生活大爆炸第八季 第124期:降噪耳机

 Okay, we're headed out. See you later. 我们要出门了，再见。

Before you leave, could you test these noise-cancelling headphones? 你俩走之前，能帮我测试一下这降噪耳机吗？

Yeah, sure. Okay. 好呀。

Go ahead. 开始吧。

Hello, can you hear me? 你好，能听见我说话吗？

Sheldon, I haven't changed the filter in the water pitcher¹ in two years. 谢尔顿，咱家水壶里的滤水器已经两年没换过了。

Uh, Bernadette's nickname for you is the virgin² pina colada. 伯纳黛特给你取了个外号叫处子鸡尾酒。（意为无酒精的鸡尾酒）。

Your George Lucas autograph is really a "me" autograph. 你收藏的乔治·卢卡斯签名其实是我的签名。

Yeah, well, once I was too lazy to walk across the hall, so I used your toothbrush. 有一次我懒得走回我家去，于是我借用了你的牙刷。

Ooh, and one time when you were asleep, Amy totally took off her...And that's why you're the best roommate ever. 还有一次你睡着了，艾米脱掉了她的所以你才是百里挑一的好室友。

Now I'm sad I didn't hear it. 真可惜我没听到这些好话。

So what do you need the headphones for? 你拿这降噪耳机干嘛用呢？

Well, I've been struggling for months to come up with a theory of dark matter that doesn't make protons decay. 我这几个月一直在研究暗物质中质子不衰变的问题。

I'm hoping to finally tackle it by optimizing³ my work environment. See, I've got, uh, my tea is at the perfect sipping⁴ temperature. 我希望能靠优化工作环境的办法来解决这个问题。所以我准备了最佳饮用温度的茶。

Uh, I have fleece-lined boxer⁵ shorts to keep my tushie toasty. 还穿上了加绒的四角内裤保暖我的小屁屁。

And then, oh, last but not least, this inspirational cat poster, improved with the reassuring⁶ face of physics renegade Richard Feynman. 最后但也是同样重要的一点，这张激励人心的猫咪海报，上面印着物理学界的叛徒理查德·费曼和蔼可亲的脸。

Is that why you had to take him to Office Depot⁷ last night? 这就是你昨晚带他去文具店的原因吗？

I don't want to talk about it. There, the place is all yours. 我不想聊这件事。好了，这地盘归你了。

Yeah, have fun. 好好玩吧。

Oh, I wil. Nothing more fun than a paradigm-shifting evening of science. 我会的。没有比改变世界的科学之夜更让人开心的了。

 

1 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

2 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

3 optimizing   

v.使最优化，使尽可能有效( optimize的现在分词 )；最佳化；寻优

参考例句：

• This model may be classified as either an optimizing model or simulation model. 这个模型可分为最佳化模型或模拟模型。 来自辞典例句
• Need to design crossover operator rationally while optimizing ANN. 优化网络需要合理设计交叉算子。 来自互联网

4 sipping   

v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
• She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。

5 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

6 reassuring   

a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的，使人放心的

参考例句：

• He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
• With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left. 他鼓励地拍了拍她的手臂就离开了。

7 depot   

n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站

参考例句：

• The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
• They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。