看生活大爆炸学英语第一季第十五集

【剧情介绍】

Leonard把Sheldon拉到一边,怂恿Sheldon干涉Missy的婚姻大事,而自己想坐收渔翁之利.

SHELDON: Hm.She certainly has the symmetry and low body fat that Western culture deems desirable.It's noteworthy that at other points in history heavier women were the standard for beauty because girth suggested affluence.

LEONARD: That's fascinating

SHELDON: I didn't say fascinating.I said it was noteworthy.

LEONARD: All right. Noted. But my point is that Koothrappali and Wolowitz....They're hitting on your sister. Ugh. It's....

SHELDON: Oh. Okay. You know, I don't want to criticize your rhetorical style but we'd be further along in this conversation if you'd begun with that thought.

LEONARD: That's great, but--

SHELDON: what I'm saying is We took quite unnecessary detour from what I now understand to be your thesis.

LEONARD: Whatever.You have to do something about it.

SHELDON: Why?

LEONARD: Because she's your sister.

SHELDON: I don't understand.Yes, we shared a uterus for nine months. But since then, we've pretty much gone our own separate ways.

LEONARD: Okay, consider this. With your father gone, it is your responsibility to make sure that Missy chooses a suitable mate.

SHELDON: I hadn't considered that.We do share DNA.So there is the possibility, however remote that resting in her loins is the potential for another individual as remarkable as myself.

LEONARD: Exactly. And you owe it to yourself and  posterity to protect the genetic integrity of your sister's future offspring.

SHELDON: You're right. If someone wants to get at Missy's fallopian tubes they'll have to go through me.

 

【口语讲解】

1. It's noteworthy that值得注意的是

It's  noteworthy" that the renminbi, China's currency, had been appreciating more rapidly in recent months值得注意的是，人民币最近几个月的升值幅度越来越大。

2. hit on偶然发现；忽然想到. 但是在口语中常为追(女孩)hit on sb.

Then he hit on an idea that would be acceptable to both of us.他忽然想出一个我们双方都会接受的方法。

3. be further along：领先于, 更深远

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.如果你可以做你做得很好的事情并且非常快乐，那你会比其他人走得更远。

4. take a detour 绕路,在这里是指说话拐弯抹角

We have to take a detour, because there is road construction ahead.因为前面道路在施工，我们得绕道。

5. you owe it to yourself你应该去做,你有责任做…

You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. 妳有责任让自己的每一天过得有意义。