看生活大爆炸学英语第二季第二十二集

【剧情介绍】

Howard赠书给大伙庆祝他研制的特制马桶在太空站使用,美其名曰“废物处理装置”,Raj他们一直在围绕这个话题开他玩笑.

SHELDON: Smell that? That's the smell of new comic books.

HOWARD: They're on me today,boys.

RAJ:You're paying?　Have you been selling your sperm again?

HOWARD: No,I'm celebrating.　As we speak,the space shuttle is docking at the International Space Station where it will deploy the Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Waste Disposal System.

RAJ:Get over yourself.It's a high-tech toilet.

LEONARD:Just think. Thanks to your hard work,an international crew of astronauts will "boldly go where no man has gone before."

HOWARD: Is that supposed to be funny?

SHELDON: I believe it is. The combination of the Star Trek reference and the play on words involving the double-meaning of the verb "to go" suggests that Leonard is mocking your efforts in space plumbing.

HOWARD: Okay,make your little jokes, but of the four of us,I'm the only one making any real-world contribution to science and technology.

RAJ:He's right. This is an important achievement,for two reasons.Number one..and,of course,number two!

SHELDON:Clever! Playing on the use of cardinal numbers as euphemisms for bodily functions.

【口语讲解】

1dock at在…靠码头

2Waste Disposal System废物处置系统, 废物处理系统

3Get over yourself别自以为是了

4play on words诙谐双关语；说俏皮话

5cardinal number基数词

6euphemisms for是…的委婉说法

"Pass away" is a euphemism for "die". “去世”是“死”的委婉说法。