生活大爆炸 第五季:第14集 谢尔顿有趣旗帜课堂(上)

 Hello, 大家好

I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 我是谢尔顿·库珀博士

and welcome to the premiere episode of Sheldon Cooper Presents: Fun with Flags. 欢迎收看由谢尔顿·库珀出品的 《有趣的旗帜》之首播集

Over the next 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology. 在接下来的五十二周  我们将一起探索 旗帜学的奇妙世界

Hang on, Dr. C. 等一下  库博士

What's vexillology? 旗帜学是什么

Vexillology is the study of flags. 旗帜学就是研究旗帜的

Cool. 真棒

I think I just learned something. 我想我又长见识了

 Did you have fun doing it?  I'll say. 你觉得有趣吗  当然

Fun and information are two sides to this video podcast,not unlike the only twosided state flag 这个节目具有两面性  趣味性和知识性 就如同这面两面的州旗

Oregon. 一面是俄勒冈洲

Oh, look. 瞧

Hello, Mr. Beaver¹. 你好  海狸先生(俄勒冈州该州以喜栖息于水边挖穴而居的海狸作为象征故有海狸州的别称)

In future episodes, we'll answer some burning questions: 在接下来的节目里  我们会回答一些热门问题

What's the only nonrectangular flag? 唯一一面不是长方形的旗帜是什么

What animal appears most often on flags? 在旗帜上出现最多的动物是什么

What animal appears second most often on flags? 在旗帜上出现第二多的动物是什么

And more. 等等

Sweet! 太棒了

Why are you waving a white flag? 你为什么挥白旗

I'm surrendering...to fun. 因为太欢乐了 我投降了

Now, today's episode of Fun with Flags is not fun, but it is important. 今天《有趣的旗帜》的内容并不有趣 但十分重要

Flags: you gotta know how to hold 'em,you gotta know how to fold 'em. 旗帜第一课  要学会如何拿 如何叠

Let's start by identifying the parts of our flag. 那我们先开始认识旗帜的结构

This edge is the hoist³, and it's used to...Excuse me, sorry, excuse me. 这边是吊孔  用来... 抱歉  借过一下

Cut. 停

Did you not see we are rolling? 你没看到我们在拍吗

Sorry. I'm having dinner with Penny.I have to get out of here. 抱歉  我要和佩妮一起吃晚饭 我得赶紧出门

And I have flag knowledge that I have to get out of here! 而我满脑子的旗帜知识 我也得让它们赶紧出来

You okay? 你没事吧

No, I'm a little rattled⁴. 没事  就是有点生气

But like the flag over Fort Sumter, I'm still here. 但就像萨姆特要塞的旗帜  我还坚守着呢(美国南北战争在萨姆特要塞打响)

And... take two. 第二遍

Hello. 大家好

I'm Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 我是谢尔顿·库珀博士

and welcome to the premiere episode of Sheldon Cooper Presents: Fun with Flags. 欢迎收看由谢尔顿·库珀出品的 《有趣的旗帜》之首播集

Over the next 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology. 在接下来的五十二周  我们将一起探索 旗帜学的奇妙世界

Hang on, Dr. Cooper.What's vexillology? 等一下  库珀博士 旗帜学是什么

Vexillology is...Why is there a face on that flag? 旗帜学就是...为什么旗帜上有张脸

It's Ferdinand T. Flag.I thought he might help bring in some younger viewers. 他叫斐迪南·T·旗帜 我觉得他能吸引少儿观众群

Confound it! You're right, it's brilliant. Let's take it from the top. 真讨厌  不过没错  这主意妙 我们从头开始录吧

Our whole universe was in a hot dense⁵ state,then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion tarted⁶.Wait... 我们的宇宙进入了极热的高浓度状态，后来，140亿年前它开始扩张。等等……

The Earth began to cool,the autotrophs began to drool,neanderthals developed tools, we built a wall (we built the pyramids), 地球开始冷却，自养生物开始繁殖,穴居人学会使用工具，我们开始建墙（我们还建了金字塔）

Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,That all started with the big bang!bang! 数学、科学、历史解开了宇宙之谜。这一切从宇宙大爆炸开始。

That was a really nice dinner. 晚饭真不错

I'm glad you asked me out again. 我很开心你又约我出去了

Me, too; I missed you. 我也是  我很想你

You see me all the time. 你天天都能看到我

You sure you just don't miss the sex? 你确定你想的不是滚床单的部分吗

Well, yeah, sex with you is pretty great.Have you ever tried it? 好吧  和你滚床单的感觉是很棒 你试过吗

I have. You are not wrong. 试过  你说的没错

I just think if we're gonna try dating again,we should take things slow. 我只是觉得  如果我们要复合的话 应该慢慢来

Oh, I can take it slow. 我可以慢慢来啊

Did I ever tell you about my first girlfriend in high school,Karen Berberick? 我有和你说过我高中时的第一任女友 凯伦·波布瑞克吗

To this day she doesn't know we were going out. 至今她都不知道当时我们是在约会

Made it easier on her when I broke things off. 不过这么一来  分手的时候就容易多了

Okay, well, maybe not that slow. 好吧  也不要那么慢

How about this,are you familiar with the typical development for computer software? 那这样吧 你知道电脑软件通常是怎么开发的吗

You know, just for fun, let's say I'm not. 为了好玩  就当我不知道好了

Before an application is released,they give it a trial run. 在一款应用程序发布之前 都会先进行测试

WWe could do that.And if we hit a rough spot, instead of getting mad,just say, Hey, we found a bug⁷,and we report it so it can be fixed⁸. 我们可以这么做 如果我们遇到分歧  不要生气 就当是发现了个问题 把问题报告出来  然后修复

You mean like a beta test? 是像公开测试那种吗

Well, technically⁹, this would be an alpha test.A beta test requires people that weren't involved in the development of the appli... 严格上来说  这是内部测试 公开测试是给没参与 程序开发的无关人士...

Seriously, do I not get credit for knowing beta test? 我好歹知道公开测试  不该表扬一下吗

No, you should.Absolutely. That was me being pedantic¹⁰. 当然 当然了  是我在卖弄学问

That's our first bug. 这是我们的第一个问题

You reported it.I can fix that.See? This is good. 你报告了 我修复了 看见吗  这样不错

All right. Let's give it a shot. 好吧  那我们就试试

Great. You keep a list, I'll keep a list.At some point, we'll exchange. 很好  咱俩都列个单子记录 到时候再交换

Okay. Good night, Leonard.  Night. 好 晚安  莱纳德  晚安

Attaboy, Hofstadter. 干得好  霍夫斯塔德

Nothing gets the ladies hotter than software development analogies. 没什么比喻能比软件开发 更能让女人兴奋

Hey, I'm back. 我回来了

Cut. 停

Take 47. 第四十七遍

Here's an interesting fact about flags. 告诉你一件旗帜的趣事

I will take that action. 我就当你自动开录了

The flags of Liechtenstein and Haiti were identical by coincidence, a fact that wasn't discovered until they competed against each other at the 1936 Olympics. 列支敦斯登和海地的国旗 以前碰巧是一样的 直到两国在1936年奥运会对战时 才发现这个巧合

And thankfully,their embarrassment¹¹ was overshadowed by the rise of Fascism. 不过幸好  当时西班牙内战拯救了 让两国的尴尬(1936年西班牙人民开始反法西斯斗争 其内战被称为小二战)

Let's see the new phone. 看看你的新手机

I stopped on the way to work. 我在上班路上买的

Hey, do you want to peel the plastic off with me? 你要不要跟我一起揭开贴膜

Really? Me? 我何德何能呀

That's, like, the best part. 这可是最棒那部分呀

Grab a corner. 从边上揭吧

Whoa, what's your hurry, cowboy? 喂  别这么猴急  粗鲁牛仔

Savor¹² the moment. 享受这一刻

Oh, yeah. 太他妈爽了

Speaking of cowboys,do you know what country has not one but two cows on its flag? 说到牛仔 知道哪个国家的国旗印着两只牛吗

The tiny landlocked nation of Andorra. 内陆小国家  安道尔共和国

Oh, the next classic episode of Sheldon Cooper Presents: Fun with Flags is writing itself. 由谢尔顿·库珀出品的 旗帜的乐趣  精彩下一集 题材如泉涌呀

Oh, let me try the voice recognition. 让我试试语音识别功能

Hey, I let you peel the plastic, don't get greedy. 去  人家都让你揭膜了  别得寸进尺

Hello? 你好

Hello. 你好

What's your name? 你叫什么名字

My name is Siri. 我的名字叫Siri

Look at that.There's finally a woman in your life you can talk to. 瞧瞧 终于出现一个你敢跟她讲话的女人了

Are you single? 你现在是单身吗

I don't have a marital¹³ status,if that's what you're asking. 如果你是问婚姻状况的话 我没有这个属性

Yeah, you're right, that's too personal.We hardly know each other. 也是  这个问题太私人了 我们才刚认识

How about a cup of coffee? 去喝杯咖啡怎么样

I've found six coffee shops.Three of them are fairly close to you. 我找到六个咖啡馆 其中三个离你很近

I will see you gentlemen later. 先生们回见啦

She is gonna break his heart. 她铁定让他心碎

For someone who has a machine that can travel anywhere in time and space, 对于利用时光机 穿越时空的人

Doctor Who sure does have a thing for modernday London. 神秘博士对现代的伦敦还真是情有独钟(《神秘博士》  英国科幻电视剧)

Careful, it's that kind of sass that can get a person uninvited to this year's Who Con². 注意点  说这种无礼的话 会让你被今年神秘会谈的拒之门外

Uh, we're not counting this as a date, are we? 我们这次不算约会吧

Um, I'm not sure, 我不确定

but I think the right answer here is no. 不过我觉得正确答案应该是不算

Bug report: When a guy asks me to spend time with him,maybe he plans something a little more interesting than hanging out at home, watching TV. 问题报告  当异性约我出来 他是不是应该安排一些更有趣的事 而不是坐在家里看电视

Even Doctor Who? 《神秘博士》也没趣?

Even Doctor Who. 《神秘博士》很没趣

All right, that's it. Who Con you're out. 够了  神秘会谈没你份

Okay, bug report taken.Next time I will have a better plan for our evening's activity. 好的  问题报告已收到 下次我会安排更好的夜晚活动

Well, thank you. I'll see you tomorrow. 谢谢  明天见

Oh, wait, here, almost forgot. 等等  我差点忘了

 Here.  What's this? 给  这是什么

My bug report to you. 我记录你的问题报告

Well, that's quite a list you got there. 这表列得还挺长的嘛

It's color coded. 有分颜色标记

Uh, red means fix right away. 红色的代表马上修复

Yellow is eh, whenever you get a chance. 黄色的代表有时间再说

And green, is I could probably learn to live with it. 绿色的代表我应该可以适应

There's a key down here at the bottom.It's neat, huh? 最下面还有标注呢 一目了然吧

Yep. 是

So, have a good night. 那晚安啦

Yep. 好

Look at that. 瞧瞧

Some day, we will tell future generations that dating used to be hard. 将来我们可以告诉后人 约会变得不再困难

What's baffling me is what you could've possibly put on the list. 我不解的是你能列出什么问题

Hair too golden? 秀发太金黄?

Laugh too musical? 笑声太动听?

World too much a better place for her mere¹⁴ presence in it? 她的出现 让世界更美好?

How about constantly talks with food in her mouth? 经常说话的时候满嘴食物  这条怎么样

Her heart's full of love, no one cares what's in her mouth. 她内心充满爱  没人会在意她嘴里有什么

 

1 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。

2 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

3 hoist   

n.升高，起重机，推动；v.升起，升高，举起

参考例句：

• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。
• Hoist the Chinese flag on the flagpole,please!请在旗杆上升起中国国旗！

4 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

5 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

6 tarted   

vt.将某人打扮得妖艳，将某物装饰得俗气（tart的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The old man tarted up his shop so much that I couldn't recognize it. 那个老人把他的小店装饰得我都认不出来了。 来自辞典例句
• Old Mrs Jones was all tarted up for the vicar's garden party. 琼斯老太太打扮得花枝招展去参加教区牧师举行的游园会。 来自互联网

7 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

8 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

9 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

10 pedantic   

adj.卖弄学问的；迂腐的

参考例句：

• He is learned,but neither stuffy nor pedantic.他很博学，但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问。
• Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase,and has long been opposed.读死书会变成书呆子，甚至于成为书橱，早有人反对过了。

11 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

12 savor   

vt.品尝，欣赏；n.味道，风味；情趣，趣味

参考例句：

• The soup has a savor of onion.这汤有洋葱味。
• His humorous remarks added a savor to our conversation.他幽默的话语给谈话增添了风趣。

13 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

14 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。