S01E07-The Dumpling Paradox

-Howard：Watch this, it's really cool. 看这个，真的很酷。 Call Leonard Hofstadter. 呼叫Leonard Hofstadter。

-Machine：Did you say: \"Call Helen Boxleitner\"? 您说的是\"呼叫Helen Boxleitner\"吗？ -Howard：No. Call Leonard Hofstadter. 不，呼叫Leonard Hofstadter。

-Machine：Did you say: \"Call Temple Beth Seder\"?

您说的是\"呼叫Temple Beth Seder\"吗？ -Howard：No. 不。

-Leonard：Here, let me try it. 来让我试试。

Call McFlono McFlooniloo.

呼叫McFlono McFlooniloo。

-Machine：Calling Rajesh Koothrappali. 正在呼叫Rajesh Koothrappali。 -Raj：Oh, it's very impressive. impressive：给人印象深刻的 真的很强悍。 And a little racist. racist：种族主义者 还带点儿种族主义。

-Sheldon：If we're all through playing \"mock the flawed technology,\"

all through：一直 mock：愚弄，嘲弄 flawed：有缺陷的 technology：科技 如果你们玩够了\"嘲笑残次科技\"， can we get on with Halo night?

get on with：继续（干某事） Halo：（图画中圣人头上的）光环，灵光

我们能开始\"光晕\"之夜了吗 (XBOX经典第一人称射击游戏)？

We were supposed to start at 8:00. be supposed to：应该，被期望 我们本该8点开始。 It is now 8:06. 现在都8:06了。

-Leonard：So we'll start now. 那我们现在就开始。

-Sheldon：Yes, first we have to decide if those lost six minutes will be coming out of

game time, bathroom time or the pizza break. lost：失去的 come out of: v. 由...产生;从...出来 bathroom：盥洗室 pizza：比萨饼 break：间歇 是啊，首先我们得决定失去的6分钟该从哪里扣除，是游戏时间，上厕所时间，还是披萨饼休息时间? -Raj：We could split it two, two and two. split：使裂开

我们可以把它分成三个两分钟。

-Howard：If we're having anchovies on the pizza, we can't take it out of bathroom time.

anchovies：凤尾鱼

如果吃凤尾鱼披萨饼，上厕所时间就不能被扣掉了。 -Sheldon：Oh, what the hell is this?

what the hell：（用于加强语气或咒骂）究竟，到底 又搞什么鬼啊？

-Leonard：Oh, hey, Penny. Come on in. 嘿，Penny 进来吧。 -Penny：Hey, guys. 嘿，大家好。

-Howard：See a Penny, pick her up, pick up：捡起

看到一便士把她拣起来 (Penny也有便士的意思)， and all the day you'll have good luck. 一整天你都会交好运。 -Penny：No, you won't. 不，你不会的。

Uh, can I hide out here for a while? hide out：躲藏在外 我能在这里藏一会儿吗？

-Leonard：Sure. What's going on? 当然可以，出什么事了？

-Penny：Well, there's this girl I know from back in Nebraska, Christy. Nebraska：内布拉斯加州

我认识一个在内布拉斯加的女孩，她叫Christy。 Anyway, she called me up,

anyway：不管怎么说 call up: 打电话给 她给我打电话

and she's like, \"Hey, how's California?\" California：加利福尼亚 问我\"嘿，加利福尼亚怎么样?\"

And I'm like, \"Awesome,\" 'cause, you know, it's not Nebraska. awesome：棒极了

我就说\"棒极了\" 你也知道，最起码它不是内布拉斯加。

And the next thing I know 然后不知怎么搞的，

she's invited herself out here to stay with me. invite：邀请 stay with：在…家里做客 她就不请自来要和我住一起。 -Sheldon：8：08. 8:08分了。

-Penny：Anyway, she got here today and she's just been in my apartment apartment：房间，公寓

就这样，她今天来了。一直在我的公寓里喋喋不休的讲，

yakking and yakking about every guy she slept with in Omaha,

yakking：（美俚）喋喋不休地讲 Omaha：奥马哈人（内布拉斯加州东北部的印第安人） 在奥马哈和她上床的每一个男人， which is basically every guy in Omaha, basically：基本上

基本上也就是奥马哈的所有男人了， and washing the sluttiest collection of

underwear you have ever seen in my bathroom sink.

collection：收藏 sluttiest ：变形【adj. slutty的变形】 underwear：内衣 sink：水池

她还洗她的那些情趣内衣，都是你在我浴室里见到过最淫荡的。

-Howard：Is she doing it one thong at a time, thong: 丁字裤

她是一次洗一条丁字裤， or does she throw it all in... 还是把它们都扔进去...

like some sort of erotic bouillabaisse?

some sort of：某种 erotic：色情的 bouillabaisse：（由数种鱼肉合煮而成的）浓味鱼肉汤 就像某种情欲海鲜浓汤?

-Penny：He really needs to dial it down. dial down：下拨，这里引申为控制 他真得控制一下了。 I know.

我知道。

-Leonard：So if you don't like this Christy, 那如果你不喜欢这个Christy， why are you letting her stay? 为什么还让她留下来？

-Penny：Well, she was engaged to my cousin be engaged to：与…订婚 cousin：堂兄弟 她曾经和我堂兄订过婚，

while she was sleeping with my brother, 那时她还在和我哥哥上床， so she's kind of family. kind of：稍微，有几分 所以也算自家人了。

-Sheldon：I apologize for my earlier outburst. apologize for：为…道歉 outburst：爆发 我要为我之前的感情用事道歉。

Who needs Halo, when we can be regaled with the delightfully folksy tale of the Whore of Omaha?

Halo：（图画中圣人头上的）光坏 regale：（以笑谈等娱人）folksy：民间风味的 Whore妓女 既然有幸耳闻奥马哈之妓的精彩民间传说，咱们谁还用的着玩\"光晕\"呢?

-Leonard：Oh, I don't think she's a whore. 我不认为她是个妓女。

-Penny：No, yeah, she's definitely a whore. definitely：明确的，肯定的 不，她绝对是个妓女。

I mean, she has absolutely no standards. absolutely：完全的 standards：标准 我是说她完全没有道德标准。 This one time she was at... 那一次她正在... Where's Howard? Howard去哪儿了？

-Howard：Bonjour, mademoiselle. I understand you're new in town.

Bonjour：（法语）您好 mademoiselle（法语）小姐

小姐你好，听说你刚来这里。 -Sheldon：Oh, good grief.

grief ：悲伤 good grief（表示诧异，吃惊的感叹语）天哪！ 我的天啊。

-Penny：Aw, I cannot believe Christy let Howard into my apartment.

真不敢相信Christy让Howard进了我的公寓。 -Sheldon：And I cannot believe people pay for horoscopes,

pay for：付钱 horoscopes：算命天宫图 我也不信会有人花钱去算命。 but on a more serious note, serious：严肃的 再严肃提醒你们一下，

it's 8:13 and we're still not playing Halo. 现在8:13了，我们并没有在玩\"光晕\"。

-Leonard：Okay, fine. 好吧。

We'll just play one-on-one until he gets back. 我们先单打独斗等他回来。 -Sheldon：One-on-one? 单打独斗?

We don't play one-on-one. We play teams, 我们从不单打独斗，都是组队行动。 not one-on-one. One-on-one. 不是单打独斗，居然单打独斗...

-Leonard：Well, the only way we can play teams at this point is if we cut Raj in half. cut in half：切成两半

那现在我们能组队的唯一方法就是把Raj切成两半。 -Raj：Oh sure, cut the foreigner in half. foreigner：外国人

当然了，把这个外国人切两半没什么， There's a billion more where he came from. billion：十亿

他的祖国还有十几亿人呢。

-Penny：Hey, if you guys need a fourth, I'll play. fourth：第四个

嘿，如果你们三缺一的话我可以来。 -Leonard：Great idea. 好主意。

-Sheldon：No. The wheel was a great idea, relativity was a great idea. wheel：轮子 relativity相对论

不行。轮子的发明才是好主意，相对论才是好主意， This is a notion, and a rather suck one at that. notion：突然的念头 suck：使人不快的 这只是个想法，还是个很烂的想法。 -Penny：Why? 为什么？

-Sheldon：Why? 为什么？

Oh, Penny, Penny, Penny. Penny, Penny, Penny

-Penny：Oh, what, what, what? 怎么,怎么,怎么?

-Sheldon：This is a complex battle simulation with a steep learning curve.

complex：复杂的，难懂的 battle：战斗 simulation：模拟steep：陡得 curve：曲线

这是一个复杂的模拟对战游戏，需要学习的东西很多。

There are myriad weapons, vehicles and strategies to master

myriad：无数的，大量的 weapons：武器 vehicles：交通工具 strategies：战略 master：控制 要灵活运用无数种武器、交通工具和攻略， not to mention an extremely intricate back-story.

not to mention：更不用说 extremely：极端的 intricate：错综复杂的 back-story:背景故事 更不用说错综复杂的背景故事了。

-Penny：Oh cool. Whose head did I just blow

off?

blow off：炸掉 酷，我刚爆了谁的头？ -Sheldon：Mine. 我的。

-Penny：Okay, I got this. 好了，我懂了。 Lock and load, boys. 放马过来吧小子们。

-Leonard：It's the only way we can play teams. 只有这样我们才能组队打。

-Sheldon：Yes, but whoever's her partner will be hamstrung by her lack of experience, and not to mention the fact...

partner：同伴 hamstrung：使为力

但她缺乏经验，和她一队的人会被她拖后腿，更不用说...

-Penny：There goes your head again. 哈，又爆了你的头。

-Sheldon：Okay, it's not good sportsmanship to shoot somebody who's just re-spawned. sportsmanship：运动家精神 shoot：射击 spawn：大量产（卵）

在别人再生的时候进行攻击，是非常违反游戏道德的。

You need to give them a chance to... chance：机会 你得给他们个机会... Now, come on! 别这样!

Raj, Raj! She's got me cornered. Cover me! cornered：被逼致绝路 cover：掩护 Raj，Raj，她把我逼到墙角了，掩护我。 -Penny：Cover this, suckers! 放着我来，傻瓜们。

-Leonard：Penny, you are on fire! on fire: 在兴头上；着火 Penny 你火力真猛。

-Penny：Yes, and so is Sheldon. 是啊，所以Sheldon着火了。 -Sheldon：Okay, that's it. 好了，够了。

I don't know how, but she is cheating. cheating：欺骗

我不知道怎么回事，但她作弊了。 No one can be that attractive attractive：有吸引力的 不可能有人既长得漂亮，

and this skilled at a video game.

skilled：熟练的，有技能的 video game：计算机游戏

又擅长玩电子游戏。

-Penny：Wait, wait, Sheldon, come back. You forgot something.

等等，Sheldon 回来，你忘了件东西。 -Sheldon：What? 什么？

-Penny：This plasma grenade. plasma：等离子体 grenade：手榴弹 这个等离子手雷。 Look, it's raining you. rain：使降落 看啊，满天都是你。

-Sheldon：You laugh now-- you just wait until you need tech support. support：支撑

你现在就笑吧，等你需要技术支持的时候再收拾你。 -Penny：Gosh, he's kind of a sore loser, isn't he? sore：伤心的 loser：失败者

天啊，他真是个输不起的人，不是吗？ -Leonard：Well, to be fair, he's also a rather unpleasant winner.

to be fair: 公平地说【to be a. 常作插入语，表示以一种什么样的语气和心态，如to be honest；to be frank】 fair：公平的 unpleasant：使人不愉快的 winner：获胜的人

公平点儿说，他赢的时候也很讨厌。 -Penny：Well, it's been fun. 好了，这很有趣。

-Leonard：You know, Penny, we make such a good team.

Penny 咱们配合的很默契。

Maybe we could enter a couple of Halo tournaments sometime.

enter：参加 tournaments：锦标赛 说不定有空能一起参加\"光晕\"锦标赛。 -Penny：Or we could just have a life. 我们还不如过更充实的生活。

-Leonard：I guess for you that's an option. option：选择

你倒是可以选择那样做。

-Penny：Good night, Leonard. . 晚安 Leonard 。 -Leonard：Good night 晚安。

-Penny：As usual, nice talking to you,. 还是那句话，很高兴和你聊天Raj。

-Raj：What do you suppose she meant by that? suppose：猜想

你觉得她说那话是什么意思? -Leonard：She's an enigma, Raj. enigma：难于理解的人 她是个谜Raj。

-Sheldon：And another thing-- there's a certain ethic to the game, Penny, a well- established... ethic：道德规范 established：已制定的 well- established：完善的

还有一件事，这个游戏是要遵循一定准则的Penny，一个健全的...

-Leonard：She's gone, Sheldon. 她走了Sheldon。

-Sheldon：Oh. Well, she could have said good-bye.

should have done: 本应该做…【虚拟语气】

好吧，她应该说再见的。

-Penny：Okay, I have a problem. 我遇到麻烦了。

-Sheldon：It's called carpal tunnel syndrome, and quite frankly you deserve it.

carpal：腕骨 tunnel：穴，洞 syndrome：综合症 carpal tunnel syndrome：腕管综合症【腕管综合症是一种很常见的文明病，主要和以手部动作为主的职业有关。得了这种病会出现手部逐渐麻木、灼痛、腕关节肿胀、手动作不灵活、无力等症状，到了晚上，疼痛会加剧，甚至让患者从梦中痛醒。键盘、特别是鼠标是我们最常见的“腕管杀手”。随着开车族的日渐增多，方向盘也成为一大“腕管杀手”。其他频繁使用双手的职业，如音乐家、教师、编辑记者、建筑设计师、装配工等，都有可能遭遇腕管综合症的“毒手”。】 frankly：直率的 deserve：应受 那叫做腕管综合症，老实说你活该。 -Leonard：What's wrong? 怎-么了？

-Penny：Well, um, Howard and Christy are... kind of hooking up in my bedroom. hooking：扣住，勾住

Howard和Christy正在...我的卧室里乱搞。 -Leonard：Are you sure? 你确定吗？

-Penny：Look, I grew up on a farm, okay? 听着，我在农场里长大，

From what I heard, they're either having sex or Howard's caught in a milking machine. milking machine：挤奶机

我听到的声音要么是他们在做爱，要么就是Howard被挤奶机夹住了。

Do you mind if I stay here tonight? 你介意我今晚住在这里吗？

-Leonard：No, take the couch, or my bed. couch：长沙发

当然不，你睡沙发或者我的床。

I just got new pillows. Hypo-allergenic.

pillows：枕头 Hypo-allergenic：低变应原的 allergenic：过敏的 我刚买了新枕头，防过敏的。 -Penny：The couch is good. 沙发就行。

-Sheldon：Hold that thought. Leonard, a moment.

先别轻举妄动，Leonard过来一下。

-Leonard：Let me guess. You have a problem with this.

让我猜猜看，你对此有意见。 -Sheldon：Where do I begin? 我从哪儿说起呢？

It's up to you. Crazy person's choice. up to sb.：取决于 crazy：发疯的 choice：选择 你自己作主，疯子的选择。

Well, first, we don't have houseguests. houseguests：在家过夜或暂住的客人 首先我们不留宿客人，

Frankly, if I could afford the rent, I'd ask you to leave.

frankly：直率地 afford：负担得起 rent：租金 说实话，如果我付得起房租会把你也赶走的。 -Leonard：Your friendship means a lot to me as well.

sth. mean a lot to sb.: 什么东西对某人很重要 你的友谊对我来说也很重要。 What else? 还有什么？

-Sheldon：Well... our earthquake supplies. earthquake：地震 好吧。我们的地震补给，

We have a two-man, two-day kit. kit：衣物和装备

我们是两个人、两天的装备包。 -Leonard：So? 那又怎样?

-Sheldon：So if there's an earthquake and the

three of us are trapped here, trap：困住

如果发生了地震，我们三个人被困在这里， we could be out of food by tomorrow afternoon. out of: 缺乏

到明天下午我们就会断粮了。

-Leonard：I'm sorry, are you suggesting that if we let Penny stay we might succumb to cannibalism?

suggest：暗示 succumb to：屈服于 cannibalism：吃人肉，同类相食

不好意思，你是说如果让Penny留下，我们就会为了吃人肉自相残杀吗?

-Sheldon：No one ever thinks it'll happen until it does.

事情没发生的时候谁都不会信。

-Leonard：Penny, if you promise not to chew the flesh off our bones while we sleep, you can

stay.

promise：承诺 chew：嚼 flesh：肉 bone：骨头 Penny如果你保证不在我们睡着时从我们骨头上剔肉吃，你就可以留下。 -Penny：What? 什么?

-Sheldon：He's engaging in reductio ad absurdum.

engaging in：使用 reductio ad absurdum：（拉）归谬法（说明某一命题的反面为荒谬，以证明该命题为正确） 他使用了归谬法。

It's the logical fallacy of extending someone's argument to ridiculous proportions and then criticizing the result.

logical：逻辑 fallacy：谬误 extend：扩展 argument：论点

ridiculous：荒谬的 proportions：部分 criticizing：批评 result：结果

把论点扩展成荒谬的逻辑谬论然后对其结论进行批判。

And I do not appreciate it. appreciate：赏识 我并不赞同这样。

-Leonard：I'll get you a blanket and a pillow. blanket：毛毯

我去给你拿毯子和枕头。

-Sheldon：Okay, well, since I'm obviously being ignored here,

obviously：显然 ignore：忽视 好吧，既然我明显被无视，

let's go over the morning schedule. go over：回顾 schedule：安排 咱们来回顾一下早晨的时间安排。 I use the bathroom from 7:00 to 7:20. 我7点到7:20之间要用卫生间。

Plan your ablutions and bodily functions accordingly.

Plan：计划 ablutions：洗漱 bodily：人体的 functions：功能 accordingly：相应的 请相应安排你的洗漱和生理需要。

-Penny：How am I supposed to plan my bodily functions?

be supposed to：应该 我怎么能安排自己的生理需要?

-Sheldon：I suggest no liquids after 11:00 p.m. 我建议你11点以后别喝水。 -Leonard：Here you go. 给你。

-Penny：Thanks, Leonard. 谢谢你Leonard。 -Sheldon：Wrong. 错了。

-Penny：I'm listening. 我在听。

-Sheldon：Your head goes on the other end. 你应该头朝那边睡。

-Penny：Why? 为什么？

-Sheldon：It's culturally universal. culturally：文化的 universal：普遍的 这是普遍的文化现象。

A bed, even a temporary bed, temporary：临时的 一张床，就算是临时的床，

is always oriented with the headboard away from the door.

oriented：导向的 headboard：床头板 床头板总是放置在远离门的方向。

It serves the ancient imperative of protecting oneself against marauders.

serves：服务 ancient：古代的 imperative：极重要的 protecting：保护 marauders：掠夺者 在古代这对于保护人们不受野兽袭击十分重要。 -Penny：I'll risk it. risk it：冒险试试

我甘愿冒这个险。

Anything else should I know? 还有什么我要知道的吗？

-Sheldon：Yes, if you use my toothbrush, toothbrush：牙刷 有，如果你用了我的牙刷， I'll jump out that window. 我就从那扇窗户跳出去。

Please don't come to my funeral. funeral：葬礼 请别来参加我的葬礼。 Have a good night. 祝你晚安。

-Leonard：Sorry about that. 真不好意思。

-Penny：That's okay. 没关系。

-Leonard：FYI-- his toothbrush is the red one in the Plexiglas case under the UV light.

FYI：for your information的缩写，意为供你参考 Plexiglas：树脂玻璃 case：容器 UV light：紫外光

对了，他的牙刷是那支红色的，放在树脂杯里正在紫外光下消毒。 -Penny：Got it. 知道了。

-Leonard：Well, sleep tight. 睡个好觉。 -Penny：Thanks. 谢谢。

-Leonard：Funny expression, \"sleep tight.\" funny：有趣的 expression：表达 真是个有趣的表达\"睡个好觉\"。

It refers to the early construction of beds which featured a mattress suspended on interlocking ropes, which would occasionally...

refers to：引用 construction：结构 mattress：床垫 suspend：悬挂 interlocking：连锁的 rope：粗

绳 occasionally：偶尔

过去床的结构是这样的，床垫铺在纵横交错绷紧的鬃绳上，所以有时候就会... Sleep tight. 睡个好觉。

-Leonard：What are you doing? 你干什么?

-Sheldon：Every Saturday since we've lived in this apartment 自从我们住进这间公寓，

I have awakened at 6:15,poured myself a bowl of cereal,

awaken：醒 pour：倒 bowl：碗 cereal：麦片 每周六早晨我都会在6:15醒来为自己倒一碗麦片， added a quarter cup of two percent milk, added ：加 quarter：四分之一 加入1/4杯脂肪含量2%的纯奶， sat on this end of this couch 坐在沙发的这一头，

turned on BBC America, and watched Doctor Who.

turned on：打开 Doctor：博士 打开BBC America频道看\"神秘博士\"。 -Leonard：Penny's still sleeping. Penny还在睡觉。

-Sheldon：Every Saturday since we've lived in this apartment 自从我们住进这间公寓，

I have awakened at 6:15, poured myself a bowl of cereal...

每周六早晨我都会在6:15醒来为自己倒一碗麦片... -Leonard：I know, I know. 我知道，我知道。

Look, you have a TV in your room. 你自己的房间里有一台电视

Why don't you just have breakfast in bed? breakfast：早餐

你干吗不在床上吃早餐呢？

-Sheldon：Because I am neither an invalid, nor a woman celebrating Mother's Day.

invalid：病人，残疾人 celebrating：庆祝 Mother's Day：母亲节

因为我既不是个残疾人，也不是个欢度母亲节的妈妈。

-Penny：What time is it? 现在几点了？

-Leonard：Almost 6:30. 快6点半了。

-Penny：I slept all day? 我睡了一天?

-Leonard：No, it's 6:30 in the morning. 不，是早上6点半。

-Penny：What the hell is your problem? what the hell：（用以加强语气或咒骂）到底，究竟 problem：问题 你们俩到底有什么毛病？

-Sheldon：Okay, this cereal has lost all its

molecular integrity.

cereal：麦片 molecular：分子的 integrity：完整 好了，麦片已经丧失了分子结构的完整性。 I now have a bowl of shredded wheat paste. shredded：碎片 wheat：小麦 paste：浆糊 我现在端的是一碗麦糊糊。 -Howard：Oh, nerd-migos. 大家好，傻瓜们。

-Penny：Why do you people hate sleep? 你们为什么都讨厌睡觉呢？ Are you wearing my robe? robe：睡袍

你穿的是我的睡袍吗？

-Howard：Oh, yeah. Sorry, I'll have it cleaned. 哦，是的，对不起，我会洗干净。 -Penny：That's okay, keep it. 不用了，你自己留着吧。 Where's Christy? Christy在哪儿？

-Howard：In the shower. shower：淋浴 她在洗澡。

Oh, by the way, where did you get that loofah mitt?

loofah：丝瓜 mitt：手套

对了，你的丝瓜沐浴手套是在哪儿买的？ Yours reaches places that mine just won't. reach：到达

有些部位我用我自己的够不着。 -Penny：You used my loofah? 你用了我的丝瓜手套?

-Howard：More precisely, we used your loofah. precisely：精确地

准确的说，我们用了你的丝瓜手套。 I exfoliated her brains out. exfoliate：使脱落 我帮她彻底去了死皮。

-Penny：You can keep that, too.

那个你也留着吧。

-Howard：Ah. Well, then we'll probably need to talk about your stuffed bear collection. collection：收藏

好吧，我们可能还得谈谈你收藏的毛绒熊。 -Christy：Howard? Howard?

-Howard：In here, milady! milady：夫人，时髦妇女 我在这儿夫人。

-Christy：There's my little engine that could. engine：发动机，马达 原来我的小马达在这儿啊。

-Sheldon：Well, there's one beloved children's book I'll never read again. beloved：亲爱的

我再也不会读我那本心爱的小人书了。 -Christy：Hi. Christy. 嗨，我是Christy。

-Leonard：Leonard. Leonard。

-Sheldon：I'm Sheldon. 我是Sheldon。 -Christy：Right. 是你啊。

You're Howard's entourage. entourage：随从 你是Howard的随从。

-Penny：Uh, so, Christy, what are your plans? Christy 你是怎么计划的?

-Christy：Oh, well, Howard said he'd take me shopping in Beverly Hills.

Howard说他要带我去贝佛利山庄购物。 -Penny：Yeah, no, I meant plans to find someplace to live. plans：计划

好吧，我是说找地方住的计划， You know, other than with me.

other than：绝不是 而不是和我住一起。

Not that I don't love having you, 我不是不乐意让你留下， but it's... it's a little crowded. crowded：挤得 只是...这儿有点儿挤。

-Leonard：You know, Penny, you're always welcome to stay with us. Penny我们很欢迎你住我们这里。

-Sheldon：Oh, terrific. Now we're running a cute little.

terrific：极好的 run：经营 cute：可爱的 这下可好，我们现在开了家可爱的B&B (含早餐的小旅馆)。

-Howard：Let me offer a little outside-the-box thinking here.

offer：提供 outside-the-box：超脱常规 thinking：意见，见解

让我来贡献一些创造性思维吧。 Why doesn't Christy stay with me? 为什么不让Christy住我那里呢?

-Leonard：For one thing, you live with your mother.

For one thing：首先 首先你跟着你妈住。

-Howard：I do not. My mother lives with me. 我才没有，我妈跟着我住。

-Sheldon：Well, then it's all settled. Christy will stay with Howard, settle：解决

好了，都解决了，Christy住Howard那里， Penny can go back to her apartment Penny回到她自己的公寓，

and I'll watch the last 24 minutes of Doctor Who.

我可以看\"神秘博士\"的最后24分钟。

Although at this point, it's more like Doctor

Why Bother? bother：打扰

现在不如叫做\"还看什么看?\"博士。

-Leonard：Sheldon, you just can't dictate... dictate：指示，指令 Sheldon 你不能发号施令...

-Sheldon：No more talking! Everybody go! 不许再说了，大家都走吧。

-Howard：So what do you say? Want to repair to Casa Wolowitz? repair to：到…去

你觉得呢，你想去Casa Wolowitz吗? -Christy：What is that, like a Mexican deli? Mexican：墨西哥 deli：熟食店 那是什么，一家墨西哥熟食店?

-Howard：I'm sorry, I should have mentioned this earlier.

mention：提到，说起 对不起，我应该早点告诉你。

My last name is Wolowitz. 我的姓是Wolowitz。 -Christy：Oh, that's so cool. 真的很酷。 My first Jew. Jew：犹太人

我的第一个犹太男人。

-Sheldon：I imagine there aren't very many Kosher Cornhuskers.

imagine：猜想 Kosher：犹太教所允许

的 Cornhusker：美国内布拉斯加州居民的绰号（意为剥玉米皮的乡巴佬）

我猜内布拉斯加州没多少剥玉米皮的犹太佬。 -Christy：But you're still taking me shopping, right?

但你还是会带我去购物的对吗? -Howard：Anything you want. 你想干什么都行。

-Christy：Okay, I'll go pack my stuff.

pack：收拾行李 stuff：东西 好，我去收拾我的东西。

-Howard：When they perfect human cloning, I'm going to order 12 of those.

perfect：完善 cloning：克隆 order：订购 等克隆人技术完善了，我要订做一打她。 -Leonard：Howard, can't you see she's using you?

Howard你没看出她是在利用你吗？ -Howard：Who cares? Last night, 管它呢？昨天晚上，

she pulled off her blouse and I wept.

pulled off：脱去 blouse：女衬衫 wept：weep的过去式，哭泣

她脱了衣服，我激动得哭了。

-Penny：Look, Howard, I know her. Okay? Howard我了解她。

She'll have sex with anyone, 她可以和任何人上床，

as long as they keep buying her things. as long as：只要 只要他们给她买东西。 -Howard：Really? 真的吗？ -Penny：Ye. 真的。

-Howard：Yay! 不要意思

-Sheldon：I'm sorry, we cannot do this without Wolowitz.

对不起，没有Wolowitz我们吃不成。

-Leonard：We can't order Chinese food without Wolowitz?

没有Wolowitz我们就不能点中国菜? -Sheldon：Let me walk you through it. walk through: 轻松地初排；草率地处理；走过 我来给你解释一下。 Our standard order is:

standard：标准 我们的标准菜单是:

the steamed dumpling appetizer, General Tso's chicken,

steamed：蒸 dumpling：饺子 appetizer：开胃品 General：将军

用蒸饺开胃然后上左宗棠鸡，

beef with broccoli, shrimp with lobster sauce and vegetable lo mein.

beef：牛肉 broccoli：花菜 shrimp：小虾 lobster sauce：豆豉 lo mein：捞面 芥兰牛肉，龙舟活鱼，最后吃菜捞面。 Do you see the problem? 你看出问题所在了吗? -Leonard：I see a problem. 我看你是个问题。

-Sheldon：Our entire order is predicated on four dumplings and four entrees divided amongst four people.

entire：整体的 predicated on：以…为基

础 predicate：使基于 entrée：主菜divided：分开 我们整个的点菜是建立在点四只蒸饺、四道小菜、四个人分着吃的基础上的。

-Leonard：So, we'll just order three entrees. 那我们就点三个菜好了。

-Sheldon：Fine. What do you want to eliminate? eliminate：排除 好吧，你想去掉哪个?

And who gets the extra dumpling? extra：额外的

谁能吃那只多余的蒸饺?

-Raj：We could cut it into thirds. 我们可以把它三等分。

-Sheldon：Then it's no longer a dumpling. no longer：不再 那它就不是蒸饺了。 Once you cut it open it is, 一旦你把它切开，

at best, a very small open-faced sandwich. at best：充其量 sandwich：三明治 充其量它只是个开口的小三明治。

-Waiter：Hi, fellas. Oh, where's your annoying little friend who thinks he speaks Mandarin? fella：（美俚）伙伴 annoying：恼人的，讨厌的Mandarin：普通话

嗨，伙计们，你们那个招人厌的自以为会说普通话的朋友去哪儿了?

-Sheldon：He's putting his needs ahead of the collective good.

ahead of：在…之前 collective：集体的 good：利益

他把个人利益置于集体利益之上，

Where he comes from, that's punishable by death.

punishable：该罚的，可罚的 在他的祖国这样会被处以死刑。 -Waiter：I come from Sacramento.

Sacramento：萨克拉曼多（美国加州首府） 我来自萨克拉曼多。

-Leonard：Can we get an order of dumplings but with three instead of four? instead of：代替

我们能点一份蒸饺但是只要三个吗？ -Waiter：No substitutions. substitutions：代替 不能换成别的。

-Leonard：This isn't a substitution. It's a reduction. reduction：减少

不是换成别的，是减少分量。 -Waiter：Okay. No reductions. 好吧，不能减少分量。

-Leonard：Fine. Uh, bring us three orders of dumplings.

好吧，给我们上三份蒸饺。

That's 12. We'll each have four. That works.

一共12个，我们每人4个，这样就行了。 -Sheldon：No. If we fill up on dumplings, fill up：使充满

不行，如果我们用蒸饺填饱了肚子， we need to eliminate another entree. eliminate：去掉 entrée：主菜 就必须再去掉一道菜。 -Waiter：No eliminations. 不能去掉。

-Leonard：If we have extra, we'll just take the leftovers home. leftovers：剩饭菜

如果有剩下的，我们就打包带回家。 -Sheldon：And divide it how? 然后怎么分?

I'm telling you, we cannot do this without Wolowitz.

我给你说了，没有Wolowitz我们吃不成。 -Leonard：Wolowitz is with his new girlfriend.

Wolowitz和他的新女朋友在一起。 If you had let me invite Penny, invite：邀请

如果你让我邀请Penny的话，

then you would have had your fourth. 就会有第四个人了。

-Sheldon：Have you seen Penny eat Chinese food?

你见过Penny吃中国菜吗?

She uses a fork and she double-dips her egg rolls.

fork：餐叉 dip：蘸 egg rolls：炸春卷 她用的是叉子而且吃蛋皮春卷要蘸两次酱。 -Leonard：We don't order egg rolls. 我们不点蛋皮春卷。

-Sheldon：Exactly, but we'd have to if she was here!

Exactly：正确的

没错，但是如果她来了就会点的。

-Raj：Can we please make a decision? make a decision：作出决定 我们快点做决定好吗？

Not only are there children starving in India, not only: 不仅 starving：挨饿 不仅是印度的孩子们在挨饿，

there's an Indian starving right here. 这里就有一个印度人在挨饿。 -Leonard：There's an idea. 有主意了。

Why don't we just go out for Indian food? 我们为什么不去吃印度菜呢？ -Waiter：You're nice boys. 你们都是好孩子。

Tell you what I'm going to do. 让我告诉你们怎么办吧。

I'm going to bring you the four dumplings. 我会给你们上四个蒸饺。

When I'm walking over to the table,

当我朝这张桌子走过来时，

maybe I get bumped, one of the dumplings fall to the floor.

bump：撞倒 fall to：落到

可能我被绊了一下，一个蒸饺掉在了地上。 No one has to know. 没人会知道。 -Sheldon：I'll know. 我会知道的。

-Raj：How about soup? soup：汤 喝汤怎么样？

-Leonard：Yeah, we can always divide soup. 对，我们总能平分汤的。

-Sheldon：What about the wontons? wonton：馄饨 汤里的馄饨怎么办？

-Penny：Oh! Hey, guys, what's up? 嘿，伙计们怎么了?

-Leonard：It's Halo night.

Halo：（图画中圣人头上的）光坏，灵光 又到\"光晕\"之夜了。 -Penny：Yeah? Okay. So? 是吗?好吧，然后呢？

-Leonard：Well, with Wolowitz spending all of his time with your friend Christy...

是这样，Wolowitz把他所有时间都花在你朋友Christy身上...

-Penny：She's not my friend. 她不是我朋友。

Friends do not get their friends' Care Bears all sweaty.

Bears：熊 sweaty：汗臭的 朋友不会用朋友心爱的小熊擦汗的。

-Leonard：Right. Anyway, uh, with Wolowitz occupied elsewhere, occupied：忙于

好吧，不管怎样Wolowitz有事在身，

we had something we wanted to ask you. 我们想请你做件事。 Sheldon? Sheldon?

-Sheldon：Yes. Penny... 好的。Penny…

we would very much appreciate it if you would be the fourth member of our Halo team. appreciate：感谢

我们很荣幸邀请你成为我们\"光晕\"团队的第四名成员。

I don't think I need to tell you what an honor this is. honor：荣誉

我想我用不着解释这是多大的荣耀了。

-Penny：Oh, that's so sweet, but I'm going out dancing with a girlfriend. sweet：体贴，和蔼

哦，你们真是太好了，但我今晚要和朋友去跳舞。

-Sheldon：You can't go out; it's Halo night. 你不能出去，今天是\"光晕\"之夜。

-Penny：Well, for Penny, it's dancing night. 对于我Penny，今天是舞蹈之夜。

-Sheldon：You go dancing every Wednesday? Wednesday：星期三 你每周三都去跳舞? -Penny：No. 不。

-Sheldon：Then that's not \"dancing night.\" 那就不是\"舞蹈之夜\"。

-Penny：Look, why don't I play with you guys tomorrow?

play with：同…一起玩 听着，我明天陪你们玩怎么样? -Sheldon：Tonight is Halo night. 今晚才是\"光晕\"之夜。 It's like talking to a wall. talk to a wall：对牛弹琴

我怎么像对牛弹琴。

-Penny：All right, now, Sheldon, you and I are about to have a problem.

好了，Sheldon 现在咱俩要有麻烦了。

-Leonard：Sheldon, remember, we role-played this.

role-play：角色扮演

Sheldon我们可是事先排练过的。

-Sheldon：but you didn't portray her as completely irrational.

portray：描述 completely：完全地 irrational：不理性

但你没告诉我她完全不讲理。 -Penny：All right, fellas, I gotta go. gotta：（美俚）必须 好了，伙计们我得走了。 But good luck. 祝你们好运。

-Leonard：Maybe we should've asked

说不定我们可以问问能不能

if we could go dancing with her and her girlfriend.

和她还有她女朋友一起跳舞。

-Sheldon：Okay, assuming we could dance-- which we can't--

好的，假设我们会跳舞...实际上不会 there are three of us and two of them. 就变成了我们三男和她们两女。 -Leonard：So? 那又怎样?

-Sheldon：It's the Chinese restaurant all over again.

restaurant：餐馆 all over again：再一次 这和吃中国菜的性质一样。

I assure you that cutting a dumpling in thirds assure：使确信

我向你保证把一只蒸饺切成三等分

is child's play compared with three men each

attempting to dance with 67% of a woman. compared with：与…相比 attempting：试图 可比我们每人和67%的女人跳舞容易的多。 -Leonard：For God's sakes, Sheldon, you're driving me crazy!

for God's sakes：（美口）天啊 drive sb. crazy: 把…整疯了 drive：逼迫 crazy：发疯 我的天啊，Sheldon 你快把我逼疯了。

-Sheldon：Your anger is not with me, sir, but with basic mathematics.

basic：基本的 mathematics：数学

你不是在生我的气，先生，而是对基本的算术生气。 -Leonard：No. I'm pretty sure my anger is with you.

pretty：相当

不，我很确定我在生你的气。

-Sheldon：What's happening to us? We're falling apart.

falling apart：崩溃，散开

我们这是怎么了? 我们的关系正在破裂。 -Leonard：Who are you calling? 你给谁打电话？

-Sheldon：The only man who can restore any semblance of balance to our universe. restore：使恢复 semblance：外观 balance：平衡 universe：宇宙

唯一能够重建我们平衡关系的人。 -Howard：Hi, this is Howard Wolowitz. 嗨，我是Howard Wolowitz。

-Christy：And this is Christy Vanderbelt. 我是Christy Vanderbelt。

-Howard：We can't get to the phone right now 我们现在不能接电话， because we're having sex! 因为我们正在做爱。

-Christy：You're not going to put that on your message, are you? message：信息，留言

你不会用这个做电话留言的，对吗? -Howard：Nah, I'm just kidding. 不，我只是在开玩笑。 I'll re-record it. re-record：再录音 我重新录。

-Leonard：Sheldon, think this through. Sheldon 好好想想

You're going to ask Howard to choose between sex and Halo. choose：选择

你要去让Howard在性爱和\"光晕\" 之间做出选择。 -Sheldon：No, I'm going to ask him to choose between sex and Halo Three.

不，我要去让他在性爱和\"光晕3\" 之间做出选择。 As far as I know, sex has not been upgraded to include Hi-Def graphics and enhanced weapon systems.

as far as I know : 据我所知 upgrade：升

级 include：包含 Hi-Def：出色的高清 graphics：图形 enhanced：增强的 weapon：武器 systems：系统

据我所知，性爱并没有被升级到具有高清界面和增强版武器系统。

-Leonard：You're right, all sex has is nudity, orgasms and human contact.

nudity：裸体 orgasm：性高潮 contact：接触 没错，性爱只有裸体、高潮和身体接触。 -Sheldon：My point. 正是我的观点。

-Christy：I'm just saying, 我是说...

you can take the damn plastic off the couch once in a while!

plastic：塑料制品 once in a while：时不时 你就不能把沙发上该死的保护膜揭下来一会儿吗？ -Howard’ mom: Why, so you and Howard can hump on it?!

hump on：紧张的活动，忙个不停 那样你和Howard就能在上面逍遥了?! -Howard：Ladies, ladies, I'm sure there's a middle ground.

女士们，女士们，我相信一定有折中的办法。 -Howard’ mom and Christy：Shut up, Howard! 闭嘴Howard。

-Howard：I'm going to take my scooter out for a little spin.

scooter：速可达，单车 spin：转 我得去骑单车兜一圈儿了。

-Christy：You happy? You drove your own son out of the house.

drove：drive的过去式，驱赶

你现在高兴了? 你把自己的儿子赶出了家门。 -Howard’ mom: Why don't you stop... 你怎么不停止...

-Howard：what are you guys doing here? 你们在这儿干吗？

-Sheldon：It's Halo night. 今天是\"光晕\"之夜。

-Christy：He's not a man, he's a putz! putz：（美口）笨蛋

他不是个男人，他是个蠢货。

-Howard’ mom: And don't you take that tone with me, you gold digger!

tone：腔调 gold digger：（俗）以色为诱惑骗取男人金钱的女人

不许用那样的语气对我说话，你这个傍大款的。 -Christy：What'd you call me? 你刚叫我什么？

-Howard’ mom: You heard me! 你听到了。

And I'll tell you something else, 让我告诉你件事吧。

you're barking up the wrong tree. barking up the wrong tree：把某事物搞错了 bark：犬吠

你找错了目标。

Cause as long as you're around, as long as：只要 around：在周围 只要有你在，

Howard is out of the will! will：遗嘱

Howard就不会出现在我遗嘱里。

-Christy：You know what? I got better offers. 你知道吗? 有更好的在等着我呢。 I'm out of here. 我走了。

-Howard’ mom: That's right. Go back to Babylon, you whore!

Babylon：巴比伦 whore：妓女

这就对了，滚回巴比伦吧，你这个妓女 (巴比伦常指奢华淫靡的城市)。

-Howard：So, Halo night, huh? 光晕之夜，对吗？

-Raj：I thought she was the whore of Omaha.

我还以为她是奥马哈的妓女呢。

-Howard：Sheldon, you got him in your sights! sights：观测

Sheldon他就在你的射程内！ Fire! He's charging his plasma rifle!

charging：充电 plasma：等离子体 rifle：步 快开火！他正在给等离子充电。

-Sheldon：I can't shoot now. I'm cloaking! cloak：伪装

我现在没法开，我正在！ -Leonard：Now, Raj! Kill Sheldon! Raj干掉Sheldon！ -Raj：I can't see him! 我看不到他！

-Sheldon：That's why they call it cloaking, dead man!

所以这才叫做，！死人

-Leonard：Start throwing grenades! throw：投，仍 grenade：手榴弹

那你就扔手雷！ -Raj：I'm all out! 我都扔完了!

-Penny：Hey, guys. My friends and I got tired of dancing,

嘿，伙计们，我和我的朋友们跳舞跳累了， so we came over to have sex with you. 所以就过来和你们做爱。

-Leonard：Raj, hop in the tank! hop in：上车 tank：坦克 Raj跳到坦克里来！

-Sheldon：We said no tanks! 说好不能用坦克的！

-Raj：There are no rules in hell! rules：规则 hell：地狱 地狱里可没有规则！

-Howard：Son of a bitch. Med pack! 该死，急救包！ I need a med pack!

我需要一个急救包！ -Penny：Told you. 我早就说过。

-Leonard：There's a sniper. Use your rocket launcher!

sniper：狙击兵 rocket：火箭 launcher：发射台 rocket launcher：火箭筒 那儿有个狙击手。快发射你的火箭筒!

-Raj：All I've got is a needler and I'm all out of ammo!

needler：针刺 ammo（俚）弹药，军火 我只剩下一把针刺了，还没有子弹! -Sheldon：And now you're out of life. 现在你没命了。 Why'd you hit pause? hit：碰 pause：暂停 你干吗按暂停？

-Leonard：I thought I heard... something. 我觉得我听到了什么声音。

-Sheldon：What? 什么？

-Leonard：No, n-never mind. Sorry. Go. 没有，不要紧，对不起，继续。 End