生活大爆炸第二季第八集_2The Lizard-Spock Expansion

 　　But, uh, no, the Rover is not responding.

　　respond：响应

　　但探测器还是没反应。

　　-Sheldon：I believe the appropriate metaphor¹ here involves a river of excrement²

　　appropriate：恰当的 metaphor：比喻 involve：包括 excrement：粪便

　　此刻最恰当的比喻应该包括一条臭水沟，

　　and a Native American water vessel³ without any means of propulsion.

　　Native：土著人 vessel：船 means：方法   propulsion：推进

　　还有一艘没有推动器的土著船。

　　-Howard：Hang on. There's got to be other options.

　　Hang on：等等 option：可选择的办法

　　等等，总归有别的办法吧。

　　-Raj：You could try calling Triple-A.

　　也可以试试给独立宇航员联盟打电话。

　　But based on NASA's latest timetable, they won't get there for 35 years.

　　NASA：美国国家航空和宇宙航行局 latest：最新的 timetable：时间表

　　不过根据航空航天局最新时间表，他们35年后才能到那儿。

　　-Sheldon：Plus I understand you have to be standing⁴ next to the vehicle with your card when they arrive.

　　Plus：加上   vehicle：车

　　而且就算到了，你也得排号。

　　-Raj：Oh, snap.

　　牛叉叉的 (snap有"折断一意")。

　　-Sheldon：Snap what?

　　snap：断裂

　　什么断了?

　　-Howard：Okay, I guess we have to turn to Plan B.

　　好吧，那我们得改B计划了。

　　-Raj：What's Plan B?

　　B计划是啥?

　　-Howard：Erase⁵ all the hard drives, scrap⁶ the surveillance tapes,

　　Erase：抹去，清除 hard drives：硬盘机 scrap：废弃 surveillance：监视 tape：录像带

　　洗白硬盘，销毁监视录像带，

　　wipe our fingerprints⁷ off every surface and run.

　　wipe：擦去 fingerprints：指纹

　　擦干净我们的指纹，开溜。

　　-Sheldon：Why wasn't that Plan A?

　　这咋不是A计划呢?

　　-News：A NASA spokesman states that due to the loss of data,

　　spokesman：发言人 state：声称 due to：由于 data：数据

　　航空航天局发言人称，由于数据丢失

　　they will most likely be unable to determine the cause of the Mars Rover's malfunction⁸.

　　determine：确定 malfunction：故障

　　很难确定火星探测器的故障原因，

　　This is not the first time an exploratory mission to Mars has ended in disappointment.

　　exploratory：探索的 mission：任务 disappointment：失望

　　这已不是火星探险计划第一次如此失望而终了。

　　-Howard：Thank God for Plan B.

　　还好我们有B计划。

　　-Penny：Howard, didn't you say you worked on the Mars Rover?

　　Howard你不是说过你在做火星探测器的工作吗?

　　-Howard：No, you're mistaken.

　　mistaken：错误的

　　没，你记错了。

　　-Penny：Yeah, when we first met, you said that if I went out with you, I could drive a car on Mars.

　　没，我们第一次见面你就说，如果和你约会，我就可以在火星上开车玩。

　　-Howard：I don't know what you're talking about.

　　搞不懂你在说什么。

　　-Sheldon：Will you all excuse me?

　　抱歉离开下？

　　Leonard is subtly signaling that he'd like to talk to me in private.

　　subtly：微妙的 signaling：打信号 in private：私下的

　　Leonard微妙的暗示了他想和我单独谈谈。

　　-Penny：No. Yeah, I remember specifically.

　　specifically：明确的

　　不，我很清楚地记得。

　　You started by asking if I was from Mars because my ass⁹ was out of this world.

　　ass：屁股

　　你一张嘴就问我是否来自火星，因为我的翘臀地球罕见。

　　-Howard：Well, that does sound like me, but no.

　　很有我风格，但不是我啦。

　　-Sheldon：Is there some problem?

　　出什么状况了吗?

　　-Leonard：Yeah.

　　是的。

　　Listen, I have to kind a sneak¹⁰ out for a while.

　　sneak out：溜出

　　我得溜出去一会儿。

　　-Sheldon：All right, good-bye.

　　好的，拜拜。

　　-Leonard：No, wait!

　　不，等下!

　　If anyone asks you where I went, you don't know.

　　要是有人问我去哪儿了，你就说不知道。

　　-Sheldon：Where are you going?

　　你要去哪儿?

　　-Leonard：I can't tell you that.

　　不能告诉你。

　　-Sheldon：Who would ask me?

　　谁会问我呢?

　　-Leonard：I can't tell you that, either.

　　也不能告诉你这个。

　　-Sheldon：So you brought me in here to inform me that you can't tell me

　　inform：告诉

　　你带我进来就是要告诉我，你不能告诉我

　　where you're going and you can't tell me who might ask?

　　你要去哪儿，也不能告诉我谁会问起?

　　-Leonard：Yeah, I really didn't think this through.

　　think through：考虑后得出结论

　　对呀，是我欠考虑。

　　-Sheldon：Leonard, a moment.

　　Leonard先别走。

　　-Leonard：What?

　　啥?

　　-Sheldon：If someone-- and of course, we don't know who this would be--

　　要是有人... 当然不知到底是谁了...

　　does ask where you've gone, what should I say?

　　问起你去哪儿，我该说什么呢?

　　-Leonard：I don't know. Just tell them I went to the office.

　　不知道，就说我去办公室了。

　　-Sheldon：Are you going to the office?

　　你是去办公室吗?

　　-Leonard：No.

　　不是。

　　-Sheldon：Then how can I say it convincingly?

　　convincingly：信服地

　　那我怎么能说得自然啊?!

　　-Leonard：Just say, "Leonard went to the office."

　　就说"Leonard 去了办公室"。

　　-Sheldon：All right. Leonard went to the office.

　　好吧，Leonard去了办公室。

　　-Leonard：What is... No, not like that!

　　这是... 不，不是那样的!

　　Just, "Leonard went to the office."

　　就说"Leonard到办公室去了"。

　　-Sheldon：This would have worked out a lot better if you'd just told me you were going to the office.

　　如果你直接说你要去办公室，就好办多了嘛。

　　-Leonard：I'm going to the office.

　　我去办公室。

　　-Sheldon：See? Why don't I believe you?

　　看嘛? 凭啥我不信你呢?

　　-Leonard：I'm going out for a while.

　　出去一会儿。

　　-Howard：Okay.

　　好。

　　-Sheldon：Doesn't anyone want to know where he's going?

　　没人想知道他去哪儿吗?

　　-Penny：Okay, where is he going?

　　他去哪儿了?

　　-Sheldon：Leonard is going to the office.

　　Leonard去办公室了。

　　-Leonard：So how was work today?

　　今天工作如何?

　　-Woman：Busy.

　　忙死了。

　　I removed an appendix, a gall¹¹ bladder and about a foot and a half of bowel¹².

　　remove：割除 appendix：阑尾 gall bladder：胆囊 bowel：肠

　　割了一个阑尾、一个胆囊、还有一段一尺半的肠子。

　　-Leonard：I'm hoping that's three different guys.

　　不会是一个人的吧。

　　-Woman：No, just the one.

　　不，就是一个人。

　　He didn't make it.

　　他没挺过来。

　　So, how was your day?

　　你今天过得怎样呢?

　　-Leonard：Oh, you know, I'm a physicist¹³, so... I thought about stuff.

　　physicist：物理学家 stuff：东西

　　你知道，我是个物理学家... 我就思考思考。

　　-Woman：That's it?

　　就这些?

　　-Leonard：Well, I wrote some of it down.

　　我把一些想法写下来了。

　　-Woman：Are you done eating?

　　吃完了吗?

　　-Leonard：Uh, Yeah.

　　完了。

　　-Woman：Ooh, good.

　　那好。

　　-Leonard：If I knew you were waiting, I would've swallowed that lasagna whole.

　　swallow：吞 lasagna：意大利千层面

　　早知道你等着我，我就把千层饼一口吞了。

　　-Telephone：You've reached Dr. Stephanie Barnett. Leave a message.

　　这是Stephanie Barnett医生家，请留言。

　　-Howard：Hey, Steph, it's me again, Howard.

　　嘿Steph，还是我Howard。

　　Listen, if you're free Friday, maybe we could have a little something to eat at my place.

　　如果你周五有空，可以到我那儿吃点东西。

　　My mom cooks a hell of a brisket.

　　brisket：鸡胸肉

　　我妈做胸肉可有一手。

　　Let me know. It's Howard.

　　想好了告诉我哇，我是Howard。

　　-Leonard：I've had her brisket. Melts in your mouth.

　　Melts in your mouth：事物嫩软，好吃极了   Melt：使溶化

　　我吃过她做的胸肉，入口即化。

　　-Woman：Maybe we should think about going to the bedroom.

　　不如我们去卧室吧。

　　-Leonard：That's a good idea.

　　好主意。

　　There's a bed in there, and I'm very... very, very pro-bed.

　　里面有床，我可是...可是很喜欢床的。

　　-Telephone：You've reached Dr. Stephanie Barnett. Leave a message.

　　这是Stephanie Barnett医生家，请留言。

　　-Howard：Hey, it's me again.

　　还是我。

　　Just want to let you know the head count for dinner Friday has gone up.

　　count：人数 gone up：增加

　　想告诉你，下周五的晚餐人数又增加了。

　　My Aunt Betty and Uncle Elliot are coming in from Palm Springs.

　　Aunt：婶，姑，姨 Uncle：叔叔

　　我的Betty婶，Elliot叔要从棕榈泉市过来。

　　Oh, and if anybody should ask, you're half-Jewish on your mother's side.

　　要是被问到，你就说你妈那边是犹太人。

　　Okay, call me. It's Howard.

　　好了，回我电话哟，我是Howard。

　　-Leonard：Don't you think we should tell him you're not interested?

　　我们是不是该让他知道，你对他不感冒?

　　-Woman：Do you want me to stop and call him back right now?

　　你希望现在我停下来，回他电话?

　　-Leonard：Dear God, no!

　　上帝呀! 千万不要!

　　-Woman：Oh, Leonard...

　　哦，Leonard...

　　-Telephone：You've reached Dr. Stephanie Barnett. Leave a message.

　　这是Stephanie Barnett医生家请留言

　　-Howard：Hey, it's me again. Howard.

　　嘿，又是我啦 Howard。

　　Listen, my cousins from Fort Lauderdale are flying in to meet you

　　cousins：表（唐）兄弟姐妹

　　我的表兄要从罗德岱堡飞过来看看你，

　　so that means we're gonna have to move the dinner to a restaurant.

　　gonna= going to   dinner：主餐 restaurant：餐馆

　　所以呢，我们得去餐馆吃晚饭了。

　　-Howard’s mother：Tell her we're going to the Olive Garden!

　　Olive Garden：橄榄园(意式休闲餐厅连锁)

　　跟她说，我们去橄榄园吃! (意式休闲餐厅连锁)

　　I have a coupon¹⁴ from the paper.

　　coupon：优惠券

　　我从报纸上剪了张优惠券!

　　-Howard：We're not going to the Olive Garden, Mom!

　　我们不去橄榄园，老妈!

　　-Howard’s mother：Oh, Mr. Big shot with his Red Lobster¹⁵.

　　Lobster：龙虾

　　大人物和他的红龙虾哟。

　　-Howard：I'll call you back when we firm up the details.

　　firm up：确定 details：细节

　　确认了细节以后我再打给你。

　　It's Howard.

　　我是Howard哟

1 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

2 excrement   

n.排泄物，粪便

参考例句：

• The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
• Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。

3 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

6 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

7 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 malfunction   

vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常

参考例句：

• There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
• Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

9 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

10 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

11 gall   

v.使烦恼，使焦躁，难堪；n.磨难

参考例句：

• It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。
• No gall,no glory.没有磨难，何来荣耀。

12 bowel   

n.肠(尤指人肠)；内部，深处

参考例句：

• Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.女性比男性更易患肠易激综合征。
• Have you had a bowel movement today?你今天有排便吗？

13 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

14 coupon   

n.息票，配给票，附单

参考例句：

• The coupon can be used once only.此优惠券只限使用一次。
• I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.我有一张优惠券买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。

15 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。