MJE美剧笔记 生活大爆炸S01E01新邻居penny

(Penny opens door).

Leonard: Hi. Again.

Penny: Hi.

Sheldon: Hi.

Leonard: Hi.

Penny: Hi.

Leonard: Anyway, um. We brought home Indian food. And, um. I know that moving can be stressful, and I find that when I’m undergoing stress, that good food and company can have a comforting effect. Also, curry is a natural laxative, and I don’t have to that,uh, a clean colon is just… one less thing to worry about.

Sheldon: Leonard, I’m not expert here but I believe in the context of a luncheon invitation, you might want to skip the reference to bowel movements.

Penny: Oh, you’re inviting me over to eat?

Leonard: Uh, yes.

Penny: Oh, that’s so nice, I’d love to.

Leonard: Great.

Penny: So, what do you guys do for fun around here?

Sheldon: Well, today we tried masturbating for money.

comforting

【释】making you feel calmer and less worried or unhappy(牛津高阶)
令人欣慰的：让人觉得宽心，少焦躁或不开心

【例】He wanted to say some comforting and heartening word to his mother. (海词)
他想对他妈妈说一些让她欣慰和振奋的话。

【例】For a family in our situation, the Superintendent of Frizinghall Police was the most comforting officer you could wish. (有道)
对我们这种处境的一户人家来说，正巴不得看到弗利辛霍的警察局长呢。他倒是最能叫人宽心的官员了。

curry

【释】n [C, U] dish of meat, fish, vegetables, etc cooked with certain hot-tasting spices, usu served with rice (牛津高阶)
咖喱食品：用某些很辣的调味品烹饪出的肉、鱼和蔬菜等，常用来配米饭

laxative

【释】n, adj (medicine, food or drink) causing or helping the bowels to empty (牛津高阶)
通便剂：能帮助肠道排空的（药物、食物或饮料）

colon

【释】n lower part of the large intestine (牛津高阶)
结肠：大肠的下面部分

I’m not expert here but

【释】I'm not good at it but (自造)
我在这不是内行，但是...

【例】I'm no expert here, but it seems to me that this could not haven effected through natural selection. (海词)
在这我不是内行，但就我看来这不能通过自然选择被影响。

【例】I'm no child expert, but I can tell that kid has some serious issues. (自造)
我对儿童不了解，但我能分辨出那孩子有严重的问题。

in the context of

【释】under the circumstance of (参考牛津)
在...背景/环境下

【例】In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes. (牛津高阶)
在现在经济危机的背景下，降低税收是不明智的。

【例】We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres. (柯林斯)
我们在经济，社会和文化领域的改革背景下做这项工作。

luncheon

【释】n [C, U] (fml 文) lunch (牛津高阶)
午餐的正式说法

the reference to

【释】the act of mentioning (参考牛津)
提及

【例】One particularly interesting piece of information in the above reading is the reference to Sheldon(有道)
上述的阅读中一个特别令人感兴趣的信息片段是提到了Sheldon

【例】There is no further reference to him in her diary. (海词)
她日记中再没提到他

bowel movements

【释】bowel: part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; intestine 肠 (牛津高阶)
大肠运动

masturbate

【释】 [I, Tn] give (oneself/sb) sexual pleasure by stimulating the genitals, esp by hand (牛津高阶)
手淫