看生活大爆炸学英语第二季第四集

【剧情介绍】

Raj被<<人物>>杂志评选为“30岁以下30大杰出人物”, 当他宣布这一好消息时,Sheldon他们不但没替他高兴,反而质疑声一片,这让Raj很失望.

PENNY: Okay,well,I'll just,um,go eat by myself.

LEONARD:Penny,you don't have to do that.

PENNY: Oh,it's okay,between him not talking,him talking and him...I'm better off alone. Good-bye,you poor,　strange little man.

RAJ: She's so considerate.

LEONARD:　So what's your news?

RAJ: Remember that little planetary object I spotted beyond the Kuiper Belt?

LEONARD:Oh,yeah,2008-NQ Sub-17.

RAJ: Or as I call it,Planet Bollywood. Anyway, because of my discovery,Peoplemagazine is naming me one of their 30 under 30 to watch.

HOWARD:　Congratulations.

LEONARD: that's incredible.

SHELDON:　Excuse me,30 what under 30 what to watch what?

RAJ: 30 visionaries under 30 years of age to watch as they challenge the preconceptions of their fields.

SHELDON: If I had a million guesses,I never would have gotten that.

RAJ: It's pretty cool. They've got me in with a guy who's doing something about hunger in Indonesia, and a psychotherapist who's using dolphins to rehabilitate prisoners, and Ellen Page,star of the charming independent film,Juno.

HOWARD:　Oh,I'd so do her.

LEONARD:　You'd do the dolphins.

HOWARD:Do I get an honorable mention for designing the telescope camera mounting bracket you used?

RAJ: Sorry, it's not part of my heartwarming and personal narrative in which a humble boy from New Delhi overcame poverty and prejudice and journeyed to America to reach for the stars.

HOWARD:　Poverty? Your father's a gynecologist. He drives a Bentley.

RAJ: It's a lease.

SHELDON: I'm confused. Was there some sort of peer review committee to determine which scientists would be included?

RAJ: Peer review? It's People magazine. People picked me.

SHELDON: What people?

RAJ: The people fromPeople.

SHELDON: Yeah,but exactly who are these people? What are their credentials? How are they qualified? What makes accidentally noticing a hunk of rock that's been traipsing around the solar system for billions of years more noteworthy than any other scientific accomplishment made by someone under 30?

【口语讲解】

1. better off经济状况好的，富裕的；状况好的

The good news is that the average American is a little better off, and the proportion of Americans who are poor has dwindled a little. 好消息是美国人的生活总体上得到了改善，贫困人口比例有所下降。

2. honorable mention优秀奖；鼓励奖；荣誉奖

3. camera mounting bracket摄影机固定支架

4. personal narrative个人叙事,个人随笔

5. peer review committee行业审查委员会