1. Howard: Hey, Bernie. Bernadette: Hey, how's my little
astronautie hottie? Howard: Okay, I guess. It's just, being cooped up ( 栖身于. 蜷缩在, 困于. if a person or animal is cooped up in a place, they have to stay there without being able to move around much. I've been cooped up in this office all day.) in this
tin can for weeks on end is starting to get to me. Bernadette: Well, hang in
there. You just have a couple more days to go, and then you'll be home. Howard:
I know. Bernadette: I got to get back to work. I love you. Howard: Love you too.
Hey, Bernie? Before you go, can you do something for me? Bernadette: What do you
want me to do? Howard: Okay, here it is. I really miss gravity. Can you drop
something so I can watch it fall? Bernadette: Really, you're serious? Okay.
(Drops a pencil) Howard: Oh, baby, you're killing me. 2. Penny: Ugh. Hey, Sheldon? Hi. This came for you你的, 给你的 today.
It's from your mom. Sheldon: Oh, thank you, Penny. Penny: M-hmm. Sheldon: Yeah,
wait, here. For your troubles给你添麻烦了. Penny: Oh, boy, a whole dollar. Now, I can quit
my paper route(paper round 送报纸 a job of regularly delivering newspapers. "during the war I used to do a paper round". paper route I. the route taken when delivering newspapers every day. II. the job of delivering newspapers regularly. the job of delivering newspapers to a group of homes, or the group of homes that someone has to deliver newspapers to.). So, what's in it? Leonard: Mmm, doesn't matter. Half the time半数时间,
he just ends up playing with the box. Sheldon: Yeah, it's journals and research
papers I wrote as a child. Penny: Aw, how cute. Is this like a diary? Sheldon:
No, that's my potty training journal. Penny: Really, your potty training
journal? Sheldon: Yeah. And forgive my crude penmanship(Penmanship 书写 is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument. The various generic and formal historical styles of writing are called "hands" whilst an individual's style of penmanship is referred to as "handwriting". Calligraphy [kəˈlɪɡrəfi] — the art of writing itself, generally more concerned with aesthetics for decorative effect than normal handwriting. ). I didn't start typing
until I was six. Penny: August 7, 8:42 a.m. This is humiliating. What was wrong
with diapers? Sheldon: There are some charts in the back where I kept track of
shape, colour and consistency. Penny: Oh, disgusting. Leonard: No, what's
disgusting is he's still keeping track. Penny: Why do you need all this stuff? Leonard:
No, no, no, no. Penny: Sorry! Sheldon: I am glad you asked. Are you familiar with
the Higgs boson? Penny: Of course, it is, it's been in the news. And it's a very
famous boson. Sheldon: Nice try. Now, in 1964, Dr. Peter Higgs, accomplished
self-promoter and physicist, he wrote a paper postulating the existence of ( postulate to claim or imagine that something is true or that it exists. The theory postulates two reasons for the spread of the disease. ) a
subatomic particle called the Higgs boson. Now, initially the paper was
rejected被拒绝, but recently, he was proven right, and now he's on the fast track to
win a Nobel prize. Penny: Yeah, that's basically what I said. Sheldon: Yeah, the
point is Higgs is being celebrated for work he did 50 years ago, so that got me
thinking, perhaps I've already hit upon the idea that ( hit on, hit upon I. 忽然想到一个主意. hit on something to suddenly have an idea. They hit on the idea of celebrating the occasion with a concert. II. hit on something to discover something by chance, She was scared he might hit on the truth. III. hit on someone mainly American informal to try to start a conversation with someone because you are sexually attracted to them. ) will win me my Nobel
prize. Leonard: I didn't know they gave Nobel prizes for making boom-boom in the
potty. Penny: You really think there's some kind of scientific discovery in
here? Sheldon: Well, this box only covers my work through nursery school.
There's a good deal more to come. I didn't really hit my academic stride until
I cut out 减少, 戒掉, 不再做 that time-suck 花时间, 浪费时间, 耗时间的 ( US informal An inefficient or unproductive activity, process, etc.; a waste of time. Any time-consuming activity: the Internet can be a colossal time suck. time sink (informal) Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little benefit; a waste of time. ) known as playing outdoors. Leonard: So, you're going to
spend hours and hours combing through all this stuff? Sheldon: That's a good
point. My time is much too valuable. You know, perhaps I should find someone to
do it for me. You know, someone with a rudimentary understanding of science,
but whose real talents lie in menial labour 重复性的无聊工作([ˈmi:niəl] menial work is boring or dirty and is considered to be of low status. a menial job in the kitchens.). Leonard: Not gonna happen. Sheldon:
Well, if I didn't think you could handle it, I wouldn't be asking. Leonard: If
you want help, just hire a grad student. Penny: Maybe I could do it. Sheldon:
You, really? You can assess the quality of my work? Okay, um, here. I wrote
this when I was five years old. Penny: A proof that algebraic topology can never
have a non self-contradictory set of abelion groups. I'm just a blonde monkey
to you, aren't I? Sheldon: You said it 你说的, 你自己说的, not me. 3. Sheldon: All right, Ms. Jenson. Uh, before we begin, may I offer you a
refreshment? Water, coffee, tea, a marijuana cigarette? Ms Jenson: No, thanks.
I'm fine. Sheldon: Now, are you sure? Everyone's smoking them. I think they're
the best. Ms Jenson: I don't do drugs. Sheldon: Excellent, yeah. That was a ruse 陷阱, 诡计(a plan or trick used for hiding your true intentions.). They're not the best. Physics is the best. And by the way, coffee was also an
unacceptable choice. All right, so I see here you're from Des Moines, Iowa. Uh,
you're summa cum laude in theoretical physics from Stanford University. Oh, and
two years ago, you had a persistent ear infection耳部感染. I hope that didn't cause any
hearing loss. Ms Jenson: No, of course not. How did you know about that? Sheldon:
I did a comprehensive background check. Medical records, credit reports,
criminal history. (Hiding mouth behind book) I trust you paid off 付清 those parking
tickets违停罚单. Ms Jenson: Yes, I did. Sheldon: Hearing unimpaired听力未受损, good. Ms Jenson:
Look, Dr. Cooper, I really want this position. It would be an incredible honour 莫大荣誉, 莫大荣耀
to work for a man of your brilliance. Sheldon: Flattery 拍马屁 will not get you this
job, Ms. Jenson. Ms Jenson: It's not flattery if it's the truth. Sheldon: Oh,
well, thank you. Welcome aboard. 4. Leonard: You talk
to Howard lately? Raj: Uh, yeah, last night. He kept making me drop pencils for
him. I got uncomfortable. (Entering Sheldon's office) Hey, Sheldon, hope you're
hungry, they're serving macaroni and… (spots Ms Jenson) che-ee-ee-ese. Leonard:
Smooth. Hi. Ms Jenson: Hello. Leonard: Sheldon, aren't you going to introduce us? Sheldon:
No. I have people for that now. You're up. Ms Jenson: I'm Alex, Dr. Cooper's new
assistant. Leonard: Ah, congratulations and may God have mercy on your soul. I'm
Leonard. This is Raj. Alex: It's nice to meet you. I'm so excited to be working
with Dr… Sheldon: Yeah, please reserve chitchat 留着闲谈 for your breaks, Ms. Jenson.
FYI, there will be no breaks. Alex: I should probably get to work. Leonard: She
seems nice. Raj: Hey, you already got a girlfriend. I call dibs. Leonard: All I
said was she seems nice. Raj: Yeah, well, I love her. 5. Bernadette: Hey,
I wasn't expecting to hear from you today. Everything okay? Howard: Uh, no, not
really. Bernadette: What's wrong? Howard: Well, remember the Soyuz capsule they
were sending to bring us home? Bernadette: Uh-huh. Howard: It's delayed. We're
gonna be here at least another week. Maybe ten days. It's the Russians, so you
don't know. They left dogs up here in the sixties. Bernadette: Come on, Howard.
No one's leaving you up there. Howard: I don't know how much longer I can take
this. I can't sleep, and zero gravity is giving me crazy acid reflux. I'm down
to my last three Tums. Bernadette: You're going to be fine. You survived that
Weight Watchers cruise with your mom. And they ran out of low-fat ice cream on
day two. Just calm down and take a few deep breaths. Howard: Okay, okay. What am
I doing? I'm using up all the oxygen. If I die, promise you'll never have sex
with another man. 6. Amy is applying very red lip gloss. Amy:
Oh, yeah. I'm a man-eater食人魔 now. Penny: Okay, for the final touch, this is an
eyelash curler. You just place it on your lashes and squeeze it closed. Amy: Oh,
I don't know. Looks like something used by Tinkerbell's gynecologist. Penny: Who
I hope for her sake is not Captain Hook, so… who are you calling? Amy: I'm going
to video-chat Sheldon. If my new look leads to phone sex, I'm going to have to
ask you to leave the room. Alex: Dr. Cooper's office. Amy: Oh, hello. Who are
you? Alex: I'm Alex, Dr. Cooper's assistant. Can I help you? Amy: I'd like to speak
to Sheldon. Alex: I'm sorry. He's asked me to hold all calls unless you're
Stephen Hawking, his mother or himself from the future. Amy: All right. Well,
tell him Amy called. Alex: Last name?Amy: He knows my last name. I'm his
girlfriend. We have a contract and everything. I'll send you a PDF. Alex: All
right, I will tell him you called. Amy: Hmm, that's weird. Penny: What? Amy:
Sheldon told me he had a new assistant named Alex. He didn't mention that Alex
was a girl. Penny: Maybe he didn't notice. Amy: You're right. I don't have to
worry about Sheldon. Penny: No, you do not. Amy: It's her I have to worry about. Penny:
Oh, Amy, really? She is not going to come on to Sheldon(come on to/to something to start to deal with a new subject in a discussion. We'll come on to the politics of the situation in a moment. come on to someone 下手 informal to behave towards someone in a way that shows you would like to have a sexual relationship with them. to try to attract someone romantically or sexually. She felt bold and confident enough to come on to him at the party. ). Amy: Oh, really? Look
at this face (Sheldon's picture on phone) How can any woman spend eight hours a
day alone with this face and not fall in love with it? Penny: Well, for
starters首先呢, at some point, that face starts talking. 7. Penny:
Amy, this is crazy. You have nothing to be suspicious about没什么好怀疑的. Amy: I'm not
suspicious. I just want to stop in, say hi to my boyfriend and meet his new
assistant. (Throwing open猛地推开 Sheldon's office door) Aha! Penny: Can we go now?Amy:
Hang on. (Rubs Sheldon's telephone receiver under her armpit) Penny: What are
you doing? Amy: Isn't it obvious明摆着呢吗? I'm spreading my scent to mark my territory宣示主权. Penny:
Come on, Amy. That is not gonna work. Amy: Really? Because just before you became
my best friend, I did this all over your apartment. 8. Raj:
Has your, uh, assistant said anything about me? Sheldon: Oh, in fact, she has.
Uh, her exact words were, what is that guy's problem? Raj: I'm in her head她记住我了 ( get inside (one's) head to manipulate a person, usually in a nefarious way. nefarious [nɪˈfeəriəs] evil, or dishonest. over one's head I. (idiomatic) More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one's comprehension. This is way over my head. Can you explain it more simply? II. (idiomatic) More than one can handle; too much (especially in over one's head). I'm in over my head on this project. Can you help? III. (idiomatic, sports) 水准之上的 Performing at a level greatly superior to one's usual level of performance. He just shot a spectacularly over his head round of golf and beat all of us. I have learned two things covering politics. One, first impressions are often right. John Edwards is slick. Hillary Clinton is expedient. W. was in over his head. Barack Obama is too much in his head. Chris Christie can be a bully. expedient [ɪkˈspi:diənt] 权宜的, 便利的(权宜之计的) used for describing an action that produces an immediate result or solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest. The Prime Minister can call an election when it is politically expedient. I think "too much in one's head" amounts to meaning "too cerebral理智的, 理性的"([səˈri:brəl] formal dealing with complicated ideas rather than with emotions. her rather cerebral style of fiction. )—that is, too prone to considering multiple interpretations of data and the various pros and cons of possible reactions to them, without getting from that stage to the concrete response. Another way to express this criticism would be "too much thought, not enough action想的多做得少." It can also mean not giving due consideration to what other people are thinking or how they are likely to act—a problematic quality in a politician or strategist. In contrast, "in over one's head" means "in a role or position that one is not competent (either by native ability or training) to perform satisfactorily." ) Let
the dance begin. Alex: Here's your frozen yoghurt, Dr. Cooper. Leonard: This
should be fun. Sheldon: Half chocolate, half vanilla, side by side, not swirled? Alex:
Yes. Sheldon: Half a teaspoon of sprinkles彩豆? Alex: Rainbow, not chocolate. Sheldon:
Two cherries? Alex: One on top, one on the bottom. Sheldon: Stems 根茎 removed? Alex:
Um, top one, yes. I didn't check the one on the bottom. Leonard: Oh! Alex: I'm so
sorry, Dr. Cooper. Sheldon: It's all right, Alex. I'm not mad at you, I'm just
disappointed. Leonard: Wait, Alex. Do you want to join us? Alex: Um…Sheldon: Uh,
Alex, a moment. I need a word with Dr. Hofstadter. Do you think it's
appropriate合适吗 for her to sit with us, given her station? Leonard: Given her what? Sheldon:
If I've learned anything from British television shows on PBS, it's that
servants dine downstairs with their own kind同类人. Leonard: What? Sheldon: It's a
kindness好心, Leonard. Otherwise, you're cruelly tempting them with a glimpse of a
world that's just beyond their soot-stained fingertips(soot烟灰 a dirty black powder that is produced when you burn something such as coal or wood.). Leonard: Oh, sure.
Please join us. Alex: Oh, okay. Thank you. Leonard: So, Alex, what's the topic of
your dissertation? Alex: I'm looking for Trojan asteroids at Earth's L-Five Lagrange
point. Leonard: Oh, that happens to be Dr. Koothrappali's field of expertise.
You two have a lot to talk about. Alex: Is that true? Is he all right? Leonard:
No. But compared to your boss, he's the poster boy for sanity. Alex: It's okay,
I've been around scientists all my life. My dad's an astronomer at SETI. Leonard:
Oh, SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. You should introduce
him to Sheldon. The search is over. Alex: So, what kind of research are you
doing? Leonard: High-energy lasers. Alex: Ooh. Military? Leonard: Not yet, but I
can remove unwanted hair from two miles away. Amy (to Penny, on other side of
room): You were right. I had nothing to worry about. That skank's your problem,
not mine. Alex: You're very funny, Dr. Hofstadter. Leonard: Thank you. Sheldon
(choking): Cherry stem! Cherry stem! Bernadette: How you
doing, Howie? You feeling a little better? Howard: Oh, a lot better, thanks. One
sec. Listen close, I don't have a lot of time. I need you to go to my house. In
my bedroom, you'll find a model rocket. I want you to take it and bring it back
to your place. Bernadette: Okay. Howard: Step two, build a version roughly
fourteen stories high. Fill it full of rocket fuel and come get me. I'll leave
the door unlocked. Bernadette: Howie, honey, maybe you should talk to someone,
let them know you're having a little anxiety焦虑症. Howard: No, no, I'm fine. No
anxiety. We should probably talk in code. From now on, frog is me, sandwich
means you and lemon means rocket. So, come on, sandwich, build me a lemon
'cause froggy wants to come home. 9. Amy: Look at you, putting
on a brave face装的很勇敢. Penny: There's nothing to be brave about. Everything's fine.Amy:
Really? I don't know how much you know about primate behaviour, but Sheldon's
assistant was clearly courting Leonard. Were she a mandrill山魈, 狒狒的一种, she would have
bent over and displayed her brightly coloured hindquarters like a big red
welcome mat. By the way, you try that at the junior prom, you get kicked out. Penny:
Okay, maybe she was flirting with him, but who cares? Look, I don't even know
where my relationship is with Leonard is right now. Amy: So says your prefrontal
cortex(In mammalian brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the cerebral cortex which covers the front part of the frontal lobe. The PFC contains Brodmann areas 9, 10, 11, 12, 46, and 47. Many authors have indicated an integral link between a person's personality and the functions of the prefrontal cortex. This brain region has been implicated in planning complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior. The basic activity of this brain region is considered to be orchestration of thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals. Destruction of the anterior two-thirds results in deficits in concentration, orientation, abstracting ability, judgment, and problem solving ability; destruction of the orbital (frontal) lobe results in inappropriate social behavior.). But meanwhile, the limbic system (The limbic system (or paleomammalian brain) is a complex set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus,
right under the cerebrum. It is not a separate system but a collection
of structures from the telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon. The limbic system supports a variety of functions including adrenaline flow, emotion, behavior, motivation, long-term memory, and olfaction. Emotional life is largely housed in the limbic system, and it has a great deal to do with the formation of memories.) of your brain is calculating that if
another woman is attracted to Leonard, it must be because he's desirable可口的, 让人想要的. Penny:
Well, of course he's desirable. I mean, he's great. He's smart, he's sweet,
and, ooh, in the bedroom, whew, let me tell you, he really tries. Amy: So it
does bother you. Penny: Fine, it bothers me a little. No. You know what? This is
stupid. It doesn't bother me. Okay, it bothers me. But only because she
wouldn't stop laughing. Leonard is not that funny. Amy: And there you have it你说对了, 说的就是这个了(I. That is it; that is the situation or state of things. But how could the burglar have scaled a twenty-foot wall without a ladder? There you have it. That's what has the police confused. II. Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described.),
prefrontal cortex reasoning versus limbic lust. If this were a boxing match,
they might call it the thrilla adjacent to the amygdala. If you were a brain
scientist, you would be busting a gut right now. 9. Penny: So,
how was work today? Leonard: Ah, it was all right, I guess. Got to Heimlich a
cherry stem out of Sheldon. Caught Raj right in the eye. Penny: Oh! You're
kidding. Leonard: No, Raj had to go to the nurse. Penny: Wow. Anything else? Leonard:
Mmm, the nurse is a woman, so he couldn't talk to her. She had to bring him a
Grover puppet so he could point at what hurt. Penny: Oh, is that it? Leonard:
Isn't that enough? It had the weaponised fruit and a puppet. What more do you
want你还想要什么? Sheldon (arriving with Alex): Oh, good, Leonard, you're here. Science
news. This will interest you. And, Penny, feel free to paint your nails. Leonard:
What do you got? Sheldon: I believe Alex may have unearthed the grade school
science project that could be my ticket to the Nobel Prize. Behold. Leonard:
Magnets: What Do They Stick To贴在哪里? If the answer is metal, it's not exactly
groundbreaking. Sheldon: The original title was "A Rederivation of Maxwell's
Equations Regarding Electromagnetism"" I dumbed it down简化, 简略 because some of the
more religious people in town were starting to say I was a witch. Alex: Sheldon
thinks the approach in this paper might change the way we calculate
ferromagnetic hysteresis. Penny: Oh, it's about time. I hated the old way. Hi.
I'm Penny. Alex: Alex. Uh, do you work with Dr. Hofstadter? Penny: In a way.
We've kind of been involved in a five-year experiment. Alex: Oh. Well, you're
lucky. He seems very talented. And I'm sure a lot of people want to work with
him. Penny: Well, a lot of people can't. Uh, hey. Leonard: Where are we going? Penny:
My limbic system wants to take your pants off. Alex: She seems nice. Sheldon:
Notice people on your own time去看人. We're working 10. Bernadette: Hey,
Howie, how you feeling? Howard: Better. Much better. The other astronauts held
me down, gave me a shot. Oooh. Attention, people of Earth. Tonight, there will
be two moons in the sky. Bernadette: Howie, stop that. NASA's watching this! Put
your pants back on! Howard: Whee! Whee!
