生活大爆炸第一季第4集The Luminous Fish Effect.docx

1、生活大爆炸第一季第4集The Luminous Fish EffectThe Big Bang Theory S01E04-The LuminousFish Effect-Sheldon: you know, Ive been thinking about time travel again.travel:旅行 我最近一直在想着时光旅行。-Leonard：Why, did you hit a roadblock withinvisibility?hit:碰撞 roadblock：障碍物 invisibility：看不见的 东西为什么，你又撞上看不见的路障了?-Sheldon: Put it o

2、n the back burner. on the back burner：停止，拖延 暂时先不说那个。Anyway, it occurs to me if I ever did perfect a time machine,occurs：被想起（到） 我想到如果我发明了完美的时间机器，I would just go into the past and give it tomyself, 我会回到过去把它送给自己，thus eliminating the need for me to invent it inthe first place.thus：这样 eliminating：消除，排除 i

3、nvent：发 明 in the first place ：从一开始 省得要自己发明它。-Leonard：Interesting. 有趣。-Sheldon: Yeah, it really takes the pressure off.pressure：压力 是啊，让我减压不少。-Leonard：Sounds like a breakthrough.breakthrough：突破点 听起来像是个大突破。Should I call science magazine and tell them tohold the cover?magazine：杂志 cover：封面，封皮要我打电话给科学杂志让他

4、们留下头版的位置吗?-Sheldon: Its time travel, Leonard; I will have already done that.这可是时间旅行，Leonard 过去的我已经做过了。-Leonard：Then I guess congratulations are in order.congratulations：祝贺 in order：合乎程序的 那就等着祝贺你啦。-Sheldon: No, congratulations will have been in order.不，过去的你已经祝贺过我了。You know, I am not going to enjoy th

5、is party. 我肯定在派对上不会开心的。-Leonard：I know, Im familiar with you.familiar with：熟悉 我知道，我了解你。-Sheldon: The last department party, professorFinkleday cornered me and talked about spelunking for 45 minutes.department：院系 cornered：逼致绝路 spelunking：洞穴探查上次系里的派对 Finkleday 教授抓着我谈了 45 分钟 的窑洞挖掘。-Leonard：Yes, I was t

6、here.我也在场。-Sheldon: You know whats interesting about caves, Leonard?caves：洞穴 你知道窑洞有什么好玩的吗，Leonard?-Leonard：What?什么?-Sheldon: Nothing. 什么也没有。-Leonard：Well, then well avoid Finkleday, well meet the new department head,avoid：避开 department head：系主任那我们躲开他，我们会见到新的系主任。 congratulate him, shake his hand and

7、go.Shake：握手恭喜他，跟他握手，然后就走。-Sheldon: Hows this? 这样如何?Pleased to meet you, Dr. Gablehauser.见到你很高兴，Gablehauser 博士。How fortunate for you that the universitys chosen to hire you,Fortunate：幸运 chosen：选择 hire：雇用 您真幸运，学校雇用了您，despite the fact that youve done no originalresearch in 25 years,despite：尽管 original：

8、原创的 research：研究 尽管您 25 年来都没做出什么原创研究，and instead have written a series of popular books instead：替代 a series of：一系列 popular：流行的 而是写了一系列畅销书，that reduce the great concepts of science to aseries of anecdotes,reduce：降低 concepts：概念 anecdotes：趣闻， 轶事将科学这一伟大的概念降格为奇闻轶事，each one dumb down to accommodate the dur

9、ation of an average bowel movement. dumb：愚蠢的 accommodate：容纳 duration： 持续期间 bowel movement：大便 每则故事都简单到能在一次肠部运动的时间内看完 (就是厕所读物)Mahalo.Mahalo (夏威夷语的谢谢)。-Leonard：Mahalo is a nice touch. touch：修饰，润色Mahalo 是不错的修饰。-Sheldon: You know there only eight consonants in the Hawaiian language? consonants：辅音你知道夏威夷语里

10、只有 8 个辅音吗?-Leonard：Interesting. You should lead with that.有趣，你就这么做开场白吧。-Raj：Oh, god, look at this buffet. buffet：自助餐瞧瞧这自助餐。 I love America.我爱美国。-Leonard：You dont have buffets in India? 印度没自助餐吗?-Raj：Of course, but its all Indian food. 有，但都是印度菜。You cant find a bagel in Mumbai to save yourlife.bagel：硬面

11、包圈 Mumbai：孟买（印度） 在孟买你可找不到能救命的面包圈。 Smear me.给我涂点酱。-Sheldon: Well, heres an interesting turn ofevents.turn of events：事态的变化 事态的发展真是有趣。-Leonard：What?怎么了?Howard brought a date? date：约会的对象 Howard 带了女伴?-Sheldon: A more plausible explanation is that his work in robotics has made an amazing leap forward.plau

12、sible：（声明）似乎是真的 explanation：解 释 robotics：机器人技术 leap：飞跃 可能是他在机器人方面的研究取得了重大进展。-Howard：Hey, what up, science bitches? 怎样，科学怪人们?May I introduce my special lady friend Summer?introduce：介绍 special：特别的 lady friend：女友，情人这位是我特别的女性朋友 Summer。-Woman：Howard, I told you touching is extra. touch：碰触 extra：额外的Howard

13、 我说了碰我要加钱的。-Howard：Right. Sorry. 好，抱歉。-Leonard：Here comes our new boss. Be polite. polite：有礼貌的我们的新老板来了，礼貌点。-boss：Hi, fellas. fella（俚语）大伙，伙计 大家好。Eric Gablehauser.我是 Eric Gablehauser。-Howard：Howard Wolowitz. 我是 Howard Wolowitz。-boss：Howard, nice to meet you. And you are?Howard，见到你很高兴。你是?-Sheldon: An a

14、ctual real scientist. 一个真正的科学家。How was that?这个开场白怎样?I cant believe he fired me. believe：相信 fired：开除 我不敢相信他开除我了。-Leonard：Well, you did call him a glorified high school science teacherglorified：美其名的 high school：中学 scienceteacher：理科教员 你说他是被捧出来的高中理科老师。whose last successful experiment was lightinghis own

15、 farts.experiment：试验 lighting：点燃 fart：屁 还说他上一次成功的试验是点燃了自己的屁。-Sheldon: In my defense, I prefaced that by saying, with all due respect.defense：抗辩 prefaced：前奏，开端但我之前说了恕我直言。-Leonard：Morning. 早。-Sheldon: Morning.早。-Leonard：Youre making eggs for breakfast? 今天早餐你做鸡蛋吃?-Sheldon: This isnt breakfast, its an e

16、xperiment.experiment：实验这不是早餐，这是试验。-Leonard：Cause it looks a lot like breakfast. Cause：因为但看起来很像早餐。-Sheldon: I finally have time to test my hypothesis about the separation of the water moleculesfinally：终于 test：测验 hypothesis：假说 separation：分离 molecules：分子我终于有时间验证我的理论，从蛋白质总分离水分子 through the egg proteins

17、and its impactvis-a-vis taste.proteins：蛋白质 impact：影响 vis-vis：相对的， 对应的以及它对口感的影响。-Leonard：Sounds yummy. yummy：美味 听起来真开胃。I look forward to your work with bacon. look forward to：期盼 bacon：咸肉 我很期待你配上熏肉后的成果。-Sheldon: As do I. 我也是。-Leonard：You know, Im sure if you just apologize to Gablehauser, he would giv

18、e youyour job back. apologize：道歉我相信只要你跟 Gablehauser 道歉，他会让你回去工作的。-Sheldon: I dont want my job back. 我不想回去工作。Ive spent the past three and a half years staringat grease boards full of equations. spent：度过 staring at：盯着 grease：油脂 boards：板，黑板 equations：方程式 过去三年半时间我都在瞪着写满方程式的板子上。 Before that, I spent four

19、 years working on my thesis.thesis：论文 在那之前我花了四年时间写论文。Before that, I was in college, and before that, Iwas in the fifth grade. college：大学 grade：年级在那之前我在上大学，而在大学之前我在上 5 年级。This is my first day off in decades and Im going to savor it.day off：休假 decade：十年 savor：尽情享受这是我十几年来第一次休息，我要好好享受。-Leonard：Okay. Ill

20、 let you get back to fixing your eggs.fix：做（饭）好吧，那你回去弄你的鸡蛋吧。-Sheldon: Not just fixing my eggs, Im fixing everyones eggs. 不只是我的鸡蛋，弄的是全人类的蛋。-Leonard：And we all thank you. 我们都感激你。-Sheldon: Use new eggs. 要用新鲜鸡蛋。-Penny：hi. Hey, Im running out to the market.market：超市 嗨，我正要去超市。Do you guys need anything?你们要

21、带什么吗?-Sheldon: Oh, well, this would be one of thosecircumstances that people unfamiliar with thelaw of large numbers would call a coincidence. circumstances：情况 unfamiliar：不了解的 coincidence：巧合这就是那些不熟悉数学规律的人会称之为巧合的事 件之一了。-Penny：Im sorry? 你说什么?-Sheldon: I need eggs. 我要蛋。Four dozen should suffice.dozen：一

22、打，十二个 suffice：足够 4 打就够了。-Penny：Four dozen?4 打?-Sheldon: Yes, and evenly distributed amongst brown, white, free-range, large, extra large and jumbo.evenly：均匀的 distributed：分布的 brown：棕色 free-range：自由放养的（鸡）extra large ：加大的 jumbo：巨大的 对，棕蛋、白蛋、走地鸡蛋、大鸡蛋、加大鸡蛋跟特 大鸡蛋各要 8 个。-Penny：Okay, one more time. 好，再说一次。-S

23、heldon: Never mind. You wont get it right. 算了，你肯定搞不对。Id better come with you. 我最好跟你一起去。-Penny：Oh, yeah.好呀。How come you didnt go into work today?How come：为什么 你今天怎么没去上班?-Sheldon: Im taking a sabbatical because I wont kowtow to mediocre minds.sabbatical：休假 kowtow：顺从 mediocre：普通 的我在休假，因为我不愿向平庸之流屈服。-Penn

24、y：So you got canned, huh? can（美俚）解雇你给开除了?-Sheldon: Theoretical physicists do not get canned. but yeah.Theoretical：理论上 physicists：物理学家 理论上说物理学家不会给开除.但你说对了。-Penny：Well, maybe its all for the best. 可能这样最好。You know, I always say when one door closes,another one opens. 我相信一扇门关上了总会有另外一扇门打开的。-Sheldon: No,

25、it doesnt.不，不是的。Not unless the two doors are connected by relays or there are motion sensors involved. unless：除非 connected：连接 relays：继电 器 sensors：传感器 involved：有关的除非两扇门用继电器连接或者装有传感器。-Penny：No, no, I meant. 不，我是说.-Sheldon: or if the first door closing creates achange of air pressure that acts upon the

26、 second door.creates：产生 air pressure：气压 acts upon： 作用于或者一扇门关上时产生的空气压力作用于第二扇门 引致.-Penny：Never mind.算了。-Sheldon: Slow down. Slow down. Please, slow down!慢点，慢点! 拜托慢点!-Penny：Were fine! 没事啦!-Sheldon: Youre not leaving yourself enough space between cars.space：距离你跟车都不保持足够的距离。-Penny：Oh, sure, I am. 我有啊!-She

27、ldon: No, no, let me do the math for you.math：数学 不，我给你算算。This car weighs, lets say 4,000 pounds.weighs：重达 就算这车重 4000 磅，Now add 140 for me, 120 for you.我 140 磅，你 120 磅。-Penny：120? 120?-Sheldon: Oh, Im sorry. Did I insult you? insult：侮辱，冒犯不好意思冒犯你了吗?Is your body mass somehow tied into your self-worth?b

28、ody mass：体重 somehow：以某种方式 tied：联系 self-worth：自尊 你的体重跟自我价值有关系?-Penny：Well, yeah.当然。-Sheldon: Interesting. 有趣。Anyway, that gives us a total weight of, lets say4,400 pounds. weight：重量那么我们就算总重 4400 磅吧。-Penny：Lets say 4,390.算 4390 磅。-Sheldon: Fine. 好。Were traveling forward at- good lord- 51 miles an hour

29、.目前时速是，老天啊，51 英里/时。Now lets assume that your brakes are new andthe calipers are aligned.assume：假设 brakes：刹车 calipers：卡钳 aligned： 调准假设你的刹车是新的，卡钳也是校准的。Still, by the time we come to a stop, 当我们停下时，well be occupying the same space as that Buick in front of us,occupying：占 space：空间 【Buick 别克轿车】 我们占有的空间跟前面

30、那辆别克是一样的。an impossibility that nature will quickly resolveinto death, mutilation.resolve into：归结为 mutilation：切断，损毁 因此我们会在短时间内给压成稀泥，死得很惨. oh, look, they built a new putt-putt course. putt：（高尔夫球）轻击（球） course：球场 哇，看，他们在铺新的迷你高尔夫场地。-Sheldon: This is great. 真好。Look at me.看看我。Im in the real world of ordina

31、ry people just living their ordinary, colorless workaday lives. ordinary：普通的 colorless：无趣味的 我生活在普通人的平凡世界中，过着他们无趣平常的 一天。-Penny：Thank you. 谢谢。-Sheldon: No, thank you.不，谢谢。And thank you, ordinary person. 谢谢，普通人。Hey, you want to hear an interesting thingabout tomatoes? interesting：有趣的 tomatoes：番茄 你想知道关于番茄的趣闻不?-Penny：Uh, no, no, not really. 不，不想。Listen, didnt you say you needed some eggs?你不是要买鸡蛋啊?-Sh