生活大爆炸第八季 第127期:情侣毛衣

 Yeah. I may not be liking¹ this game so much. 我可不怎么喜欢这个游戏。

Cinnamon. Give me another one. 小桂子。再来一个。

Okay, Emily or Cinnamon: "Check it out, I got us matching sweaters!" 好的，艾米丽还是小桂子："看看，我给咱俩买了情侣毛衣"！

We all got the Christmas card-- Cinnamon. 我们都收到了他的圣诞卡。当然是小桂子。

You know, a man can care deeply about a woman and a pet. It's not strange. 一个男人可以同时关爱他的女人和他的狗。这并不奇怪。

Ooh, Emily. I heard him say that to Emily. Hey, I thought you were staying home. 艾米丽。这话我听过他对艾米丽说过。你不是要待在家里吗。

Yeah, I was, but after talking to Penny, I realized something. I...first, she's trying much harder to stay attractive in this relationship than you are. 是的，但和佩妮聊过之后，我发现了一件事。我...首先，她为了保持对你的吸引力，付出的努力可比你多。

And second...the reason I may not be progressing in my research is I've created too pleasant of an environment for myself. 其次，我毫无进展的原因，就是我为自己打造的环境太舒适了。

What do you mean? 什么意思？

According to a classic psychological experiment by Yerkes and Dodson, in order to maximize performance, one must create a state of productive² anxiety. 根据叶杜二氏的心理学实验，想提高工作效率，就必须营造一种焦虑紧张的气氛。

So I'd like to ask you all to do something for me. Keep me on my toes. Just throw me off my game.  所以我希望你们能帮我个忙。别让我放松下来。攻我不备。

E-Essentially, go out of your way to make my life miserable³. 最重要的是，使劲浑身解数让我难受。

Hold on. What's in it for us? 等等。这么做对我们有什么好处？

Well, I suppose...- Okay, we'll do it! 我觉得吧.. -好，我们同意了！

Done. 做完了。

33 seconds. Okay, that'll be our baseline. 33秒。这就是我们的基准线。

You know, I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but when a mouse completes a maze⁴, it gets a food pellet. 我不想教你怎么工作，不过如果一只老鼠走通了迷宫，它会得到饲料奖励。

 

1 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

2 productive   

adj.能生产的，有生产价值的，多产的

参考例句：

• We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议，解决了一些问题。
• Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。

3 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

4 maze   

n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑

参考例句：

• He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
• She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。