生活大爆炸第二季第二十集二_3

 　　-Raj：If you want to clean up your karma, go get my freaking latte.

　　freaking：（用以加强语气）该死的 latte：拿铁咖啡

　　要想下辈子投好胎，就给我煮杯拿铁去。

　　-Howard：Hang on, I think I've got this. Help me see if we can wedge

　　wedge：楔

　　等下，我找到了这个，看看能否...

　　this little piece of PVC behind the support rod.

　　rod：棒

　　把这块PVC楔进载体棒后面。

　　-Sheldon：You're overestimating¹ the tensile strength of the substructure you're building.

　　overestimating：高估 tensile strength：抗张强度 substructure：基础

　　你高估了你做的基础部分的抗张强度。

　　-Howard：Sheldon, I know what I'm doing.

　　Sheldon 我知道自己在干什么。

　　-Sheldon：If you knew what you were doing, there wouldn't be a space toilet where my coffee table should be.

　　如果你知道，那这放咖啡桌的地方就不该摆着你的太空厕所。

　　-Raj：Howard, wait.

　　Howard 等等。

　　Why don't you use this instead of the PVC

　　为什么不用这个代替PVC，

　　to keep the transverse filter assembly in place?

　　transverse：横向的 filter：过滤器 assembly：装配，组装

　　来保持横向滤波器装配到位呢?

　　-Howard：Because this is not a spare part from the space station.

　　这又不是太空站的部件，

　　This is the thing from the pizza box

　　这是比萨饼盒子里的，

　　that keeps the lid from touching² the cheese.

　　lid：盖子

　　为了不让奶酪粘在盒子上。

　　-Raj：That what that's for? In India, the lid touches the cheese.

　　干这个用的? 在印度奶酪就会粘盒子啊。

　　Of course, we also have rampant³ poverty and periodic outbreaks of cholera⁴,

　　rampant：猖獗的，无法控制的 poverty：贫穷 periodic：定期发生的 outbreaks：爆发 cholera：霍乱

　　当然了，印度那么穷还经常爆发霍乱，

　　so a little cardboard in our cheese is no biggie.

　　cardboard：硬纸板 biggie：大事

　　所以盒子粘上奶酪也不算啥。

　　-Howard：Where are you going?

　　你要去哪?

　　-Leonard：Comic book store.

　　漫画店。

　　-Sheldon：An excellent idea! I could certainly use a break.

　　break：间歇

　　好主意，我也要休息下。

　　-Raj：Me, too.

　　我也是。

　　-Howard：Hold on, you can go to the Comic book store when man can once again safely poop in space.

　　等宇航员能安全排便了你们才能去漫画店。

　　-Sheldon：Why does Leonard get to go?

　　为什么Leonard能去?

　　-Howard：'Cause he's upset over his situation with Penny

　　situation：情况

　　因为Penny的事搞得他心烦意乱。

　　and if I have to hear about it again, I'm going to kick him in his ovaries.

　　kick ：踢 ovary：卵巢

　　如果他再讲一遍我就扁死他。

　　-Leonard：Thanks for understanding, Howard.

　　感谢理解 Howard。

　　-Howard：I got your back, sister.

　　我支持你，好姐妹。

　　All right, I think we've got a prototype ready to test.

　　prototype：雏形 test：测试

　　好了，要模拟实验一下了，

　　Hand me that Tupperware.

　　Tupperware：塑料制品

　　把那塑料盒给我。

　　-Raj：That's heavy.

　　好沉啊。

　　-Howard：Damn right it's heavy. It's my mother's meat loaf.

　　loaf：一条（块）面包

　　当然沉了，这是我妈做的肉馅糕。

　　It's been testing toilets for generations.

　　一直是我测试厕所的道具。

　　-Sheldon：I must say,

　　容我说一句，

　　I think a detailed⁵ letter to MIT describing your current circumstances

　　detailed：详细的 MIT：麻省理工学院 circumstances：情况

　　如果跟麻省理工汇报下你现在的详细情况，

　　might entitle you to a refund⁶ on your master's degree.

　　entitle to：赋予…做   refund：归还 master：硕士 degree：学位

　　你的硕士学位就飞鸟。

　　-Howard：Okay, simulated zero-gravity human waste disposal test

　　simulated：模拟的

　　好了，模拟零重力人类废物处理实验，

　　with meat loaf analog⁷ in...

　　analog：类似物

　　放入肉馅糕模拟物...

　　three, two, one.

　　三二一

　　-Sheldon：Fascinating.

　　Fascinating：有极大吸引力的

　　好赞。

　　-Raj：What do you think the problem is?

　　你觉得问题在哪?

　　-Howard：Not enough bread crumbs⁹.

　　bread crumb⁸：面包屑 crumb：碎屑(尤指面包屑或糕饼屑)

　　面包渣太少了

　　-Leonard：Hey, Stuart, I need to talk to you.

　　Stuart 咱俩要谈谈。

　　-Man：Sure, what's up?

　　好啊，怎么了?

　　-Leonard：I thinkI gave you bad advice about Penny,

　　Penny的事，我帮倒忙了，

　　and I want to apologize.

　　我想道歉。

　　-Man：No, your advice was great.

　　没，你的建议挺好啊。

　　-Leonard：it was?

　　啊?

　　-Man：Yeah, going slow really worked.

　　是啊，慢慢来很管用。

　　-Leonard：You're kidding.

　　开玩笑吧。

　　Never worked for me.

　　在我身上就不管用。

　　-Man：Last night at dinner, I did what you told me.

　　昨晚吃饭时，我按你说的做了，

　　I went really slow, I kept my distance,

　　放慢速度，保持距离，

　　and two bottles of wine later, we were making out in my car.

　　wine：酒，葡萄酒

　　两杯酒下肚，我俩就去车里嘿咻了。

　　-Leonard：Wine? I didn't say to give her wine.

　　酒? 我没说给她喝酒啊。

　　-Man：It doesn't matter, that's where it all went to hell.

　　这不是重点，糟糕的事才开始。

　　-Leonard：During the kissing?

　　接吻时很糟糕?

　　What did you do, sneeze in her mouth? I did that to a girl once.

　　sneeze：打喷嚏

　　在她嘴里打喷嚏了? 我对别的姑娘那样过。

　　-Man：No, everything was good and really hot.

　　没，都挺好，挺火辣的。

　　And I said,

　　然后我说，

　　Oh, Penny,

　　哦 Penny。

　　and right where she was supposed to say, Oh, Stuart, she said...

　　而她本该说"哦 Stuart" 但她说了...

　　your name.

　　你的名字

　　-Leonard：Leonard?

　　-Man：That is your name, right?

　　这是你的名字吧?

　　-Leonard：yes.I'm sorry. That must've been the last thing you wanted to hear.

　　不好意思啊，你最不想听见这个了吧。

　　-Man：It beats, You know I'm a dude, right?

　　还不如"你知道我是爷们儿吧?"。

　　Yeah, it was pretty bad.

　　是啊，糟糕死了。

　　-Leonard：No doubt, no doubt.

　　必然的，必然的。

　　I'm sorry it didn't work out.

　　work out：产生结果

　　不好意思，结果这么糟。

　　-Man：Not your fault.

　　不是你的错。

　　-Leonard：Yeah, how about that?

　　可不是嘛。

　　See you soon.

　　回头见。

　　-Man：Sure.

　　嗯了。

　　-Howard：Yes, sir, I understand "classified."

　　classified：机密的

　　是的，我明白这是机密。

　　We'll keep it all classified; no one has to know but you and me.

　　天知地知，你知我知。

　　-Penny：What's classified?

　　啥机密?

　　-Leonard：Howard's space toilet. I'll tell you later.

　　Howard的太空厕所，回头慢慢跟你说。

　　-Howard：Well, they've deployed¹⁰ our solution.

　　solution：解决办法

　　他们应用了我们的补救方案，

　　Let's just all hope it works.

　　希望起作用。

　　-Sheldon：I don't see why I have to worry.

　　不知道我为啥要担心，

　　My career's not hanging in the balance.

　　career ：事业 hanging in the balance：安危未定

　　又不是我的事业悬而未决。

　　That was a joke.

　　开玩笑呢。

　　It's funny,

　　很好笑，

　　because it's true.

　　因为这是事实。

　　-Penny：Leonard, could you pass the soy sauce, please?

　　soy sauce：酱油

　　Leonard 把酱油给我好吗?

　　-Leonard：I'm sorry, were you talking to me?

　　你是跟我说话呢吗?

　　-Penny：Yeah, I said "Leonard."

　　是啊，我叫的是"Leonard"。

　　-Leonard：Yes, you did, didn't you?

　　没错嘛，是不是?

　　-Penny：What the hell is that?

　　那是什么鬼东西?

　　-Howard：Meatloaf.

　　肉馅糕。

　　-Leonard：What was it doing on the ceiling?

　　ceiling：天花板

　　怎么跑天花板上去了?

　　-Howard：That's classified.

　　这是机密。

　　-Space Station：Houston, International Space Station.

　　休斯顿，这里是国际空间站（休斯顿为美国国家宇航局所在地）。

　　We have a little situation up here.

　　我们这有点小状况，

　　We'd like to make an unscheduled space walk.

　　unscheduled：不按时间表的

　　我们要临时安排一次太空行走。

　　-Houston：I.S.S., Houston.

　　I.S.S：International Space Station，国际空间站

　　国际空间站，这里是休斯顿，

　　Which members would be involved in this E.V.A.?

　　crew：机务人员   involve：参与

　　将有哪些成员出舱?

　　-Space Station：Houston, we'd all like to step outside for a few minutes.

　　step：行走

　　我们都想出舱走走。

　　-Houston：I.S.S., I'm afraid we can't authorize¹¹ that.

　　authorize：批准

　　这将不予批准。

　　-Space Station：Houston, this is more of an FYI call.

　　FYI：for your information，给你提供信息

　　其实我们只是通知一下。

　　We are basically out the door.

　　我们已经被迫出舱了。

1 overestimating   

对（数量）估计过高，对…作过高的评价( overestimate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I think you're overestimating his abilities. 我看你对他的能力评价过高。
• With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace. 事后看来，他高估了他们对和平的渴望。

2 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

3 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

4 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 refund   

v.退还，偿还；n.归还，偿还额，退款

参考例句：

• They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
• We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。

7 analog   

n.类似物，模拟

参考例句：

• The analog signal contains high-frequency video information,which helps make up the picture.模拟信号包括有助于构成图像的高频视频信息。
• The analog computer measures continuously,without proceeding step by step.模拟计算机不是一步一步地进行，而是连续地进行量度。

8 crumb   

n.饼屑，面包屑，小量

参考例句：

• It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.这是他从这场磨难里能找到的唯一的少许安慰。
• Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.鲁斯几乎被糕点的最后一块碎屑所噎住。

9 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

10 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

11 authorize   

v.授权，委任；批准，认可

参考例句：

• He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
• Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。