-Loker: Michigan 2005. Shoppers burst through the doors of a major retail chain 'Causing multiple injuries. India 2008. Rumors of a landslide at a Hindu temple cause panic. About 140 people lose their lives trying to escape. Los Angeles. Lakers fans celebrate a championship by looting and rioting. About a million dollars worth of property damage to local businesses. In every example, the violence was instigated by someone in the crowd.
-Mr. Bernardo: What are you proposing, Mr. Loker?
-Loker: Two of your customers died. Dozens were injured. People are looking for a scapegoat, and digital corner's an easy target . What if I could prove your company wasn't at fault?
-Mr. Bernardo: Cases like this turn on comparative negligence. If the stampede was crowd induced, It would reduce the settlement considerably.
-Loker: This is the raw feed from channel 3. Notice the dad showing his boys how to lock arms and form a phalanx.
-Mr. Bernardo: They... What, they expected violence?
-Loker: Well, convergence theory says that if crowds act aggressively, It’s because people bring an aggressive mindset to it. And in the close-ups, you can see their faces. they're identical to those of athletes during competition. This crowd was a powder keg and somebody in it was the spark.
-Mr. Bernardo: Maybe so, but we can't have our name dragged through the press during our busy shopping season. We're planning on settling first thing Monday morning. How much are you expecting to pay out?
-Mr. Bernardo: 20 million give or take.
-Loker: Give me a few days to prove my thesis before your settle. If I can trace the stampede to somebody in the crowd, The Lightman Group gets 10% of what you save.
-Mr. Bernardo: You save us 10 million, you earn one.
-Loker: And if you pay the full 20, we don't see a dime.
密西根州 2005 burst through: 拨开闯进 major: 主要的 retail chain: 连锁店零售商店 multiple: 许多的 injury: 伤害顾客冲进了一家大型连锁店的门引发了多起伤害 印度 2008 rumors: 谣言 landslide: 塌方山崩 Hindu: 印度的印度人的 temple: 寺庙 panic: 恐慌的印度教神庙塌方的谣传引起了恐慌 escape: 逃亡140人在逃亡时丧命 洛杉矶 Lakers: 湖人队 fans: 狂热者 championship: 锦标赛冠军赛 loot: 抢劫 riot: 暴乱骚乱 湖人队的粉丝们用骚乱和抢劫来庆祝胜利 property damage: 财产损失 local: 当地的给当地商店带来了将近100万美元的财物损失 violence: 暴力 instigate: 怂恿教唆 crowd: 人群在每起事件当中暴力都是被人群当中的某些人挑起的 propose: 建议打算你想说明什么 Loker先生 customer: 顾客你的2名顾客死亡 dozens: 许多的数十人受伤 scapegoat: 替罪羊人们在找替罪羊digital: 数码的 target: 靶目标很容易想到数码广场 prove: 证明 at fault: 有责任如果我能证明你的公司没有责任会怎样 comparative: 比较的相对的 negligence: 粗心大意忽视这种案件可以看作相对过失 stampede: 人群的蜂拥 induced: 引诱如果踏踩事件是由人群引发的 settlement 解决处理 considerably: 相当地非常地会在很大程度上减少赔偿额 raw: 未加工的 feed: 原料 channel: 频道这是来自第三频道的原片 lock: 紧紧搂住注意那个父亲他正教孩子们手挽手 phalanx: 方阵组成方阵 expect: 预料 violence: 暴力激烈他们…什么他们预计到了骚乱 convergence theory: 趋同论 aggressively: 侵略地攻击地好吧趋同论解释说挑衅行为 aggressive: 好斗的侵略的 mindset: 心态倾向源自于挑衅情绪 close-up: 特写镜头通过特写镜头你可以看见他们的脸 be identical to : 与…一样 athletes: 运动员 competition: 竞赛他们和在比赛当中的运动员一样 power keg: 炸药桶 spark: 火花这群人就像火药桶而当中的某人就是火花 drag: 拖拉 press: 新闻界可能就像你说的那样但我们不能让媒体挖出我们公司的名字尤其在我们的销售旺季 我们计划周一一大早就搞定 pay out: 付现金你们打算出多少钱 give or take: 增减……而无大变化；允许有小误差两千万左右 thesis: 论点论文 settle: 解决 你们行动之前给我几天时间来证明我的论断 trace: 追踪查探 stampede: 人群的蜂拥 crowd: 人群如果我能找到引起踩踏的那个人 你们省下的资金的10%归Lightman团队所有 你替我们节省一千万你赚一百万 dime: 一角硬币如果你们支付了所有万我们一分钱也得不到
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