生活大爆炸第一季第六集_2：The Middle Earth Paradigm

 　　生活大爆炸第一季第六集_2：The Middle Earth Paradigm¹

　　-Rajesh: By Odin's beard, this is good Chex Mix.

　　奥丁的胡子，这是不错的早餐混合物.

　　-Howard: No, thanks. Peanuts.

　　不，谢谢. 花生.

　　I can't afford to swell² up in these tights.

　　我穿的衣服太紧了，承受不住膨胀。

　　-Sheldon: I'm confused. If there's no costume parade, what are we doing here?

　　我糊涂了。如果没有角色扮演提名，我们在这干嘛?

　　-Leonard: We're socializing, meeting new people.

　　我们在社交，认识新朋友。

　　-Sheldon: Telepathically?

　　心灵感应?

　　-Penny: Oh, hey, when did you get here?

　　哦, 嗨, 你们什么时候来的?

　　Penny is wearing the worst Catwoman costume I've ever seen.

　　Penny是我见过的打扮最糟的猫女

　　And that includes Halle Berry's.

　　也包括Halle Berry的打扮

　　-Leonard: She's not Catwoman. She's just a generic³ cat.

　　她不是猫女，她就是一只普通的猫。

　　-Sheldon: And that's the kind of sloppy⁴ costuming which results from a lack of rules and competition.

　　这种角色扮演太马虎了，因为缺乏规则和竞争

　　-Howard: Hey, guys, check out the sexy nurse.

　　喂, 伙计们, 看那个性感护士

　　I believe it's time for me to turn my head and cough.

　　我想是到了我该转头咳嗽的时候了。

　　-Rajesh: What is your move?

　　你干嘛这么动?

　　-Howard: I'm going to use the mirror technique.

　　我准备用镜像技术

　　She brushes her hair back, I brush my hair back...

　　她向后甩头，我也向后甩头

　　She shrugs⁶, I shrug⁵. Subconsciously⁷ she's thinking,

　　她，我也耸肩，她会想

　　We're in sync. We belong together.

　　我们是同步的。我们属于彼此。

　　-Leonard: Where do you get this stuff?

　　你从哪学来的?

　　-Howard: You know, psychology⁸ journals, internet research, and there's this great show on VH-1 about how to pick up girls.

　　告诉你, 心理学杂志, 互联网研究,在VH-1上有个很好的节目关于怎么去钓姑娘的

　　-Rajesh: If only I had his confidence!

　　如果我有他的自信就好了.

　　I have such difficulty speaking to women, or around women... or at times even effeminate men.

　　我跟女人说话太难了. 或是被女人围着...... 或只是些女里女气的男人.

　　-Howard: If that's a working stethoscope, maybe you'd like to hear my heart skip a beat?

　　如果有个听诊器,也许你想听听我已经停止的心跳.

　　-Woman A: No, thanks.

　　不。谢谢。

　　-Howard: No, seriously, you can. I have transient idiopathic arrhythmia.

　　不, 认真的说, 你是可以的. 我有暂时性突发心律失常.

　　-Leonard: I want to get to know Penny's friends, I just...

　　我想认识些Penny的朋友, 我就是...

　　I don't know how to talk to these people.

　　我就是不知道该怎么和这些人说话

　　-Sheldon: Well, I actually might be able to help.

　　其实，实际上我可以提供些帮助。

　　-Leonard: How so?

　　怎么做?

　　-Sheldon: Like Jane Goodall observing the apes, I initially⁹ saw their interactions as confusing and unstructured.

　　就像Jane Goodall 观察大猩猩, 一开始我看到他们的交互是令人困惑和杂乱的。

　　But patterns emerge.

　　但模式开始显现出来。

　　They have their own language, if you will.

　　他们有他们自己的语言, 如果你想了解。

　　-Leonard: Go on.

　　继续.

　　-Sheldon: Well, it seems that the newcomer approaches the existing group with the greeting, "How wasted am I?" which is met with an approving chorus of, Dude.

　　好，看起来当新来者接近已存在的群体时。会这样打招呼，“我是不是看上去很醉了？”然后会听到很多赞许的声音，"花花公子".

　　-Leonard: Then what happens?

　　然后呢?

　　-Sheldon: That's as far as I've gotten.

　　我只了解这些。

　　-Leonard: This is ridiculous.

　　真是莫名其妙

　　I'm jumping in.

　　我要加入进去了。

　　-Sheldon: Good luck.

　　祝你好运。

　　-Leonard: No, you're coming with me.

　　不，你跟着我。

　　-Sheldon: Oh, I hardly think so.

　　不，我想还是不要了。

　　-Leonard: Come on.

　　来吧

　　-Sheldon: Aren't you afraid I'll embarrass you?

　　你不是怕我让你丢脸？

　　-Leonard: Yes, but I need a wing man.

　　是的，但我需要一个翅膀男。

　　-Sheldon: All right, but if we're going to use flight metaphors¹⁰,

　　好吧，但如果我们准备用飞行做比喻的话。

　　I'm much more suited to being the guy from the FAA analyzing¹¹ wreckage¹².

　　我更适合成为FAA分析失事人员。

　　-Woman B：Ah, hi.

　　啊, 嗨..

　　-Sheldon: hi.

　　嗨。

　　-Leonard: hello.

　　你好.

　　-Woman B：So what are you supposed to be?

　　那么你是什么?

　　-Sheldon: Me? I'll give you a hint.

　　我? 我给你点暗示.

　　Mew~

　　Mew~

　　-Woman B：A choo-choo train?

　　一个火车头？

　　-Sheldon: Close!

　　差不多了。

　　Mew~

　　Mew~

　　-Woman B：A brain damaged choo-choo train?

　　一个脑壳坏掉的火车头?

　　-Woman C：How wasted am I?

　　我是不是看上去很醉?

　　-Sheldon: Mew~

　　Mew~

　　-Woman D: I still don't get it.

　　我还是不知道.

　　-Sheldon: I'm the Doppler effect.

　　我是多普勒效应。

　　-Woman D: Okay, if that's some sort of learning disability,

　　好了，如果那算是什么学习障碍，

　　I think it's very insensitive.

　　我觉得这很难对上.

　　-Leonard: Why don't you just tell people you're a zebra?

　　为什么不直接告诉大家你是头斑马?

　　-Sheldon: Why don't you just tell people you're one of the seven dwarves¹³?

　　为什么不直接告诉人们你是七个小矮人之一?

　　-Leonard: Because I'm Frodo.

　　因为我是Frodo.

　　-Sheldon: Yes, well, I'm the Doppler effect.

　　是的，那么，我是多普勒效应.

　　-Leonard: Oh, No.

　　哦, 不.

　　-Sheldon: What?

　　什么?

　　-Leonard: That's Penny's ex-boyfriend.

　　那是Penny的前男友

　　-Sheldon: What do you suppose he's doing here?

　　你觉得他来这里干嘛？

　　Besides disrupting the local gravity field.

　　除了扰乱本地重力场.

　　-Leonard: If he were any bigger, he'd have moons orbiting him.

　　如果他再大些，就能让月亮绕着他转了。

　　-Sheldon: Oh, snap.

　　哦, 干脆.

　　So, I guess we'll be leaving now.

　　所以，我想我们该走了.

　　-Leonard: Why should we leave?

　　为什么我们要走？

　　For all we know he crashed the party and Penny doesn't even want him here.

　　我们都知道他搞砸了聚会而Penny根本不希望他在这

　　-Sheldon: You have a backup hypothesis?

　　你有别的什么假设么？

　　-Leonard: Maybe they just want to be friends.

　　也许他们只是想变成朋友

　　-Sheldon: Or maybe she wants to be friends and he wants something more.

　　或者她想变成朋友而他想要更多的

　　-Leonard: Then he and I are on equal ground.

　　那么他和我是在同一个起点

　　-Sheldon: Yes, but you're much closer to it than he is.

　　是的，但你比他更接近那个起点

　　-Leonard: Look, if this was 1,500 years ago, by virtue¹⁴ of his size and strength, Kurt would be entitled to his choice of female partners.

　　你说，如果这是在1500年前根据他的尺寸和力量，Kurt有资格选择他想要的女人。

　　-Sheldon: And male partners, animal partners, large primordial¹⁵ eggplants

　　和男人，动物，巨型原始茄子。

　　-Sheldon: pretty much whatever tickled¹⁶ his fancy.

　　越漂亮越合他意

　　-Leonard: Yes, but our society has undergone a paradigm shift.

　　是的，但我们的社会已经经历了转变。

　　In the Information Age, Sheldon, you and I are the alpha males.

　　在信息时代，Sheldon, 你和我就是大男子主义者。

　　-Leonard: We shouldn't have to back down.

　　我们应该不必倒退到过去

　　-Sheldon: True. Why don't you text him that and see if he backs down?

　　对。为什么你不给他发条消息看看他是不是倒退回去？

　　-Leonard: No. I'm going to assert my dominance face-to-face.

　　不。我准备面对面地坚持我的优势。

　　-Sheldon: Face-to-face? Are you going to wait for him to sit down, or are you going to stand on the coffee table?

　　面对面？你准备等着他坐下，还是你准备站到咖啡桌上去?

　　-Leonard: Hello, Penny. Hello, Kurt.

　　你好, Penny. 你好, Kurt.

　　-Penny: Hey, guys, are you having a good time?

　　嘿, 伙计们, 玩得开心伐?

　　-Sheldon: Given the reaction to my costume, this party is a scathing¹⁷ indictment¹⁸ of the American education system.

　　如果是说对我扮相的反应，这个聚会是对美国教育体系的一次严厉控诉。

　　-Kurt: What, you're a zebra, right?

　　那么，你是头斑马，对么？

　　-Sheldon: Yet another child left behind.

　　现在又有一个小孩落在了后面。

　　-Kurt: What are you supposed to be, an elf?

　　你又是什么，一个小精灵？

　　-Leonard: No, I'm a hobbit.

　　不，我是一个霍比人。

　　-Kurt: What's the difference?

　　有什么区别？

　　-Leonard: A hobbit is a mortal halfling inhabitant of Middle Earth, whereas an elf is an immortal¹⁹, tall warrior²⁰.

　　霍比人是中古时期的模子比较小的人类。而精灵不是人类，高武士。

　　-Kurt: So why the hell would you want to be a hobbit?

　　那么为什么你想成为一个霍比人？

　　-Leonard: Because he's neither tall nor immortal, and none of us could be the Flash.

　　因为他既不高也不是非人类，而且我们不可以扮演闪电侠。

　　-Kurt: Well, whatever. Why don't you go hop²¹ off on a quest?

　　好吧，随便了，为什么你们不到别处转转？

　　I'm talking to Penny here.

　　我正在这儿和Penny说话。

　　-Leonard: I think we're all talking to Penny here.

　　我想我们都在这儿和Penny说话。

　　-Sheldon: I'm not. No offense²².

　　我没有。无意冒犯。

　　telepathically：心灵感应地

　　effeminate：女人气的

　　stethoscope：听诊器

　　transient idiopathic arrhythmia：暂时性突发心律失常

　　primordial：原始的

　　eggplants：茄子

　　hop off：走开

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 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

3 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

4 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。

5 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。

6 shrugs   

n.耸肩（以表示冷淡，怀疑等）( shrug的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany shrugs off this criticism. 匈牙利总理久尔恰尼对这个批评不以为然。 来自互联网
• She shrugs expressively and takes a sip of her latte. 她表达地耸肩而且拿她的拿铁的啜饮。 来自互联网

7 subconsciously   

ad.下意识地，潜意识地

参考例句：

• In choosing a partner we are subconsciously assessing their evolutionary fitness to be a mother of children or father provider and protector. 在选择伴侣的时候，我们会在潜意识里衡量对方将来是否会是称职的母亲或者父亲，是否会是合格的一家之主。
• Lao Yang thought as he subconsciously tightened his grasp on the rifle. 他下意识地攥紧枪把想。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

8 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

9 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

10 metaphors   

隐喻( metaphor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I can only represent it to you by metaphors. 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
• Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors. 因此她是天使，他是雄狮都是比喻说法。

11 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

12 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

13 dwarves   

n.矮子( dwarf的名词复数 )；有魔法的小矮人

参考例句：

• Everyone will try to claim it: Men, Dwarves, wizards. 每个种族都会争取它的拥有权：人类，矮人，巫师。 来自电影对白
• Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of Dwarves? 难道你还不了解那个矮人的倔强吗？ 来自电影对白

14 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

15 primordial   

adj.原始的；最初的

参考例句：

• It is the primordial force that propels us forward.它是推动我们前进的原始动力。
• The Neanderthal Man is one of our primordial ancestors.的尼安德特人是我们的原始祖先之一.

16 tickled   

（使）发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友，我们高兴极了。
• I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚，使她发笑。

17 scathing   

adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)

参考例句：

• a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
• Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

19 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

20 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

21 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

22 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。