生活大爆炸第一季第五集_2：The Hamburger Postulate

 　　生活大爆炸第一季第五集_2：The Hamburger Postulate¹

　　-Penny: Oh, hey, Sheldon. What's going on?

　　Sheldon 怎么了?

　　-Sheldon: I need your opinion on a matter of semiotics.

　　我需要符号学方面的帮助。

　　-Penny: I'm sorry?

　　什么?

　　-Sheldon: Semiotics. The study of signs and symbols.

　　符号学,研究符号和象征。

　　-Sheldon: It's a branch of philosophy related to linguistics².

　　是语言学基本理论的分支。

　　-Penny: Okay, sweetie, I know you think you're explaining yourself but you're really not.

　　亲爱的,你以为自己在解释,但其实你没有。

　　-Sheldon: Just come with me.

　　跟我来。

　　-Sheldon: Well?

　　怎样?

　　-Penny: Well, what?

　　什么怎样?

　　-Sheldon: What does it mean?

　　什么意思?

　　-Penny: Oh, come on, you went to college.

　　得了,你上过大学的。

　　-Sheldon: Yes, but I was 11.

　　我11岁上的。

　　-Penny: All right, look, a tie on the doorknob usually means someone doesn't want to be disturbed。

　　好吧,是这样,门把手上挂条领带，意思是不想被打扰。

　　-Penny: Because, they're... you know, getting busy.

　　因为...因为在忙活

　　-Sheldon: So you're saying Leonard has a girl in there?

　　就是说Leonard跟个女孩在房间里?

　　-Penny: Well, either that or he's lost his tie rack and gotten really into Bryan Adams.

　　不然就是他丢了领带架，还疯狂地喜欢上了Bryan Adams。

　　-Leslie: Oh, Leonard, you magnificent beast.

　　Leonard，你这了不起的野兽!

　　-Penny: We really shouldn't be standing³ here.

　　我们不该站在这。

　　-Sheldon: This is very awkward.

　　太尴尬了。

　　-Penny: Oh, come on, Leonard's had girls over before, right?

　　Leonard以前也带女孩回来过吧?

　　-Sheldon: Oh, yes, but there's usually planning, courtship, advance notice...

　　有的,但通常要计划,求爱,提前通知...

　　-Sheldon: Last time, I was able to book a cruise to the Arctic to see a solar eclipse.

　　就像上次,我才有时间去北极看日食的旅行。

　　-Penny: You had to leave the state because your roommate was having sex?

　　你室友要做爱，你就得离开这个州?

　　-Sheldon: I didn't have to.

　　不是的。

　　-Sheldon: The dates just happened to coincide.

　　时间上完全是个巧合。

　　-Penny: So, do you know who's in there?

　　你知道里面那是谁吗?

　　-Sheldon: Well, there's Leonard.

　　Leonard。

　　-Sheldon: And he's either with Leslie Winkle or a 1930s gangster⁴.

　　跟他在一起的不是Leslie Winkle，就是30年代的黑帮。

　　-Penny: Hmm, good for him.

　　恭喜他了。

　　-Penny: Good for Leonard.

　　恭喜Leonard。

　　-Penny: Okay, good night.

　　好吧,晚安。

　　-Sheldon: No, no, wait, hold on.

　　等等,别走!

　　-Penny: What's the matter?

　　怎么了?

　　-Sheldon: I don't know what the protocol⁵ is here.

　　我不知道这种情况下标准做法是什么。

　　-Sheldon: Do I stay? Do I leave?

　　我该留下来? 还是出去?

　　-Sheldon: Do I wait to greet them with a refreshing⁶ beverage⁷?

　　他们出来时,要递上提神饮料吗?

　　-Penny: Gee⁸, Sheldon, you're asking the wrong girl.

　　Sheldon,你问错人了。

　　-Penny: I'm usually on the other side of the tie.

　　我通常在领带的另一边。

　　-Sheldon: Hi, Leonard?

　　你好,Leonard?

　　-Sheldon: It's me, Sheldon...

　　是我，Sheldon。

　　-Sheldon: In the living room.

　　我在客厅。

　　-Sheldon: I just... I wanted you to know I saw the tie.

　　我就想告诉你,我看到领带了。

　　-Sheldon: Message received.

　　收到你的消息了。

　　-Sheldon: You're welcome.

　　不客气。

　　-Sheldon: Carry on.

　　继续吧。

　　-Sheldon: Give my best to Leslie.

　　向Leslie问好。

　　-Sheldon: Big Boy...

　　大胖汉堡...

　　-Sheldon: Someone touched my board.

　　有人动过我的写字板。

　　-Sheldon: Oh, God, my board!

　　天啊我的写字板!

　　-Sheldon: Leonard! Leonard!

　　Leonard! Leonard!

　　-Leonard: Hey, what's the matter?

　　怎么了?

　　-Sheldon: My equations, someone's tampered⁹ with my equations.

　　有人改过我的公式!

　　-Leonard: Are you sure?

　　你确定?

　　-Sheldon: Of course I'm sure.

　　很确定!

　　-Sheldon: Look at the beta function of quantum chromodynamics.

　　看看量子色动力学的贝塔函数。

　　-Sheldon: The sign's been changed.

　　符号被改了!

　　-Leonard: Oh, yeah.

　　对哦！

　　-Leonard: But doesn't that fix the problem you've been having?

　　那不正好解决了你的问题吗?

　　-Sheldon: Are you insane? Are you out of your mind?

　　你疯了吗? 你傻了吗?

　　-Sheldon: Are you... hey, look.

　　你...哦，瞧瞧。

　　-Sheldon: That fixes the problem I've been having.

　　这正好解决了我的问题。

　　-Leslie: You're welcome.

　　不客气。

　　-Sheldon: You did this?

　　你干的?

　　-Leslie: Yeah, I noticed it when I got up to get a glass of water.

　　我起来喝水的时候发现的。

　　-Leslie: So I fixed¹⁰ it and now you can show that quarks are asymptotically free at high energies.

　　我改了,这样就能证明夸克在高能状态下是渐进自由的。

　　-Leslie: Pretty cool, huh?

　　很赞吧?

　　-Sheldon: Cool?

　　赞?

　　-Leslie: Listen, I've got to get to the lab.

　　我要去实验室了。

　　-Leslie: Thanks for a great night.

　　昨晚很棒,谢了。

　　-Leonard: Thank you. I'll see you at work.

　　谢谢，上班见。

　　-Sheldon: Hold on. Hold on!

　　等等!

　　-Leslie: What?

　　怎么?

　　-Sheldon: Who told you you could touch my board?

　　谁说你可以碰我的写字板的?

　　-Leslie: No one.

　　没人。

　　-Sheldon: Yeah, I don't come into your house and touch your board.

　　我不会去你家碰你的写字板。

　　-Leslie: There are no incorrect equations on my board.

　　我的板子上没有错误的公式啊。

　　-Sheldon: Oh, that is so...

　　你真是...

　　-Sheldon: so...

　　太...

　　-Leslie: I'm sorry, I've got to run.

　　对不起,我要走了。

　　-Leslie: If you come up with an adjective, text me.

　　如果你想好形容词,短信发我。

　　-Sheldon: Inconsiderate.

　　不体谅。

　　-Sheldon: That is the adjective, "inconsiderate. "

　　就是这个词 "不体谅"。

　　semiotics:记号语言学

　　eclipse:日蚀

　　gangster: 匪徒,歹徒【黑帮】

　　protocol:礼仪

　　equation: 公式

　　tamper with : 篡改

　　beta function: 贝塔函数

　　quantum:量子

　　chromodynamics: 色动力学

　　asymptotically: 【渐进的】

1 postulate   

n.假定，基本条件；vt.要求，假定

参考例句：

• Let's postulate that she is a cook.我们假定她是一位厨师。
• Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。

2 linguistics   

n.语言学

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

5 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

6 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

7 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

8 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

9 tampered   

v.窜改( tamper的过去式 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• The records of the meeting had been tampered with. 会议记录已被人擅自改动。 来自辞典例句
• The old man's will has been tampered with. 老人的遗嘱已被窜改。 来自辞典例句

10 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。