No, we got it. You guys make yourselves comfortable. 不用，有我们就够了，你们自己随意就好。

All right, hey, you two, we're here for Howard right now, okay? 你们俩记住，今晚的主角是霍华德，好吗？

Yes, so please behave yourselves. - Fine. - Of course. 对啊，表现乖一点。-好吧。-没问题。

So I heard you two, uh, wrote a paper together. How's that going? 我听说你俩一起写了一篇论文啊。结果怎么样？

This food is amazing. 这些菜太好吃了。

Mm, and not a vegetable in sight. 而且一点蔬菜也没有。

That's not true. We've got tomatoes right here. 错了，这里有好多"番茄"呢。

All these bright people sitting around a table by candlelight. Feels like we could be an 18th century French salon. 一群聪明人围着烛光坐成一圈，感觉仿佛回到了18世纪的法国沙龙。（沙龙最早出现于16世纪意大利）

Indeed. Penny, a salon is a gathering where intellectuals entertained each other with sparkling conversations about issues of the day. 没错。佩妮，沙龙是指知识分子们围在一起讨论时下最新的事件。

Oh, so it's like The View. 所以就跟《访谈》节目一样嘛。

Sheldon, The View is a daytime talk show hosted by women. 谢尔顿，《访谈》是一档女性主持的日间节目。

Oh, I'm aware. It features Whoopi Goldberg. She played Guinan on Star Trek: Next Gen. Penny, Next Gen refers to Star Trek...- Shut up. 我知道。里面有琥碧·戈博，她在《星际迷航·下一代》中扮演了吉南。佩妮，《下一代》是指星际迷航的... -闭嘴。

I would like to propose a salon topic. 我愿意提一个沙龙话题。

Ooh, please do, Rajesh. 愿听其详，拉杰什。

The lead in The Hunger Games is a woman. Marvel has made "Tor" a female. 《饥饿游戏》的主角是女人，漫威也将"托尔"改成了女性。

Wait, who's Tor? 等等，谁是托尔？

You know, Tor, the God of "Tunder." 你懂的吧，托尔，"雷神"啊。（其实是索尔Thor）

As I was saying, is this a sign that our society is approaching gender equality? 综上所述，这是标志着我们的社会逐步走向性别平等吗？

Certainly a lot more women are reading comic books now. 现在很多女性也爱看漫画了。

It's true. At the store, I had to put a seat on the toilet. 这是真的。我还得为店里厕所装上个马桶坐垫。

We won't know if there's equality until female Thor has a baby and the Avengers are cool with her pumping breast milk at work. 在女索尔生孩子后，而其他复仇者们不介意她在工作场所挤母乳之前，性别平等还很难说。

I wonder if only a baby who is worthy can suckle at the bosom of Thor. 我在想什么样的孩子才有资格能吸雷神的奶子。(雷神之锤梗)