生活大爆炸第二季第三集_1：The Barbarian Sublimation

 　　-Sheldon：Fellow warriors², This is Sheldor the conqueror³.

　　Fellow：同伴 warrior¹：武士 conqueror：征服者 【Sheldor：Sheldon在游戏中的人物名】

　　战友们，我是征服者Sheldor。

　　We are about to enter Axidus' fortress⁴.

　　enter：进入 fortress：堡垒，要塞

　　我们将要挺进Axidus堡垒。

　　Now, this is a long run, so let's do another bladder check.

　　bladder：膀胱 check：检查

　　这是一场持久战，请大家做好排尿工作。

　　All right, Barry, we'll wait for you again, but you really should see a doctor.

　　好的Barry我们再等等你，不过我建议你最好去看医生了。

　　Sheldor is AFK.

　　AFK：离线[网络用语] Sheldor暂时离开[网络用语]

　　Penny, are you experiencing some sort of difficulty?

　　experience：遭受 difficulty：困难

　　Penny你好像有什么困难的样子？

　　-Penny：Yes. I can't get my stupid door open.

　　没错，我的门打不开了。

　　-Sheldon：You appear to have put your car key in the door lock-- are you aware of that?

　　appear：似乎 be aware of：意识到

　　你有没有意识到你是正在用车钥匙开这扇门？

　　-Penny：Yeah.

　　是的。

　　-Sheldon：All right, then.

　　那好吧。

　　-Penny：Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!

　　妈的，妈的，妈的，妈的！

　　-Sheldon：Would it be possible for you to do this a little more quietly?

　　你能尽量不出声吗？

　　-Penny：I can't get the damn key out.

　　这该死的钥匙拔不出来了。

　　-Sheldon：Well, it's not surprising-- that Baldwin lock on your door uses traditional edge-mounted cylinders⁶, Whereas the key for your Volkswagen uses a center cylinder⁵ system.

　　Baldwin：鲍德温(姓氏)  traditional：传统的 edge：边缘  mounted：安装的 edge-mounted：边缘齿cylinder：圆柱体 Whereas：而，但是 Volkswagen：大众汽车 center：中心

　　那是肯定的，你那扇门上的鲍尔温锁用的是传统的边缘齿，而你那辆大众的钥匙用的是中间齿系统。

　　-Penny：Thank you, Sheldon.

　　谢谢你Sheldon。

　　-Sheldon：You're welcome.

　　别客气。

　　Why did you put your car key in the door lock?

　　那你到底干嘛要把汽车钥匙塞到门锁里去？

　　-Penny：Why? I'll tell you why-- because today I had an audition⁷.

　　audition：试镜

　　想知道为什么吗？我来告诉你，今天我有一次试镜。

　　It took me two hours to get there, I waited an hour for my turn, and before I could even start they told me I looked too Midwest for the part.

　　turn：机会，顺次 Midwest：中西部

　　我跑到那儿去花了两小时然后又等了一小时才轮到我，而在我开始之前他们却说我长得太中西部化了。

　　Too Midwest—what the hell does that even mean?

　　太中西部化，这他妈的算什么意思？

　　-Sheldon：Well, the American Midwest was mostly settled by Scandinavian and Germanic people. They have a characteristic facial bone structure...

　　settle：定居 Scandinavian：斯堪的纳维亚（北欧）的 Germanic：日耳曼的 characteristic：特有的 facial：面部的 bone：骨骼 structure：结构

　　在美国中西部定居的人们大多都是斯堪的纳维亚人和日耳曼人，他们脸部的结构是很有特色的…

　　-Penny：I know what it means, Sheldon!

　　我知道这是什么意思Sheldon!

　　God! You know, I have been in L.A. for almost two years now, and I haven't gotten a single acting⁸ job. I've accomplished⁹ nothing, haven't gotten a raise at work, haven't even had sex in six months, And just now, when I was walking up those stairs, a fly flew in my mouth and I ate it!

　　L.A.：洛杉矶 acting：表演 accomplish：完成，实现 get a raise：得到提薪 fly：苍蝇

　　flew：fly的过去式，飞

　　上帝啊，我来洛杉矶已经快两年了还没演过一出戏，我什么事业都没完成，工资也没涨而且有六个月没做爱了，就刚才我在上楼梯的时候一只苍蝇飞进我嘴巴里，我居然把它吃下去了。

　　-Sheldon：Well, actually, insects are a dietary staple¹⁰ in many cultures. They're almost pure protein.

　　actually：实际上 insect：昆虫 dietary：饮食的 staple：主食 protein：蛋白质

　　实际上昆虫是很多国家餐桌上的必备食品，差不多就可以把它们看作蛋白质。

　　-Penny：Oh, son of a bitch!

　　他妈的！

　　-Sheldon：I believe the condensation¹¹ on your frozen foods weakened the structural¹² integrity of the bag.

　　condensation：冷凝物 frozen：冷冻的 weaken：使削弱 structural integrity：结构的整体性

　　我认为是的那些冷冻食物的融化削弱了你纸袋的强度。

　　But returning to your key conundrum¹³, perhaps you should call a locksmith and have him open the door for you.

　　conundrum：难题 locksmith：锁匠

　　我们还是回到你那钥匙的问题上吧，你应该去叫一个锁匠来帮你开门。

　　-Penny：I did. He said he'll get here when he gets here.

　　我叫过了，他说他什么时候到就什么时候到。

　　-Sheldon：And you're frustrated¹⁴ because he phrased his reply in the form of a meaningless tautology¹⁵?

　　frustrated：失意的 phrase：措辞 reply：回答 meaningless：毫无意义的 tautology：赘述

　　你是不是因为他给你重复而无意义的回答而变得如此癫狂。

　　-Penny：no! I am frustrated because I am a failure at everything and my breath smells like fly.

　　failure：失败的人 breath：呼吸 fly：苍蝇

　　没有，我之所以这样是因为我的人生充满了失败，还有我嘴巴里有苍蝇味道。

　　-Sheldon：There, there. Would you prefer to wait in our apartment?

　　prefer to：较喜欢

　　乖啊，乖啊，你想到我们的屋子里等吗？

　　-Penny：No, Sheldon, I'd rather sit on this freezing-cold floor sobbing¹⁷ like a three-year-old.

　　had rather：宁可 freezing：严寒的 sob¹⁶：哭泣

　　不Sheldon，我想坐在这冰冷的地板上像三岁小孩一样哭。

　　-Sheldon：All right, then.

　　那好吧。

　　-Penny：For god's sake.

　　sake：缘故

　　看在上帝的份上。

　　-Sheldon：Just when I think I've gotten the hang of sarcasm¹⁸.

　　get the hang of：掌握 hang：[口]做法; 用法; 诀窍 sarcasm：讽刺

　　我还当我掌握到挖苦的窍门了呢。

　　Make yourself comfortable. Not there.

　　comfortable：使人舒服的

　　你随便坐，那里不行。

　　Sheldor is back online.

　　Sheldor回来了。

　　-Penny：Sheldor?

　　-Sheldon：The conqueror.

　　征服者。

　　-Penny：What are you doing?

　　你在干嘛？

　　-Sheldon：AFK. I'm playing Age of Conan, an online multiplayer game set in the Universe of Robert E. Howard's Conan the barbarian¹⁹. Sheldor back online.

　　Age of Conan：科南时代（网络游戏） multiplayer game：多人游戏 Universe：世界，宇宙

　　barbarian：野蛮人

　　暂时离开。我在玩科南时代一个网络游戏，背景是罗伯特·E·霍华德的科南野蛮时代。回来了。

　　-Penny：What's "AFK"?

　　什么是"AFK"？

　　-Sheldon：AFK. Away From Keyboard.

　　暂时离开一下键盘。

　　-Penny：Oh, I see.

　　知晓了（发音与OIC一样）。

　　-Sheldon：What does that stand for?

　　stand for：代表

　　你那是代表什么意思？

　　-Penny：Oh, I see.

　　知晓了。

　　-Sheldon：Yes, but what does it stand for?

　　我听见了，但那是代表什么？

　　Now, just click on the enchanted²⁰ boots to put them on.

　　click：点击 enchanted：魔法 boots：靴子

　　点击那只魔化的靴子就能穿上了。

　　-Penny：Mm, I don't know-- can I see them in another color?

　　等等啊，我能换一种颜色吗？

　　-Sheldon：Just click on them.

　　点它就是了。

　　Yeah, congratulations. You are now a level-three warrior.

　　congratulation：祝贺 level-three：三级 warrior：武士

　　祝贺你，你现在是一个3级的武士了。

　　-Leonard：What's going on?

　　怎么回事？

　　-Penny：Leonard, guess what? I'm a level-three warrior.

　　Leonard我是一个3级战士了。

　　-Leonard：Great. Do you know there are groceries outside of your apartment?

　　groceries：食品

　　很好，你知道你门外东西掉了一地么？

　　-Penny：Yeah, yeah, yeah. shh.

　　知道，知道，知道，嘘。

　　-Leonard：I only bring it up because your ice cream's melting and it's starting to attract wildlife.

　　bring up：提及 melting：融化的 attract：吸引 wildlife：野生动物

　　我只是想告诉你，你的冰淇淋已经融化了而且招来了野生动物。

　　-Penny：Uh-huh, yeah. Do I stay in the jungle or go towards the beach?

　　stay：留在 jungle：丛林 beach：海滩

　　知道了，我现在应该守在丛林里还是去海滩？

　　-Sheldon：It doesn't matter-- right now; you're looking for treasure.

　　treasure：宝藏

　　无所谓，你现在的任务是找宝藏。

　　-Penny：Wait, wait, where are you going?

　　等等，你去哪儿？

　　-Sheldon：No, no. You're okay. If you run into crocodiles, just kick them with your boots.

　　run into：遇见 crocodile：鳄鱼 kick：踢

　　不，不，没事，如果你碰到鳄鱼就用靴子踢它。

　　-Leonard：You want to catch me up?

　　你能告诉我怎么了吗？

　　-Sheldon：Well, let's see, uh,

　　好吧。

　　She attempted to open her apartment with her car key because her face is overly Midwestern, um... She hasn't had sex in six months... and she ate a fly.

　　attempt：试图 overly：过度的 Midwestern：中西部化

　　她尝试用车钥匙来开门，因为她的脸太中西部化了，她六个月没做爱了，还有她吃了一只苍蝇。

　　-Leonard：Seriously? Six months?

　　Seriously：真的(表示吃惊)

　　真的吗？六个月？

　　-Penny：Oh, my god! A treasure chest! I'm rich!

　　chest：箱子

　　天呐，一个财宝箱，我发财了。

　　-Sheldon：Level three, and she thinks she's rich. What a new bird.

　　new bird：新手

　　才3级就觉得自己发财了，真是个新手。

　　-Raj：Okay... We're all set.

　　好了，万事俱备。

　　-Howard：Let her rip.

　　Let her rip：[俚语]“让它去！”“开始吧！”

　　开始吧。

　　-Penny：Hi.

　　-Leonard：Check it out-- it's just corn starch²¹ and water.

　　corn starch：玉米淀粉

　　快看，这只是玉米淀粉和水。

　　-Sheldon：They make up a non-Newtonian fluid, which is liquid, but solid under the percussive²² action of the speaker.

　　make up：组成，构成 Newtonian：牛顿的 fluid：流体 liquid：液体 solid：固体 percussive：(乐器等)敲击的，冲击的 speaker：扬声器

　　它们组成非牛顿流体也就是液体，但是在音箱的冲击作用下呈现固态。

　　-Howard：That's what makes it get all funky²³.

　　funky：时髦的，新潮的

　　知道它的魅力所在了吧。

　　-Penny：Yeah. Okay. Uh, listen, I need to talk to Sheldon.

　　好吧，听着，我要和Sheldon说两句。

　　-Howard：No, that's what she said-- Sheldon.

　　没有，她说的就是Sheldon。

　　-Penny：Okay, I'm in the game, and I've been exploring the island of Tortage, but I can't figure out how to get past the guard captain.

　　explore：探索 island：岛 figure out：弄明白 past：经过 guard：守卫 captain：船长

　　enchanted：魔法 sword：剑

　　我在游戏里，我正在Tortage岛探险但我不知道怎么通过船长护卫。

　　-Sheldon：Do you have the enchanted sword?

　　你有魔剑么？

　　-Penny：No, no, I have a bronze dagger²⁴.

　　bronze：青铜 dagger：匕首

　　没有，我有个铜匕首。

　　-Sheldon：You can't slay²⁵ the guard captain with a bronze dagger. My lord, it's like the car key in your apartment door all over again.

　　slay：杀死

　　你用铜匕首是打不过船长护卫的，天呐，这跟你用车钥匙开公寓的门一个道理。

　　-Penny：All right, how do I get the sword?

　　好吧，我怎么能得到那把剑？

　　-Sheldon：Well, have you been to the temple of Mishra?

　　temple：庙

　　你有没有去过Mishra神庙

　　-Penny：Is that the place on the hill with the weird²⁶ priest in front of it?

　　weird：怪诞的 priest：牧师

　　你是说山上那个，门前站着好多诡异的牧师？

　　-Sheldon：No, no, no, it's... Oh, for god's sakes, give me.

　　不对，不对，我的老天，还是给我吧。

　　-Penny：Thank you-- I really appreciate this.

　　appreciate：感谢

　　谢谢，感激不尽。

　　-Sheldon：You're gonna have to learn to do these things for yourself, penny.

　　你必须学会自己做这些事penny。

　　-Penny：Don't patronize me-- just get the sword!

　　patronize：对...以恩人自居

　　别教训我了，赶快给我把剑搞来！

1 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

2 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

3 conqueror   

n.征服者，胜利者

参考例句：

• We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
• They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。

4 fortress   

n.堡垒，防御工事

参考例句：

• They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
• The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。

5 cylinder   

n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸

参考例句：

• What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少？
• The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。

6 cylinders   

n.圆筒( cylinder的名词复数 )；圆柱；汽缸；（尤指用作容器的）圆筒状物

参考例句：

• They are working on all cylinders to get the job finished. 他们正在竭尽全力争取把这工作干完。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• That jeep has four cylinders. 那辆吉普车有4个汽缸。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

8 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

10 staple   

n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类

参考例句：

• Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
• Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。

11 condensation   

n.压缩，浓缩；凝结的水珠

参考例句：

• A cloud is a condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.云是由大气中的水蒸气凝结成的。
• He used his sleeve to wipe the condensation off the glass.他用袖子擦掉玻璃上凝结的水珠。

12 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

13 conundrum   

n.谜语；难题

参考例句：

• Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
• Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。

14 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 tautology   

n.无谓的重复；恒真命题

参考例句：

• Modern logicians regard it as little more than tautology.现代的逻辑学家仅仅把它看作同义反复。
• What's the first excellence in a lawyer? Tautology. What the second? Tautology.律师最擅长的是什么？是同义反复。其次呢？同义反复。再其次呢？同义反复。

16 sob   

n.空间轨道的轰炸机；呜咽，哭泣

参考例句：

• The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
• The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答，也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。

17 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

18 sarcasm   

n.讥讽，讽刺，嘲弄，反话 （adj.sarcastic）

参考例句：

• His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。
• She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。

19 barbarian   

n.野蛮人；adj.野蛮(人)的；未开化的

参考例句：

• There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.有一个原始部落居住在这个林区。
• The walled city was attacked by barbarian hordes.那座有城墙的城市遭到野蛮部落的袭击。

20 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

21 starch   

n.淀粉；vt.给...上浆

参考例句：

• Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
• I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。

22 percussive   

adj.敲击的

参考例句：

• When it is dragged over pliant areas, an additional percussive tap could indicate this collision. 当它被拖到受范区域时，一个附加的敲击声提示这种碰触。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Pneumatic DTH (Down-The-Hole) hammer is one of main pneumatic percussive-rotary drilling equipments. 风动冲击器是气动冲击回转钻进的主要设备之一。 来自互联网

23 funky   

adj.畏缩的，怯懦的，霉臭的；adj.新式的，时髦的

参考例句：

• The kitchen smelled really funky.这个厨房有一股霉味。
• It is a funky restaurant with very interesting art on the walls.那是一家墙上挂着很有意思的绘画的新潮餐馆。

24 dagger   

n.匕首，短剑，剑号

参考例句：

• The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。
• The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

25 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

26 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。