用法学习: 1. equinox [ˈikwɪˌnɑks] (春分, 秋分) one of the two days in the year when the day and night are exactly the same length. An equinox is commonly regarded as the instant of time when the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions) of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun. This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September. In other words, it is the moment at which the center of the visible Sun is directly above the equator. The summer solstice ( [ˈsɑlstɪs] ) 夏至 (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the summer solstice is when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight. 2. neophyte [ˈniːə(ʊ)fʌɪt] 新兵, 新手, 新人 = newbie I. a person who is new to a subject or activity. someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it. "four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts". II. a new convert to a religion. novice [ˈnɒv.ɪs] I. a person who is not experienced in a job or situation: I've never driven a car before - I'm a complete novice. II. This plant can be difficult for novice gardeners to grow. a person who is training to be a monk or a nun. rookie a person who is new to an organization or an activity: These rookie cops don't know anything yet. 3. stick in your throat I. 无法接受. a fact or situation that sticks in your throat is very annoying and difficult to accept The thing that sticks in my throat is the way they told us the news! be difficult or impossible to accept. "the thing that sticks in your throat is that we were successful and you weren't". II. if words stick in your throat 无法言说, 说不出来的事情, 无法吐露的感情, you cannot say them because of the strong emotion that you are feeling. be difficult or impossible to say. "she couldn't say 'Thank you' —the words stuck in her throat". bone in the throat A source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance. "thorn in the flesh 如肉刺一般" continues to be used as a metaphor for "a source of continual annoyance or trouble". It is synonymous with the phrase "thorn in the side", which is also of biblical origin, based on the description in Numbers 33:55. As an example usage, the Oxford English Dictionary cites E. M. Forster's 1924 novel A Passage to India, in which Nawab Bahadur says, "I can be a thorn in Mr. Turton's flesh, and if he asks me I accept the invitation." Thorn in the flesh is a phrase of New Testament origin used to describe an annoyance, or trouble in one's life, drawn from Paul the Apostle's use of the phrase in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:7–9: And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (KJV). Other biblical passages where "thorn" is used as a metaphor are: Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. — Joshua 23:13. And there shall be no more a pricking briar unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. — Ezekiel 28:24. The standard English translation was popularised by the 1611 King James Version of the Bible. Among earlier translations, the 1526 Tyndale Bible uses "vnquyetnes" ("unquietness") rather than "thorn", and the 1557 Geneva Bible refers to a "pricke in the fleshe". 4. thorny [ˈθɔrni] I. a thorny issue, problem, subject, etc. is one that is difficult to deal with. the thorny issue of land ownership. Now we come to the thorny question of cost. If you describe a problem as thorny, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to solve, and that people are often unwilling to discuss it. ...the thorny issue of immigration policy. It is essential that we tackle this thorny problem. II. covered with thorns. A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. ...thorny hawthorn trees. 疫情期间打发时间打电话: "No actually, I'm still cleaning out my closet, so that's still happening," Jen replied, asking Ellen: "How's your puzzle coming along?", referencing Ellen's earlier Instagram post about her working on a 4,000-piece puzzle. The table wasn't big enough. I had to get rid of it. I mean I really had good intentions, but the table was too small, so I had to get rid of it," Ellen said.
defamation ( defame [dɪˈfeɪm] to say or write something bad about someone that is not true and makes other people have a bad opinion of them. ) VS libel ( libel [ˈlaɪb(ə)l] 书面诽谤 to write things about someone that are not true. ) VS slander ( slander 口头诽谤 [ˈslændər] to say something about someone that is not true and is likely to damage their reputation. ): What is defamation? Defamation is a false statement presented as a fact that causes injury or damage to the character of the person it is about. An example is "Tom Smith stole money from his employer." If this is untrue and if making the statement damages Tom's reputation or ability to work, it is defamation. The person whose reputation has been damaged by the false statement can bring a defamation lawsuit. Defamation of character happens when something untrue and damaging is presented as a fact to someone else. Making the statement only to the person the statement is about ("Tom, you're a thief") is not defamation because it does not damage that person's character in anyone else's eyes. Legal Difference Between Opinion and Defamation: There is an important difference in defamation law between stating an opinion 发表看法 and defaming someone. Saying, "I think Cindy is annoying" is an opinion and is something that can't ever really be empirically ( empirical [emˈpɪrɪk(ə)l] based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on theory. ) proven true or false. Saying "I think Cindy stole a car" is still an opinion but implies she committed a crime. If the accusation is untrue, then it will defame her. This is why the news media is so careful to use the word "allegedly" when talking about people accused of a crime. This way they merely report someone else's accusation without stating their own opinion. Importance of Intent: Another crucial part of a defamation case is that the person makes the false statement with a certain kind of intent. The statement must have been made with knowledge that it was untrue or with reckless disregard for the truth (meaning the person who said it questioned the truthfulness but said it anyhow). If the person being defamed is a private citizen and not a celebrity or public figure, defamation can also be proven when the statement was made with negligence as to determining its truth (the person speaking should have known it was false or should have questioned it). This means it is easier to prove defamation when you are a private citizen. There is a higher standard required if you are a public figure. Some states have laws that automatically make certain statements defamation. Any false statement that a person has committed a serious crime, has a serious infectious disease, or is incompetent in his profession are automatically defamatory under these laws. Slander and Libel Definition: What is Slander? What is Libel? Libel and slander are both types of defamation. Libel is an untrue defamatory statement that is made in writing. Slander is an untrue defamatory statement that is spoken orally. The difference between defamation and slander is that a defamatory statement can be made in any medium. It could be in a blog comment or spoken in a speech or said on television. Libelous acts only occur when a statement is made in writing (digital statements count as writing) and slanderous statements are only made orally. You may have heard of seditious libel. The Sedition Act of 1798 made it a crime to print anything false about the government, president, or Congress. The Supreme Court later modified this when it enacted the rule that a statement against a public figure is libel only if it known to be false or the speaker had a reckless disregard for the truth when making it. Damages for Defamation: Suing for slander, libel, or defamation brings a civil suit 民事诉讼 in a state court and alleges that under the slander laws or libel laws of that state the person who brought about the lawsuit was damaged by the conduct of the person who made the false statement. A libel or slander lawsuit seeks monetary damages for harm caused by the statement, such as pain and suffering, damage to the plaintiff's reputation, lost wages or a loss of ability to earn a living, and personal emotional reactions such as shame, humiliation, and anxiety. Defending a Defamation Case: If you are accused of defamation, slander, or libel, truth is an absolute defense to the allegation. If what you said is true, there is no case. If the case is brought by a public figure and you can prove you were only negligent in weighing whether the statement was false, that can be a defense as well. Defamation is an area of law that protects people's reputations by allowing them recourse if false statements are made about them. This type of civil case is an effective way to protect your reputation.
The Capture: 1. Meanwhile, DI Rachel Carey has been temporarily seconded to 暂时借调到 Homicide and Serious Crime Command from SO15, having recently led Operation Sycamore that secured the convictions of four ISIS terrorists. Rachel's team is called to the scene of the kidnapping, and Carey calls in her contacts to identify Emery with facial recognition. Carey orders Flynn and Latif to intercept 拦截, 截住, but they are parked ( parked adj If you are parked somewhere, you have parked your car there. My sister was parked down the road. We're parked out front. park I. to leave something in a place for a period of time. park in/on/here etc.: Can I park my bags here while I get something to eat? II. to stop pursuing or dealing with something temporarily. park yourself to sit or stand somewhere He parked himself on the floor in front of the TV. double-park If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car. Murray double-parked his car. The car pulled in and double-parked in front of the town hall.) outside the same address and see nothing. Emery is locked in an interrogation room, and American intelligence officers report that "the toy soldier is contained". 2. An air gap, air wall or air gapping 物理隔离的 is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. It means a computer or network has no network interfaces connected to other networks, with a physical or conceptual air gap, analogous to 类似于 the air gap used in plumbing to maintain water quality. An "air-gapped" computer or network is one that has no network interfaces, either wired or wireless, connected to outside networks. Many computers, even when they are not plugged into a wired network, have a wireless network interface controller (WiFi) and are connected to nearby wireless networks to access the Internet and update software. This represents a security vulnerability, so air-gapped computers either have their wireless interface controller permanently disabled or physically removed. To move data between the outside world and the air-gapped system, it is necessary to write data to a physical medium such as a thumbdrive, and physically move it between computers. Physical access is easier to control than an electronic network interface, which can be attacked at any time from the exterior insecure system and, if malware infects the secure system, can be used to export secure data. 3. Deepfakes (a portmanteau of "deep learning 深度学习" and "fake") are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. While the act of faking content is a not new, deepfakes leverage powerful techniques from machine learning 机器学习 and artificial intelligence to manipulate or generate visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive. The main machine learning methods used to create deepfakes are based on deep learning and involve training generative neural network architectures, such as autoencoders or generative adversarial networks (GANs). Deepfakes have garnered widespread attention for their uses in celebrity pornographic videos, revenge porn, fake news, hoaxes, and financial fraud. This has elicited responses from both industry and government to detect and limit their use.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Penny: Okay, here we go. Now everyone can see. All right. Where do we stand on cross-eyed 对眼的 Mike? Raj: You know he won't be looking at other girls. Howard: Unless they're sitting on the end of his nose. Penny: Okay, okay, okay. Thumbs down. Next. Bernadette: Ew, check out his tiny teeth. He looks like a man-dolphin. Penny: Well if he's good in bed, she can throw him a fish. 2. Leonard: Look, you can trust us. We're respected scientists. Sheldon: Well, he is. I'm a wedding planner who can't find love himself. It's ironic, but the point is we can't trust you. You're a sketchy character 可疑人物 in a parking garage. Man: Yeah, well, from my perspective, that's how you two appear to me. Sheldon: Well, I never thought of it like that. Boy, frame of reference 参考系, 参考坐标系, 参照物 ( A frame of reference is a particular set of beliefs or ideas on which you base your judgment of things. We know we're dealing with someone with a different frame of reference. In physics, a frame of reference (or reference frame) consists of an abstract coordinate system and the set of physical reference points that uniquely fix (locate and orient) the coordinate system and standardize measurements within that frame. In Einsteinian relativity, reference frames are used to specify the relationship between a moving observer and the phenomenon or phenomena under observation. In this context, the phrase often becomes "observational frame of reference" (or "observational reference frame") 观察坐标系, which implies that the observer is at rest in the frame, although not necessarily located at its origin. A relativistic reference frame includes (or implies) the coordinate time, which does not correspond across different frames moving relatively to each other. The situation thus differs from Galilean relativity, where all possible coordinate times are essentially equivalent. benchmark 参照, 标杆 an amount, level, standard, etc. that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are. A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared. The truck industry is a benchmark for the economy. benchmark for: plans to set a new benchmark for salaries. verb. to provide a standard that something can be judged by. ) will just sneak up on you( to approach someone quietly and surprise that person: Overton sneaked up behind Brown and knocked the ball out of bounds. If an event or day sneaks up on you 悄然而至, it arrives before you are ready for it. a. If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm. I managed to sneak up on him when you knocked on the door. II. If something sneaks up on you, it happens or occurs when you are not expecting it. Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares.), won't it? Leonard: My friend does make a decent point about the money. I don't feel comfortable just handing it over up front 提前, 事先. Man: Ah, no money, no helium. Seems we're at a, uh, stalemate. Sheldon: Not technically. In chess, a stalemate refers to a situation in which there are no remaining moves. Uh, you have plenty of moves available. You could beat us up and steal the money. You could kill us, you know. Really, you're only limited by your imagination. Man: Huh. All these years I've been using stalemate, when I really mean impasse ( [ˈɪmˌpæs] ). I feel foolish 觉得自己好蠢, 感觉自己好傻, 感觉自己好笨. Leonard: I don't think it matters if this is a stalemate or an impasse or a Mexican standoff. What are we gonna do here? Man: Oh, whoa, whoa, how can it be a Mexican standoff? Everybody knows you need three sides for that. Sheldon: Not necessarily. Uh, many argue the essence of a Mexican standoff is that no one can walk away from the conflict without incurring harm 导致伤害. Man: Hmm, I don't follow. Sheldon: Let me give you an example. Earlier today, I decoded the headers on your e-mail, and I know that your name is Kenneth Fitzgerald. From that, I figured out where you live and where you work. Now, to make this a Mexican standoff, I would say something like, uh, you give us the helium or I'll turn you in to the authorities 主管. Man: Is that a threat? 3. Sheldon: Leonard, we should probably have our story straight in case we get caught. Leonard: We're not getting caught. Sheldon: Well, you can't be sure of that. What if the helium dealer rats us out? What if Kripke asks where we got it? What if the university checks my family tree and finds out I don't have an Uncle Harvey? Leonard: The dealer doesn't care, Kripke has no authority over 没有权利, 没有资格 us, and you being related to a metal container would explain a lot. Help me hook this up. 4. Bernadette: Hey. You got a minute? Howard: Not really. Visigoths are kind of up my butt 紧追不放, 紧追不舍 right now. Bernadette: Pause the game, Howard. Howard: Howard? Uh-oh. Make room 让一让, 让出点地方来, Visigoths. 'Sup? Bernadette: We need to talk about redecorating 装修 this place. Howard: Oh, no, not this again. Bernadette: Look, I get that you grew up here and you're attached to things looking a certain way, but I want this to feel like my house, too. Howard: Oh, honey, of course it's your house. Why else would you be cleaning it all the time? Bernadette: All right. Let's start over 重说一遍, 从头来. I'm redecorating. The furniture, the carpeting, the walls. I'm changing everything that depresses me when I look at it. Try not to be one of those things. 5. Adam: All right, we're just gonna have a conversation. Pretend the camera's not here. Sheldon: All right. But this better not be some elaborate scheme 精心设计的骗局 to get me out of my shirt. Leonard: How long have you known Adam? Wil: A few years. Leonard: And what are you getting him back for 他怎么惹到你了, 报复, 报仇? 6. Bernadette: Seriously? You brought Raj over to take your side 支持? Howard: Your dad's on your side. Bernadette: He's not on my side. He's doing all the work for free. Raj: That is so generous of you. I'd like to switch sides. Howard: Look, uh, I don't even think you can take this wall down 'cause it's load-bearing. Raj: Well, it's easy to find out. Just go into the crawlspace under the house and check. Howard: When is your visa up 什么时候签证到期? 7. Penny: Aren't you worried you're making French toast on oatmeal day? Leonard: Ah, well, what's this? A pot of oatmeal? Or, thanks to you, what I will now call gloatmeal. Penny: Oh, I don't want credit for that. Sheldon: Oh, Dr. and Mrs. Hofstadter, lovely to see you this fine morning. Leonard: You're in a good mood. Sheldon: Yeah, I am indeed. I have decided, instead of wallowing [ˈwɑloʊ] in sadness 暗自伤神 about Amy( I. If you say that someone is wallowing in an unpleasant situation, you are criticizing them for being deliberately unhappy. [disapproval] to spend a lot of time feeling a negative emotion, especially because you want sympathy from other people George still seems determined to wallow in self-pity. His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity. I wanted only to wallow in my own grief. II. If a person or animal wallows in water or mud 打滚撒欢, they lie or roll about in it slowly for pleasure. to lie down and roll around in water, dirt, or mud like a pig. Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths. Dogs love splashing in mud and hippos wallow in it. ), it is time that I find myself a new female companion. Penny: Oh. Good for you. Leonard: What brought this on ( bring something on I. 这是怎么发生的, 这是哪里来的. 这是刮得什么风啊. 这是从何说起. to make something bad or unpleasant happen. to make something happen, usually something bad: The loud music brought on another one of his headaches. Stress can bring on an asthma attack. What's brought this on? Have I upset you somehow? II. to help someone to improve or make progress. Teachers have to bring on the bright children and at the same time give extra help to those who need it. III. to make plants or crops grow faster. Keeping the young plants in a greenhouse will help bring them on. bring it on informal used to say that you are prepared and willing to deal with something bad that is likely to happen. bring the curtain down on something 终结一个时代 to cause or mark the end of an event or situation Richardson brings the curtain down on one of the most amazing managerial careers of all-time this weekend. bring/keep someone up to date (with/on something) to inform someone of all the most recent news and changes in a situation. The newsletter will keep you up to date with our progress. )? Sheldon: I realized something. When Amy was in my life, I was hyper-focused on my work and ignored her. Penny: And you don't want to make the same mistake with the next woman. Sheldon: No, I need a new woman in my life to ignore so I can hyper-focus on my work again. Leonard: Hey, I made French toast sticks. Sheldon: On oatmeal day? Leonard: Ah, I also made oatmeal. Sheldon: Ooh, that's a lot of carbohydrates for a man on the prowl [praʊl] 找男友, 找女友, 寻觅, 猎艳, 寻寻觅觅, 寻找猎物( prowl I. to move around an area in a quiet way, especially because you intend to do something bad. The police caught him prowling the neighborhood. a lion prowling through the jungle. II. to walk around in a very nervous or angry way. He stood up and began to prowl around the room. on the prowl looking for someone or something. If an animal is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal. Their fellow travellers are a mix of single girls on the prowl and elderly couples. The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending. teenage gangs on the prowl. hot prowl burglary US: a burglary that takes place while the occupants are in the building. A string of hot prowl burglaries are occurring in San Diego Country Estates, and Detective Tom Seiver with the sheriff's Ramona station advises residents to lock their doors. ). You know what? You eat it. You're married, it doesn't matter what you look like. Penny: Don't take advice from a man who threw his shoe at a crow [kroʊ]. 8. Dave: Been a long time since I had a home-cooked meal 家里做的饭. Amy: When you were married, did your wife cook? Dave: Not at first, no. But when she began cheating on me with a French chef, she became quite the wiz in the kitchen( wiz = whizz verb. If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very fast. [informal] Stewart felt a bottle whizz past his head. A car whizzed past. noun. If you are a whizz at something, you are very good at it. [informal] Simon's a whizz at card games. ). Amy: So, a little silver lining. Dave: I suppose. Yeah. Nothing takes the sting 刺痛 out of a shattered life like a properly-seasoned 味道足的 bowl of onion soup. How long have you, uh, lived here? Amy: Uh, about five years. I'm actually thinking of moving to a better place now that I don't need to be so close to, well, you know. 9. Sheldon: (Knock, knock, knock) Penny. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny. Bernadette: What happens if I say, come in? Penny: Well, find out. Bernadette: Come in. Sheldon: (Knock, knock, knock) Bernadette. (Knock, knock, knock) Bernadette. (Knock, knock, knock) Bernadette. Penny: Come in. Sheldon: Keep it up 你就那样做吧. I got nowhere else to be. Bernadette: Just come in. Sheldon: For future reference, if I want to watch Mean Girls, I'll stream it on Netflix. Penny: We're sorry. What do you need? Sheldon: Well, as you know, I'll be celebrating Amy's birthday with her, and I could use your assistance in helping me select the perfect gift. Bernadette: Sure. Sheldon: Well, so far, I've come up with three ideas. The first is a chance for her to play the harp with the L.A. Philharmonic. Penny: Wow. You can really arrange that? Sheldon: Well, I said a chance, you know. When you tell them it's your birthday at Bennigan's, they make a fuss. I don't see why the Philharmonic would be any different. Bernadette: How about something a little more realistic 现实一点的, 好实现的? Sheldon: Well, Amy enjoys knitting her own sweaters, so I was thinking of getting her an all-expense-paid trip to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Penny: Sorry. I was waiting for the bazinga. Bernadette: Hold on. It could be romantic. The two of them away together, keeping each other warm in snowy Wisconsin. Sheldon: No, no, no, no. She'd be going alone. Well, if you think I'm afraid of birds, you should see me around sheep. Penny: Okay, well, what's the third option? Sheldon: That I have coitus with her. Penny: Okay. Let's just recap 简单说一下, 简述 our options( [ˌriˈkæp] to describe what has already been done or decided, without repeating the details. We'll just recap briefly on what we did.). All right, we've got harp thing, sheep thing. Bernadette: Wild thang. Sheldon: Which do you think she'd prefer? Because I checked the Sheep and Wool Festival Web site, and there's only 8,000 tickets left. Penny: Sheldon, being physical with Amy is a huge step for you. Bernadette: Yeah, are you ready for this? Sheldon: Intimacy in any form has been challenging for me, but I'd like to show her how important she is, and it feels like now might be the right time. Penny: Sheldon, that's so beautiful. Sheldon: Then it's settled. Amy's birthday present will be my genitals. Amy: Thanks for taking me out. Penny: Well, you're spending your birthday with Sheldon. Why not celebrate early? Bernadette: So where do you want to go? Amy: I heard that new Mexican place on Green Street is good. Penny: Sure, sure. Or we could take you to get a bikini wax. Amy: Why would I get a bikini wax for my birthday? Penny: Uh, I don't know. It was just a thought. Amy: I think I'll just stick to Mexican. Bernadette: Great. And then maybe after, we can watch a dirty movie, and if anybody has any questions about what happened or how, we can answer them. Amy: Okay, what is going on? Penny: Oh, we just want you to be prepared for any surprises that might happen tomorrow. Amy: What surprises? Bernadette: We don't want to spoil anything, but you should know that Sheldon said he's ready to be physical. Amy: You shut your damn mouth. You actually heard him say this? Penny: Yes. He said he wants to do something to show you how much you mean to him. Amy: I, I can't believe it. I, I don't know what to say. Bernadette: Well, we're really happy for you, and we know how much he cares… Amy: I do know what to say. Let's get me waxed. 10. Amy: Sheldon, I know your present is for us to be intimate tonight. Sheldon: I see. Is that all right? I'm sorry, but this is a litigious 爱起诉的, 动不动爱打官司的 ( [lɪˈtɪdʒəs] always ready to deal with disagreements by suing (=starting a legal case) rather than by discussion. ) society. I'm gonna need verbal consent. Amy: Yes. Sheldon: You know what, let me pull a quick contract off the Internet. 11. Leonard: Thank you for seeing me on such short notice. Dr Gallo: Ah, it's my pleasure. I'm curious, are you related to Dr. Beverly Hofstadter? Leonard: Uh, she's my mother. You know her? Dr Gallo: No, not personally, but I have read all of her books. Leonard: Well, then you know her better than I do. Dr Gallo: Well, I'm not so sure about that. But I can tell you I do not agree with her theories on child rearing 育儿 at all. Leonard: Really? Any chance you find them cold, cruel and unsuitable for innocent little boys who just want to be happy? Dr Gallo: Well, I didn't want to say it. Leonard: No, no, say it. Sing it. Rent a plane, write it in the sky. Dr Gallo: Sounds like you're holding on 怀着, 怀揣着, 心怀 to quite a bit of anger towards her. Leonard: Oh, no, I, I've worked through a lot of that stuff, I'm better now. Dr Gallo: Mm. Good for you. Leonard: Do you know she never let me celebrate my birthday because being born was her achievement, not mine? Dr Gallo: That's heartbreaking. Leonard: Right? To this day, I send her a card every year with a little money in it. 12. Sheldon: Bye. Oh, good news, gentlemen. Amy's at a conference this weekend, which means I'm available to be entertained, hmm. As today's youth 现在的年轻人 might put it, who wants to get their Sheld-on? Howard: Bernie and I are getting the house ready for the remodel 重新布置, 重新装修. We could always use an extra pair of hands. Sheldon: That sounds awful. Raj? Raj: Uh, I've got time booked in the telescope room all weekend scanning for rogue planets. You're more than welcome to join me. Sheldon: That's the one to beat. Leonard? Leonard: Oh, if anything, I'm trying to get my Sheld-off. Sheldon: Well, then it looks like we have a winner. Congratulations. Raj: Well, I should warn you, it's just looking at data for hours and hours on a computer screen. Sheldon: Uh, stop selling 推销 it, kid. You won. 13. Howard: What's up? Stuart: Uh, well, I know the remodel is coming up, so I thought I'd make it easy on you guys and find my own place. Howard: Wow. I thought I was done getting lucky tonight. Bernadette: So, when are you thinking of moving? Stuart: Uh, actually, I already found an apartment, so in a couple of days. Bernadette: Oh. Okay. Sorry to see you go? Stuart: Okay, well, thank you guys for everything. I really appreciate it. 14. Dr Gallo: When you made your husband pretend to be a patient so you could get access to me, what were you thinking there? Penny: I just meant a question about the drug. Dr Gallo: Yeah, I know what you meant. Let's put that aside for a minute and talk about why you married Leonard. Penny: I don't wanna. Dr Gallo: Here is a man raised by an overbearing woman who completely dominated 主导, 控制 every aspect of his formative years. Do you think he's perpetuating that relationship by seeking out a partner like you? Penny: You know, I used to wear tank tops a lot. That was a big selling point. 15. Raj: What is wrong with you? Sheldon: Look at him, caring about what's wrong with me. That is some top-shelf empathy( I. only before noun informal top-shelf magazines show pictures of naked bodies or sexual activity and are usually kept on the highest shelf in a store. top-shelf magazines. II. American and Australian of the highest quality. ). Hey, well, we should start a club. Raj: You went to Emily's to apologise, and when you left, she was crying. Sheldon: That is true. Well, I suppose I should apologize again. All: No. Penny: Is she okay? Raj: Yeah, I calmed her down, but she's not going to Vegas if he's going. Howard: Wait, that's an option? I didn't know that was an option. Sheldon: Well, that is fine, because I've decided that I won't be joining you. I've realized that the most genuine way to demonstrate the remorse I feel is to let you have this weekend to yourselves. Raj: That's very mature of you. Sheldon: Well, I've been on a little trip myself recently. Not to Sin City but to Sincere City. Where instead of genital warts, the only growth you'll come back with is personal growth. Penny: And there's your next T-shirt. 16. Penny: How can I not sound like his mother when our entire bedroom is filled with Star Wars toys? I mean, have you ever had sex with a stuffed Wookiee watching you? Dr Gallo: I went to college in the '70s. It was a hairier ( hairy frightening, or dangerous. a hairy moment. ) time. I'm gonna say yes. Penny: You know, if anything, he's turning me into his mother. Before I did pharmaceutical sales, I was an actress. You know, I was pretty good. You know, girl-next-door type, but hot. Doable. Dr Gallo: Hmm. Penny: And not only am I Leonard's mother, but we have this man-child 巨婴, 大小孩 living with us named Sheldon. Dr Gallo: Oh, Leonard talked a lot about him. I wasn't sure if he was real. Penny: Yeah, he's as real as the fine I get when I use too much toilet paper. Dr Gallo: Wow, you really do have a lot on your plate. Penny: I do. You know, Leonard's right. Talking to you is really helping. Dr Gallo: Oh, I'm glad. You know, you might also benefit from a prescription for anxiety. Penny: Okay, if you think it'll help. Oh, just don't make it Placinex. I do not need sudden fits of homicidal rage 冲动( rage I. Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control. He was red-cheeked 脸红耳赤 with rage. I flew into a rage. He admitted shooting the man in a fit of rage. II. You can refer to the strong anger that someone feels in a particular situation as a particular rage, especially when this results in violent or aggressive behaviour. Cabin crews are reporting up to nine cases of air rage a week. III. When something is popular and fashionable, you can say that it is the rage or all the rage. The 1950s look is all the rage at the moment. verb. I. You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence. Train services were halted as the fire raged for more than four hours. ...the fierce arguments raging over the future of the Holy City. The war rages 肆虐 on and the time has come to take sides. II. If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it. Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers. Inside, Frannie was raging. 'I can't see it's any of your business,' he raged. raging [reɪdʒɪŋ] I. Raging 汹涌的 water moves very forcefully and violently. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent. II. Raging fire 火势汹汹的 is very hot and fierce. As he came closer he saw a gigantic wall of raging flame before him. III. Raging is used to describe things, especially bad things, that are very intense. If raging inflation returns, then interest rates will shoot up. There may be the occasional criticism but it's clear there is no raging debate right now. He felt a raging thirst. rage-quit to angrily abandon an activity or situation that has become frustrating, especially a computer game. Every time I was about to rage-quit the game, I found the solution and felt like a boss. I could have rage-quit my job, but instead I now find it satisfying to just be myself. Hopefully he'll rage-quit and let your game continue in peace.).
