生活大爆炸第三季第三集_3

 　　-Sheldon: Obviously, waitressing at the cheesecake factory

　　很显然，干奶酪蛋糕这行

　　is a complex socioeconomic activiity

　　complex: 复杂的 socioeconomic: 社会经济学的 activity: 活动

　　是个复杂的社会活动。

　　That requires a great deal of analysis and planning.

　　require: 需要 a great deal of: 大量 analysis: 分析

　　需要大量的分析和计划。

　　Bazinga.

　　玩笑。

　　You know, using positive

　　你要知道，用我的正强化手段，

　　Reinforcement techniques, I could train that behavior

　　一周之内就能让她改掉。

　　Out of her in a week.

　　这种行为。

　　-Leonard: No.

　　不行。

　　-Sheldon: If you let me use negative reinforcement,

　　negative reinforcement: 负强化

　　如果你同意用负强化手段的话，

　　I can get it done before we go to bed.

　　我在我们睡觉前就能搞定。

　　-Leonard: You're not squirting her in the face with water.

　　squirt: 喷出 in the face: 面对，当面

　　你不能对着她的脸喷水。

　　-Sheldon: No, of course not.

　　不，当然不是。

　　We're talking very mild electric shocks.

　　mild: 温和的 electric shocks: 触电

　　我们说的是温和的电击疗法，

　　No tissue damage whatsoever¹.

　　tissue damage: 组织损伤 whatsoever: 无论什么

　　绝不会造成组织损伤。

　　-Leonard: Forget it.

　　得了吧。

　　-Sheldon: Oh, come on. You can't tell me

　　噢，你别告诉我你对

　　That you're not intrigued² out the possibility

　　intrigued: 好奇的，被迷住了的

　　改造出一个完美女友

　　of building a better girlfriend.

　　一点兴趣都没有。

　　-Leonard: I'm not.

　　一点都没有。

　　Well, and Penny's qualities, both good and bad,

　　不管Penny的性格是好是坏，

　　Are what make her who she is.

　　那就是真实的她啊。

　　-Sheldon: You mean like that high-pitched, irritating laugh?

　　high-pitched: 声调高的 irritating: 刺激的

　　你是说像那种刺耳诡异的尖笑声?

　　You wouldn't prefer a throaty chuckle³?

　　throaty: 喉音的，低沉的   chuckle: 轻声地笑

　　你就不喜欢低沉的轻笑声?

　　-Leonard: You're not changing how Penny laughs.

　　你不能改变Penny的笑声，

　　No, that would be incongruous.

　　incongruous: 不和谐的

　　不，那也不太和谐了。

　　I was going to lower the whole voice

　　我只是想降低她的音域，

　　to a more pleasing register.

　　pleasing: 令人愉快的 register: 登记，注册

　　到一个更怡人的层次。

　　-Penny: Ugh. Sorry, guys.

　　噢，不好意思，伙计们。

　　That girl is freaky.

　　freaky: 捉摸不定的

　　那姑娘真是诡异。

　　-Sheldon: Come again?

　　再说一次?

　　-Penny: Freaky.

　　诡异。

　　-Sheldon: Freaky?

　　诡异?

　　-Penny: Ah, freaky.

　　啊，诡异。

　　-Sheldon: Have a chocolate.

　　来点巧克力

　　-Penny: Thank you.

　　谢谢。

　　-Raj: Are you seriously going to deface your body

　　deface: 损伤外观，丑化

　　你确定要破坏自己的发肤来取悦

　　just for the possibility you could have cheap sex

　　这俩在酒吧认识的非主流

　　with a strange girl you met in a bar?

　　以此来增加和她们上床的机会?

　　-Howard: Uh...

　　额...

　　Yeah!

　　没错!

　　-Raj: What is your mother going to say?

　　吓到你妈妈怎么办?

　　-Howard: She's not going to see it.

　　她不会发现的，

　　She takes my temperature orally now.

　　temperature: 温度 orally: 口头上地

　　她现在都用嘴含式体温计。

　　- Bethany: What are you going to get, Howard?

　　想好要纹什么图案了没，Howard?

　　-Howard: Well, I can't really decide

　　我不能决定

　　Between a screaming devil, this mean little skull⁴,

　　devil: 恶魔 mean: 卑鄙的，低劣的 skull: 头盖骨，脑壳

　　是尖叫恶魔，邪恶小骷髅

　　Or kermit the frog.

　　还是布偶青蛙。

　　-Bethany: Kermit The frog?

　　布偶青蛙?

　　-Howard: you know. Hi-ho. I'm on Howard's butt⁵.

　　butt: 屁股

　　嗨，我占领了Howard的屁屁。

　　-Bethany: Get the mean little skull,

　　就纹个邪恶骷髅吧，

　　and I'll see if I can make him smile.

　　我倒想看看我能不能让它变笑脸。

　　-Howard: Yeah, I'd like the mean little skull, please.

　　麻烦您给我来个邪恶小骷髅。

　　-Sarah: What are you going to get, Raj?

　　你纹个什么，Raj?

　　-Raj: With my luck, hepatitis.

　　hepatitis: 肝炎

　　我得了肝炎，不纹。

　　-Man: Okay, here we go.

　　来吧。

　　-Howard: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

　　噢，哎哟，哎哟，哎哟!

　　-Man: That's just rubbing alcohol.

　　rub: 摩擦   alcohol: 酒精

　　才酒精消毒而已。

　　-Howard: I know, but it was cold.

　　我知道，但凉飕飕的。

　　Ow, ow, ow!

　　哎哟，哎哟，哎哟!

　　Ow, ow, ow, ow!

　　哎哟，哎哟，哎哟，哎哟!

　　-Man: I'm putting on the stencil⁶.

　　stencil: 模版

　　就放了张图纸。

　　-Howard: What comes after the stencil?

　　然后呢?

　　Okay, that's it.

　　够啦，我不玩啦。

　　No needle. No pain. No tattoo⁷.

　　needle: 针头   tattoo: 纹身

　　针头，疼痛，纹身，我通通都不要啦。

　　-Bethany: What's the big deal? You've done this before.

　　有什么大不了的啊? 你又不是没纹过。

　　-Howard: No, I haven't.

　　我的确没纹过。

　　Look.

　　你看。

　　I'm sorry. I'm a fraud.

　　fraud: 欺骗

　　抱歉，我骗了你们。

　　He's a fraud.

　　他也骗了你们。

　　-Raj: We're both frauds.

　　我俩是骗子二人组。

　　-Howard: Yeah, I think I covered that.

　　我想我已经说过了。

　　-Raj: But I was summing up.

　　sum up: 总结

　　我这是在做总结。

　　-Howard: We're not Goth. We're just...

　　我们不是什么哥特，就是两个...

　　guys.

　　普通人。

　　-Raj: Very, very smart guys.

　　灰常，灰常聪明的普通人。

　　-Bethany: So you were totally scamming us?

　　你俩合起伙来耍我们?

　　-Howard: Yes.

　　恩。

　　And I wouldn't blame you if you

　　blame: 责备

　　要是你俩转身就走从此不再见

　　walked out of here and never wanted to see us again.

　　walk out: 走出，罢工，退席

　　我们也完全可以理解。

　　Unless, of course, our bold honesties

　　bold: 大胆的 honesty: 诚实，正直

　　除非我们勇敢的坦诚，

　　has suddenly made us attractive.

　　attractive: 吸引人的，有魅力的

　　突然增加了魅力值。

　　Huh? Huh? Anything?

　　嗯? 发现点什么没?

　　-Bethany: I'm leaving.

　　我要走了。

　　-Sarah: I'm leaving, too. Not that anyone cares.

　　我也走了，不过没人在乎就是了。

　　-Raj: When we tell this story, let's end it differently.

　　回去给别人讲的时候，咱俩得换个好点的结局。

　　-Howard: What are you thinking? Maybe a big musical number?

　　你想什么呢? 要不说来了场热辣狂欢?

　　-Sheldon: Well, I'm going to make some warm milk and then turn in.

　　turn in: （口语）上床睡觉

　　好啦，我去喝杯热牛奶然后就上床睡觉了

　　I trust if you two are planning on engaging

　　engage: 参加

　　要是你俩想进行点

　　in amorous⁸ activities,

　　amorous: 多情的，恋爱的

　　激情的身体运动，

　　you'll keep the decibel⁹ level to a minimum.

　　decibel: 分贝 minimum: 最小值

　　拜托控制好音量。

　　-Penny: Of course.

　　没问题。

　　-Sheldon: Thank you.

　　多谢了。

　　-Penny: Mmm. These are so good.

　　嗯，味道真不错。

　　Mmm.

　　嗯。

　　-Leonard: Unbelievable.

　　难以置信。

　　-Penny: What?

　　什么?

　　-Leonard: I... I was just thinking

　　我就是想说，

　　we should probably turn in, too.

　　咱俩也该睡觉了。

　　-Penny: Well, you know, my new bed got delivered. If you come over

　　我买的新床已经送到了，你要是能过来

　　and put it together, you can stay at my place.

　　把他它组装好的话，今晚就住我那。

　　-Leonard: Really? That's a lot of work, and it's kind of late.

　　真的? 那可是个大工程，现在已经晚了。

　　-Penny: Yeah, but if we stay there, we won't have to be quiet.

　　可在我那就用不着噤声。

　　-Leonard: Let's go.

　　快走吧。

　　-Sheldon: Interesting.

　　有意思。

　　Sex works even better than chocolate to modify behavior.

　　modify: 修改

　　改变行为习惯，性竟然比巧克力更管用。

　　I wonder if anyone else has stumbled on the bed.

　　stumble: 无意中发现，偶然遇到

　　要是深陷于床上可怎么拔呀。

　　-Howard: Okay, wait. How about this?

　　好吧，这么说怎么样?

　　We say there were four Goth girls.

　　就说我们遇见了四个哥特美眉，

　　The two girls in the club had two friends.

　　就那两个酒吧美眉还有两个朋友。

　　-Raj: I like it, I like it.

　　挺好，挺好。

　　Did they smell good despite their Goth-like nature?

　　那这些哥特女闻起来怎么样?

　　-Howard: What's that got to do with the story?

　　这和故事有关系么?

　　-Raj: Engaging my olfactory¹⁰ sense helps make it real for me.

　　olfactory: 嗅觉的，味道的

　　对我来说迷人的香味可以增加真实性。

　　-Howard: Fine, they smelled good.

　　好吧，她们闻起来还不错。

　　-Raj: Oh, they did. Like jasmine and honeysuckle

　　jasmine: 茉莉 honeysuckle: 金银花

　　噢，确实，就好像茉莉花和金银花。

　　-Howard: Whatever.

　　随便吧。

　　-Raj: And then they held hands and did a sexy, demonic

　　demonic: 有魔力的，恶魔的

　　然后他俩联手给我们来了段，

　　Hokey pokey for us.

　　hokey pokey: 欺骗，变戏法

　　疯狂热辣的戏法表演。

　　-Howard: No, no. Ok, let me just say my story all the way through

　　停，你先让我把我的故事说完。

　　And then you can say yours, and then we'll pick.

　　然后你再来说你的，二者选一就好啦。

　　-Raj: I'm sorry. Go on. Okay.

　　抱歉，你继续吧。

　　-Howard: We got tattoos¹¹,

　　我们先去纹了身，

　　and then the four girls took us to their place.

　　然后这四个美眉就把我们带到了她们的住处。

　　-Raj: But we don't have tattoos.

　　可咱们没纹身啊。

　　What if someone asks to see our tattoos?

　　人家要看咱俩的纹身怎么办?

　　-Howard: We say they're in a very intimate area.

　　intimate: 私人的

　　就说纹在很私密的地方呗。

　　-Raj: Oh, we're bad boys, aren't we?

　　噢，我们可真是坏孩子了?

　　-Howard: Right, right.

　　没错，没错。

　　So, we go back to their place

　　然后我们就去了她们的住处。

　　and then the six of us end up in a hot tub.

　　六个人一起泡了个热水澡。

　　-Raj: But we just got tattoos.

　　可我们刚纹完身哎，

　　Wouldn't we be concerned about bacterial¹² infection?

　　be concerned about: 关心，挂念 bacterial infection: 细菌感染

　　难道就不怕细菌感染?

　　-Howard: True. Okay. Forget the hot tub.

　　确实，好吧，热水澡就算了。

　　The point is, we each had a manage with sexy Goth girls.

　　重点是，咱和性感女郎度过了一段狂野的时光。

　　-Raj: Wow.

　　喔。

　　What a great night.

　　激情燃烧的夜晚啊。

　　Yeah.

　　没错。

　　-Howard: Hey, want to try a country bar tomorrow night?

　　咱明天转站乡村酒吧怎么样?

　　-Raj:Maybe we'll get lucky with some sexy cowgirls.

　　没准性感的牛仔女郎好我们这一口。

　　-Howard: Could happen.

　　很有可能。

　　-Raj: I wonder how they smell.

　　你说她们闻起来怎么样。

1 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

2 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。

3 chuckle   

vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑

参考例句：

• He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
• I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个，我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

4 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

5 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

6 stencil   

v.用模版印刷；n.模版；复写纸，蜡纸

参考例句：

• He then stencilled the ceiling with a moon and stars motif.他随后用模版在天花板上印上了月亮和繁星图案。
• Serveral of commonly used methods are photoprinting,photoengraving,mechnical engraving,and stencil.通常所采用的几种储存方法是：影印法、照相蚀刻、机械雕刻和模板。

7 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

8 amorous   

adj.多情的；有关爱情的

参考例句：

• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去，以目传情。
• She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。

9 decibel   

n.分贝(音量的单位)

参考例句：

• The noise pollution reached a high decibel level.噪音污染达到了很高分贝。
• In sound we use the decibel scale.在声学中我们采用分贝标度。

10 olfactory   

adj.嗅觉的

参考例句：

• He is to develop a sensor to substitute for the olfactory abilities of dogs.克罗克将研制一种传感器用以代替狗的嗅觉功能。
• Based on these findings, Keller suspects that each person has an olfactory blind spot.根据这些发现，凯勒推断，每个人都有一个嗅觉盲区。

11 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。