看生活大爆炸学英语第二季第二十三集

【剧情介绍】

校长有意派Sheldon去北极考察,而Sheldon更偏向于在室内工作,且不喜欢太冷的地方,所以他在纠结该不该去.大晚上地把校长一家吵醒,非要等到校长夫人放狗他才离开,现在又在扰Leonard.

LEONARD: He offered to send you to the North Pole?

SHELDON: Yes. In fact,he was quite enthusiastic. He said,"Frankly,if I could send you tonight,I would."

LEONARD: Okay,well,do you want to go?

SHELDON: Of course not. I'm a theoretical physict. A career I chosein no small part because it's indoors, but if I'm able to detect slow-moving magnetic monopoles there, I will be the scientist to confirm string theory. People will write books about me. Third-graders will create macaroni-art dioramas depicting scenes from my life.

LEONARD: Sure,maybe atableau of me trying to pummel you to death.

SHELDON: Sarcasm?

LEONARD: Maybe.

SHELDON: I'm on the horns of a dilemma. Can you imagine me,Sheldon Cooper,at the North Pole?

LEONARD: Easy peasy,I'm doing it right now.

SHELDON: I'm not good with cold,Leonard. How often have we had to leave a movie theater

because I got a headache from drinking the Icee too fast?

SHELDON: I can't go.

LEONARD: Well,then don't go.

SHELDON: How can you say that? The scientific opportunity of a life time presents itself and my best friend says "Don't go."

LEONARD: All right,then go.

SHELDON: Listen to you.How can I possibly go?

LEONARD: Sheldon,what are the words I can say right now to end this conversation and let me go back to sleep?

SHELDON: Odd,President Seibert posed the exact same question.

LEONARD: How was it resolved?

SHELDON: It wasn't. His wife set their dogs on me and rendered the question moot.

【口语讲解】

1horns of a dilemma进退两难

When you are on the horns of a dilemma, no matter which horn you choose, something bad will happen. 当你进退两难时，无论你怎样抉择，一些坏事终究会发生。

2Easy peasy小菜一碟(口语)

3opportunity of a lifetime千载难逢的机会

4pose a question问问题

5rendered the question moot使问题悬而未决.