1. Sheldon: Hold. Raj: What? Sheldon: Explain your sneeze. Raj: I'm sorry? Sheldon: Do you have allergies? Raj: No. Sheldon: Is there too much pepper on your salad? Raj: I don't put pepper on salads. Sheldon: I've heard enough( I've had enough of this我受够了! I will not take any more of this situation! Sally: I've had enough of this! I'm leaving! Fred: Me too! John (glaring at Tom): I've had enough of this! Tom, you're fired! Tom: You can't fire me, I quit!). Sit over there. Raj: Oh, come on. I don't want to sit by myself. Sheldon: That's what Typhoid Mary(故事见后边附录) said, and clearly, her friends buckled( buckle [up] I. [intransitive/transitive] to fasten a buckle, or to be fastened with a buckle. The bag buckles at the side. II. [intransitive/transitive] to bend, or to make something bend under great pressure. The pillars began to buckle under the strain. a. [intransitive] to suddenly become weak and bend. I could see his knees buckle after that last punch. III. [intransitive] 屈服. 让步. 退缩. to stop trying to do something, or to stop opposing someone, because you have no energy or determination left. He did not buckle under their threats.). Raj: Guys, help me. Howard: Sheldon, come on. Leonard: Yeah, it's just one sneeze. (Raj sneezes) You're on your own. Howard: See you, buddy. Sheldon: Oh, Leonard, I have something for you. Per our roommate agreement, this is your 24-hour notice that I will be having a non-related female spending two nights in our apartment. Leonard: When you say non-related female, you still mean human, right? Sheldon: Of course. Pets are banned under the roommate agreement, with the exception of service animals, such as seeing eye dogs(Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. Although the dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are partially (red–green) color blind and are not capable of interpreting street signs. The human half of the guide dog team does the directing, based upon skills acquired through previous mobility training. The handler might be likened to an aircraft's navigator, who must know how to get from one place to another, and the dog is the pilot, who gets them there safely. In several countries, guide dogs, along with most service and hearing dogs, are exempt from regulations against the presence of animals in places such as restaurants and public transportation.) and, one day, cybernetically-enhanced ( cybernetics the use of technology to make copies of natural things, for example artificial body parts.) helper monkeys. Howard: Are you planning on kidnapping a woman? Sheldon: Sarcasm? Howard: Yes, but mixed with 带有...的成分 genuine concern. Sheldon: For your information, I'll be playing host to Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton. Raj: The cosmological宇宙学的 physicist from Princeton? Sheldon: Yes. And until you acquire a surgical mask, please address your comments to me through a napkin. We've been corresponding for years about our mutual interest in gravitational wave signatures of inflatons in the early universe. And now she's under consideration 在考虑 for a position at our university. Leonard: Why didn't you tell me you knew Elizabeth Plimpton? I am a huge fan of hers! Sheldon: I didn't realize I was obligated to share my connection with things you're a fan of, but very well. You enjoy Canadian bacon. I've been to Toronto. Leonard: Okay, fine. Where is she going to sleep? Sheldon: My room, of course. Raj: Holy crap! (Through napkin) Holy crap! Howard: Yeah, um, I have a two-part question. Sheldon: Go ahead. Howard: A, are you kidding me? And B, seriously, are you freaking kidding me? Sheldon: A, I rarely kid. And B, when I do kid, you will know it by my use of the word bazinga. Howard: So you're saying the two of you are going to be sleeping in the same bed? Sheldon: Yes. Bazinga. Leonard? Leonard: Thank you. Why is a world-renowned scientist staying in our apartment instead of a hotel? Sheldon: Well, she doesn't care for hotels. And who can blame her? Windows that don't open, multi-user linens, keys shaped like credit cards, as if one walks around with unassigned slots in one's wallet. All right, I believe I have time for one more question. Yes, Raj? Raj: When can I sit with you again? Sheldon: When I've seen two consecutive negative throat cultures spaced 间隔 12 hours apart. You know the drill. All right, if you'll excuse me, I am off to start a prophylactic course of antibiotics. Leonard: I can't believe he's friends with是朋友 Elizabeth Plimpton. Raj: I can't believe they let him into Canada. Howard: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You heard the man. Where's your throat cultures? Kidding. Sit down. 2. Penny: Hey, Sheldon. Sheldon: Oh, Penny, excellent. I have a question about these maxi pads( A sanitary napkin, sanitary towel, sanitary pad, menstrual pad, maxi pad, or pad is an absorbent item worn by a woman while she is menstruating, while she is recovering from vaginal surgery, for lochia (post birth bleeding), after an abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from her vagina. ). Are the wings truly functional or have I fallen victim to上了当 marketing hype? Penny: What? What are you doing with, what? Sheldon: The stock boy ( a boy or man employed to stock shelves. ) at Walgreens was frustratingly uninformed on ( uninformed 什么都不知道 I. not based on knowledge or correct information, and therefore wrong or unsuitable. uninformed comments. a. without knowledge or information about something. uninformed about 一无所知的: Voters are surprisingly uninformed about the candidates' positions on major issues. ) the subject. Penny: Sheldon, what are you doing with maxi pads? Sheldon: I have a lady friend who will be staying with me for a few days. Penny: Oh. What? Sheldon: I want her to feel at home. I also bought scented soaps香皂, pantyhose (Pantyhose紧身裤袜 (called tights in the United Kingdom and a few other countries) are sheer, close-fitting legwear, covering the wearer's body from the waist to the feet. Mostly considered to be a woman's and girl's garment, pantyhose appeared in the 1960s, and they provided a convenient alternative to stockings. Like stockings or knee highs, pantyhose are usually made of nylon, or of other fabrics blended with nylon. ), Midol, calcium chews钙片 and what is apparently a yogurt specifically designed to regulate the female bowel. Penny: Wait, wait, hold on, back up(back up I. [transitive] back someone up to give support to someone by telling other people that you agree with them. If I ask for more money will you back me up? II. [transitive] to show that an explanation or belief is probably true. All the evidence backs up her story. III. [intransitive/transitive] to make a copy of information on your computer. IV. [intransitive/transitive]
if traffic backs up, or if it is backed up, the vehicles are in a long
line and waiting to continue moving. Traffic is backing up on all out-of-town routes. Cars were backed up for miles. a. if a toilet, sink, or drain backs up, or if it is backed up, water cannot flow through it because something is blocking it. b. if a system backs up, or if it is backed up, it has slowed down or
stopped working because there is too much of something for it to deal
with. Orders are really backed up this month. V. [intransitive] to move backwards a short distance. I need everyone to back up about 10 paces. VI. [intransitive/ transitive] to make a car go backwards. See if you can back up a bit further. back something up something: I'll back the car up the driveway. VII. [intransitive] mainly American 说回去. used for telling someone to return to something that was said earlier. Back up: didn't you say they had already met?). You're having a woman stay with you? Sheldon: Yes. Why does that seem to flabbergast( flabbergasted very surprised or shocked ) everybody? Penny: Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm not flabbergasted. I'm puzzled. Yeah, let's go with puzzled. Sheldon: A word of warning警告你哦. My guest is a noted physicist and the leading expert on quantum cosmology宇宙学, so please try to avoid wasting her time with female jibber jabber. Penny: Female jibber jabber? Sheldon: Shoe sales, hair styles, mud masks面膜, gossip about your friends Brad and Angelina. Penny: Oh, they're not my friends. Sheldon: I'm not surprised, considering the way you talk about them behind their backs. 3. Leonard: She's here, she's here. How do I look? Do I look smart? Sheldon: Oh, good grief. This isn't about you. Coming! Now listen, one of the great minds of the 21st century is about to play host to one of the other great minds of the 21st century. So pay attention. Years from now, my biographer 传记作者 might ask you about this event. Leonard: Oh, I have so many things to tell your biographer. Elizabeth: Ah, Dr. Cooper, thank goodness. I completely forgot your address. But then I remembered that I'd written it on my hand. Lucky for me, I didn't confuse it with what I'd written on my other hand, which are the coordinates for a newly discovered neutron star. 'Cause if I tried to go there, I'd be crushed by hypergravity. Anyway, hello. Sheldon: Hello. Elizabeth: Nice to finally meet you in person. Sheldon: I would imagine it is. This is my friend and roommate, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. Leonard: Hi-lo. Oops. I started to say hi本想说, and then I switched to hello in the middle. It came out hi-lo. Duh. Uh, it's nice to meet you. I've read both your books and most of your papers. I'm Leonard, I live here, you're brilliant. Sheldon: I apologize. He's only an experimental physicist. Elizabeth: No need to apologize. Some of my best friends are experimental physicists. Well, not my best friends, but I know them. My best friend is a molecular chemist named Wendy. I'm sorry, I'm rambling. Hi-lo. Leonard: Are you hungry, thirsty? Can I offer you anything? Sheldon: No, she's my guest. If anyone should offer her anything, it should be me. Elizabeth, can I get you something? Perhaps a feminine hygiene product or a bowel-regulating yogurt? Elizabeth: Interesting choices. Based on my current needs, I guess I'd pick the yogurt. Sheldon: Excellent. If the yogurt works, I bought some delightful scented candles. Leonard: Look, it's you. Elizabeth: Thank you so much for opening up your home to me. Leonard: Well, who wants to stay in a hotel? With windows that don't open, those crazy card-shaped keys. Elizabeth: I'm so glad you understand. Sheldon: No, he doesn't understand. I understand. Leonard: Well, I understand, too. Sheldon: You're just misappropriating ( [ˌmɪsəˈprəupriˌeɪt] 假公济私, 贪赃枉法 to take for yourself money that you are responsible for but that does not belong to you. ) my understanding. Leonard: Oh, (blows a raspberry). I think any university would want you. Except, of course, any university that had already had you. Because they would've already wanted you before they, you know, got you. Sheldon: From the mind that brought you hi-lo. Let me show you to your room. Elizabeth: All right. I guess I am tired. Good night, Leonard. Leonard: Uh, sleep night. I mean, obviously, good night. I started to say sleep tight, then I changed my mind in the middle. I swear to God, I'm smart. Sheldon: Get it together, man. 4. Sheldon: All right, let me show you some of the features of the room. First, windows. Conventional. Open, closed, open, closed, halfway open, or halfway closed, depending on your philosophical bent( /ˌfɪləˈsofɪk(ə)l/ I. relating to philosophy. philosophical problems/issues. a philosophical argument. II. able to accept an unpleasant situation calmly because you know that you cannot change it. bent n. a natural ability for something. suggestions for those of you with an artistic bent. adj. I. a bent object has a curved or twisted shape. bent railings. II. British informal dishonest. a bent copper (=police officer). III. British offensive an offensive word used to describe a gay person. bent/hell-bent on (doing) something 一心一意的, 铁了心的 very determined to achieve something. She seemed bent on destroying their relationship. He seems hell-bent on confrontation. bent double bent a long way forwards, for example because you are in pain or laughing a lot. Everyone in the room was bent double with laughter. fold something double 对半折 to fold something so that is has two layers of equal size. Fold the paper double to make it stronger. see double 看重影 to have something wrong with your eyes, so that one object looks like two. When he regained consciousness he saw double for a few moments. ). Over here is my comic book collection. Feel free to browse. There's a box of disposable reading gloves on the night stand. Elizabeth: Good to know. Sheldon: In here, you'll find emergency provisions. An eight-day supply of food and water, a crossbow, season two of Star Trek: The Original Series on a high-density flash drive. Elizabeth: What if there's a disaster that destroys all the USB ports? Sheldon: Then there's really no reason to live, is there? Elizabeth: Can I ask a question about your roommate? Sheldon: He's an odd duck, isn't he? Elizabeth: What's his relationship status? Sheldon: Well, there was a misbegotten ( [ˌmɪsbɪˈɡot(ə)n] not well planned and not likely to be successful. a. used about a person who you do not like or respect. ) adventure with a waitress who lives across the hall. It ended as inexplicably莫名其妙的 as it began. They had very little in common, except for carnal /ˈkɑ:(r)n(ə)l/ activity. That's why I acquired these noise-cancelling headphones. If you decide to use them, please clean the ear pieces afterwards with the Wet Wipes you'll find in the bathroom. They're in the drawer labelled Wet Wipes. Elizabeth: Okay. Sheldon: Good. I'll leave you to your night time ablutions(/əˈblu:ʃ(ə)nz/ the process of washing yourself, cleaning your teeth etc. ). I've e-mailed you the morning bathroom schedule. You'll also find a laminated copy in your welcome packet. It's on the back of the emergency escape route diagram. Elizabeth: How thoughtful太周到了. Sheldon: Sleep well, my friend. Elizabeth: You, too. Sheldon: Oh, let me just get one thing. It's my backup emergency supply kit. The living room escape route doesn't pass through here. Now, good night. And if there's an apocalypse [əˈpokəˌlɪps]天灾人祸, good luck. 5. Leonard: Yes? Elizabeth: I saw your light on. Leonard: Is everything all right? Elizabeth: Yeah, I just couldn't sleep. Leonard: Me neither. Oh, look what I'm reading. It's you. Elizabeth: I thought you already read it. Leonard: I did, but it's been a while, and I wanted to sound smart over breakfast. Elizabeth: Aw, you're smart. Leonard: Oh, good. Wasn't sure it was coming across. Elizabeth: What chapter are you on? Leonard: Uh, six. Elizabeth: Oh, the extragalactic distance ladder. Want to know a little secret? Leonard: Sure. Elizabeth: I wrote the section on the Wilson-Bappu Effect completely naked. Leonard: Really? Uh, sure doesn't read that way. Elizabeth: Here, let me show you. When we consider the brightness of pulsating variable stars, we start to see (removes robe) a possible explanation for some of the discrepancies found in Hubble's constant. Leonard: Wow. You really make science come alive栩栩如生. 6. Sheldon: Morning. I trust you had a pleasant night. Elizabeth: More than pleasant. Sheldon: Excuse me, I'm going to relieve myself. Leonard: How do you take your coffee? Elizabeth: Black. Leonard: Okeydoke. Sheldon (in bathroom): Pee for Houston, pee for Austin, pee for the state my heart got lost in. And shake twice for Texas. Leonard: Something his mother taught him. Sheldon: All right, Elizabeth, the bathroom is yours. The seat is down, and has been sanitized 消毒 for your protection. Elizabeth: That's very thoughtful, but I think I'll finish my coffee first. Sheldon: Ah, so the yogurt didn't work. I'll fire off a critical e-mail to the manufacturer. Penny: Oh, good, you're up. Look, my car won't start. I need a ride to work. Sheldon: Did you once again ignore your check engine light? Penny: No, Mr. smarty-pants. I ignored the fill gas tank light. Sheldon: Leonard, Penny wants to exploit any residual feelings残余, 残留感情 you have for her in order to get a ride to work. Leonard: Oh, yeah, sure, let me just put this in a travel mug. Penny: Hello. Elizabeth: Hi. Penny: Oh, Penny, this is Dr. Plimpton, a leading expert on quantum cosmology. Dr. Plimpton, Penny is a waitress who doesn't understand the role gasoline plays in the internal combustion engine内燃引擎. Elizabeth: Nice to meet you. Penny: Nice to meet you, too. Are you enjoying your stay? Elizabeth: Yes, very much. Penny: Good. Sheldon: Wonderful. Meaningless pleasantries客套话 accomplished. Elizabeth, Leonard's bathroom time is coming up, and believe me, you do not want to follow him. Elizabeth: Excuse me. Leonard: Okay, well, I guess I should get dressed so I can take everyone to work. You and Sheldon and Sheldon's friend, Dr. Plimpton, who you just met. It'll be fun. Like a clown car. Penny: Hang on. Leonard: Hmm? Yeah? What? Huh? Penny: We just broke up. Leonard: What, uh, you and me? Yeah, we did. Not too long ago. How are you doing with it? Penny: Not as good as you apparently. Leonard: I, um, I don't follow. Penny: You know what? It's, it's none of my business. If you want to sleep with Sheldon's doctor buddy right after we stopped seeing each other, go for it. Leonard: Well, now… Sheldon: Excuse me. I'm uncomfortable with you recommending that Leonard pursue having intercourse with Dr. Plimpton, who I assure you has better things to do. Penny: I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened. Sheldon: That's preposterous([prɪˈpost(ə)rəs] 太过分了. 太夸张了. extremely unreasonable or silly. The whole idea is preposterous.). Tell her, Leonard. Leonard: Well… Sheldon: No. Leonard: Come on. It wasn't my fault. Sheldon: The implication being that你是在暗示 you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts? Penny: You know what? I'm just gonna take the bus to work. Leonard: Penny, I can still drive you. Penny: Oh, no, no, it's okay. You might slip on a banana peel and get me pregnant. Sheldon: I must say, I'm shocked by this betrayal. Leonard: I didn't betray Penny. Sheldon: Not Penny, me! Leonard: How am I betraying you? Sheldon: Elizabeth's my friend, and you're playing with her! Leonard: Yeah, I guess I did. 7. Scene: The cafeteria. Raj drinks from a hip flask水杯. Howard: What the hell are you doing? Raj: Relax, it's Nyquil. Leonard: You still have a cold? Raj: Maybe, but I don't care. That's the great thing about Nyquil, it's like ten-percent booze. I call it the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, so you can talk to girls medicine. Leonard: Are you having trouble sleeping? 'Cause, boy, I was up all night. Raj: Did you get a cold, too? Leonard: No, but I was awake all night. Howard: If you want, I can give you some of my mom's sleeping pills. Raj: She won't notice they're missing? Howard: She doesn't know she takes them. Leonard: No, that's okay. It was something else keeping me up last night. And again this morning. And, I didn't mind. I was up last night. I was up this morning. I didn't mind. Those are your clues. Raj: Ooh, ooh. Did the pigeon on your windowsill have more babies? Leonard: No. Howard: Were you up making another stop-motion Lego movie? Leonard: No. Howard: 'Cause let me tell you, it's not enough to make the Legos move, they also have to capture your heart. Leonard: Okay, I'll give you one more clue. It involved another person. Raj: Did you get a Japanese love pillow? Howard: How is a Japanese love pillow another person? Raj: It is if you love her and give her a name. Sheldon: Dr. Plimpton, I'd like you to meet my colleagues, Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali. Raj: Hi. Sheldon: And not-a-doctor Howard Wolowitz. Howard: Hi. Raj: I'm a big fan of your work. Elizabeth: Thank you. Sheldon: And of course, you've already introduced yourself to Dr. Hofstadter. Leonard: Hey, you. Elizabeth: Hey, you. Leonard: Boy, I'm kind of tuckered out((all) tuckered out Rur. tired out; worn out. (be ~; get ~.) Poor John worked so hard that he's all tuckered out. Look at that little baby sleeping. She's really tuckered out.). How are you feeling, Elizabeth? Elizabeth: You know what? I am a little tired. Would you be a dear and get me a cup of coffee? Leonard: Sure. Black, right? Elizabeth: Actually, now I think I want it hot, brown and sweet. Leonard: Coming right up马上来. 7. Raj: What? Howard: What do you mean what? It's Halo night. Raj: I can't. I'm too sick. Go away. Howard: That's why we moved Halo night here. Look, I brought my mom's chicken soup. Raj: I'm not hungry. Elizabeth: Don't send him away. Let him in. Howard: Who's that. Raj: I bought a parrot. Howard: Yeah, right. Dr. Plimpton? Elizabeth: Hi. Howard, right? Howard: Uh, yeah. Elizabeth: Can I ask you a question, Howard? Do you like role-playing games? Howard: Yeah, sure. In fact, I'm a dungeon master. Elizabeth: Not tonight. Tonight you are a delivery man. You brought soup, but uh-oh, Raj and I don't have enough money to pay you. So we'll have to come to some other kind of arrangement. Howard: Beg pardon? Elizabeth: You two figure out the details, I'm going to go change into something I don't mind getting ripped off my milky flesh. Howard: What the frak? Raj: Go away. She wants New Delhi, not Kosher deli. Besides, you have a girlfriend. Howard: We broke up weeks ago. Raj: Why didn't you say anything? Howard: I was waiting for the right time. This is the right time. Leonard: Hey, who's ready for Halo? Raj: Oh, this is like a nightmare. Get lost! Howard: He's right. The numbers are shaky enough as it is. Leonard: I don't understand. Elizabeth: Oh, good. Leonard's here. Raj: Good? Leonard: Elizabeth? What's going on? Elizabeth: What's going on is you and Howard are my moving men搬家的人 and Raj is my new landlord and I don't have enough money to pay any of you. Leonard: Is she suggesting what I think she's suggesting? Howard: Yep. Welcome to the Penthouse Forum. Raj: Okay, show of hands. Who's up for this? (Only Howard raises his hand.) Leonard: We'll all be naked in front of each other. Howard: I'm out. Elizabeth: Everybody ready? Raj: Follow my lead. Almost. We're, we're going to go out into the hallway and, uh, make a dramatic entrance. Elizabeth: Oh, good. It's so much better when everyone commits. Raj: Run. Run, run, run. Don't look back. Leonard: I thought we had something special. Raj (locks door): So, you say you can't pay your rent? 8. Penny: Oh, Leonard? Leonard: Hey. Penny: I found these in the dryer. I'm assuming they belong to Sheldon. Leonard: Thanks. It's really hard to find these in his size. So, listen. I've been meaning to 我一直打算着 talk to you about the other morning. Penny: You mean you and Dr. Slutbunny? Leonard: Yeah, I wanted to explain. Penny: Well, you don't owe me an explanation. Leonard: I don't? Penny: No, you don't. Leonard: So you're not judging me? Penny: Oh, I'm judging you nine ways to Sunday( six ways to Sunday (idiomatic, colloquial) thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable. I'm not lying, Sally. I had Jeannine Lock six ways to Sunday all over this White House. And after some soul searching on all of our parts I think my constituents are going to forgive me for it. Her eyes were the color of bittersweet chocolate, made up in that sexy smudged I've-just-been-fucked-six-ways-from-Sunday look that I could never emulate without looking like I'd been sucker punched. A sucker punch also known as a king-hit or coward-punch is a punch made without warning, allowing no time for preparation or defense on the part of the recipient. The term is generally reserved for situations where the way in which the punch has been delivered is considered unfair or unethical. In practice, this often includes punches delivered from close-range or behind.), but you don't owe me an explanation. Leonard: Nevertheless还是想说, I'd like to get one on the record so you can understand why I did what I did. Penny: I'm listening. Leonard: She let me.
Typhoid伤寒(/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/ a serious disease that you get from eating food or drinking water containing a type of harmful bacteria. Typhoid Mary an insulting word for someone who you avoid because they spread something unpleasant or harmful to the people around them.) Mary: Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic [æ,sɪmptəˈmætɪk] carrier( 无症状携带者 if a disease or person is asymptomatic, they show no physical signs of a medical problem.) of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 49 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was twice forcibly isolated强制隔离 by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation. In 1906, she took a position in Oyster Bay, Long Island, and within two weeks ten of eleven family members were hospitalized with typhoid. She changed jobs again, and similar occurrences happened in three more households. She worked as a cook for the family of a wealthy New York banker, Charles Henry Warren. When the Warrens rented a house in Oyster Bay for the summer of 1906, Mallon went along跟着去了(tag along) too. From August 27 to September 3, six of the eleven people in the family came down with typhoid fever. The disease at that time was "unusual" in Oyster Bay, according to three medical doctors who practiced there. Mallon was subsequently hired by other families, and outbreaks followed her. Soper discovered the common element共同点, 共同因素 in the outbreaks was an unmarried, heavyset Irish cook, about forty years old. No one knew her whereabouts. After each case she left and gave no forwarding address. Soper traced her to an active outbreak in a Park Avenue penthouse — two servants were hospitalized and the daughter of the family died. When Soper approached Mallon about her possible role in spreading typhoid, she adamantly rejected his request ( /ˈædəmənt/ 坚定拒绝 determined not to change your belief or decision about something. We tried to persuade her but she was adamant. adamant (that): He was adamant that he would not pay any more money. adamant about: They are adamant about buying only organic food.) for urine and stool samples. Since Mallon refused to give samples, he decided to compile a five-year history of Mary's employment. Soper found that of the eight families that hired Mallon as a cook, members of seven claimed to have contracted typhoid fever. On his next visit, he brought another doctor with him but again was turned away拒绝. During a later encounter when Mallon was herself hospitalized, he told her he would write a book and give her all the royalties. She angrily rejected his proposal and locked herself in the bathroom until he left. Under questioning质问之下, Mallon said she rarely washed her hands when cooking and felt there was no need to do so. Cultures of Mary's urine and stools, taken forcibly强制 with the help of prison matrons, revealed that her gallbladder was teeming with typhoid salmonella. She refused to have her gallbladder extracted or to give up her occupation as a cook, maintaining stubbornly that固执的坚称 she did not carry any disease. Eventually, Dr. Eugene H. Porter, the New York State Commissioner of Health, decided that disease carriers should no longer be kept in isolation and that Mallon could be freed if she agreed to stop working as a cook and take reasonable steps to prevent transmitting typhoid to others. On February 19, 1910, Mallon agreed that she "[was] prepared to change her occupation (that of a cook), and would give assurance 保证 by affidavit ( 书面保证 /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/ a legal document containing a written promise that something is true. ) that she would upon her release take such hygienic precautions as would protect those with whom she came in contact, from infection". She was released from quarantine and returned to the mainland. Upon her release, Mallon was given a job as a laundress, which paid less than cooking. She soon changed her name to "Mary Brown", and returned to her old occupation. For the next five years, she worked in a number of kitchens; wherever she worked, there were outbreaks of typhoid. However, she changed jobs frequently, and Soper was unable to find her. In 1915, a serious epidemic of typhoid erupted among the staff of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women, with twenty-five cases and two fatalities. City health authorities investigated and discovered that an Irish-American woman matching Mallon's description had suddenly disappeared from the kitchen. The police tracked her to an estate on Long Island. Public health authorities arrested Mallon, returning her to quarantine ( /ˈkworənti:n/ [uncountable] a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease. in quarantine: Animals can be kept in quarantine for up to three months.) on North Brother Island on March 27, 1915. She was confined there for the remainder of her life. Mallon became a minor celebrity, and was interviewed by journalists, who were forbidden to accept even a glass of water from her. Later, she was allowed to work as a technician in the island's laboratory, washing bottles. Exactly how many people were infected or killed by her is not known. She refused to cooperate with health authorities, withheld information about her past, and used different pseudonyms when she changed cities. Three deaths have been definitively attributed to her, with estimates running as high as 50. Mallon was the first asymptomatic typhoid carrier to be identified by medical science, and there was no policy providing guidelines for handling the situation. Some difficulties surrounding her case stemmed from Mallon's vehement(vehement [ˈvi:əmənt] 强烈的, 激烈的 involving extremely strong feelings or beliefs. a vehement protest/objection/denial. ) denial of her possible role, as she refused to acknowledge any connection between her working as a cook and the typhoid cases. Mallon maintained that she was perfectly healthy, had never had typhoid fever, and could not be the source. Public-health authorities determined that permanent quarantine was the only way to prevent Mallon from causing significant future typhoid outbreaks. Today, "Typhoid Mary" is a colloquial term for anyone who, knowingly or not, spreads something undesirable.
In March 1907, Soper found Mallon working as a cook in the home of Walter Bowen and his family. To get samples from Mallon, he approached her at her place of work. Having a strange man come up to you, to accuse you (who seems completely healthy) of spreading disease and of killing people and then be asked for some of your blood and excrement, well, it does seem it would make just about anybody skeptical. I had my first talk with Mary in the kitchen of this house. . . . I was as diplomatic as possible, but I had to say I suspected her of making people sick and that I wanted specimens of her urine, feces and blood. It did not take Mary long to react to this suggestion. She seized a carving fork and advanced in my direction. I passed rapidly down the long narrow hall, through the tall iron gate, . . . and so to the sidewalk. I felt rather lucky to escape. This violent reaction from Mallon did not stop Soper. Soper tracked Mallon to her home. He tried to approach her again, but this time, he brought an assistant (Dr. Bert Raymond Hoobler) for support. Again, Mallon became enraged, made clear they were unwelcome and shouted expletives ( expletive 骂人话 [ɪkˈspli:tɪv] a rude word that you use when you are angry, annoyed, or upset that might offend some people. ) at them as they made a hurried departure. Realizing it was going to take more persuasiveness than he was able to offer, Soper handed his research and hypothesis over to Hermann Biggs at the New York City Health Department. Biggs agreed with Soper's hypothesis. Biggs sent Dr. S. Josephine Baker to talk to Mallon. Mallon, now extremely suspicious of these health officials, refused to listen to Baker, Baker returned with the aid of five police officers and an ambulance. Mallon was prepared this time. Baker describes the scene: Mary was on the lookout ( on the lookout (for someone or something) watchful for someone or something. Be on the lookout for signs of a storm. I'm on the lookout for John, who is due here any minute. ) and peered out( peer out at someone or something to stare out at someone or something. A little puppy peered out at them from the cage. When I looked under the box, Timmy peered out at me with a big smile. realm 领域 [relm] I. formal a particular area of knowledge, experience, interest etc. the political/military realm. realm of: This is not really within the realms of my experience. II. mainly literary a country ruled by a king or queen. the defence of the realm. ), a long kitchen fork in her hand like a rapier(/ˈreɪpiə(r)/ a long thin sword with a very sharp point.). As she lunged at me ( /lʌndʒ/ 猛冲 to move suddenly and with a lot of force in order to catch, hit, or avoid something or someone. He lunged for the ball. Lunging forward, she grabbed his arm.) with the fork, I stepped back, recoiled on ( I. 退缩 to move quickly back from someone or something frightening or unpleasant. She felt him recoil from her. II. to feel very strongly that something is frightening or unpleasant. She recoiled in horror at the thought of it.) the policeman and so confused matters that, by the time we got through the door, Mary had disappeared. 'Disappear' is too matter-of-fact a word; she had completely vanished. Baker and the police searched the house. Eventually, footprints were spotted leading from the house to a chair placed next to a fence. Over the fence was a neighbor's property. She came out fighting and swearing, both of which she could do with appalling efficiency and vigor. I made another effort to talk to her sensibly and asked her again to let me have the specimens, but it was of no use. By that time she was convinced that the law was wantonly persecuting her(wanton [ˈwontən] I. formal causing harm or damage for no reason. a trail of wanton destruction. II. old-fashioned, showing disapproval a wanton woman has sex with a lot of men.), when she had done nothing wrong. She knew she had never had typhoid fever; she was maniacal ( [məˈnaɪək(ə)l] crazy and often frightening. mania [ˈmeɪniə] I. an extremely strong enthusiasm for something, especially among a lot of people. II. a mental illness that makes someone behave in an extremely excited and active way. ) in her integrity. There was nothing I could do but take her with us. The policemen lifted her into the ambulance and I literally sat on her all the way to the hospital; it was like being in a cage with an angry lion. Mallon was taken to the Willard Parker Hospital in New York. There, samples were taken and examined; typhoid bacilli was found in her stool. Mary Mallon was taken by force and against her will and was held without a trial. She had not broken any laws. So how could the government lock her up in isolation indefinitely?
