光看美剧学英文是不够滴！^o^口语也要扎实学

1. Where does it come from? This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries, when the simplest of questions can never be answered? Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off, not looking at all, not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature, not the human heart, is not why we are here.
——第一个it是指后面的quest 和need，我们对生命奥秘的疑问和渴望来自于哪里呢？/be off离开/ delve探究考察/ yearning向往

2. I need to change his lV.
——IV is short for intravenous，这里指an intravenous injection静脉注射。

3. Man is a narcissistic species by nature. We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food, Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time, resistant to radiation…If God has indeed created himself in his own image... then I submit to you that God is a cockroach. They say that man uses only a tenth of his brain power. Another percent and we might actually be worthy of God's image. Unless, of course, that day has already arrived. The Human Genome Project has discovered that tiny variations in man's genetic code are taking place at increasingly rapid rates. Teleportation, levitation, tissue regeneration, Is this outside the realm of possibility? Or is man entering a new gateway to evolution? Is he finally standing at the threshold to true human potential?
——这段是关于人类进化新纪元的畅想。说明人类虽然自诩高等生物，但是我们还未处于生物进化的最领先地位，然而基因变异的加速正好让人类开始发展他们的潜能。关于上帝是蟑螂的讽刺幽默，不得不提的是由于达尔文的进化论存在着诸多漏洞和局限，对进化论的攻击往往被用来证明神创论的正确性上，然而对宗教的攻击，又往往可以用达尔文进化论的观点找出神创论的最薄弱的环节加以火拼。
——narcissistic孤芳自赏的/species单复数相同，物种/by nature副词本性上，生来
——colonize殖民/ four corners 十字路口the four corners of the earth天涯海角，这里是后者的比喻用法
——pinnacle高峰，高级层次
——resistant to radiation抗辐射
——created himself in his own image此处首先要用到三位一体的概念，即圣父圣子圣灵是同一神性，都可称为上帝，但是是不同位格（圣父圣子圣灵三个位格）的存在，而圣子，即耶稣基督是三个位格中唯一一个有物理形态能够和人类直接接触的上帝，所以上帝创造了他的儿子耶稣的形态，这里却用了himself；其次要用到圣经中创世纪的内容，耶稣和众天使是创世纪（创造地球上物理形态和生命）之前就有的，耶稣也参与了造人，虽然说人是按照上帝的样子造成的，实质就是说是按照圣父圣子的形象创造的。本剧内容是说世界上最高级的生物的形象是根据上帝的形象塑造的，在进化的角度，人类要低于蟑螂，所以蟑螂应该是上帝按照自己的形象制造出来的高级生物，以此类推，上帝是蟑螂。
——genetic code基因编码
——teleportation 远距传输，这里指空间转移/levitation漂浮，这里指人体悬浮/ tissue regeneration组织再生
——Is this outside the realm of possibility（很有文采的用法表示可能性）

4. I'm sorry. I'm out of time.——out of time不合时宜的，在这里或者指拖堂，或者指早退。这个词组也有过时的意思。下课前还可以说time’s up, 表示时间到。

5. But he had clearly lost touch with reality.——lose touch with失去联系这里指脱离实际

6. Yes, you always wanted his approval.——人总是为了得到重视的人的认同而努力，不伦他所要证明的事情这是否出于他本意。approval同意，在这里指儿子寻找的一种认同。

7. I need to know that it wasn't all or nothing.——all or nothing孤注一掷的，要么全要么无。指这种研究风险极大，如果有成果了，那是巨大的，如果没有，就一钱不值。

8. I need to finish what he started.——完成他未竟的事业。

9. The logic board was bad, so I had to build a new one.It's a pinhole camera. It's for the eclipse. The moon's gonna cover up the sun today.
——logic board逻辑板卡 main logic board components contains-16NVRAM/ TOD Module, 17SSP Paddle Card and Cable, 18PCI Cards, 19Main Logic Board, 20CPU Modules,21 Memory Modules.
——pinhole camera 针孔照相机，也称照相暗箱，是照相机的原型，基本部分是一个密封暗箱，后面为聚焦屏，密封箱前方为小孔或会聚透镜。原理是物体发出的光线，经过小孔或透镜后，在密封箱的聚焦屏上生成倒立的实像。越小的孔越能使得物体各点的光只能到达各自的像点，不发生重叠，从而获得清晰的像。针孔越小，通过针孔的光线就越少，像的亮度也就越低。所以这里用它来观察日食。

10. This morning when l got out of bed, my foot hovered before it hit the ground.——hover徘徊这里是悬空/hit the ground这里指着地，也有卧倒的意思。

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