient GREEK However, there are also certain scenes where, even for most English speakers, the actors could be conversing in Ancient Greek*. Just one example is the scene where Zuckerberg’s interns are trying to break through” the defences of a web server. In Mark's mystifying* words: “They have 10 minutes to get root access to a Python web server, expose its SSL encryption, and then intercept all traffic over its secure port.” More comprehensible, but in this case often very specific to American English, are the examples of business, legal and educational English. In business English, we have “incorporation papers”, “to issue shares” and “common stock purchase agreements”. Legal English includes a “cease- and-desist letter”, “injunctive relief” and “damages”, while educational 1 toagreat extent cn gran parte 2 sharp agudo 3 to eavesdrop on escuchara hurtadillas 4 field campo 5 effort esfuerzo 6 Ancient Greek Egtiego clisico Ps Fincher uses his directorial kil to mate the legal senes surprisingly entertaining English provides? us with “You haven't declared?” and people “major- ing” in subjects. More than anything, however, The Social Network is crammed with” colloquial American English, some of it not repeatable in front of your grandmother, such as “asshole”, “bitch” and “Let's get the friggin’ nerd.” More likely to be useful are phrases such as “You've been aking it in the shins”, “to make that call”, “Don’t sweat it.” and “He doesn’t bring anything to the table.” Sorkin slips in" humour eve- rywhere (“Majoring in French literature, though I wasn’t aware there was such a thing,”), and even probably coins"? some phrases himself =such as “You'd better lawyer up.” One of the most enjoyable films of recent years, The Social Network is also very useful for language learners. 7 to break through abrir una brecha en 8 mystifying de dificil comprensién 9 majoring cespecializacién 10 to be crammed with estar lleno, atiborrado 11 toslipin introducir 12 tocoin acuifiar —lnn The Social Revolution With his usual famous lack of linguistic fluidity, Mark Zuckerberg once explained the idea behind the culture-changing website, Facebook, in thisway: “So the idea is really thar, the site helps everyone connect and share information with the people they want to stay! connected with.” Avery humble? idea, but from this humble start, a giant quickly grew: to givesome idea of its growth, ifeveryone who had a Facebook account when The Social Network opened had gone to see it (around 750 million users), the film would have made’ six billion dollars! Social media has become a worldwide phenomenon: one in eight couples married in the USA in 2010 met via social media, fifty per cent of mobile phone internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook, and social gamers will spend $6 billion on virtual goods by 2013. Many experts say the information web is now-a social web, with online and offline life depending more and more on “the wisdom of frends”. Giants ofthe social networking system include the microblogging site Twitter and the professional networking site Linke- din. Twitter's 200 million users make it one of the ten most-visited sites in the world, while LinkedIn, which allows you to “manage your professional identity and build and engage with’ your professional network’, now has 100 million membersand has becomea significant par ofthe recruitment® world. Networkins For Justice Social networks moved far beyond being simply a means of communi- cating between friends during the ‘Arab Spring’ last year, when protests and then revolutions were said to have been organised in Tunisia and Egyptmainly through social media. According to Al/azeera: “YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have become the new weapons of mass mobilisa- tion; geeks have taken on’ dictators; bloggers are dissidents; and social 1 tostay seguir 2 humble humilde 3 tomake i 4 wisdom 5 toengage with relacionarse con 6 recruitment reclutamiento ple:networks have become rallying forces® for social justice.” This new dem- ocratic tool, however, has sadly already been put in doubt: in America, politicians now regularly employ people to ghostwrite? their messages, while one US internet expert has ridiculed the 1.3 million members of the Facebook page for the ‘Save Darfur Coalition’ for giving an average of just nine cents each to the canse. Pros ano Cons oF NETWORKING ‘After initially receiving praise for creating online communities which promoted increased communication all around the world, social net- works are now receiving more and more criticism. Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier has made several attacks on social media recently, say- ing that the concept turns life into a database, degrading humanity, while the bestselling British author Zadie Smith says it encourages" a “pack'! mentality”, damaging individual character, friendships, lan- guage and sensibility. People, some experts say, are actually forgeuing, how to socialise in a face-to-face context and are becoming increas- ingly narcissistic. Thereis no stopping social media ar the moment, however. Moreand ‘more companies are using it in advertising and marketing, and Zuck- erberg has recently announced plans to go much further. He intends to make the site into the world’s most important ‘discovery platform’, with ‘friends’ surfing the internet and introducing each other to new discoveries they make along the way. His new “global mission”, ac- cording to Wired magazine, is to “redesign every industry around the social graph” — Facebook friends will derermine, with their likes and dislikes, how billions of dollars are spent. The experience of the sport- ing goods chain Giantnerd (how apt") could be a sign of the future: the company doubled its revenue within just two weeks of adding the famous ‘Like’ button to its website home page. 7 totakeon enfientarse a 8 rallying force concentracién de fuerzas 9 toghostwrite escribir en su nombre 10 to encourage fomentar 11 pack mentality mentalidad de grupo 12 ape apropiado, acerrtado Same experts tay social media is damaging realli, fae-so-five communication. = 29Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is the best-known computer programmer in the world, the youngest billionaire in history, and the first name that comes up! when you put ‘Mark’ in Google’s search win- dow. In 2010, Vanity Fairvoted him N°1 in its list of the top 100 “most influential people of the Information Age” (“our new Caesar”), Time made him “Person of the Year”, and Esquire named him one of Amer- ica’s three worst-dressed people in its ‘Celebrity Style Hall of Shame’. Zuckerberg could nor care* less, however ~ he now has an estimated $17.5 billion to spend on his ubiquitous jeans and T-shirt. Uncom- fortable in public, Zuckerberg rarely gives interviews or makes public speeches. He also has very simple tastes ~ Tyler Winklevoss has said: “He's the poorest rich person I've ever seen in my life.” Lono-TeRm ReLarionsiie Zuckerberg has dated Priscilla Chan, a Chinese-American fellow stu- dent at Harvard since 2003, changing his status on Facebook to ‘in a relationship’ only in March last year. Two months later, he bought 2 house in Palo Alto for seven million dollars and moved in together with Chan. His only known hobby is learning Chinese, but he does admit to giving himself a new challenge’ every year — in 2009 it was to wear a tie every day, and last year it was to eat meat only from animals that he had killed himself (which included a bison). Last December, a flaw’ in Facebook privacy controls briefly allowed users access to Zuckerberg’s private photos, but the collection was as mundane? as you might have expected. This year, however, will be anything but mundane for the Fa- cebook boss: America’s financial rules concerning private shareholder® numbers mean that Zuckerberg will almost certainly have to turn his 1 tocome up aparecer 2 tocare importar 3 challenge reto 4 flaw defecto 5 mundane normales, insulsas 6 shareholder accionista 30 _Mark Zuckerberg is wel noun for being highly uncomfortable when he hast speak in public. still private company (“my baby”, of which he owns 25%) into a public one, offering shares for sale on the stock marker’. Any IPO* (Initial Pub- lic Offering/ Oferta Publica Inicial will be the biggest floae? of the year and could raise" $10 billion, while valuing the company ac $100 bil- lion - making Zuckerberg one of the richest men in the world. Analysts say the company could be worth $200 billion within a couple of years. The only clouds on the horizon are growing fears about the company’s constantly changing attitude to the privacy of the sites users, more and more older users becoming wary of " sharing their private lives any- more, and the warnings by some experts that the social media phenom- enon could turn out to be the next dorcom bubble, Only time will eel”, 7 stock market bolsa de valores 8 IPO ‘oferta puiblica de activos financieros privados 9 float salida a bolsa 10 to raise recaudar 11 wary receloso 12 time will tell el tiempo lo diré 31age oe Glossary and Dialogue Guide Before you begin watching, take a moment to read about how to best use this dvd to improve your English. The most important aids to the comprehension of the dialogue are the subtitles at the bottom of the screen. These repeat exactly what the actors are saying, Use your remote control to stop the film, read the subtitles, and then review the scene. This will give you a real sense of the rhythms and cadences of spoken English. In addition, every scene in the movie is numbered in the upper left- hand corner of the screen. These numbers are used for consulting the glossary printed in this booklet. In the glossary you will also find some explanations to help you in the comprehension of a particular passage of the movie. A handy dictionary may also help you to check words you don’t know and which are not in the glossary. If there is a scene you find particularly entertaining, you jot down the scene number and easily fast-forward or rewind to it ler. To avoid sceing the subtitles to test your comprehension and progress, you can simply choose from the menu: without subtitles or with English or Spanish. Whichever way, enjoy the movie! 1 1Q (Intelligence Quotient) CI (Coeficiente Intelectual) 1 genius genio (genius IQ: superdotado) 1 toaccountfor explicar 1 awful lot of people muchisima gente, mogollén SAT (Selectividad): The SAT Reasoning Test is the test for admission to American colleges. A score of 1600 is a perfect score. First called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, SAT now no longer stands for anything. 1 toget sacar to row crew (hacer remo): the sporting activity of towing hasgreat prestige in the most important colleges and universities in the English-speaking world. Zuckerberg is thinking of ways in which he can make himself stand out in a group of similarly intelligent people. 331 togetinto ingresar final club: this is a type of male secret socicty or brothethood/fratemity at Harvard, which until very recently was noted for its old-fashioned, sexist attitude to women. The clubs date back a century or more. Clubs at the college include the Phoenix-SK, the Fly Club, the Porcellian (sometimes known as the ‘Porc’) and the all-Jewish Alpha Epsilon PI (AEPI). The clubs are seen as demonstrations of social rank and are sup- posed to help with future careers in terms of professional connections. 1 tobe kidding estar bromeando 1 Are you delusional? estés delirando? 1 it’s just esque 1 tobe aiming at en el cual deberfa centrarme 1 I may have missed a birthday me he perdido algo 2 to punch fichar por, escoger ‘Theodore Roosevelt: the 26th American President, in power from 1901-1909. 2 wo party divertirse Fed Chairman: the chairman of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the US central banking system. fatures: these are contracts for assets/commodities bought at agreed prices, but they are delivered and paid for later 2 to come close to tener posibilidades de 2 toread predecir (lt. interpretar) 2 heating oil gasdleo OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder): an anxiety disorder (trastorno obsesive-compulsivo - ToC), with obsessions and compulsions. 2 cryptic enigmatico 2 substantial importante 2 toget llamar 34 3 trite trillado 3 straightforward franco 3 to be supportive apoyar 3 gathering reunién 3 we're dating estamos saliendo 3 settledown cAlmate 3 door guy portero 3 perfectly good class of people persona totalmente digna ‘Wimbledon, Long Island: a very expensive address in the USA. 3 Imean it lo digo de verdad StairMaster: the name of well-known brand of exercise machines. BU (Boston University): Mark is implying that because Erica is study- ing at Boston University she is unlikely to he able to mect the people he will meet ifhe becomes a member of one of the Harvard clubs. 4 rowboat 4 we're even bote de remos estamos en paz, OS: the abbreviation for Operating System. nerd (ffigui): the word nerd is used to refer negatively to someone who has an obsessive interest in something - often boring to the rest of us ~ and it is used quite frequently in the computer world. Nerd can also inean someone who is socially inept. 4 from the bottom of my heart de todo corazén. 4 asshole gilipollas bitch: always a difficult word to translate, bitch can mean several things. Here is probably used to mean a spiteful (mala, rencorosa) woman. Albrecht: the film’s hero is referring ~ sarcastically - to the very common habit in immigrants on arrival in the USA (in the years of huge immigra- tion at the end of the 19th century) of changing their family name in or- der to make it sound more Anglo-Saxon (in this ease from the Germanic “Albrecht’to the English-sounding ‘Albright)) and therefore 'ficin’ better. 356 for the record para que conste 6 tolookclike parece que (gasta) 34C: There are different ways of measuring bra sizes in America and Spain. In Spanish terms, Erica would be claiming to bea 75C ot 75D, depending on which bra size conversion chart you believe. ‘Victoria’s Secret: an American underwear retailer, which sells more than $5 billion worth oflingerie, women’s wear and beauty products every year. 34B, as in barely anything there (como de casi plana): here Matk reduces Erica’s chest size to either 75B or 75C, depending on the chart used. 6 totake my mind offher __para quitérmela de la cabeza 6 easy enough bastante Ficil 6 facebook directorio 7 desktop ordenador de mesa 7 pic (picture) foto 7 hot sexy, buena (hotter: mas sexy, mas buena) 7 good call buena idea ‘Turing: Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a brilliant English mathemati- n, computer scientist and codebreaker (decodificador). 7 feel aire 7 rating valoracién 7 say diganos T hacking pirateria informatica hotornot.com: a rating site that permits users to rate the attractiveness of men and women from photos hung by the public on the website. Apache configuration: an extremely popular computer configuration that permits the creation of indexes. Weet: a computer program that retrieves content from web servers, and is descended from the program ‘Geturl’. The name ‘Wger derives from the World Wide Web and the verb to get (recuperar).. 7 kid’s stuff cosa de nifios 36 8 torun hacer 8 to return dar, devolver 8 moving right along avanzamos 8 combo combinacién FAS; the abbreviation for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 8 to break out romper, descifrar script: this means a sequence of computer commands. 8 tobe set estar listo 8 sham farsa 8 match resultado PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor): this is a language used to write instruc- tions for a web server, similar in purpose to HIML. 8 weird aro, extrafio Shark (tiburén) Week: a series of TV programmes about sharks, on The Discovery Channel, which is normally broadcast in the summer. 8 obnoxious detestable, odioso 8 one ata time de uno en uno Emacs: these are text editors (programs which edie text files), which al- low the user to combine commands in order to automate work. Pe script: a programming language designed in 1987 for general use, now used or system administration, web development and network programming. algorithms a set of rules used in calculations, especially with computers. 9 to rank clasificar 9 given dererminado, dado 9 to match up comparar 10 to check out fijarse 3710 dude 10 roommate tio compafiero de habitacién trainee (aprendiz): the student is almost certainly referring to a train- ing bra (sujetador de nifia), a bra designed for young girls who have just started to develop breasts. Mark’s blog is to blame. 11 switch (switchboard) 11 tocrash 11 the network's down 11 holy shit 11 to call 11 ad (administration) board 12 back 12 deposition 12 jerk 12 wsseele 12 wstretch, 12 wmake up 12 under oath 12 hit conmutador, centralita colgarse seha caido la red jhostias! citar junta administrativa antes declaracién estipido aceptar un acuerdo estirar inventar bajo juramento visita freaking: the word freaking is used here asa more polite substitution for the word fucking. Americans often use substitutes for swear words. 13 to jump out 13 to drown 13 damn 13 sophomore 13 tochoke 13 undergrad (undergraduate) 13 low-rate 13 full course load 13 tank 13 way ahead 38 saltar ahogarse maldico estudiante de segundo curso (en una universidad o colegio secundario) colgar (lit. atascar) estudiante universitario de baja intensidad asistira todas las clases simulador muy por delante 14 hearing 14 to breach 14 to charge 14 statement vista (de un proceso) violar, poner en peligro , abrir una brecha acusar declaracién do so: the expression do so can be used to avoid repeating a verb or verb- plus-object. Here it avoids repetition of the phrase to make a statement. ‘The Crimson: this the university's student newspaper, published daily. ABHVW: the Association of Black Harvard Women. Fuerza Latina: Harvard's undergraduate Pan-Latino organization. 14 to stem from 14 to point out 14 gaping. 14 hole 15 probation 15 to make an example out of s.0. 15 for God's sake 15 how do you do this 15 sample 15 surrender 15 howhe got there 16 to check out 16 smart 16 man 16 itwas ...a no-brainer 16 for awhile surgir de mostrar, descubrie enorme brecha, agujero periodo de prueba dar ejemplo con alguien porelamorde Dios cémo lo haces tipo (problema) rendicién cémo llegé a esta conclusién investigar inteligente, agudo tio. no tenia... secreto desde hace algin tiempo Myspace/ Friendster: Myspaceisasocial networkingservice, nowpartly owned by pop star Justin Timberlake, which was founded in August 2003. Friend- ster, nowa social gaming site, was launched asa social networking website. 17 not to put anything indelicately 17 gifted ‘no queremos ser poco delicaclos de talento. 39you've been taking it in the shins (espinilla): a great phrase that means to be criticized by people who don’t have the same level (intellectual, cultural etc) as you, and the imagery brings to mind children kicking cach other in the shins. 17 overwhelmed abrumado 17 Pmin acepto (lit. estoy dentro) 17 awesome formidable 17 lawsuit pleito, demanda 18 to approach abordar a 18 it’s not that no es que 18 to come up with idear 18 toslip pasar 18 to ride that horse subirse a ese carro it’s 20 degrees (estamos a siete bajo cero): Americans use fahrenheit, rath- er than centrigrade, to measure the temperature. 19 loop cinta de video repetitiva 19 to browse mirar, explorar 19 dating contactos, citas 19 psyched flipado, exultante 19 to get past ir més alla de 19 the thing el no va mis 20 startup cash dinero de lanzamiento 20 to get it online ponerlo en la red 20 to split repartir, dividir 20 to put up contribuir con, aportar 20 business end parte comercial 20 CFO (Chief Financial Officer) director de finanzas 20 to screw him out of echarle de una forma injusta 20 plaintiff demandante 21 to resent molestar 21 thumbed his nose at hizo una peinetaa 40 21 much todo 21 tolead someone to believe inducir a alguien a creer mucho que ver 22 to implement poner en funcionamiento 22 unreachable ilocalizable 22 missed call llamada perdida 22 chus far hasta ahora 22 there’s something up hay algo (que no funciona) 23 I made the second cut he pasado al segundo corte 23 right there con esto 23 you don’t make it any further no llegas més all CS (Computer Science): thisis the study of the theoretical bases of infor- mation and computation. Take your pants off (guitate los pantalones): For Americans, pants are ‘pantalones, while for Brits they are calzoncillos— Brits normally put their ‘trousers on top of their pants. Network Solutions: a website company that offers Internet services such as domain name registration, searches for domain names and web hosting. 24 to the best of your knowledge hasta dénde usted sepa 24 what in the world? iqué demonios? 24 to gain conseguir, obtener 24 torun funcionar 24 to get out ahead adelanearse 24 fella chico, muchacho 24 to get to the bottom: llegar al fondo to stand over your shoulder (literally estar de pie deers de tu hombro): the idea is that they will enjoy watching Mark sign a cheque in recognition of the fact that he has done them wrong, 24 no shit no jodas 25 do you happen to know 25 to look to sabes por casualidad? estar interesado en alive nude girls (chicas desnudas en directo): Mark means he is produc- ing an elegant, classy-looking product, which he illustrates by referring negatively to the typical, brightly-lit sign outside low-class strip clubs. 26 relationship status situacién sentimental 26 todrive mover 26 to take acudir 26 center esencia 26 tobe about consistir en 26 cake and watermelon parafernalia 26 to get laid echar un polvo 26 masthead cabecera 26 to golive fancionar 26 laptop ordenador portétil 26 it's gonna be cool with them les va parecer bien 26 to bounce around: rebotar entre Dworkin: Harvard's computer sciencesand electrical engineeringbuilding, 27 to stand beside apoyar, estar al lado de (dando apoyo) 27 link enlace 28 silly ridicule 28 to get around to encontrar tiempo para doesn’t have three friends to rub together to make a fourth (podria cantar os amigos con dos dedos de una mano): Divya is contrasting Mark’s lack of friends with the incredible, instantaneous popularity of his new web site, joined by over 650 students on the very frst day. 28 we'll putitall together —__juntaremos toda la informacién 29 he didn’t mean to no quiso hacer, no pretendis 29 head start ventaja 29 racer regatista 29 to school inseruir, sermoneat 29 in-house counsel abogado de la empresa 42 cease-and-desist letter (carta de cesey desistimiento): a legal request to stop an activity, and not continue with it lace, or face legal action. TP: this is the abbreviation for intellectual property. ‘The Sopranos: the highly successful American TV series about modern day mafia boss Tony Soprano and his family. 29 wheat dhe shit oucofs.b. — inoler «alguien a palos 29 hammer martillo T'm6’5”, 220: in other words, the twins are each six foot, five inches tall (195.6cm) and weigh 220 pounds (100kg). 29 whatever como querdis 29 waft bocanada 29 outrage indignacién nos est haciendo un corte de mangas 29 to look over estudiar, examinar (un documento o hecho) 29 toget something going —_publicar algo 29 tosue demandar 29 he's giving us the finger plant stories: the idea here isto put stories in the Harvard paper to influ- ence student opinion in favour of their version of events. 30 of means de posibles (de buena posicién econémica) 30 asset activo 30 it's safe to say se puede decir sin temora equivocarse 30 venture negocio 31 toaddress dirigirsea 31 to go through discutir 31 biggest thing persona més famosa Out of Town News: this is the name of a well-known local newsagent’s. MITS Altair kit on the cover (portada): The Altair 8800, produced by the American electronics company MITS, was the first commercially successful home computer, and a photo of the computer featured on the January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics magazine. 43let's get BASIC out there (/anzemos el BASIC): BASIC is a family of easy-to use, general-purpose, high-level programming languages, whose origins lie in the mid-1960s. In 1975, MITS launched Altair BASIC, which had been developed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the furure founders of Microsoft. 31 board placa 32 cool guay 32 to grabadrink tomar algo 32 stunningly great increiblemente fantéstico 32 packed into metidas 32 toshow up llegar 32 speaker ponente, conferenciante 32 moron imbécil 32 contact (contact lens) lentilla Glock the Glock pistol isa semi-automatic pistol and the most popular handgun used by United States law enforcement agencies. 32 to monetize rentabilizar Mountain Dew: a citrus-flavoured carbonated soft drink produced by PepsiCo. Two interesting myths, or urban legends, attaching to the drink are that it causes shrunken testicles and/or a reduction in penis size, and that it reduces sperm count. alittle more than mildly annoying (Jigeramente molesto): Mark, who is obviously very angry, uses understatement twice here—with alittle more and mildly annoying - to emphasise his feclings. 34 don’t screw around with me _no me toques las pelotas 34 ground raz6n, fundamento 34 lame pobre, malo 34 big deal ‘muy importante 34 where it stood with graphics cémo estaban los grificos 34 that would goon que era necesario 35 to raise plantear, formular 4 35 tolead on engafiar 36 to freshen up retocarse 36 sweet encantador 37 groupies fans, seguidores 37 that tumbles through your head que pasa rebotando por tu cabeza 37 crack cofia 37 snide insidioso, malicioso sad (enfidado): another important difference between British and Amer- ican English, where the former variety uses mad in the sense of loco. 38 outreach proyeccién, divulgacién 38 will be a computer estudiard informatica como asignatura science major principal 38 here’s the arrangement este es el trato 38 you're welcome to puedes coger 38 to sit inon asistir de oyente 39 to work out salir, resultar 39 scared the shit out ofhim Ie hizo cargarse de miedo 39 to file for injunctive relief _soliccar un desagravio por orden judicial 39 to get the site takendown —_cerrarla pigina web 39 isup estd activa 39 injunction requerimiento jt 39 damages 39 relief 39 handbook manual 39 freshman escudiante de primer afio (novato) 39 toissue entregar Larry Summers: the economist Larry Summers served as the 27th Presi- dent of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006. He also served with Presidents Reagan, Clinton and Obama, and is considered by some to be partly responsible, with his policies, for the 2008 financial crisis, 4540 to pay tuition matricularse 40 school universidad 40 to carry tener 3.9 GPA: GPA stands for Grade Point Average, a measurement of the level achieved by a student across a number of subjects. The highest score possible at Harvard is 4, so a figure of 3.9 is excellent. 40 Ishould just kick your ass deberfa darte una patada en el culo 40 to declare clegir 40 anything algo asf Al folks gente Napster: Napster was a pioneering internet service that allowed Internet users to share audio files, especially music files, encoded in MP3 format. Iewas founded in 1999 by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning and Sean Parker. The service lasted for two years before ceasing operations due to Shoe/table: from two well-known, similar English sayings, the shoe's on the other foot and the tables are turned (se ha dado la vuelta a la tortilla). 41 zillionaire megaforrado Grammies: the Grammy Awards ceremony is the music business's equivalent of the Oscars. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awards Grammies in recognition of outstanding achievement in the music industry. 41 this isblowing my mind esto hace que flipe 41 Igotea hop inthe shower tengo que ducharme répidamente 42 getting twisted enredindome 42 to pass out sobarse, dormir profundamente 42 freakishly extrafiamente 42 instance caso 42 from the looks of it por su aspecto 46 Brooks Brothers franchise (franquicia): Brooks Brothers is the oldest men’s clothes chain in America, dating back to 1818. The chain has dressed generations of America’s rich and famous. Ralph La his career as a salesman in the Madison Avenue shop. 43 heading tieulo, encabezamiento 43 forthcoming ewomnunicativo 43 dealings trato, relacién 43. misappropriation apropiacién indebida 43 punch me pégame 43 towithdraw abandonar 43 plain and simple simple y llano 43 house master tutor 43 quad patio 44 petty larceny hurto menor 44 to be worth valer 44 to let one’s imagination runaway dejarse llevar por su imaginacién 44 to make that call tomar esa decision Treasury Secretary (Secretaria del Tesora): the equivalent of the Spanish Ministro de Hacienda. 44 worthy digno Diorama: this is a three-dimensional, full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for public display. 44 fair exposicion 44 to shove meter 45 whoops! iay! 45 doorknob pomo 45 to putinto invertir 45 Iwish ojala 4745 glottal stop oclusién glotal 45 gag reflex arcada tocard (pedir el carné): the minimum drinking age in general in the USA is 21, so Eduardo is worried that they might be asked to prove their age. 46 tough diffcl, duro 46 he struck me me dio la impr. 46 wild card personaje imprevisible 46 to crash out of salir disparado 46 baby boy guapetén, 46 ginger jengibre 46 lobster claw pinza de bogavante 46 that'll get us starved esto es todo para empezar Seanathon: an invented word, mixing ‘Sean’ with ‘marathon’, which Edu- ardois using to emphasize the fact that Sean dominated the conversation. 47 he took us through ‘nos cont6, explics 47 defendant demandado 47 screwit ala mierda 47 you made a name for yourself tehiciste un nombre 47 youare dry necesitas mds bebida (lit. ests seca) Rolodex: a type of file used to store business contact information (the nameis an example of what in English is known as portmanteau word, being a combination of rolling and index). 47 thrown out expulsado 47 toshine lustrarse 47 to rake aceptar, recibir 47 kid chaval 47 atthe top of dirigiendo 47 hot exitoso, de moda AT we've got that on the record que eso conste en acta 47 escort sefiorita de compafifa 48 47 worap pinchar 47 to trip up meter la pata 47 of atime gone by del pasado while you wipe your chin and walk away (mientras te limpias la barbilla -y después te vas): Only the writer knows what this line really means, but ‘many people consider it refers to the act of fellatio au its final moments. ‘The idea presumably would be to suggest an attitude of total submission. 47 delusional ilusorio 48 there'll be payback sern correspondidos con la misma moneda 48 to bring down hundir ‘Tower Records: This was an American retail music chain. It is now an international franchise and an online music store. Sean is implying that the chain was badly affected by Napster. 48 mostly sobre todo 48 he got around to llegé el turno de 48 right after directamente Little Bighorn: the Battle of the Little Bighorn was the most famous ac- tion of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. The battle was a disastrous de- feat for the US Cavalry, which had seriously miscalculated the number of native Americans opposing them and was simply outnumbered, in effect surrounded ~so the idea here is of an ambush (emboscada). 48 easy 48 to settle 48 that's what it’s got going forit 48 to throw 48 to take your chips down 49 to shut up calma resolver esto esto bueno montar retirar la apuesta hacer callar 4949 that’s where you're headed 49 valuation 49 you may as well 49 den 49 out 49 up close 49 to get away from the point 49 I don’t havea dog 49 to pick up the check 49 to drop esalo que vais tasacién ser igual estudio, gabincte trucha decerca alejarse del tema no me juego nada pagar la cuenta retirar, quitar and speed: the term land speed comes from the idea of attempts at speed records (which can be on land or water). Ic is used here to emphasize the fact that Sean was talking very fast. 50 to enter something into 50 incorporation papers 50 LLC (Limited Liability Company) 50 respondent 50 articles of incorporation 50 youcan mark it 50 termination 50 Ican’thave this 50 to play a prank 51 scathing 51 to deal with 51 associate dean, 51 to report 51 forall know 51 every once in awhile 51 to hop on 51 to stir the pot 51 to get a good debate going 51 to cheat 50 incorporar algo en documentos de constitucién de una empresa Sociedad Limitada (S.L.) demandado escritura de constitucién: puede anorarlo resolucién de cese (de contrato) no puedo aceptat esto gastar una broma mordaz hablar con adjunto al decano denunciat porlo que sé devez en cuando entrar dar cafia paraavivar el debare hacer trampas 52 block 52 variety hour manzana especticulo de variedades Jed Clampett: a reference to a famous sitcom of the 1960s, The Beverly Hillbillies, eataring.a poor family which moves to Beverly Hills, Cali fornia, after discovering oil on their land. Jed Clampett is the father of the family, and they mave into a huge mansion next daar ro their new banker in California. 52 to get ver 52 he doesn’t bring anything to the table no aporta nada al asunto VC /venture capital (capital riesgo): although strictly speaking this should really be translated as capital de riesgo, they are using the phrase here to mean the actual people themselves, the investors. 52 to hit refresh 52 intern 52 to get on board with s.th pulsar ‘actualizar’ estudiante en précticas asumir/aceptar algo root access: the challenge facing the five students is to get root access to a Python webserver— in other words, to penetrate the security system of the server. Python is a computer programming language. SSL encryption (cifiado SSL): SSL stands for secure lockets layer, a pro- tocol for encrypting information over the Internet. 53 firewall 53 beauty 53 to drink a shot 53 stealth 53 popup 53 mean 53 will that get you through 54 to put up 54 misgiving cortafuegos lobueno echarun trago sigiloso aparecer de repente mezquino, miserable tebastard para pasar aportar, contribuir con duda, recelo 5154 to figure 54 Imade ie 55 tobe wired in 55 that’s gonna cut into your security deposic 55 zip line 55 internship 56 to crash 56 she’s done for the summer 56 homeless pensar, calcular Jo he conseguido estar conectado telo va descontar de tu fianza tirolina (contrato de) pricticas dormir, vivir temporalmente en ha acabado el curso sin techo restroom (/avabo, servicio): another difference between British English and American English. In the former we say toilet(s) in this situation, 56 date 56 looks so familiar to me 56 lingerie 56 high end place 56 in-law 56 thigh-highs 57 parable 57 varsity 57 to take her from him 57 next big thing 57 to piss off 57 pal 57 will take it from here 57 hand them 57 bitch 57 the hell 57 to suck up to 57 ad exec (advertising executive) 58 bandwidth 52 pareja, ligue me resulta familiar lencerfa tienda de alta categorfa suegro medias parabola equipo de los mejores jugadores de una escuela o universidad quitérsela, robérsela préximo bombazo cabrear, tocar los huevos tio, amigo ahora ya nos encargamos nosotros entregarles mamén demonios hacer la pelotaa publicista ancho de banda 58 shot 58 let's line up 58 absolutely 59 to lead 59 length 59 grandstand 60 close 60 premier 60 day 60 onto 60 excruciating tage pidamos por supuesto aventajar cslora uibuna refiida grande Epoca ahora espantoso, terrible Nantucket: as Nantucket is a very small island, just south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with a total land area of only 123.8 km’, the commentis obviously meant to bea deeply sarcastic one. 60 tough beat duro golpe 61 take the bitter with the better estar a las duras ya las maduras 61 knock it off 61 to showup 61 torun 61 to take 61 screw ie 61 let's gut the friggin’ nerd 62 to check it out 62 like 62 don’t sweat it 62 landline 62 bong hit 62 banging 62 relentlessly 62 he was ona 36-hour coding tear déjalo, para ya presentarse celebrarse, tener lugar utilizar joder destripemos al puto empollén echar un vistazo como si no te preocupes linea de teléfono fija pipada ruido implacablemente, despia ha escrito cédigo 36 horas sepuidas62 to takeanap 62 the more bad (sic) I get at this cuanto peor juego a esto 62 wasted colocado echarse un suefiecito 63 the new stuff we got el nucvo material que tenemos 63 nope no 63 no reason you should no hay razén por la que deberias 63 torun gestionar 63 hedge fund fondo de inversién angel investment: an investment in a company made by a rich person who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for con- vertible debt or ownership equity. 63 tarmac pista JEK: the New York airport named after the assassinated American Presi- dent, John F Kennedy, and popularly known as JFK. 63 passenger loading and zona para dejar y recoger unloading zone a los pasajeros SFO: the abbreviation for San Francisco International Airport 63 rent-free gratuitamente 63 grant subvencién 63 big-ticket ad buy anunciante importante Gary's Tuxedos (esmoguin): Sean is ridiculing Eduardo's attempts to find advertisers by talking about litte, fictitious businesses being interested in appearing on Facebook, thanks to Eduardo, such as the invented ‘Gary's Tuxedos’ and ‘Harvard Bartending Course’ (curso de camarero). 63 to bag fichar 64 high colocén, 64 to quit dejar 54 64 insanely jealous loco de celos 64 to be left behind dejar, quedar atrés ID: Americans, like the Spanish, carry identity cards (tarjeta de identifi cacién). 1D isan abbreviation of identity. : Towering Inferno (Elcolas0 en llamas): one of the films, so popular in the 1970s. Other films of this genre include Airport (which started the genre off), The Poseidon Adventureand Earthquake. 65 freeze cerrar 65 come on back centrad 65 we're cool ‘estamos bien 65 we're gonna startyou off nuestra primera inversién serd 65 tofile inscribir 65 corporation sociedad anénima Delaware: the state of Delaware is America’s corporate tax haven, wich more than half its publicly-held corporations registered there. 66 rough muy duro 66 to mock burlarse de 66 to screw follar 66 slut guiarra, puerca 66 tricky delicado 66 silk scarf pafiuelo de seda 67 fickle inconstante, veleidoso 67 to reverberate repetcutir 67 let bygones be bygones. _olvidarel pasado 67 re-incorporate reconvertir 68 stock purchase agreement acuerdo de adquisicién de acciones, 68 as opposed to a diferencia de 68 to be worthless no tener ningin valor 68 exchange permuta 68 voter holding voracidn de los titulares 68 shares of stock acciones68 to take down pea 69 outrageously escandalosamente 69 leading capcioso 69 to look over revisar 69 it’s gonnabe out of control ser4 un desmadre to pitch (tener labia, deber argumentar una venta): the idea here is that Sean isso convinced of the future of Facebook that instead of Mark having to try to sell the idea to the possible investor, Case Equity, ie will be the latter who will be trying to convince Mark to let them invest in his project. 70 to beg, suplicar 70 tonod asentir con la cabeza 70 to playa stunt on gastarle una broma pesada a alguien 70 hard to turn down dificil de rechazar 71 tocome along llegar 71 todilute diluir, eebajar 72 to set s.o. up tender una trampa alguien Prada: the Italian company is one of the most famous, exclusive fashion labels in the world, specializing in luxury goods for men and women, 72 hoodie sudadera con capucha 72 fuck you flip-flops chancletas de tocacojones 72 douche bag ser despreciable 72 Vil bet apostarla 72 lawyer up caibrere de abogados 72 to come back for volver a por 72 to drawon sacarde 73 geared up preparado Macy's Parade: a famous, spectacular parade organised by the department store Macy’severy Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday uf November, which also marks the beginning of the Christmas season in the USA. 56 73 we've almost gotta be there _ debemos estar a punto de llegar -ague, is sup ficult, most NEL: the comment, referring to the National Football I posed to mean that everyone here is playing at the most competitive level possibie, so you have to expect rough times, 73 to put together organizar Kappa Eta Sigma: a sorority (hermandad femenina), atypical fraternal so- cial organization for students, in this case at California State University. 73 sister socia 73 inter becaria 74 hugger amante de los abrazos 74 offof me sobre mi 74 tagging etiquerado 75 to logon empezar la sesién 75 mostly més que nada 75 profile perfil EpiPen: an EpiPen auto-injectorisa medical device used to deliver a dose of epinephrine. Ic s for people who suffer from acute allergic reactions. 76 to post bond pagar la fianza 76 move paso, movimiento 78 non-disclosure de confidencialidad 78 unflattering poco favorecedor 78 you own their wife and kids los dejas pelados ‘ 78 voir dire (French) proceso de seleccién de un jurado 78 likeabilicy simpatia 78 all of solo 78 watch what else y mis cosas todavia 78 inthescheme of things comparado con todo 78 speeding ticket multa de tréfico 57Exercises ‘This month’s Speak Up movie tells the story of how Facebook was set up through the vision of brilliant young Harvard student, Mark Zuck erberg, but caused bitterness and resentment among some of his former collaborators, who accused him in court of stealing their idea! Contro- versy aside, the site, launched in 2004, has become a worldwide phe- nomenon: today, just 8 years later, it has over 800 million active users! ‘As well as entertaining, the film is also a very useful way to prac some important aspects of English. To expand your vocabulary, try ex- excises 4 (word-building) and 5 (colloquial expressions), while exercise 1 tests your knowledge of prepositions. Exercises 2 & 3 are concerned with grammatical constructions. Finally, exercise 6 tests whether you i ‘were watching and listening to the film carefully! : é 1) Lookat the sentences below, adapted from the film. In each one, a _ preposition is missing. Choose the correct preposition for each space || from the list at the bottom. i 1. How do you account _ those figures? i| 2.____"_awoman’s perspective, not playing sport all the time is j agood thing. 3, Which target are you aiming first 4, Mark, sometimes you talk_______code, do you know that? 5. Your problem is, you're obsessed. finals clubs and what they represent. 6. You should just concentrate__ being the best that you | can bel | 7. Treally don’t understand what you're so worried 3 ! 8. Pd like to tell you something. the bottom of my heart. | 9 Ieisa criminal offence tlie ath in court | 10. Sometimes a small success can lead a much ! bigger one. about, at, for, from, from, in, on, to, under, with Eduardo is dfnitely noe impresed by Sea non-op talking at ther fit meting 58 592) Look at each of the following sentences and then rewrite them, wi- thout changing the meaning, using between 3 and 6 words, including the word(s) given. Look at this example: 3) Look at these sentences adapted from the script: some are correct, but in others, a deliberate mistake has been made. Decide which ones are wrong and correct them: Hewat slim when hewasa child but now he's realy overweight, wed ie? than he is now. Answer: He used to be (much) slimmer than he is now. 1. 'm afraid it’s impossible to do anything about it. Done T'm afraid .... oie about it. 2. The college has very high expectations of her. To The college ... very well. 3.’malmost sure that we won't get into any trouble over this. Unlikely Ithink... «into any trouble over this. 4, That's something that we have to decide, not you. Decision Thar’sa se ot You. 5. The hearing started almost three hours ago. Been I . the hearing started. 6. You didn’t know what you were looking for, so you didn't find it quickly. Would Ifyou for, you 7. Whose is this computer? Belong . what you were looking much quicker. . datiwiene sees COP 8. Mark thought che site wasn’t very interesting, so he didn’t want to work on it. Worth Mark thought the site .. on. 9. Facebook was completely different from Harvard Connection. No- thing Facebook ... Harvard Connection, 10. P'm sorry I was unreachable last ni exam, Conmiuct I'm sorry .. night—Ihad to study for a final exam. —Thad to study for a final a+ Laat 60 1. Which of those clubs is the most easy to get into? 2. This is one of the most exclusive clubs of the world! 3. We have to decide who are we going to send this, programme to 4, He told me they had asked him to work on their site. 5, Noone of us heard about itexcept Cameron. 6. ’lllet you know how the party was like. 7. Facemash did exactly what Mark wanted it to do. 8, Wewere said that Zuckerberg was the man to contact. 9, You really needn’ta forensic team to get to the bottom of this problem. 10. What really interests most students is not their studies but to meet a boy or girl they can have a relationship with. 4) Ineach of the following sentences about the film, there is a word missing, Form the correct word by adapting it from the base word given at the end of the sentence. Look at this example: He needs to be more .. .. if he wants to be a good leader. Decide ‘Answer: He needs to be more decisive if he wants to be a.good leader. 1. Theability to make moneyisnotregardedas in our social circles. Jmpress 2. The side-effects of taking these strong drugs may include... Blind 3. Fortunately, I have some very friends and they help me when Ihave a problem. Support 4, It’s not really a party, it’s just a friends. Gather 5. Lf companies say things about their products which are untrue, they can be prosecuted for false. . Advertise we Of 616. The music was switched offand all the . to gohome. Party 7. Those guys are really .. Compete 8. He did ir.... Intention 9. You are allowed to make a ... questioning, State 10. Sometimesthereis were told. in everything they do. it was a complete accident. before we begin our very thinlineberweensuccessan 5) Look at the expressions in the left-hand column below, and draw a line to match each one with the correct meaning (in the infinitive form) in the right-hand column. The first one has been done for you asan example. 1. he’s just a nerd tobev i a. tobe very attractive 2. Tthinkche’s really ~~ b. to he obsessed with ‘computers ‘onto something 3. doing thacis kids’ stuff c. to be ready to do something 4, we're all set now d. to require no thought 5. he'sa real jerk ¢. to fabricate e.g. a story 6. she made call up F. to deceive or cheat someone 7.itwasano-brainer _g. to havea good idea 8. she’s really hot h. tobe an unpleasant person 9-hescrewedme over i. to showa lack of respect for someone 10.he thumbed his nose _j. to be very simple or easy atthem 6) Look at the statements below, referring to the film, and decide whether each one is True or False. You may have to watch sections of the film again to check your answers! 1. Mark Zuckerbeay gora score ofalmost 1500 in hisSA‘I tests. Trwe/Fake 2. Facebook's original name was The Facebook. True/Fabe 62 3, Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin met at a Jewish fraternity party. True/False 4, Cameron and Tyrone Winklevoss were both Olympic-standard rowers, True/Fabe 5. The Winklevoss brothers want Mark to help them with a site called True (False rely enthusiastic about Mark's new idea for an online social network. True/Fake 7. Mark offered Eduardo a 50-50 share in the profits from the new site. True False 8. Harvard was founded in 1638. True/Fake 10. The Winklevoss brothers accused Mark Zuckerberg of stealing theiridea. True/Fale 11 Dustin Moskovitz is the Winklevoss brothers’ business partner. True False Answers 1) 1. for, 2. from, 3. at, 4. in, 5. with, 6. on, 7. about, 8. from, 9. under, 10.t0 2) 1. ’'mafraid nothing can be done about it. 2. The college expects her to do very well. 3.1 think we are (very) unlikely to get into any trou- ble over this. 4, That's a decision (that) we have to take (or: make), not you. 5. It’s been almost three hours since the hearing started. 6. Ifyou had known what you were looking for, you would have found it much quicker. 7. Who does this computer belong to? 8. Mark thought the site wasn’t worth working on. 9. 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