Series 7 Episode 19 – The Indecision Amalgamation

1. Sheldon: Boy, do I have to urinate. Leonard: If only there were a solution to that. Sheldon: Seriously. I feel like I've got a fish tank in my pelvis. Leonard: So go to the bathroom. Sheldon: I can't. Leonard: Why not? Sheldon: Because I'm trying to decide between getting an Xbox One or a PS4. Oh, pee, why'd I say that? Leonard: Forgive me for asking a stupid question, but why are you being stupid? Sheldon: I'm not being stupid. I'm employing the work 运用 of Dutch researcher, Mirjam Tuk, who found that people with full bladders make better decisions. Leonard: Why did I pee before I decided to move in here? Penny: Hi. Leonard: Hey. Oh, how'd the audition go? Penny: I killed it没跑了. I was even able to cry real tears right on the spot. Leonard: Oh, that's great. Penny: I know. Next time I get pulled over for a speeding ticket, here come the waterworks. Sheldon: Here come the waterworks. Leonard: Aren't you gonna ask? Penny: What is this, my first day? 2. Bernadette: Can I get your opinion on 听听你的意见 something that happened at work today? Penny: Yeah, sure. Amy: Of course. Bernadette: Okay, well, I did something that will either make me look like a lovable goof or a horrible monster damned to spend eternity in hell注定要被打入地狱永不翻身. Amy: I'm sure it's lovable. Penny: I'm gonna go with monster我选. What do you got? Bernadette: Well, there's this lady in our office who's retiring, and they were passing around 传着 one of those big cards for us to sign. Amy: Okay. Bernadette: But no one told me she was in a horrible car accident over the weekend and what I was signing was not a retirement card but was actually a get well card. Penny: I'm liking my odds here. Bernadette: So on the card, in the hospital, next to the woman who's clinging to life are the words, "Hey, Vivian. You deserve this. And at least with you gone你这么一走, no one will steal my yoghurt out of the fridge." Penny: No. Bernadette: "LOL." Smiley face. Amy: Oh, my gosh. Bernadette: "P.S. Good luck wherever you wind up不管你去了哪里." Penny: Oh. Why didn't I put money on this? (Phone rings) Hey, that's my agent. If I got the part, it's still the second best thing I've heard all day. Hello? Bernadette: Am I a terrible person? Amy: No. No, it was a mistake. Bernadette: Am I a terrible person that it crossed my mind that我想过 she might die and never see the card? Amy: Now I think you're flirting with the line(flirt with someone to tease or trifle with someone alluringly. Are you flirting with me? Everyone knows that married men aren't supposed to flirt with anyone. flirt with something 短暂考虑了一下 to consider something briefly and not seriously At one time he flirted with the idea of running for the presidency, though nothing came of it没什么结果. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of flirt (to behave in a way that makes another person think you are attracted to them). "To flirt with a fine line" 介乎之间, 打擦边球 Here's what I'm trying to say: "There's a fine line between courage and stupidity and you're flirting with it.". "You're flirting with the fine line between courage and stupidity". ). Good news? Penny: No, I didn't get it. Bernadette: I'm so sorry. Amy: You'll get offered something soon. Penny: I kind of did. The part in that awful horror movie I passed on放弃的 came back around转一圈又回来了. Apparently, it's mine if I want it. Bernadette: Are you gonna take it? Penny: I don't know what to do. Amy: Maybe you'll get hit by a car 被车撞 and die. LOL, right? 4. Raj: Hey. Emily, right? Emily: Yeah. Raj: I, I don't know if you remember me. Emily: From the dating Web site. Your friend e-mailed me because you were afraid to, then you tracked me down找到了我, 顺藤摸瓜 and acted like a lunatic? Raj: Yes, Rajesh Koothrappali. Look, uh, I just, I wanted to say I'm sorry. Okay? You were, like, the coolest person I ever found online, and I got really nervous and I, I just blew it. Emily: Uh, don't worry about it. And if it makes you feel any better, you're not the weirdest guy I've met off the Internet. Raj: Well, give me a chance, you don't even know me. Emily: All right, here's your chance. Raj: Ah, really? Thank you. Fate命运 has given me a rare second chance, and I swear to Vishnu I'm not gonna blow it. Or normal words followed by a charming smile. 5. Sheldon: So, first there was PlayStation, aka PS1, then PS2, PS3 and now PS4. And that makes sense. You'd think after Xbox, there'd be Xbox 2. But no, next came Xbox 360. Hmm? And now, after 360, comes Xbox One. Why one? Maybe that's how many seconds of thought they put into naming it. Amy: Can you get the butter, please? Sheldon: You know, however, with the Xbox One, I can control my entire entertainment system using voice commands. Up until now, I've had to use Leonard. Amy: Then get the other one. Pass the butter. Sheldon: Get? Hang on. I don't feel like you're taking this dilemma seriously. Amy: Fine, Sheldon. You have my undivided attention(undivided attention不分心, 不分神, 专心: I want your undivided attention. Now you have my undivided attention.). Sheldon: Okay, now, the PS4 is more angular and sleek-looking( sleek I. sleek fur or hair is smooth and shiny. a young man with sleek dark hair. a sleek black cat. II. fashionable and attractive in design. a sleek limousine. a sleek grey trouser suit. III. looking or sounding good in a way that is not sincere. a sleek and ambitious young politician. a sleek smile.). Amy: No way. Sheldon: Yeah, well, it's true. But the larger size of the Xbox One may keep it from overheating. Amy: Well, you wouldn't want your gaming system to overheat. Sheldon: No, see? Well, you absolutely would not. And furthermore, the Xbox One now comes with a Kinect included. Amy: Included? Sheldon: Yes. Not sold separately. Although the PS4 uses cool new GDDR5 RAM, while the Xbox One is still using the conventional DDR3 memory. Amy: Why would they still be using DDR3? Are they nuts? Sheldon: See? That's what I thought. But then they go and throw in an ESRAM buffer. Amy: Whoa, whoa. Wait a second. Who's they? Sheldon: Xbox. Amy: You're kidding. Sheldon: No, I am not. And this ESRAM buffer should totally bridge the 100-gigabit-per-second bandwidth gap between the two RAM types. Amy: This is a nightmare. How will you ever make a decision? Sheldon You see? I don't know. What should I do? Amy: Please pass the butter! 5. Penny: Okay, it's not me, right? This script is terrible. Leonard: Yeah. I had higher hopes for a movie called Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill. You know, it's still possible for you to be good in a bad movie. Penny: Okay. (Reading) Sometimes I feel like I can control the killer gorilla instinct inside of me, but then I see these bananas and I just want to eat them and then kill people. What am I gonna do? Leonard: Well, for starters, I wouldn't eat the bananas. Penny: No, come on. This is serious. Leonard: Uh, uh, does it at least pay well? Penny: Less than I was making at The Cheesecake Factory. Leonard: What does your agent think? Penny: She's thinking of taking a job at The Cheesecake Factory. Leonard: You know what, why don't you just do it? You'll go have fun for a few weeks, make some money, and who knows what it might lead to带来什么? Penny: Okay, look, here, page 58. I oil-wrestle an orang-utan in a bikini. Leonard: Just to clarify, which one of you is wearing the bikini? Penny: Both of us. Leonard: So it's a family film. 7. Sheldon: Thank you again for dinner. Amy: You're welcome. Sheldon: Good night. Amy: Uh, it's date night. Aren't you, uh, forgetting something? Sheldon: Oh, of course. (They kiss) Did I mention the PS4 controllers light up会发亮? Amy: No. Sheldon: Well, they do. 8. Raj: And then after coffee, we went for a walk and she told me she always thought people from India were exotic and mysterious. So, with my mouth, I said我嘴里说, we're just like anybody else, but with my eyes, I said, straight up, Red, hop on my flying carpet. Leonard: So, are you gonna see her again? Raj: Yeah, we have plans this weekend. And if it's a clear night, I'm gonna lay some romantic astronomy on her. Penny: Okay, like what? Show me. Raj: I can't do that to Leonard. This is some powerful 非常有力的, 强大的 panty-dropping stuff. Leonard: You have my blessing(blessing I. [countable] 让人感激不尽的事情, 感恩的事情. something good that you feel very grateful or lucky to have. Having someone you can confide in is a real blessing. blessing for: The fine weather has been a blessing for farmers. it's a blessing (that): It's a blessing that your children live so near. II. [singular] permission or support for something. give someone/something your blessing得到祝福: The management has given its blessing to the new project. You have my blessing, go for it. with someone's blessing (=with someone's support and approval): Mike finally gave up his stressful job with his wife's blessing. III. [uncountable] protection and help offered by God. Let us pray for God's blessing. a. [countable] a prayer asking for God's help and protection. a blessing in disguise塞翁失马焉知非福 something that seems to cause problems, but that you later realize is a good thing. Losing my job turned out to be a blessing in disguise. mixed blessing 好坏参半 something that has both advantages and disadvantages. ). Go for it. Raj: Okay. Penny, two of the brightest stars in the night sky are Altair and Vega. And it is said they were deeply in love but forever separated by the celestial river of the Milky Way. Penny: Oh, that's sad. Raj: It is. But once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month, Vega cries so hard that all the magpies喜鹊 in the world fly up and create a bridge with their wings so the two lovers can be together for a single night of passion. Penny: Wow. Leonard: Okay, that's enough. Sheldon: Quick poll, PS4 or Xbox One? Raj? Raj: Uh, Xbox One. Sheldon: Penny? Penny: Huh? Sheldon: Leonard? Leonard: PS4. Sheldon: Wolowitz? Howard: Both great. Sheldon: Bernadette? Bernadette: I like the Wii. Sheldon: Thanks, Grandma. Raj: Oh, my goodness. Leonard: What's up? Raj: I just got an e-mail from my ex-girlfriend Lucy. She misses me and wants to get together. Leonard: Two women at the same time? Nice job, playa. Penny: Really? Leonard: Was it the two women thing or the playa? It was the playa. Raj: What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to choose between Emily and Lucy? Howard: Why do you have to choose? Date both of them. Raj: I can't date two women at once. Zero women, that's my sweet spot. Penny: Unless you're sleeping with one of them, seeing other people isn't a big deal. Raj: But what if one of them asks me what I was up to the night before and I was with the other one? Then, what, do I lie? Howard and Bernadette (together): Yes. Bernadette: What do you mean, yes?Howard: What do you mean, yes? Bernadette: Were you seeing other women when we started dating? Howard: No. Were you seeing other men? Bernadette: No. Leonard: Were you seeing other men? Penny: No. Leonard: Aren't you gonna ask me? Penny: Come on, really? 9. Leonard: Thank you so much for letting us pick your brain( pick someone's brain[s] 请教, 讨教, 商讨, 寻求建议, 咨询. To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone. to talk with someone to find out information about something. I spent the afternoon with Donna, picking her brain for ideas to use in our celebration. Do you mind if I pick your brains? I need some fresh ideas. After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense. ). Wil Wheaton: Yeah, happy to help. So, what's going on? Penny: Well, I'm having an impossible time ( "Do you have the time?" would be used to ask what time it is currently. "Do you have time?" would be used to ask if the person has time in their schedule. To the best of my knowledge "Do you have a time?" is not used at all, at least in standard American English. It can however be used as a phrase in a larger question (as graciously pointed out by J.R.). An example of this could be "Do you have a time of the year you prefer?") getting my career off the ground, and I got offered a role in this crappy horror movie, and I just don't know if I should take it. Wil: Well, I have certainly taken some jobs that I've been embarrassed by. Penny: I wouldn't exactly call Star Trek embarrassing. Wil: I wasn't. Penny: Me, either. Leonard: So, what do you think, is there a professional downside 不利的一面 to doing it? Wil: Well, it's tricky. You want to take projects that you're excited about, but sometimes you also have to pay the bills. When you're on the set working on something that you just know in your heart is bad, not Star Trek. Penny: Yeah, beam me up. I love it. Wil: Anyway, those jobs can be soul-crushing(soul-crushing = soul-destroying 消磨意志的, 英雄气短 Demeaning, boring, disheartening. Oh, it was nothing compared to the immediate, soul-crushing 毁人不倦的, 摧毁人意志的 loneliness I'd experienced when Baxter and I had split. Some came to get rich on their wits and intellect, others on their strength and brawn, toiling from dawn to dusk in soul-crushing labors. And for an introduction to politics course, zombies represent the threat posed by a textbook that is so chock full of soul-crushing boredom that it will smother the mind and rot the flesh right off of students' faces. ). Penny: That's what I'm afraid of. Wil: So, I was in Stand By Me when I was a kid, and it was a huge success. The terrible movies I did came after that. I mean, imagine how that feels. Leonard: Sounds rough. Wil: I'm telling you, this business is brutal. To this day, I hate going on auditions. Okay, I walk in, and I can just feel them thinking, he was such a cute kid, what happened to him? And then I don't get the job, and I can never find out why. Honestly, I get so depressed, there are entire weeks that I can't even get out of bed. Leonard: Okay, this was helpful. 10. Raj: Any news on your co-worker who's in the hospital? Bernadette: Poor thing, she was in surgery for 18 hours. She's alive, but she's still in critical condition. Raj: Oh, no. Bernadette: The one bit of good news is they put her in a medically induced coma before she read the card. So, you know, silver linings 坏消息中的好消息, 一点点安慰, 一丝安慰. Howard: Were you like this when I married you? 11. Leonard (on phone): Don't worry about it, buddy. Okay, bye. That was Wil, he's feeling a lot better. Apparently, he's 12-down in the TV Guide crossword puzzle. Raj: Did he help you make a decision about the movie? Penny: No. Did you figure out what you're gonna do about the two girls? Raj: As a matter of fact, I did. I've spent so many years living in fear, saying no to new experiences, but from now on, I'm gonna say yes, yes to love, yes to adventure, yes to life. Whatever it may be, the answer's going to be yes. Howard: He's gonna die alone, right? Leonard: Yes. Penny: Yes. Bernadette: Yes. 12. Amy: I'm proud of you, Sheldon. Sheldon: You know, I'm proud of me, too. I've done all my research, I conducted an informal poll, and I've arrived at the rock-solid certainty百分百确定, 坚信(arrive at something 得到, 达到 to reach a result, decision, or solution to a problem. How did they arrive at that figure? The two studies arrive at very different conclusions. To arrive at certainty达到坚定, you need to start from a skeptical posture. The best scientists are impartial, not swayed 被影响, 被左右, 被动摇 by their own beliefs.) I've made the right choice. Amy: Well, that's got to be a good feeling. Sheldon: Oh, it is. Although. Amy: Oh, crap. Sheldon: I had the same feeling when I made my dad buy a Betamax instead of a VHS. Amy: You were just a little kid. Sheldon: Yeah, a little kid who picked the wrong format to record The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. Now I also was certain that HD DVD would win out over 胜出 Blu-ray. Amy: How old were you then? Sheldon: Old enough to know better. You know, and now that I think about it现在想起来, I stood in front of a case of iPods and I bought a Zune. Amy: What's a Zune? Sheldon: Yeah, exactly. It's an MP3 player brought to us by the makers of Xbox. Amy: No, what are you doing? No, no, pick that back up. You know it's good. You did the research. Sheldon: But what if I'm wrong? Amy: You know what? How about I buy it for you? How about I buy you both? Sheldon: You know I only have one slot available in my entertainment centre. Amy: Then I'll buy you a new entertainment centre. Sheldon: Well, yeah, okay, sure. But which one? Amy: How about this? I've heard that if you flip a coin, it will tell you how you actually feel真是感觉, 真实想法. Because you'll either be disappointed or excited by the outcome. Sheldon: Interesting. Amy: So, heads it's PS4, tails it's Xbox One. Sheldon: All right, I'll try. Amy: What is it? Sheldon: A quarter. Amy: Could have given it back to me. That was a choice. 12. Raj: You look, you look really pretty tonight. Emily: Thanks. I love that jacket. Raj: Thank you. Thanks, thanks. I'm sorry. I can't do this. My, my ex-girlfriend e-mailed me, and I'm seeing her Saturday, And I'm glad you like it, it's from J. Crew. Emily: I don't understand. Raj: My friends told me it was okay to see more than one person at a time同时, but it, it feels like I'm being deceitful我在骗人. Emily: Are you getting back together with her? Raj: No. I, I have no idea. What would you do? Emily: Uh, usually on first dates, I talk about music and stuff诸如此类的, 那一类的东西, but I was promised weird, so let's do this. How serious were you two? Raj: Well, to be honest, we only went on four dates, hugged twice, kissed once, and there was a handshake loaded with sexual innuendo. Emily: Wait, so, a girl you never slept with sent you an e-mail and you felt so guilty about it that you had to tell me? Raj: Yeah. Emily: That's kind of adorable. Raj: Are you, are you sure? Because this is the part of the night where I've said something stupid and the girl usually leaves. Emily: I'm still here. Raj: Yeah, but now you make me wonder what's wrong with you. Emily: We just met. You don't need to tell me about other people you're seeing. Raj: Really? Because I'm dating two women is basically the only cool thing I can say about myself. 13. Sheldon: On the one hand, the Xbox One has a better camera, but the PS4 has a removable hard drive. Thoughts? Amy: I can't feel my legs. Store assistant: Oh, I'm sorry, guys, but the store closed five minutes ago. Sheldon: But I haven't decided yet. Store assistant: You'll have to come back tomorrow. The registers柜台 are closed. Amy: Let's get you some food. You, You'll feel better after you eat. Sheldon: Okay. Amy: What-what do you want, like, Thai food? A burger? Sheldon: I don't know. Hey, look, a quarter. 14. Costume guy: How's that feel? Penny: Great. Not like regret at all. Wil: Penny? We're working together. Awesome.