生活大爆炸第八季 第92期:首位缝制者

 Say, Betsy Ross, what you working on? 贝特西·罗斯，你在缝什么呢？（贝特西·罗斯：被美国公众广泛认作美国国旗的首位缝制者，但缺乏足够的档案记载以佐证这一观点）

I have no idea. Because the story of me sewing the first American flag is unsupported poppycock. 我也不知道。因为我缝出第一面美国旗帜的故事是没证据的狗屁。

Then who did sew it, hmm? 那到底是谁缝的呢？

Don't ask me. I'm just a simple seamstress whose descendants are...out to make a quick buck¹! 别问我。我只是个普通的女裁缝，是我的那些不肖子孙出来骗钱的！

Fancy a dip, my dear? 赏脸共泳吗？

I do. 乐意之至。

Wait, that purple flag indicates that marine² pests, such as jellyfish, are present. 等等，紫色旗子代表了水域有海洋有害生物，比如毒水母

Wow, that flag is a lifesaver. 哇，这旗子拯"救生"命啊。

No. This is. Stop looking at my legs. 不是。这才是"救生"圈。别盯着人家腿了。

Not a flag. Flag. Flag. Not a flag. Flag. Crap. 不是国旗。国旗。国旗。不是国旗。是的。靠。

When stuff like this gets me down, you know what I like to do? 碰到这种让我难受的事，你知道我都怎么做吗？

Sing "Hakuna Matata" Like an eight-year-old girl? 像八岁小女孩一样唱"哈库那马他他"吗？（《狮子王》电影中的欢乐歌曲，意为"不用担心"或"没有问题"）

Wrong, smarty-pants. It's "Everything Is Awesome³" From The Lego Movie. 错了，自作聪明。该电影中的洗脑欢乐主题曲是《乐高大电影》里的"啥事儿都好赞"。

Look at these notebooks. They're full of pages and pages of data. He clearly spent years on this. 看这些笔记本，一页一页全都是数据。明显是他多年的心血。

Oh, it's just columns of random⁴ numbers. Toss it. 只是一行行无规律的数字。扔了吧。

Well, but what if this was a potential breakthrough for him?  万一这是他可能的重要突破呢？

What if...what if this is the thing that would've finally let him open that bottle of champagne⁵? 万一这是让能他如愿以偿打开那瓶香槟的东西呢？

Maybe he didn't know what to pair champagne with. Strawberries, caviar, oysters⁶. All good choices. 或许他不开是因为不知道香槟要配什么。草莓 、鱼子酱、 生蚝，都是好选择。

Yeah, that look right there is why people eat before they come to your parties. 瞧你那表情，所以大家才会在参加你派对前先吃饱。

 

1 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

2 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

5 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

6 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。