看生活大爆炸學(xué)英語(yǔ)第二季第二十三集

【劇情介紹】

校長(zhǎng)有意派Sheldon去北極考察,而Sheldon更偏向于在室內(nèi)工作,且不喜歡太冷的地方,所以他在糾結(jié)該不該去.大晚上地把校長(zhǎng)一家吵醒,非要等到校長(zhǎng)夫人放狗他才離開(kāi),現(xiàn)在又在擾Leonard.

LEONARD: He offered to send you to the North Pole?

SHELDON: Yes. In fact,he was quite enthusiastic. He said,"Frankly,if I could send you tonight,I would."

LEONARD: Okay,well,do you want to go?

SHELDON: Of course not. I'm a theoretical physict. A career I chosein no small part because it's indoors, but if I'm able to detect slow-moving magnetic monopoles there, I will be the scientist to confirm string theory. People will write books about me. Third-graders will create macaroni-art dioramas depicting scenes from my life.

LEONARD: Sure,maybe atableau of me trying to pummel you to death.

SHELDON: Sarcasm?

LEONARD: Maybe.

SHELDON: I'm on the horns of a dilemma. Can you imagine me,Sheldon Cooper,at the North Pole?

LEONARD: Easy peasy,I'm doing it right now.

SHELDON: I'm not good with cold,Leonard. How often have we had to leave a movie theater

because I got a headache from drinking the Icee too fast?

SHELDON: I can't go.

LEONARD: Well,then don't go.

SHELDON: How can you say that? The scientific opportunity of a life time presents itself and my best friend says "Don't go."

LEONARD: All right,then go.

SHELDON: Listen to you.How can I possibly go?

LEONARD: Sheldon,what are the words I can say right now to end this conversation and let me go back to sleep?

SHELDON: Odd,President Seibert posed the exact same question.

LEONARD: How was it resolved?

SHELDON: It wasn't. His wife set their dogs on me and rendered the question moot.

【口語(yǔ)講解】

1horns of a dilemma進(jìn)退兩難

When you are on the horns of a dilemma, no matter which horn you choose, something bad will happen. 當(dāng)你進(jìn)退兩難時(shí)，無(wú)論你怎樣抉擇，一些壞事終究會(huì)發(fā)生。

2Easy peasy小菜一碟(口語(yǔ))

3opportunity of a lifetime千載難逢的機(jī)會(huì)

4pose a question問(wèn)問(wèn)題

5rendered the question moot使問(wèn)題懸而未決.?