Leonard: Penny, wait.

Penny: Yeah?

Leonard: Um, if you don’t have any other plans, do you want to join us for Thai food and a Superman movie marathon?

Penny: A marathon? Wow, how many Superman movies are there?

Sheldon: You’re kidding, right?

Penny: Yeah, I do like the one where Lois Lane falls from the helicopter and Superman swooshes down and catches her, which one was that?

Leonard,Sheldon and Howard together: One. (Raj raises one finger).

Sheldon: You realise that scene was rife with scientific inaccuracy.

Penny: Yes, I know, men can’t fly.

Sheldon: Oh no, let’s assume that they can. Lois Lane is falling, accelerating at an initial rate of 32 feet per second per second. Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel. Miss Lane, who is now travelling at approximately 120 miles per hour, hits them, and is immediately sliced into three equal pieces.

Leonard: Unless, Superman matches her speed and decelerates.

Sheldon: In what space, sir, in what space? She’s two feet above the ground. Frankly, if he really loved her, he’d let her hit the pavement. It would be a more merciful death.

movie marathon

【释】to watch four or more movies in a y done by a movie freaks or anyone who has nothing to do to spend their free time.(urban dictionary)

【例】A: I spent my last Sunday watching the whole series of Star Wars movies in a row.
B:episode I-VI? Wow, that’s a movie marathon.

Swoosh down

【释】[intransitive] + adverb/prepositionto move quickly through the air in a way that makes a sound.（oxford）
哗哗（或嗖嗖）地迅速移动

【例】The plane swooshed down and scared the passers—by.

飞机直冲下去,吓到了过路。

Be rife with

【释】充斥着、充满着（在剧中为贬义）

【例】The whole city was rife with rumors of political corruption and bribery.
全城充斥着政治腐败和贿赂的谣言。（juku）

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