生活大爆炸之来了新邻居(03)

　　TBBT101-6 生活大爆炸之来了新邻居penny（3）

　　(Penny opens door).

　　Leonard: Hi. Again.

　　Penny: Hi.

　　Sheldon: Hi.

　　Leonard: Hi.

　　Penny: Hi.

　　Leonard: Anyway, um. We brought home Indian food. And, um. I know that moving can be stressful, and I find that when I’m undergoing stress, that good food and company can have a comforting effect. Also, curry¹ is a natural laxative, and I don’t have to that, uh, a clean colon² is just… one less thing to worry about.

　　Sheldon: Leonard, I’m not expert here but I believe in the context of a luncheon³ invitation, you might want to skip the reference to bowel⁴ movements.

　　Penny: Oh, you’re inviting⁵ me over to eat?

　　Leonard: Uh, yes.

　　Penny: Oh, that’s so nice, I’d love to.

　　Leonard: Great.

　　Penny: So, what do you guys do for fun around here?

　　Sheldon: Well, today we tried masturbating for money.

　　comforting

　　【释】making you feel calmer and less worried or unhappy(牛津高阶)

　　令人欣慰的：让人觉得宽心，少焦躁或不开心

　　【例】He wanted to say some comforting and heartening word to his mother. (海词)

　　他想对他妈妈说一些让她欣慰和振奋的话。

　　【例】For a family in our situation, the Superintendent⁶ of Frizinghall Police was the most comforting officer you could wish. (有道)

　　对我们这种处境的一户人家来说，正巴不得看到弗利辛霍的警察局长呢。他倒是最能叫人宽心的官员了。

　　curry

　　【释】n [C, U] dish of meat, fish, vegetables, etc cooked with certain hot-tasting spices, usu served with rice (牛津高阶)

　　咖喱食品：用某些很辣的调味品烹饪出的肉、鱼和蔬菜等，常用来配米饭

　　laxative

　　【释】n, adj (medicine, food or drink) causing or helping⁷ the bowels⁸ to empty (牛津高阶)

　　通便剂：能帮助肠道排空的（药物、食物或饮料）

　　colon

　　【释】n lower part of the large intestine⁹ (牛津高阶)

　　结肠：大肠的下面部分

　　I’m not expert here but

　　【释】I'm not good at it but (自造)

　　我在这不是内行，但是...

　　【例】I'm no expert here, but it seems to me that this could not haven¹⁰ effected through natural selection. (海词)

　　在这我不是内行，但就我看来这不能通过自然选择被影响。

　　【例】I'm no child expert, but I can tell that kid has some serious issues. (自造)

　　我对儿童不了解，但我能分辨出那孩子有严重的问题。

　　in the context of

　　【释】under the circumstance of (参考牛津)

　　在...背景/环境下

　　【例】In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes. (牛津高阶)

　　在现在经济危机的背景下，降低税收是不明智的。

　　【例】We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres. (柯林斯)

　　我们在经济，社会和文化领域的改革背景下做这项工作。

　　luncheon

　　【释】n [C, U] (fml 文) lunch (牛津高阶)

　　午餐的正式说法

　　the reference to

　　【释】the act of mentioning (参考牛津)提及

　　【例】One particularly interesting piece of information in the above reading is the reference to Sheldon(有道)

　　上述的阅读中一个特别令人感兴趣的信息片段是提到了Sheldon

　　【例】There is no further reference to him in her diary. (海词)

　　她日记中再没提到他

　　bowel movements

　　【释】bowel: part of the alimentary¹¹ canal below the stomach; intestine 肠 (牛津高阶)

　　大肠运动

　　masturbate

　　【释】 [I, Tn] give (oneself/sb) sexual pleasure by stimulating¹² the genitals, esp by hand (牛津高阶)

　　手淫

　　中译英巩固练习

　　别整天提这不好、那不好，也不瞅瞅你自个儿。笔记作者MJE美剧口语联盟

 

1 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

2 colon   

n.冒号，结肠，直肠

参考例句：

• Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样，应当在冒号后加破折号。
• The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。

3 luncheon   

n.午宴，午餐，便宴

参考例句：

• We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
• I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。

4 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？

5 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

6 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

10 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

11 alimentary   

adj.饮食的，营养的

参考例句：

• He had the disease of alimentary canal.他患了消化道疾病。
• This system is mainly a long tube,called the alimentary canal.这一系统主要是一根长管，称作消化道。

12 stimulating   

adj.有启发性的，能激发人思考的

参考例句：

• shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
• This is a drug for stimulating nerves. 这是一种兴奋剂。