看生活大爆炸學(xué)英語第二季第二十三集

【劇情介紹】

Sheldon提議Leonard他們同他一起去北極考察,眾人一方面實在不愿意跟Sheldon共處一北極,但是這是國家科學(xué)基金會的項目,他們又不想失去這千載難逢的機會,Raj和Leonard很快妥協(xié),Howard鑒于同伴壓力也不得不答應(yīng)去.

SHELDON: Well,there are others who might be more qualified, but the thought of interviewing them gave me a stomachache. Now,I know I'm proposing an enormous undertaking, so why don't you take a few moments discuss it?

HOWARD: We're not really gonna go to the North Pole with him,are we?

SHELDON: I'm still within earshot! You may want to wait for my door to close.

HOWARD: We're not really gonna go to the North Pole with him,are we?

LEONARD:Hang on. Let's talk about it. This is a National Science Foundation expedition.I don't know how we can turn it down.

HOWARD: Easy. Instead of saying,"No,we don't want to go on an NSF expedition," say,"No,we don't want to spend "three months stuck in a cabin in the Arctic Circle with an anal nutbag."

RAJ: But if we were part of the team that confirmed string theory, we could drink for free in any bar in any college town with a university that has a strong science program.

LEONARD:Howard,this is big science. You could be the engineer who builds the equipment that puts us on the cover of magazines.

HOWARD: I could also be the engineer who builds the crossbow that kills Sheldon.

RAJ: You still might get on a magazine.

HOWARD:So you guys are seriously considering this?

LEONARD:Yes.

HOWARD:And you think you can put up with Sheldon?

RAJ: Well,I'm a Hindu. My religion teaches that if we suffer in this life we are rewarded in the next. Three months at the North Pole with Sheldon, andI'm reborn as a well-hung billionaire with wings!

SHELDON: Well,gentlemen,have you reached a decision?

LEONARD:I'm in.

RAJ: Me too.

HOWARD:Oh,damn it.Peer pressure. Fine.

SHELDON: Excellent.Just an FYI,as I am the expedition's team leader, protocol dictates that be phrased,"Fine,sir." But don't worry,there will be a briefing.

【口語講解】

1within earshot在聽力所及距離(或范圍)之內(nèi)，聽得見

2National Science Foundation美國國家科學(xué)基金會

3Arctic Circle北極圈Antarctic Circle南極圈

4put up with忍受；容忍

I won't put up with her behavior any more. 我不能再縱容她的行為了。

5reached a decision下結(jié)論,決定下來,做出決定

6Peer pressure同儕壓力,同伴壓力,同齡人的壓力