- Oh,the mummy,1932.  
- You don't know who Britney Spears is,but you know this movie.  
- It's the film that made me want to be an anthropologist, although I prefer Chaney's mummy to Karloff's. 
Britney Spears不用说了,小甜甜布兰妮除了Bren之外大家都认识。
Bren说的Chaney的木乃伊是指1944年的电影《The Mummy's Ghost》。
The Mummy是1932年Boris Karloff主演的的经典木乃伊电影,后来大家熟悉的《木乃伊归来》那个系列就是根据这部翻拍的,Bren居然是看了这部电影想要成为人类学家呀~~有意思。



"And yet I shall awaken memories of love and crime and death."
“现在,我要唤醒爱与罪恶以及死亡的记忆。”
经典的电影台词,Bren的模仿笑喷……


Did he and DR. Kaswell ever have words? 
have words 争吵,吵架 censure severely or angrily
注意,have a word with是与人交谈,have words with就是吵架了哦。是因为吵架的时候话比较多所以才用复数么?呼呼~~

Well,not everyone winds up dead. 
wind up 以……告终,终结于 To come or bring to a finish; end

she gave me a lift last month when my car broke down. 
give sb. a lift 让某人搭便车

Messing with mummies-- clearly not a good idea. 
mess with 捣乱
这帮子是什么科学家呀?一边做研究一边疑神疑鬼……

It's an instant old wives' tale.
old wives' tale 无稽之谈
字面上的意思就是老奶奶讲的故事,就是家里的老祖母给儿孙辈讲的传说寓言之类,通常这些故事都有些教育意味在里面,用以防止小孩子不乖,或者比方说让他们多吃菠菜啥的,所以这类故事当中有很多夸张的情节和错误的细节。

Eggheads killing each other over exhibits no one really wants to see.
egghead 【俚语】有知识的人,受过高等教育的人,理论家
看字面就觉得是个带有一点调侃意味的词儿,egghead特指那些受过高等教育,聪明绝顶——注意——绝顶的人,特别是那些教授什么的。大家印象当中教授都是脑袋光光,早早地谢了顶,那形象不就是一个个鸡蛋脑袋了?

- Because I'm what you've got in common.  
- If you're concerned that I'd discuss any perceived shortcomings...
in common 共同的
shortcoming 缺点,短处

Not cool, Bren. Not cool at all.

-Really?Because,according to witnesses,you were arguing with her in the middle of the titan exhibit.  
- He means titian. Titian was a 16th century renaissance painter from the italian school,booth. Titans were ancient greek gods...
Titian提香是意大利文艺复兴鼎盛期威尼斯画派的代表画家。
Titans是指希腊神话中统治黄金时期的12位泰坦神,包括俄刻阿洛斯 (Oceanus)、科俄斯 (Coeus)、克利俄斯 (Crius)、伊阿珀托斯(Iapetus)、福柏 (Phoebe)、特提斯 (Thethys)、克洛诺斯 (Kronos)、瑞亚 (Rhea)、忒弥斯(Themis)、莫涅莫绪涅(Mnemosyne)、许珀里翁 (Hyperion)、忒伊亚 (Theia)、提坦(Titans)。而后被新一代的奥林匹斯神取代。

一个字母之差,Booth就把俩风马牛不相及的给闹混淆了。

提香的绘画