生活大爆炸第一季第六集_1：The Middle Earth Paradigm

 　　生活大爆炸第一季第六集_1：The Middle Earth Paradigm¹

　　-Rajesh: Okay, if no one else will say I will. We really suck at paintball.

　　好吧，如果没人说那就我来说。我们在彩弹比赛中的表现实在太差了！

　　-Howard: That was absolutely humiliating.

　　真是太丢人了。

　　-Leonard: Oh, come on! Some battles you win, some battles you lose.

　　好啦！有时候你会赢，有时候你会输嘛。

　　-Rajesh: Yes, but you don't have to lose to Kyle Burnsteen Bar Mitzvah Party.

　　(Hebrew: "son of the commandment"; which a Jewish boy automatically becomes upon

　　reaching the age of 13)

　　是的，但你没必要输给一帮凯恩斯威尔的Bar Mitzvah (希伯来人: "son of the commandment"; 一个生来就是13岁的犹太男孩)。

　　-Leonard: I think we have to acknowledge, those was some fairly savage² pre-adolescent Jews.

　　我想我们必须明白，他们是一些相当野性的青春期前期犹太人。

　　[they lost to a group of kids...]

　　[他们输给了一群小孩子...]

　　-Sheldon: No, we were annihilated³ by our own incompetence⁴ and the inability of some people to follow the chain of command.

　　不，我们是被自己的不在状态弄死的，有些人没能力跟上指令。

　　-Leonard: Sheldon, let it go!

　　Sheldon, 让它去吧！

　　-Sheldon: No, I want to talk about the fact that Wolowitz shot me in the back.

　　不，我想说的事实是，Wolowitz射了我的背！

　　-Howard: I shot you for good reason. You were leading us into disaster!

　　我射你有很好的理由。你把我们领向了灾难！

　　-Sheldon: I was giving clear, concise⁵ orders.

　　我给出了清晰而又简明的指令

　　-Leonard: You hid behind a tree yelling, "Get the kid in the yarmulke! Get the kid in the

　　yarmulke!" (a small circular cap worn by Jewish men)

　　你躲在一棵树后面叫“对付那个带亚莫克便帽的小子，对付那个带亚莫克便帽的小子” (犹太男子或男孩戴的一种无边便帽)

　　-Penny: Oh, hey, guys.

　　哦，嘿，朋友们

　　-Men：Oh, hello. Hey.

　　哦, 你好. 嘿.

　　-Howard: Morning, madam.

　　早，小姐.

　　-Penny: So, how was paintball? Did you have fun?

　　那么, 彩弹怎么样? 你们玩得开心伐?

　　-Sheldon: Sure, if you consider being fragged by your own troops fun.

　　当然，如果你觉得被自己队伍的人杀掉很有趣的话。

　　You clear space on your calendar - there will be an inquiry⁶.

　　把你们的日程安排好，有事要找你们

　　-Penny: Hey, I'm having a party on Saturday, so if you guys are around, you should come on by.

　　周六我这儿有一个聚会，如果你们到时候在这里的话，你们应该过来

　　-Leonard: A party?

　　一个聚会?

　　-Penny: Yeah.

　　是的.

　　-Howard: A... "boy-girl" party?

　　一个... "男孩-女孩" 聚会?

　　-Penny: Well, there will be boys and there will be girls and it is a party, so...

　　对, 会有些男孩子。而且也会有女孩，并且它是一个聚会，所以......

　　It'll be a bunch of my friends. We'll have some beer, do a little dancing...

　　到时有些我的朋友来。我们会喝点啤酒，跳跳舞之类......

　　-Sheldon: Dancing?

　　跳舞?

　　-Leonard: Yeah, I don't know, Penny...

　　是的, 我不知道, Penny...

　　-Sheldon: The thing is, we're not...

　　事情是,我们不...

　　-Leonard: No, we're really more of a... No.

　　不,我们更多是... 不.

　　But thanks. Thanks for thinking of us.

　　但谢谢。谢谢你邀请我们。

　　-Penny: Are you sure? Come on, it's Halloween.

　　你确定伐? 来吧，是万圣节嘛。

　　-Sheldon: A Halloween party?

　　万圣节聚会?

　　-Howard: As in... costumes?

　　是不是......需要化妆的那种?

　　-Penny: Well, yeah.

　　嗯, 是吧.

　　-Leonard: Is there a theme?

　　有没有什么主题?

　　-Penny: Uh... Yeah, Halloween.

　　恩... 是啊, 万圣节.

　　-Sheldon: Yes, but are the costumes random⁷, or genre-specific?

　　是的, 但是是随意装扮，还是有什么特别的类型?

　　-Penny: As usual, I'm not following.

　　跟往常一样，我不太明白。

　　-Leonard: He's asking if we can come as anyone from science fiction, fantasy...

　　他是在问我们是否能打扮成科幻或非现实中的人物......

　　-Penny: Sure.

　　当然

　　-Sheldon: What about comic books?

　　那漫画书呢？

　　-Penny: Fine.

　　可以啊。

　　-Sheldon: Anime?

　　日本动漫？

　　-Penny: of course.

　　当然当然。

　　-Sheldon: TV, film, D&D, manga, Greek gods, Roman gods, Norse gods...

　　电视,电影，古希腊众神, 古罗马众神, 古挪威众神...

　　-Penny: Anything you want! Okay? Any costume you want.

　　什么都可以! 好吗?什么角色都可以。

　　-Penny: Bye.

　　再见。

　　-Howard: Gentlemen, to the sewing machines.

　　先生们，找缝纫机。

　　-Leonard: I'll get it. Oh, no!

　　我来开。噢, 不!

　　-Sheldon: Oh, no!

　　噢, 不!

　　-Rajesh: Make way for the fastest man alive! Oh, no!

　　给最快的人一条路走! 噢, 不!

　　-Sheldon: See, this is why I wanted to have a costume meeting.

　　看到吧，所以我希望开一个关于扮演角色的会

　　-Leonard: We all have other costumes. We can change.

　　我们都有别的扮演角色——我们可以换的。

　　-Rajesh: Or we could walk right behind each other all night

　　或者我们可以整晚跟在每个人后面走

　　-Rajesh: and look like one person going really fast.

　　看上去像是一个人走得非常快

　　-Howard: No, no, no. It's a boy-girl party, this Flash runs solo.

　　不, 不, 不.这是一个男孩女孩聚会, 但闪电侠独来独往。

　　-Leonard: Okay. How about this? Nobody gets to be The Flash. We all change. Agreed?

　　好吧，那这个怎么样? 没人扮演闪电侠. 我们都改，同意吗？

　　-Men: Agreed.

　　同意

　　-Leonard: I call Frodo!

　　我演Frodo!

　　-Men: Damn!

　　该死!

　　-Rajesh: Sorry I'm late, but my hammer got stuck in the door on the bus.

　　对不起我迟到了，但我的锤子被公车车门夹住了。

　　-Leonard: You went with Thor?

　　你扮演雷神?

　　-Rajesh: What? Just because I'm Indian I can't be a Norse god?

　　什么？就因为我是印度人我就不能是雷神?

　　No-no-no. Raj has to be an Indian god. That's racism⁸.

　　不不不. Raj才是印度的神. 那是种族主义

　　I mean, look at Wolowitz.

　　我的意思是，看看Wolowitz.

　　He's not English, but he's dressed like Peter Pan.

　　他不是英国人, 但他穿得像Peter Pan.

　　Sheldon is neither sound nor light, but he's obviously the Doppler effect.

　　Sheldon既没声音也没光,但他显然是多普勒效应。

　　-Howard: I'm not Peter Pan.

　　我不是Peter Pan.

　　-Howard: I'm Robin⁹ Hood¹⁰.

　　我是Robin Hood.

　　-Rajesh: Really? Because I saw Peter Pan, and you're dressed exactly like Cathy Rigby.

　　是么？因为我看过Peter Pan, 而你穿得跟Cathy Rigby一模一样.

　　She was a little bigger than you, but it's basically the same look, man.

　　她比你稍大一些, 但基本上是一样的，朋友。

　　-Leonard: Sheldon there's something I want to talk to you about before we go to the party.

　　Sheldon，在去聚会之前我有些话想跟你说。

　　-Sheldon: I don't care if anybody gets it.

　　我不介意有人知道。

　　I'm going as the Doppler effect.

　　我准备扮演多普勒效应。

　　-Leonard: No, it's not that.

　　不,不是指那个。

　　-Sheldon: If I have to, I can demonstrate. Mew~

　　如果有必要,我可以示范。Mew~

　　-Leonard: Terrific.

　　完美.

　　This party is my first chance for Penny to see me in the context of her social group, and...

　　这次聚会时我第一次有机会让Penny看到我。在她的社交圈里，所以

　　-Leonard: and I need you not to embarrass me tonight.

　　我要你别在今晚丢我的脸。

　　-Sheldon: What exactly do you mean by "embarrass you"?

　　别丢你的脸是什么意思？

　　-Leonard: For example, tonight, no one needs to know that my middle name is Leakey.

　　比如说，今晚没人需要知道我的中间名是Leakey。

　　-Sheldon: But there's nothing embarrassing about that.

　　但这没什么丢脸的。

　　Your father worked with Louis Leakey, a great anthropologist¹¹.

　　你爸爸为Louis Leakey工作, 一个伟大的人类学者。

　　Had nothing to do with your bed-wetting.

　　跟你尿床一点关系也没有。

　　-Leonard: All I'm saying is that this party is the perfect opportunity for Penny to see me as a member of her peer group, a potential close friend, and perhaps more.

　　我想说的是这个聚会是个很好的机会让Penny把我看成她交往群中的一员一个潜在的密友，或更进一步。

　　And I don't want to look like a dork.

　　所以我不想被看成是一个蠢蛋。

　　-Howard: Just a heads up, fellas. If anyone gets lucky, I've got a dozen condoms in my quiver.

　　打起精神，伙计们。如果有谁走运，在我的箭筒里有一打避孕套

　　-Penny: Hey, guys.

　　嘿, 男孩们.

　　-Leonard: Hey. Sorry we're late.

　　嘿. 对不起我们来晚了。

　　-Penny: Late? It's 7:05.

　　晚? 现在才7:05.

　　-Sheldon: You said the party starts at 7:00.

　　你说这聚会是7:00开始.

　　-Penny: Yeah, I mean, when you start a party at 7:00, no one shows up at, you know, 7:00.

　　是的，我的意思是，当你说7:00开始一个聚会时,没人会, 你知道, 7:00准时出现的.

　　-Sheldon: It's 7:05.

　　可现在是7:05了.

　　-Penny: Yes. Yes, it is.

　　是的. 是的, 是的。

　　Okay. Well, um, come on in.

　　好吧. 行了，嗯, 进来吧.

　　-Howard: So, what, are all the girls in the bathroom?

　　所以, 那么, 是不是所有的女孩子都在洗手间里?

　　-Penny: Probably, but in their own homes.

　　可能是, 但是是在她们自己家的.

　　-Sheldon: So, what time does the costume parade start?

　　那么, 到底什么时候开始角色提名?

　　-Penny: The parade?

　　提名?

　　-Sheldon: Yeah, so the judges can give out the prizes for best costume.

　　是啊, 然后评判人可以颁出最佳角色扮演奖

　　You know, most frightening, most authentic¹², most accurate visualization¹³ of a scientific principle.

　　比如，最令人恐惧奖，最具真实感奖，最准确科学原理视觉表现奖

　　-Penny: Oh, Sheldon, I'm sorry, but there aren't going to be any parades or judges or prizes.

　　No! 哦, Sheldon, 不好意思,但今天不会有任何提名或者评判或者颁奖

　　-Sheldon: This party is just going to suck.

　　这个聚会正变得无趣

　　-Penny: Come on, it's going to be fun, and you all look great. I mean, look at you, Thor, and, oh, Peter Pan. That's so cute.

　　不! 别这样，会很有趣的，你们都看上去很不错我是说，看看你，雷神，而你, 哦,Peter Pan. 真可爱。

　　-Leonard: Actually, Penny, he's Robin Hood.

　　事实上, Penny, 他是Robin Hood.

　　-Howard: I'm Peter Pan.

　　我是Peter Pan.

　　And I got a handful of pixie dust with your name on it.

　　我有些带着你名字的精灵尘

　　-Penny: No, you don't. Hey, what's Sheldon supposed to be?

　　不，你没有。嘿, Sheldon应该算什么?

　　-Leonard: Oh, he's the Doppler effect.

　　噢, 他是多普勒效应

　　-Sheldon: Yes. It's the apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer.

　　是的. 是一种波动频率的显著变化由波源和观察者的相对运动引起

　　-Penny: Oh, sure, I see it now. The Doppler effect.

　　噢, 当然, 我现在明白了.多普勒效应.

　　All right, I got to shower.

　　好了，我要去洗个澡

　　You guys... make yourselves comfortable.

　　你们，随便玩吧

　　-Leonard: Okay.

　　行

　　-Sheldon: See? People get it.

　　看见了吗？别人能懂.

　　annihilate：消减，废止

　　random：随意，任意

　　genre：类型

　　Thor：【古挪威雷神，有锤，能产生闪电】

　　Doppler effect：【多普勒效应】

1 paradigm   

n.例子，模范，词形变化表

参考例句：

• He had become the paradigm of the successful man. 他已经成为成功人士的典范。
• Moreover,the results of this research can be the new learning paradigm for digital design studios.除此之外，本研究的研究成果也可以为数位设计课程建立一个新的学习范例。

2 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

3 annihilated   

v.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃

参考例句：

• Our soldiers annihilated a force of three hundred enemy troops. 我军战士消灭了300名敌军。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We annihilated the enemy. 我们歼灭了敌人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

5 concise   

adj.简洁的，简明的

参考例句：

• The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
• I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。

6 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

7 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

8 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

9 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

10 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

11 anthropologist   

n.人类学家，人类学者

参考例句：

• The lecturer is an anthropologist.这位讲师是人类学家。
• The anthropologist unearthed the skull of an ancient human at the site.人类学家在这个遗址挖掘出那块古人类的颅骨。

12 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

13 visualization   

n.想像，设想

参考例句：

• In 2D visualization and drawing applications, vertical and horizontal scrolling are common. 在二维的可视化及绘图应用中，垂直和水平滚动非常普遍。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Ophthalmoscopy affords the only opportunity for direct visualization of blood vessels. 检眼镜检查法提供直接观察血管的唯一机会。