看生活大爆炸学英语第六季第一集

【剧情介绍】

四个天才兴奋地拿着风筝准备去“斗风筝”, Penny打趣的说你们是打算学本杰明发现电的存在吗?结果又被Sheldon说教了一番“本杰明并没有发现电的存在,他只是利用风筝证明闪电带电.”

Kites,ho!

SHELDON: Excuse me. You're misusing the word "ho." It's an interjection used to call attention to a destination,not an object,as in,uh,"Land,ho!" Or,uh,"Westward,ho!"

Kites,ho!

PENNY: Hey,guys. Whatcha doin'? Going out to discover electricity?

SHELDON: If you're referring to the work of Benjamin Franklin, he did not "discover electricity," he merely used a kite to determine that lightning "consists" of electricity. He also invented the Franklin stove, bifocals and the flexible urinary catheter. Kites,ho.

LEONARD: We're heading out for some kite fighting.

PENNY: "Kite fighting"?

LEONARD: Oh,yeah. It's an extremely competitive,cut-throat sport.

SHELDON: Well,actually,the risk of throat cutting is very low. On the other hand,severe string burn is a real and ever-present danger.

LEONARD: You want to come watch?

PENNY: Oh,gee.Sounds amazing. But,um,I've got some friends coming over. Not a big thing-- we're just gonna watch the Nebraska game.

LEONARD: Oh. Football,sure.

HOWARD: Good guess.

PENNY: I would've invited you,but I know you're not a football fan.

LEONARD: No,no,I'm not,so... great. You've got plans doing something you like,I've got plans doing something I like,so it's good.

PENNY: Well,maybe we'll hang out later--you know,after everybody's gone.

LEONARD: Yeah,great.

PENNY: See ya.

LEONARD: Well,this sucks.

SHELDON: I'm sorry,I got bored and drifted off. Where exactly in the interaction did the sucking lie?

RAJ:Leonard just realized that Penny's been hiding him from her friends because he's a tiny,little man who flies kites.

SHELDON: Oh,that certainly would suck.

【口语讲解】

1call attention引起注意

The lights-out event is part of Earth Hour, an effort to call attention to climate change.

熄灯事件是“地球一小时”的一部分,该活动旨在人们关注气候变化。

2consist of由……组成, 包含

All bodies consist of molecules and these (molecules consist) of atoms. 一切物质都由分子组成,而分子由原子组成。

3 head out for启程去某处

Experts expect millions of Americans to head out of town for Christmas. 专家预计数百万美国人将去外地度圣诞。

4cut-throat凶狠的;残酷的;在表达“激烈竞争”不妨用cut-throat competition,比fierce competition似乎更“形象”

5string burn放风筝的时候,如果控制得不好,会造成绳子与手摩擦,会有灼热的感觉,就叫string burn. (题外话:小编联想到<>里面Jake说的“brain freeze”,就是一下子猛喝一口冰饮料,会感觉头痛.)

6 drift off渐渐离去;漫无目的地移动;迷迷糊糊地睡去;这里是表示走神了的意思.

They drifted off to sleep as the music played. 他们在听音乐时迷迷糊糊地睡着了。