Raj：I don't believe it.
我真不敢相信。
Howard：Neither do I. Doogie Howser's been off the air for like 20 years.
我也不信。天才小医生20多年没在电视上播过了。
【解析】
1、off the air：停止广播
Leonard：Actually, I read somewhere, that it's one of the most popular programs in India.
实际上，我在书上读到过，那是印度最受欢迎的节目之一。
Sheldon：It might speak to a cultural aspiration, to have one's children enter the medical profession.
这说不定能解释父母为何渴望，培养子女从事医疗行业了。
Leonard：I bet you're right.
我猜你是对的。
Howard：I bet they love Scrubs.
我猜他们肯定爱看"实习医生风云" (2001年首播的医务喜剧)。
Sheldon：What's not to love?
干嘛不爱呢？
Raj：Excuse me! Hello? My parents are trying to marry me off to a total stranger. What am I going to do?
打扰一下！哈喽? 我爸妈要让我娶一个陌生人。我该怎么办？
Sheldon：I suggest you go through with it.
我建议你把结婚进行到底。
Raj：What?!
什么?!
Sheldon：Romantic love as the basis for marriage has only existed since the 19th century. Up until then, arranged marriages were the norm, and it served society quite well.
人们从19世纪开始才把浪漫爱情作为婚姻的基础。在那之前，一直实行包办婚姻制度，它同样能很好的服务于社会。
Howard：It's the entire premise of Fiddler on the Roof.
这就是"屋顶上的提琴手"的大背景。
【解析】
1、premise：前提
2、Fiddler：提琴手
Leonard：I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I love that show.
我虽然不喜欢音乐剧但爱看那一部。
Howard：Me too. Of course, it speaks to me culturally.
我也是。当然，它的文化差异深深打动了我。
Sheldon：Understandable, but there's a universality to that story which transcends ethnicity.
可以理解但故事里还有一种超越种族划分的普遍共通性。
【解析】
1、transcends：超出，超越
2、ethnicity：种族划分
Howard：Let's not forget it's got some really catchy tunes.
别忘了还有那些动听的旋律。
【解析】
1、catchy（曲调，歌曲）容易记住的
Leonard：Oh, absolutely.
毫无疑问。
Raj：Okay, I know what I'm going to do.
好，我知道该怎么办了。
Leonard：What?
怎么办？
Raj：Find new friends.
去找些新朋友。
Howard：So who wants to rent Fiddler?
谁想租"提琴手"来看?
Sheldon：No need, we have the special edition.
不用租我们有特别珍藏版。
【解析】
1、edition：版本
Leonard：Well, maybe we are like Haroon and Tanvir.
可能我们确实像Haroon和Tanvir。
Sheldon：Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Yeah, I need to cancel my membership to the planetarium. Well, I'm sorry, too, but there's just no room for you in my wallet. I understand, but it was between you and the Museum of Natural History, and frankly, you don't have dinosaurs. I'll miss you, too. Bye-bye. Okay, I know you're texting about me and I'd really like you to stop.
我是Sheldon Cooper博士。我想取消我天文馆的会员资格。是这样，我也很遗憾，但我钱包里没有贵馆的容身之地。我明白，但我必须在贵馆和自然博物馆中作出选择，坦白的说你那里并没有恐龙。我也会想你的，拜拜。我知道你在发短信和别人一起嘲笑我，我很希望你能停止。
【解析】
1、planetarium：天文馆
2、dinosaurs：恐龙
Raj：Oh, dear, I am rightly and truly screwed.
天哪，我会死的很惨很难看。
【解析】
1、screwed：用螺丝拧紧的，这里引申为遭遇蹂躏
Leonard：Hey, I thought you were finding new friends.
嘿，我以为你去交新朋友了。
Raj：I've got some feelers out. In the meantime, listen to this.
我已经全面撒网了。在等鱼的同时听听这个。
【解析】
1、feelers：试探器，探针
2、In the meantime：同时
Lalita：Hi, Rajesh. This is Lalita Gupta. Uh, your mother gave my mother your phone number to give to me. So, I'm calling you and, uh, call me back. Bye.
嗨，Rajesh。我是Lalita Gupta。你妈把你的号码给了我妈让她给我。所以我就打你电话了，给我回话。拜。
Raj：Can you believe how pushy she is?
你们能相信她居然这么主动吗？
【解析】
1、pushy：有进取心的
Leonard：So don't call her.
那就别给她打。
Raj：If I don't call her, I won't hear the end of it from my parents.
如果我不给她打，我爸妈会唠叨个没完。
Leonard：So call her.
那就给她打。
Raj：How can I call her? You know I can't talk to women.
我怎么给她打?你知道我没法和女人说话。
Leonard：I'm done. Anybody else?
我不管了，还有谁想管?
Howard：Give me the phone.
把电话给我。
Raj：Why?
为什么？
Howard：Just give it to me.
给我就行了。
Raj：What are you doing?
你在干什么？
Howard：Don't worry. You'll thank me. ( with East Indian accent): Hello, Lalita? Raj Koothrappali here. Yes, it is good to talk to you, too. So what are you wearing? Oh, not important. Uh, so, anyhow, when would you like to meet? Friday works for me! I'll call you with a time and place. But in the meantime, keep it real, babe. You may now thank me.
别担心，你会感谢我的。(操着东印度的口音) ：喂Lalita吗？我是Raj Koothrappali。我也很高兴和你聊天。那么你穿了什么衣服？哦那并不重要。那么好，你想什么时候见面？我星期五没问题！我会再打电话确定时间和地点。但与此同时保持联系，宝贝儿。你现在可以谢我了。
Raj：For what? Making me sound like a Simpsons character?
谢什么？让我听上去像"辛普森一家" 里的人物?(美国一部动画片)
【解析】
1、Simpsons：辛普森（姓氏），这里指一部动画片《辛普森一家》
Howard：Fine. Next time make your own date.
好吧，下次你自己约女孩吧。
Raj：I didn't want to make this one!
我连这个都不想约！
Leonard：Look on the bright side, she might turn out to be a nice, beautiful girl.
往好的方面想想，她说不定是个漂亮的好女孩。
【解析】
1、Look on the bright side：对事物持乐观态度 bright side：光明的一面
Raj：Great, then we'll get married, I won't be able to talk to her. and we'll spend the rest of our lives in total silence.
很好，然后我们结了婚，我还是不能和她说话。我们后半辈子就要在无声世界中度过。Howard：It worked for my parents.
我爸妈就是这样的。
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