生活大爆炸第八季 第103期:圣诞老人进城了

 Because in the last ten minutes, Santa came to town, kissed Mommy and ran Grandma over with a reindeer¹. 因为在过去的十分钟里 《圣诞老人进城了》《我看见妈妈亲吻圣诞老人》然后《奶奶被驯鹿撞死了》。（皆为脍炙人口的圣诞歌曲）

I had a drunk² uncle who did all those things. Nobody sings songs about him. 我有个酒鬼叔叔也会做这三件事啊。怎么没人唱歌歌颂他呢。

Maybe you'd like it more if you thought of Santa as a superhero and his power is bringing joy to children. 如果你把圣诞老人看做是超级英雄，有给孩子们带来欢乐的超能力，你会喜欢点。

My uncle was accused of that, too. It turned out to be legal in Oklahoma. 我叔叔也这样啊，结果被指控了。结果在俄州那是合法的。

Okay, new subject. Let's talk about presents. What did you get Amy? 好吧，换个话题。我们聊聊礼物吧。你要送艾米什么呀？

Oh, we're not exchanging gifts. 我们不会互送礼物。

Come on, Sheldon, you have to get her something. 拜托，谢尔顿，送礼物给女朋友是一定要的啊。

Why should I? She knows that I don't like Christmas, and yet, every year, she forces me to celebrate it. 凭什么？她明知道我不喜欢圣诞节，可是每一年都强迫我一起庆祝。

Not only am I going to this foolish dinner against my will. At the Christmas tree lot, there was mistletoe, and she kissed me under it in public. 不光是这次逼我参加白痴的圣诞晚餐。之前在圣诞树卖场那有一株槲寄生，她居然当众亲了我。

Like we were the stars of a Tijuana sex show. （圣诞习俗，两人站在榭寄生下得亲吻）我们就像墨西哥性爱秀的表演者。

She's just excited about the holidays. 她只是对节日感到兴奋而已啦。

Yes, and she's not taking my feelings into account at all. Maybe it's time I teach her a lesson. 是啊，而她完全不顾及我的感受。或许是时候给她点教训了。

How? 怎么做？

It'd have to be something heinous³, something that makes her as miserable⁴ as she's making me. Oh, I've got it. This is good. 一定要给她来点狠招，极其邪恶的那种，就像她害我的那样。我想到了。这主意太妙了。

What? 是什么？

I'm going to buy her a present. 我要送她一份礼物。

Yeah, you're gonna have to walk me through that. 好吧，你得好好给我讲解一下。

With gift-giving, there's an implied⁵ social contract. If I show up tonight with a present, and she doesn't have one for me, she'll feel terrible. 礼品馈赠隐含了一种无形的社会契约。如果我今晚带着礼物去她家，而她却没有为我准备礼物，那她就会内疚。

 

1 reindeer   

n.驯鹿

参考例句：

• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
• The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。

2 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

3 heinous   

adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的

参考例句：

• They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
• I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。

4 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

5 implied   

adj.暗含的，暗示的

参考例句：

• The implied reservation doctrine has deep historical roots.所指的保留地原则有着很深的历史渊源。