看生活大爆炸學英語第二季第十三集

【劇情介紹】

Leonard建議Sheldon去咖啡館或者博物館,多與人交談,關心他人的生活,交朋友,但被Sheldon否決了.你知道Sheldon怎么學游泳的嗎, 從沒下水過實戰(zhàn)過,都是陸地操作練習. Sheldon很具有憂患意識,但是這能學得會嗎?

LEONARD: Well,remember when you tried to learn how to swim using the Internet?

SHELDON: I did learn how to swim.

LEONARD: On the floor.

SHELDON: The skills are transferable. I just have no interest in going in the water.

LEONARD: Then why learn how to swim?

SHELDON: The ice caps are melting,Leonard. In the future,swimming isn't going to be optional. But you do bring up an interesting point. I don't have to break new ground here. I'm sure much of the research already exists.

LEONARD: No,no,my point is,if you want to learn how to make friends, then just go out to a coffee shop or a museum. Meet people. Talk to them. Take an interest in their lives.

SHELDON: That's insane on the face of it. Come on.

LEONARD: Where are we going?

SHELDON: You're driving me to the mall. I'm going to acquire a book that summarizes the current theories in the field of friend-making.

LEONARD: Why don't you just lie down on the floor and swim there?

SHELDON: Coping with the Death of a Loved One. My condolences.

CUSTOMER: Thank you.

SHELDON: Family or friend?

CUSTOMER: Family.

SHELDON: Too bad. If it had been a friend,I'm available to fill the void. It's just as well. She smelled like mothballs.

LEONARD: Okay,if you're gonna start sniffing people,I'm gonna go get a hot pretzel.

【口語講解】

1. ice cap冰帽又稱冰冠、冰穹。是一種規(guī)模比大陸冰蓋小，外形與其相似，而穹形更為突出的覆蓋型冰川。

2. bring up提出；教育；養(yǎng)育；嘔出；（船等）停下
eg: We are going to bring up this question at the next meeting.
我們打算在下一次會議上提出這個問題。

3. break new ground開辟新天地,創(chuàng)新
eg: With dedicated research and development centers worldwide, our employees continue to break new ground in the development of advanced battery systems.
全世界均設有我們專業(yè)研發(fā)中心，我們的員工在新能源電池系統(tǒng)的研發(fā)中不斷創(chuàng)新。

4. on the face of從…字面上看；從…外表上判斷
eg: On the face of it , it seems quite reasonable.
表面上看，這這似乎很合理。

5. My condolences節(jié)哀順變

6. It's just as well幸好如此