生活大爆炸第八季 第76期:享受舞会

 Sheldon, this is silly. I'm not missing another prom. I'm going upstairs now. Good-bye. 谢尔顿，你太傻了。我不要又错过一次舞会。我要上楼去了。回见。

I really did think you looked pretty. 我真心觉得你今天很美。

You did? 真的吗？

Yes. So much so that I started to panic. 真的。惊艳到让我开始恐慌。

Well, you can relax. Just because you think I look pretty doesn't mean we have to spend the night together. 你不用紧张。就算你觉得我很美，也不代表我们今晚就要在一起。

Were you hoping we would because it's prom? 可这是舞会，你不是一直都盼着我们一起去吗？

I'm always hoping. But tonight I just wanted to have a nice time with you. And maybe dance with someone who has arms. 我一直都想，但今晚我只想好好和你享受舞会。或许还能跟有手臂的生物跳舞。

Thank you for understanding. 谢谢你理解我。

Of course I understand. 我当然理解。

Sheldon, there's something else I've been wanting to say, but before I do, I just...I want you to know that you don't have to say it back.  谢尔顿，有些话我一直想告诉你。在说之前，我...我想让你明白，你不用回复我。

I know you're not ready, and I don't want you to say it just because social convention¹ dictates²...- I love you, too. 我知道你还没准备好，所以我不希望你仅仅因为社交规矩而说出来...-我也爱你。

You said it. 你说出来了。

There's no denying I have feelings for you that can't be explained in any other way.  我对你有着不可否认又无法用其他途径解释的好感。

I briefly³ considered that I had a brain parasite⁴. But that seems even more farfetched. The only conclusion was love. 我曾以为自己脑子里长了寄生虫。但那个理由更牵强。唯一的结论，这就是爱。

 

1 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

2 dictates   

n.命令，规定，要求( dictate的名词复数 )v.大声讲或读( dictate的第三人称单数 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. 依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He always follows the dictates of common sense. 他总是按常识行事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 parasite   

n.寄生虫；寄生菌；食客

参考例句：

• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫，我要自己养活自己。