chess: 国际象棋 invent: 发明

　　-Rajesh: Knight to queen's bishop-five.

　　Knight: 骑士【国际象棋棋子】 Queen: 女皇【国际象棋棋子】 bishop: 主教【国际象棋棋子，这句话指下棋时的术语】

　　马跳C3

　　-Howard: Oh,very nice. What's, Leonard going to do?

　　哦很好 Leonard该怎么做呢?

　　Does he give up the pawn or, does he give up the position?

　　give up: 放弃 pawn: 卒【国际象棋棋子】 position: 位置

　　他是放弃卒还是放弃位置?

　　-Rajesh: Let's find out. Leonard,ready?

　　咱拭目以待吧 Leonard 准备好了?

　　-Leonard: Ready.

　　好了

　　-Rajesh: Go.

　　开始

　　-Leonard: Damn it. I slipped.

　　damn: 该死的 slip: 滑倒

　　该死我滑了一下

　　-Howard: Too bad. You know the rules of, Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess.

　　rule: 规则  Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess: 激光障碍象棋特工的游戏【天才们的自创游戏】  secret agent: 特工 secret: 秘密的 agent:机构 laser: 激光 obstacle: 障碍 chess: 国际象棋

　　可惜啊你也知道激光障碍象棋特工的游戏规则

　　-Howard: Leonard died again,Sheldon. You're up.

　　be up: 到了【字典里有时间到了等意思，这里指轮到】

　　Leonard又死了 Sheldon 该你了

　　-Sheldon: Despite my deep love of chess,lasers, and aerosol disinfectant,I must forfeit.

　　despite: 尽管 deep love: 深爱 chess: 国际象棋 laser: 激光 aerosol disinfectant: 喷雾剂 aerosol: 喷雾的 disinfectant: 消毒剂 forfeit: 丧失

　　虽然我深爱象棋激光和喷雾剂但我必须放弃游戏

　　-Leonard: Why?

　　为啥啊?

　　-Sheldon: Because it's almost 11:00.

　　因为已经快11点了所以呢?

　　-Leonard: So,

　　-Sheldon: Penny has a "don't knock on my door before, 11:00 or I punch you in the throat" rule.

　　【Sheldon之前有过很早就去敲Penny家门的记录，受到Penny的警告，所有以这里他等到十一点才敲门】

　　knock : 敲 punch: 用拳猛击 throat: 喉咙

　　Penny定了个"11点前别敲我家门否则我一拳把你打成哑巴"的规矩

　　-Howard: Hey,you know what'd be a great idea?

　　嘿我想到一个绝妙的点子

　　We get some girls over here and, play Laser Optical Strip Chess.

　　Laser Optical Strip Chess: 激光障碍脱衣象棋【Howard的自创游戏】 laser: 激光 sptical: 光学的 strip: 脱去衣服 chess: 国际象棋

　　咱找几个姑娘来玩激光障碍脱衣象棋

　　-Leonard: Believe me,Howard,any girl who would be willing, to play that,you don't want to see naked.

　　nake: 裸体的

　　信我一句 Howard 凡是愿意来玩的你都不忍心看她们脱光

　　-Howard: You underestimate me.

　　underestimate: 低估

　　你小看我

　　[scene: in front of Penny’s door,Sheldon is looking at his watch]

　　-Sheldon: Penny. Penny. Penny.

　　-Penny: Hey,Sheldon.

　　嘿 Sheldon

　　-Sheldon:  It's 11:00 a.m., -

　　-Penny: I know. You're safe.

　　11点了哦我知道你很安全

　　-Sheldon: This package came, while you were at work.

　　package: 包裹

　　这包裹是你上班时寄来的

　　-Penny: Oh,great,my rhinestones. Thank you.

　　rhinestone: 莱茵石（一种假钻石）

　　太好了我的莱茵仿钻谢谢

　　-Sheldon: Excuse me.,

　　-Penny: What?

　　等下干嘛?

　　-Sheldon: you Have to sign this.,

　　sign: 签字

　　你得签这个

　　-Penny: What is it?

　　啥东西?

　　When I signed for the package,I was, deputized by the United Parcel Service

　　sign: 签字 package: 包裹 deputize: 代表 United Parcel Service: 联邦邮递【500强，北京奥运会的快递赞助商】 parcel: 包裹 service: 服务

　　我签收这个包裹时即代表联合邮递公司

　　and entrusted with its final delivery.

　　entrust with: 委托给   entrust: 委托 final delivery: 最后交货付给 delivery: 交付

　　受委托将其转交给你

　　I now need you to acknowledge receipt of the package, so that I'm fully indemnified and no longer liable.

　　acknowledge: 承认 receipt: 收到 package: 包裹  indemnified: 免于受罚的 liable: 有责任的

　　现在需要你确认收到包裹说明我安全送达不再负任何责任

　　-Penny: Sheldon,it's just a box of rhinestones.

　　rhinestone: 莱茵石（一种假钻石）

　　Sheldon 只不过是一盒子莱茵石嘛

　　-Sheldon: Well,the contents are irrelevant., A legal bailment has been created.

　　content: 内容 irrelevant: 不相关的 legal: 合法的 bailment: 委托 creat: 创造

　　内容不重要主要是确立合法托管关系

　　Does that mean nothing to you?

　　mean: 有意义

　　你满不在乎是吧?

　　-Penny: It means nothing to anybody.

　　谁在乎这些啊

　　-Penny: Come here,let me show, you what I'm doing.

　　进来看看我在干嘛

　　-Sheldon: Bailment describes a, relationship in common law

　　bailment: 委托 describe: 描述 relationship: 关系 common: 普通的

　　托管是法律中的一种关系

　　-Sheldon: where a physical possession of, personal property,or "chattels,"

　　physical possession: 【这里具体指所有权，在法律词典上这叫做物质占有】 physical: 身体的 possession: 财产   personal : 个人的 property: 财产 chattels: 动产

　　即对私有财产或者说"动产"的所有权

　　-Sheldon: is transferred from one person,the, bailor,to another person,the bailee...

　　transfer: 转移 bailor: 委托人 bailee: 受托者

　　从一人即委托人转给另一人受托者...

　　-Penny: ah,yeah,yeah. Look,look,look!, I started a business.

　　start a business: 做生意

　　好了好了瞧啊瞧我做生意了

　　-Sheldon: Obviously,not a cleaning business.

　　obviously: 明显的

　　显然不是做清洁工作的

　　-Penny: No,I'm making flower barrettes. See?

　　barrette: 发夹

　　不是我在做小花发夹瞧见没

　　-Penny: I call them Penny Blossoms.

　　blossom: 花

　　我叫它们"Penny小花"

　　I made one for myself,then all, the girls at work wanted one.

　　我给自己做了一个结果上班那的女孩们都要

　　Then I showed some to this lady, who runs a shop in Old Town.

　　run a shop: 做生意【run有经营的意思】

　　后来我给奥德城一开铺子的女士看了

　　She sells cards and homemade jewelry., She said she wanted to sell them.

　　homemade: 自制的 jewelry: 珠宝

　　她是卖卡片和自制首饰的她说要卖我的发夹

　　I said,"Okay." And in, one week,I made a $156.

　　我说"好哇" 一周我就赚了156美刀

　　-Sheldon: Good for you. Sign here.

　　sign: 签字

　　真不错签字

　　-Penny: Sheldon,don't you get it?

　　get it: 明白了

　　Sheldon 还不明白吗?

　　-Penny: If this takes off,I won't, have to be a waitress anymore.

　　take off: 迅速流行【这个意思不是很常用，而（飞机）起飞，脱衣的意思比较常用】 waitress: 女服务生

　　如果这事有起色我再也不用做服务生了

　　-Sheldon: But then who will bring me my, cheeseburger on Tuesday nights?

　　bring: 带来 cheeseburger: 芝士汉堡

　　那每周二晚谁给我拿芝士汉堡啊?

　　-Penny: Another waitress.,

　　-Sheldon: What's her name?

　　waitress: 女服务生

　　别的服务生咯叫什么名字?

　　-Penny: I don't know.

　　不知道呢

　　-Sheldon: And you're going to, let her handle my food?

　　handle : 处理

　　不知道就让她给我送餐?

　　-Penny: Nancy. Her name is Nancy.

　　Nancy 她叫Nancy

　　-Sheldon: I think you're just making that up.

　　make up: 编造

　　我看你是瞎编的吧

　　-Penny: Sheldon,I'm sorry about, your hamburger,okay?

　　hamburger: 汉堡【注意，Penny说的只是一般的汉堡，而不是挑剔的Sheldon要的夹层顺序正确的芝士汉堡】

　　Sheldon 汉堡的事抱歉了好吗?

　　-Penny: I just don't want to be a, waitress for the rest of my life.

　　waitress: 女服务生 the rest of my life: 我后半生 rest: 剩余部分

　　我真是不想做一辈子服务生

　　-Sheldon: Cheeseburger. I get a cheeseburger.

　　cheeseburger: 芝士汉堡

　　是芝士汉堡我要的是芝士汉堡

　　-Penny: Fine,cheeseburger.

　　好了啦芝士汉堡

　　-Sheldon: Maybe I'd be better off with Nancy.

　　或许Nancy能招待的更好一点

　　-Penny: So,what do you think? I mean,this, could be a business,right?

　　你觉得咋样? 能成一番事业吧?

　　-Sheldon: How many of these can you make a day?

　　这玩意你一天能做多少个?

　　-Penny: About 20.

　　20来个

　　-Sheldon: And how much profit do you, make per... Penny Blossom?

　　profit: 利益 blossom:花

　　你一个"Penny小花"能挣多少...钱?

　　-Penny: I don't know,like,50, cents. I'm not sure.

　　cent: 分，美国货币单位【1美元等于100美分】

　　不知道 5毛钱吧说不好

　　-Sheldon: Of course you're not. All right...

　　当然了好吧...

　　-Sheldon: Ten dollars a day times five days a, week times 52 weeks a year is $2,600.

　　一天10块钱每周5天每年52周那你能挣2600块

　　That's all?,

　　就这么点儿?

　　-Sheldon:  Before taxes.

　　tax: 税

　　税前

　　-Penny: I don't have to pay taxes on this stuff.

　　tax: 税 stuff: 东西

　　这玩意还交什么税啊

　　-Sheldon: I believe the Internal Revenue, Service would strongly disagree.

　　Internal Revenue Service: 国内税收署   Internal: 国内的 Revenue: 税收 strongly: 强烈的 disagree: 不同意

　　国内税收署肯定会强烈反对

　　-Sheldon: But,if you took advantage of modenn marketing techniques,and you optimized your manufacturing process,

　　take advantage of : 利用 advantage: 优势 marketing: 销售 technique: 方法 optimized: 最佳化的 manufacturing process: 制造工艺 manufacture: 制造 process: 方法

　　但是如果你利用现代销售技术完善制作工艺

　　-Sheldon: you might be able to make, this a viable business.

　　viable: 可行的

　　说不定这生意能做成

　　-Penny: And you know about that stuff?

　　stuff: 东西

　　你对那些都懂不?

　　-Sheldon: Penny...

　　-Sheldon: I'm a physicist.

　　physicist: 物理学家

　　我是物理学家

　　-Sheldon: I have a working knowledge of the entire, universe and everything it contains.

　　entire: 整个的   universe: 宇宙   contain: 包含

　　我对整个宇宙及其包含的事物都有所了解

　　-Penny: Who's Radiohead?

　　Radiohead是干嘛的?

　　-Sheldon: I have a working knowledge of the, important things in the universe. Good luck.

　　universe: 宇宙

　　我对整个宇宙及其包含的重要事物都有所了解祝你好运了

　　-Penny: Sheldon,hold on.

　　Sheldon 等下

　　-Penny: Could you maybe show me how, to make more money with this?

　　能不能教我怎么用这些赚更多钱?

　　-Sheldon: Of course I could., - Sheldon,wait!

　　等然能了 - Sheldon 等等!

　　-Penny: Will you?

　　行吗?

　　-Sheldon: Just to be clear here,you're, asking for my assistance.

　　assistance: 援助

　　咱说清楚你是请求我帮忙

　　-Penny: Yes.

　　是的

　　-Sheldon: And you understand that will, involve me telling you what to do?

　　involve: 牵涉

　　你清楚期间我会指导你去做事?

　　-Penny: I understand.

　　我清楚

　　-Sheldon: And you're not allowed to be sarcastic, or snide to me while I'm doing so.

　　sarcastic: 挖苦的 snide: 暗讽的

　　我要你做事时你不许冷嘲热讽

　　-Penny: Okay.

　　好吧

　　-Sheldon: Good.

　　很好

　　-Sheldon: Let's begin with the premise that everything, you've done up to this point is wrong.

　　premise: 前提 up to: 一直到

　　咱先前提假设你目前做的一切都是错的

　　-Penny: Oh,imagine that.

　　imagine that: 试想

　　哦可不是嘛

　　-Sheldon: Sarcasm. good-Bye.,

　　sarcasm: 讽刺

　　挖苦别了

　　-Penny: No,sorry. Wait!

　　别走对不起等等!

　　Please come back!

　　快回来嘛!

　　[scene: in Penny’s house,Penny and Sheldon…]

　　-Penny: There. Done.

　　好了做好了

　　-Sheldon: All right. 12 minutes and 17 seconds.

　　看看 12分17秒

　　-Penny: Pretty good,right?

　　Pretty good: 非常好【常见于口语】

　　还不错哈?

　　-Sheldon: That's 4. 9 Penny Blossoms per hour.

　　blossom: 花

　　也就是一小时做4.9个"Penny小花"

　　Based on your cost of materials, and your wholesale selling price,

　　based on: 基于 base: 基础 materials: 材料费 wholesale批发的 selling price: 卖价

　　根据你的材料钱和批发价

　　you'll effectively be paying, yourself... $5.19 a day.

　　effectively: 实际上

　　你一天实际能挣5.19块美元

　　-Penny: A day?

　　一天?

　　-Sheldon: There are children in a sneaker, factory in Indonesia who outearn you.

　　sneaker: 运动鞋 Indonesia: 印尼 outearn: 【out+earn,out有超过的意思，earn是挣钱，加在一起就是挣得多，英语有很多类似的组合法】

　　印尼运动鞋厂的小孩都比你赚的多

　　-Penny: That just can't be right.

　　不对啊

　　-Sheldon:  You're questioning my math?, No,sorry.

　　question: 质问，质疑

　　你质疑我的算数? 没有抱歉

　　Want me to show My work?,

　　show : 展示

　　用我给你演示遍怎么算的吗?

　　-Penny:  Oh,God,No.just please tell me What to do about it.,

　　哦天啊可别就告诉我该怎么办吧

　　-Sheldon:  All right.Are you familiar with the development, that resulted from Honor\ Blanc's

　　familiar with: 熟悉

　　好的你了解Honore Blanc1778年使用可替换零件

　　1778 use of interchangeable parts?

　　interchangeable parts: 互换部件 interchangeable: 可互换的

　　给工业带来什么发展吗?

　　-Sheldon: The assembly line,of course.

　　assembly line: 装配线 assembly: 装配

　　不就是装配线嘛

　　-Penny: Okay,you know what,if I'm not allowed to be, snide,you're not allowed to be condescending.

　　snide: 暗讽的 condescend: 屈尊

　　好了这样吧既然你不让我讽刺那你也不许表现得高人一等

　　-Sheldon: That wasn't a part of our original, agreement,and I don't agree to it now.

　　original: 最初的

　　最初的协定里可没有这条我现在也不同意

　　All right,fine. How are we supposed to set up, machines and conveyor belts in my apartment?

　　set up: 建立 conveyor belts: 传送带 conveyor: 传动带 apartment: 公寓

　　随便了那我们怎么在我公寓弄机器和传送带啊?

　　-Sheldon: You're thinking of the moving assembly line,an, understandable but not excusable mistake.

　　moving assembly line: 流动装配线 understandable: 可以理解的 moving: 活动的 assembly: 装配 excusable: 可原谅的

　　你说的是流动装配线啊可以理解但无法原谅的错误

　　No. The...

　　不是的流动...