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(Sheldon takes his eggs and sits down.Takes a photograph of them. Writes in his notebook, then takes a forkful.Writes in notebook again.)

Sheldon: Use new eggs. (There is a knock on the door).

Penny (popping her head round): Hi, hey.I’m running out to the market, do you guys need anything?

Sheldon: Oh, well this would be one of those circumstances that people unfamiliar with the law of large numbers would call a coincidence.

Penny: I’m sorry?

Sheldon: I need eggs. Four dozen should suffice.

Penny: Four dozen?

Sheldon: Yes, and evenly distributed amongst brown, white, free range, large, extra-large and jumbo.

Penny: Okay, one more time?

Sheldon: Never mind, you won’t get it right, I’d better come with you.

Penny: Oh, yay!

suffice
【釋】to be enough for somebody/something
足夠，綽綽有余
【例】An hour should suffice for the journey.
一小時(shí)足夠走完那段路程了。
【例】Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
總得來(lái)說(shuō)，一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的留言條或者一個(gè)電話就足矣了。

amongst
【釋】being included or happening in groups of things or people
在...之間，之中
【例】A British woman was among the survivors.
一個(gè)英國(guó)女人在獲救者名單之中。
【例】Discuss it among yourselves (= with each other) first.
在你們之間想來(lái)討論一下。

free-range
【釋】connected with a system of farming in which animals are kept in natural conditions and can move around freely
自由放養(yǎng)式，而非圈養(yǎng)式
【例】free-range chickens/eggs
自由放養(yǎng)的小雞/雞蛋

jumbo
【釋】of great mass; huge and bulky
巨大的
【例】a jumbo jet/shrimp
一架巨大的噴氣式飛機(jī)/一個(gè)巨大的蝦

生活大爆炸S01E04 MJE美劇筆記：Sheldon被炒魷魚

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作者@美劇口語(yǔ)聯(lián)盟（wind精注）