看生活大爆炸學(xué)英語第六季第一集

【劇情介紹】

四個天才興奮地拿著風(fēng)箏準(zhǔn)備去“斗風(fēng)箏”, Penny打趣的說你們是打算學(xué)本杰明發(fā)現(xiàn)電的存在嗎?結(jié)果又被Sheldon說教了一番“本杰明并沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)電的存在,他只是利用風(fēng)箏證明閃電帶電.”

Kites,ho!

SHELDON: Excuse me. You're misusing the word "ho." It's an interjection used to call attention to a destination,not an object,as in,uh,"Land,ho!" Or,uh,"Westward,ho!"

Kites,ho!

PENNY: Hey,guys. Whatcha doin'? Going out to discover electricity?

SHELDON: If you're referring to the work of Benjamin Franklin, he did not "discover electricity," he merely used a kite to determine that lightning "consists" of electricity. He also invented the Franklin stove, bifocals and the flexible urinary catheter. Kites,ho.

LEONARD: We're heading out for some kite fighting.

PENNY: "Kite fighting"?

LEONARD: Oh,yeah. It's an extremely competitive,cut-throat sport.

SHELDON: Well,actually,the risk of throat cutting is very low. On the other hand,severe string burn is a real and ever-present danger.

LEONARD: You want to come watch?

PENNY: Oh,gee.Sounds amazing. But,um,I've got some friends coming over. Not a big thing-- we're just gonna watch the Nebraska game.

LEONARD: Oh. Football,sure.

HOWARD: Good guess.

PENNY: I would've invited you,but I know you're not a football fan.

LEONARD: No,no,I'm not,so... great. You've got plans doing something you like,I've got plans doing something I like,so it's good.

PENNY: Well,maybe we'll hang out later--you know,after everybody's gone.

LEONARD: Yeah,great.

PENNY: See ya.

LEONARD: Well,this sucks.

SHELDON: I'm sorry,I got bored and drifted off. Where exactly in the interaction did the sucking lie?

RAJ:Leonard just realized that Penny's been hiding him from her friends because he's a tiny,little man who flies kites.

SHELDON: Oh,that certainly would suck.

【口語講解】

1call attention引起注意

The lights-out event is part of Earth Hour, an effort to call attention to climate change.

熄燈事件是“地球一小時”的一部分，該活動旨在人們關(guān)注氣候變化。

2consist of由……組成, 包含

All bodies consist of molecules and these (molecules consist) of atoms. 一切物質(zhì)都由分子組成，而分子由原子組成。

3 head out for啟程去某處

Experts expect millions of Americans to head out of town for Christmas. 專家預(yù)計數(shù)百萬美國人將去外地度圣誕。

4cut-throat兇狠的；殘酷的;在表達“激烈競爭”不妨用cut-throat competition,比fierce competition似乎更“形象”

5string burn放風(fēng)箏的時候,如果控制得不好,會造成繩子與手摩擦,會有灼熱的感覺,就叫string burn. (題外話:小編聯(lián)想到<>里面Jake說的“brain freeze”,就是一下子猛喝一口冰飲料,會感覺頭痛.)

6 drift off漸漸離去；漫無目的地移動；迷迷糊糊地睡去;這里是表示走神了的意思.

They drifted off to sleep as the music played. 他們在聽音樂時迷迷糊糊地睡著了。