看生活大爆炸學(xué)英語第二季第八集

【劇情介紹】

Leonard跟Howard此前的約會(huì)對(duì)象好了, Howard對(duì)此表示很生氣,而Leonard說要給他介紹女孩子后,他立馬諂媚起來. Howard的無心之失竟然意外發(fā)現(xiàn)火星上有生命存在,而Howard 卻不能take credit for it,悲劇啊...

LEONARD: Oh,hey,guys.

SHELDON:Hello.

LEONARD: Hi, Howard. Howard?

HOWARD: Sheldon

SHELDON: Howard is employing a schoolyard paradigm in which you are, for all intents and purposes, deceased. He intends to act on this by not speaking to you, feigning an inability to hear you when you speak and otherwise refusing to acknowledge your existence.

LEONARD: That's just ridiculous. Why are you cooperating with him?

SHELDON: I don't make the rules,Leonard.

LEONARD: Howard,come on. I didn't plan on this. These things just happen. Usually not to me,but they do happen.

HOWARD: Did someone just feel a cold breeze?

SHELDON: I believe this is an extension of the death metaphor. The cold breeze is the so-called ectoplasmic issue of adisembodied soul passing by.

RAJ: You know, screw it. I'm just gonna eat the dumpling.

LEONARD: Oh,hi, Steph. Come on in.

STEPHANIE: Is this a bad time?

LEONARD: Yeah,but I don't see a better one on the horizon, so...

HOWARD: Oh,if it isn't Mrs. Dead to Me.

STEPHANIE: Hello,Howard.

HOWARD: Sheldon?

SHELDON: I'm sorry,you violated the terms of your metaphor by acknowledging her existence. I'm out.

LEONARD: He just won't listen to me.

STEPHANIE: Okay,I guess it'll just be the three of us then.

LEONARD: Lisa's gonna be disappointed.

STEPHANIE: Yeah.

HOWARD: Lisa?

STEPHANIE: Yeah,my roommate. She just went through a really bad breakup and I thought she might like to meet somebody fun like you.

HOWARD: Leonard,Stephanie,you're alive! It's a miracle! So,anyway,Lisa,I just wanted to tell you again how much I enjoyed the other night, and again,I'm sorry for how it ended. But again,if you could let me know about Friday. My mother needs a head count so she can know how big a brisket to get.

LEONARD: Howard,Howard,look at this.

HOWARD: Anyway,call me.It's Howard.

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【口語講解】

1. for all intents and purposesprep.無論從那點(diǎn)看

2. act on對(duì)…起作用；按照…行事

And he's willing to act on his own views. 他愿意根據(jù)自己的觀點(diǎn)行事。

3. I didn't plan on this我不是故意的,同樣的說法還有I didn't mean to

4. on the horizon在地平線上；即將來臨的

These exist only on the horizon, and they are less easy to assess and measure.?這些只存在于將來，而且難以估計(jì)與衡量。

5. head count人口調(diào)查；總?cè)藬?shù)；民意測(cè)驗(yàn)

?? ? Companies need a certain head count to run their businesses. 企業(yè)運(yùn)營(yíng)需要一定的員工數(shù)。