Big Bang Theory: Series 06 Episode 19 – The Closet Reconfiguration

1. Bernadette: What you doing? Howard: You said clean up. I'm cleaning up. Bernadette: You can't just throw everything in the closet. Howard: Hey, you can tell me what to do or you can tell me how to do it, but you can't do both. This isn't sex. Bernadette: What if someone looks in there? Howard: They're just coming over for dinner. No one's gonna look in the closet. Bernadette: Well, you don't know that. What if someone's looking for the bathroom and they open that door? Howard: Could work out. For all we know there's a toilet in there somewhere. Bernadette: Fine. But after tonight we need to get a handle on this mess. Howard: You know what we should do? We should show the closet to Sheldon. Bernadette: Why? Howard: Are you kidding? He's like a savant at organizing( [səˈvɑnt] someone who has a lot of knowledge. idiot savant 天才白痴 someone with a mental disability who has a special ability in a particular subject, for example in mathematics.). Everything in his apartment has a label on it. Including his label maker, which has a label that says label maker. And if you look really close at that label maker label, you'll see a label that says label. Bernadette: He's our guest, we can't just ask him to straighten our closet(straighten out to make something straight He put on his jacket and straightened his tie. straighten up I. [intransitive] to stand up straight. II. 整理. 清洁 [intransitive/transitive] to make something tidy. Sarah, can you straighten up the lounge please? We hurried to straighten up before they arrived. ). Howard: No, we wouldn't ask him. We'd just show him the closet and let the goblins ( a creature in children's stories that looks like a small person and enjoys causing trouble. ) in his head take it from there. 2. Howard: Hey, guys, come on in. All: Hi. Penny: Ooh, it smells good. Bernadette: Thanks. And, Sheldon, I know tonight's the night you eat Thai food, so I went to the Asian market, got all the ingredients and made it from scratch. Sheldon: Oh, you shouldn't have. Bernadette: Oh, it's my pleasure. Sheldon: No, you really shouldn't have. I brought my own. Bernadette: You stopped and got him takeout? Leonard: I had no choice. He kept kicking the back of my seat. Bernadette: Sheldon, I've been cooking all day. Sheldon: Well, now don't you feel silly 现在你傻了吧. Bernadette: Show him the closet. 3. Raj: These spring rolls are amazing. Good job, Bernadette. Bernadette: That's the takeout that Sheldon brought. Raj: Oh, well, I'm sure they wouldn't have tasted nearly as good if I hadn't tried your food first. Sheldon: Howard, did you want your clothes arranged seasonally or by colour? Howard: Colour's fine. Sheldon: Wrong, they'll be arranged seasonally. Penny: Sheldon, aren't you gonna spend a little time with Amy? Amy: Oh, it's okay, I'm used to it. The other day at Whole Foods, he spent an hour optimizing the cheese aisle. Sheldon: Yeah, and some thanks I got. The assistant manager chased me out with an artisanal salami. Amy: His quirks 古怪行径 just make you love him more. Someone please agree with me. 4. Leonard: Sheldon, come on. It's getting late. Time to go. Sheldon: Oh, five more minutes. Leonard: That's what you said five minutes ago. Amy and Penny are already in the car. Let's move it 赶紧走. Sheldon: How come I never get to do anything I want to do? Howard: You know, if he really wants to stay and finish, I can give him a ride home. Sheldon: Please, Leonard, he said it's okay. Leonard: Sheldon, it's, wait, I can go home without you? Bye. Sheldon: Howard, I have a few questions. I found three bowling pins. Now, do you juggle these, or are you missing seven? Howard: Juggle. Sheldon: You health nuts kill me. Bernadette: Oh, my God, it's beautiful. Look, he found the juggling pins I hid. Sheldon: Uh, just a couple more items. Howard, I found this letter from your dad in a box. Now, based on the content, it could either be filed… Howard: Whoa, you opened this? Sheldon: Well, I had to find out if it was personal correspondence or memorabilia [ˌmem(ə)rəˈbɪliə] 纪念品. Now, as I was saying, based on the content… Howard: I couldn't be less interested. Now, come on, I'll take you home. Bernadette: Howard, don't you want to know what's in the letter? Howard: If I wanted to know, I would've opened it years ago. The closet looks great. Let's get out of here. Sheldon: Wait, can I bring this box of extra shirt buttons to sort on the ride? Howard: Do whatever you want. Sheldon: Thanks. Oh. Great party. 5. Leonard: You know, when I first met Howard, he would pull his scrotum out of his shorts and say, aw, I sat in gum. Penny: What is your point? Leonard: Well, it's just kind of weird how grown up he is now. Happily married guy throwing dinner parties. Penny: Really? You couldn't just say that? You had to tell the scrotum story? Leonard: Trying to paint a picture. Penny: It was a nice change of pace 需要变化, 做点不一样的事情 not eating takeout around a coffee table(a change from what one is used to. A variation in routine or activity. After working in sales for so long, John needed a change of pace, so he requested a transfer to the service department. I'm tired of takeout. How about we cook dinner for a change of pace? "the magenta is a change of pace from traditional red"). Leonard: Mm, you know, we could throw a dinner party, too. Maybe even ask everyone to get dressed up. Penny: Sure. Just, when you say dressed up, you mean nice clothes, right? Not, like, capes and tights and crap? Leonard: Yeah. Although… Penny: No. 6. Bernadette: Howie, you okay? Howard: Yeah, I just couldn't sleep. Bernadette: Told you you shouldn't have espresso after dinner. I know the little cups make you feel big, but it's not worth it. Howard: It's this stupid letter. Bernadette: Did you read it? Howard: No. Bernadette: You must be curious. Howard: Of course I'm curious. I haven't seen the man since, oh, I was a little kid. And a letter shows up on my 18th birthday? What's that about? Bernadette: Why don't you read it? Maybe he apologizes or explains why he left. Howard: He abandoned me and my mother. Why does he deserve a chance to explain anything? Bernadette: I get that 我明白. So, what do you want to do with it? Howard: Something I should have done a long time ago. (Sets fire to it) Bernadette: Really? Are you sure? Howard: Yep. Bernadette: Feel better? Howard: I do. (Smoke alarm goes off) Great. Neither one of us is tall enough to reach that. Amy: I can't believe he set it on fire. Bernadette: Yeah, just seeing that letter really freaked him out. And he was already having a tough day 'cause he accidentally wore my pants to work. I don't know why he was upset. They were bigger on him than me. Amy: Boy, I'm really curious what was in that letter. Bernadette: Me, too, but I guess now we'll never know. Amy: Well, you said Sheldon read it. Why not ask him? Bernadette: I can't do that. What kind of wife would I be if I didn't respect my husband's privacy? Penny: What if I ask Sheldon, you just happen to be in the room? Bernadette: That works. Penny: Okay. 6. Sheldon: Bleuch. Like cleaning out the entire building's belly button. Penny: Hey, Sheldon. Sheldon: Oh, hello. What can I do for you ladies? Amy: You have something we want. Sheldon: Oh, dear. My mother warned me this is what happens to pretty boys in the big city. Penny: No, we just want information. Sheldon: Oh. Oh, I've got that in spades( to a very high degree. In large quantities; to a high degree; to excess, without restraint. Last year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting them in spades. "he got his revenge now in spades"). Ravage 肆虐 ( to destroy something or damage it very badly. a body ravaged by disease. Fifteen years of civil war had ravaged the country. A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention. [be VERB-ed] The camerawork makes the ravaged streets of New Orleans look exquisite. [VERB-ed] ...Nicaragua's ravaged economy. I'm seriously considering asking that busboy to ravish me. ) me. Penny: We heard you read the letter from Howard's father. Sheldon: I did. Penny: What did it say? Sheldon: I can't tell you that. I'm bound by closet organizer/organizee confidentiality. Amy: Sheldon, that's not a real thing. Sheldon: Well, neither is the rule that you have to hold your girlfriend's hand at the movies. You know. That doesn't stop you from pawing at me like you're a bear and I'm a trash can full of sweets. Penny: Why do you even care? Just tell us what it says. Sheldon: Control over the information contained in that letter belongs to Howard. By happenstance, I came to know it. That doesn't give me the right to disseminate 散播 ( [dɪˈsemɪˌneɪt] to make something such as information or knowledge available to a lot of people. To disseminate information or knowledge means to distribute it so that it reaches many people or organizations. ..disseminating information about family planning. [VERB noun] They disseminated anti-French propaganda. inseminate 受孕 [ɪnˈsemɪneɪt] to put sperm into a woman or female animal in order to make her pregnant. germinate [ˈdʒɜː(r)mɪneɪt] I. [intransitive/transitive] biology to develop from a seed and begin to grow into a plant, or to make a seed develop in this way. It's been too cold for seeds to germinate properly. II. [intransitive] if an idea or feeling germinates, it develops from something very small. A sense of unease began to germinate 孕育发芽 in the group. assimilating 融入, 归化. I. To incorporate and absorb into the mind: assimilate knowledge. II. To make similar; cause to resemble. III. To absorb (immigrants or a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture. Racial passing 种族融入, 文化融入 refers to a person classified as a member of one racial group attempting to be accepted as a member of a different racial group. The term was used especially in the US to describe a person of mixed-race heritage assimilating to the white majority during times when legal and social conventions of hypodescent classified the person as a minority, subject to racial segregation and discrimination. Passing is the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own, which may include racial identity, ethnicity, caste, social class, sexual orientation, gender, religion, age and/or disability status. Passing may result in privileges, rewards, or an increase in social acceptance, or be used to cope with stigma. Thus, passing may serve as a form of self-preservation or self-protection in instances where expressing one's true or authentic identity may be dangerous. Passing may require acceptance into a community and may also lead to temporary or permanent leave from another community to which an individual previously belonged. Thus, passing can result in separation from one's original self, family, friends, or previous living experiences. While successful passing may contribute to economic security, safety, and avoidance of stigma, it may take an emotional toll as a result of denial of the authentic self and may lead to depression or self-loathing. Etymologically, the term is simply the nominalisation of the verb pass in its phrasal use with for or as, as in a counterfeit passing for the genuine article or an impostor passing as another person. It has been in popular use since at least the late 1920s. ) it freely. Penny: Come on. Look, the letter was found in Bernadette's closet. Doesn't that count for something? Sheldon: Are you pointing out that California is a community property state, and since Howard and Bernadette are married, the intellectual property contained in that letter is jointly owned by the two spouses? Penny: Yeah, obviously. Sheldon: Well played. Sometimes I don't give you enough credit 小看你了, 看不起你了, Penny. 7. Raj: Dude, you made the right choice coming to me for help with this party. Leonard: Actually, all I did was invite you. Raj: Well, put your mind at ease. I'm here to make sure your dinner party kicks Howard's dinner party's ass. Now, the first thing we need is a theme. I'm thinking, ah, turn-of-the-century Moulin Rouge. Leonard: I'm thinking you need a testosterone [teˈstɒstərəʊn] patch. Penny and I just want to do something low-key. You know, cocktails, light jazz music, hors d'oeuvres. Raj: So your theme is I saw a rerun of Mad Men and bought some crab puffs from Trader Joe's? Hate to miss that. Leonard: Hey, where have you been? Sheldon: Oh, Leonard. If I was prone to sarcasm, I'd say I was pulling off a major heist at the museum of laundry baskets. Leonard: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I meant, golly, Sheldon, you've been gone a long time. Sheldon: Oh. Yeah, well, I was waylaid ( waylay to stop someone who is going somewhere, especially to trouble them or harm them. get/be waylaid: We got waylaid by a couple of the protesters. ) by Penny, Bernadette and Amy. They made me reveal confidential information about Howard's father. Leonard: What information? Sheldon: I can't tell you that. I am bound by closet organizer/organizee confidentiality. Raj: Well, come on, we won't tell anyone. Sheldon: Sorry, badgering 恳求 me won't work. What you should have said is, It's pointless to keep this a secret because Penny will tell us. Leonard: Fine, then that. Sheldon: All right, I'll tell you. My goodness, everyone's on their game today. 8. Amy: This is really fun. Raj: Yeah, it's nice to get dressed up once in a while. Penny: Yeah, and the hors d'oeuvres are delightful. Leonard: As is the company. Penny: Aw. Sheldon: My shirt is itchy and I wish I were dead. Leonard: Hey, uh, listen, everybody. Before Howard gets here, et's all just agree to not bring up the letter from his father. Raj: Of course. Penny: Sure. Amy: Absolutely. Sheldon: If I say yes, can we turn off that Latin orgy music? 8. Howard: Ridiculous that we still have to walk up all these flights of stairs. Bernadette: Yeah, try doing it in heels. Howard: I am. Bernadette: Wait. There's something I have to tell you. Howard: What? Bernadette: I know what was in your dad's letter. Howard: Sheldon, I swear to God, I'm gonna kill you. Amy: Hey. Bernadette: I made him tell us. Howard: What? Us? Who else knows? Penny: I know. Amy: Me, too. Leonard: Same here. Raj: Shame on all of you. Leonard: You know, too. Raj: Couldn't leave him one friend, could you? Howard: So everybody knows what's in that letter except for me? Sheldon: Yes, it's six against one. Stand down, sir. Howard: How could you do this? Bernadette: I'm sorry. Raj: If you want, we could tell you. Howard: No, I don't want to know. I mean, I do, but… I got to go. Amy: Use me as a human shield! Sheldon: I panicked. He looked taller than usual. 9. Bernadette (off): Howard? Howard: In here. Bernadette: I'm sorry. I should have left it alone 放下. Howard: It's okay. Sorry I ran off like that. Bernadette: What are you looking at? Howard: Uh, pictures of my dad and me when I was a kid. Bernadette: That's nice. Howard: I got to tell you, as angry as I am at Sheldon for blabbing, he did a hell of a job organizing this closet. Look at this. Photos of Wolowitz family before father left forever. Check out nine-year-old Howie with cornrows. Neither race was happy to see me with those. Bernadette: Think you could take a break? Howard: Why? Bernadette: Got a little surprise for you. Come on. Howard: Oh, honey, I am in no mood to have sex tonight. I'll lay there if you absolutely have to have it, but… Oh. What are you guys doing here? Leonard: When you left, you weren't sure whether or not you wanted to know what was in your dad's letter, so we came up with kind of a cool solution. Howard: Oh, yeah, what's that? Sheldon: It's simple, really. It occurred to me that knowing and not knowing can be achieved by creating a macroscopic example of quantum superposition. The, the principle that a physical system exists partially in all its possible states at once. Penny: We were all thinking it, really. It was kind of the elephant in the room, so… Sheldon: Anyway, um, I realized that if we each present you with an account of what your father wrote to you, only one of which is true, and then we don't tell you which one it is, you will forever be in a state of epistemic ambivalence. Penny: Yeah. And I said if it wasn't epistemic, we might as well not do it. Bernadette: Sit down, honey. Leonard: Raj, you're up. Raj: Okay, um, It was a card for your 18th birthday. Inside it said, Happy birthday, Howard. I love you. Dad. Oh, and it was a Far Side card, the one where the frog has its tongue stuck to the underside of an airplane. Thinks it's a fly. Silly frog. So funny. Leonard: Sheldon. Sheldon: It was a map leading to the lost treasure of famous pirate One-Eyed Willy. Howard: Nice try. That's the plot for Goonies. Amy: Told you. Sheldon: Don't. Leonard: Amy. Amy: You didn't know it, but your father was in the auditorium at your high school graduation. And he cried because he was so proud of you. Howard: Really? Sheldon: Or that's complete poppycock ( [ˈpɒpiˌkɒk] nonsense) which Amy made up. It still could be the map. Leonard: Penny. Penny: It was a letter explaining that your dad wasn't who he said he was. Eventually, his other life caught up to him(catch up to (something or someone) To make up the difference between oneself and someone or something, so as to be at an equal level, status, or point of progress. If we speed up, we might be able to catch up to the car ahead of us! You're going to have to study really hard to catch up to the rest of the class. catch someone/something up = catch up with someone I. to go faster so that you reach the person or vehicle in front of you. We left before them, but they soon caught us up again. catch up with: If you hurry, you should catch up with them at the bridge. II. to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something. He's missed so much school that he's going to find it hard to catch up. catch up with: Pressure grew for salaries to catch up with inflation. III. [intransitive] to do something that should have been done before. The deadline's tomorrow. How are we ever going to catch up in time? catch up on: I just want to go home and catch up on some sleep. catch up with: Staff are struggling to catch up with the backlog. IV. [intransitive] to talk to someone you have not seen for some time and find out what they have been doing. Come over tomorrow and we can catch up. catch up with: I'll catch up with you another time, Kevin. It'll give them a chance to talk and catch up with all their news. V. When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them. The law caught up with him yesterday. VI. If something catches up with you, you are forced to deal with something unpleasant that happened or that you did in the past, which you have been able to avoid until now. How can I crack the habit of being a procrastinator. I'm the worst procrastinator and it's really starting to catch up to me (一般说 catch up with me: cause me problems: the consequences of my actions – procrastination, in this case – are starting to cause problems in my life. ). Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him. catch me up it's a phrase that means you should fill me in, you say it when you're missing out on something and you want to be filled in. "Have you heard the gossip?" "No not yet, catch me up". procrastinator 拖拖拉拉的人, 做事总是拖后的人 A procrastinator is a person who delays or puts things off — like work, chores, or other actions — that should be done in a timely manner. A procrastinator is likely to leave all the Christmas shopping until December 24th. break the habit of 戒掉习惯, 戒掉毛病 (catch a habit, take up [a habit/ doing something], take up the habit of. 染上习惯, 沾染上毛病, 染上癖好) a. To give up (a habit). to get rid of (a habit). To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate. I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails. to break silence; to break one's sleep 打扰睡眠; to break one's journey. I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck. b. To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking. If you are in the habit of doing something 有...的习惯, you do it regularly or often. If you get into the habit of doing something, you begin to do it regularly or often. They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month. I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home from work. break the mould 打破传统, 打破藩篱, 破旧出新, 破旧立新 If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done. Memorial services have become tedious and expected. I would like to help break the mould. When they first started, they said they were going to break the mould of British politics. break a/the code 破解密码 To determine or decipher a secret code. It is imperative that we break the enemy code and access their plans. She definitely broke the code on my phone—her picture is suddenly my new background! ), and the only way to keep you and your mom safe was to leave. Sheldon: I would like to change mine. The pirate's name was Peg-Leg Antoine. Now it's completely different from Goonies. Amy: No, it's not. Sheldon: Don't. Leonard: Okay, my turn. Your dad wrote about how family is the most important thing, and that you should never throw it away like he did. Howard: Hmm. Leonard: Bernadette. Bernadette: Inside the envelope was a picture of your dad holding you the day you were born. On the back he wrote Howard, my son, my greatest gift. You okay? Howard: Yeah. I'm terrific. Leonard: So, which one do you think it is, matey? Howard: Actually, I don't want to know. I want all of them to be true. Leonard: Well, one of them is. Howard: That's pretty cool. Thank you, guys. Penny: Hey, it's still early. Why don't we go back and have that party? Raj: Yeah, Leonard: Yeah, cool. Amy: Okay. Sheldon: You know, surprisingly, uh, the letter from your father wasn't the most interesting thing I read in the closet. Bernadette's diary has some saucy passages 段落(I. saucy pictures, jokes, etc. refer to sex in a way that is funny. a saucy postcard. II. old-fashioned someone who is saucy shows little respect for people in authority. Don't you get saucy with me!). Bernadette: Sheldon, don't you dare. Sheldon: There's nothing to worry about. Your secret's safe with me. Bernadette: That's more like it. Sheldon: Although copyright law would allow me to quote snippets in the context of a review. 10. Bernadette: Glad you're feeling better. Howard: Me, too. If I'd known we were gonna be dancing, would have worn my flats. Penny: This turned out pretty well 结局还不错, huh? Leonard: Yeah, I think so. Raj: I agree. That is, if you've never been to or heard of a party before. Amy: If you'd let me pierce your brain with a hot needle in the right place, you'd be happy all the time. Sheldon: Uh, Penny, I, I have a couple of questions about your closet. Is there any reason you're keeping this dead goldfish? Penny: Damn, I forgot to feed him. And that I had him. Sheldon: Well, now, did you also have a dog? Because I found what appears to be a battery-operated chew toy. Penny: Party's over! Party's over!