荧屏情景

第12周 在火车站

荧屏情景：

星期一 选座位 片段选自《生活大爆炸》第2季第17集 The Big Bang Theory S02E17 04:00--04:56

Sheldon: What on earth are you doing?
谢尔丹：你要干嘛？
Raj: Whatever it is, I'm guessing we're doing it wrong.
拉杰：不管我做了什么，我猜我是做错了。
Sheldon: Gentleman, this is the Coast Starlight, one of the great American trains operating on one of the classic American routes. On this side, you'll see panoramic ocean vistas inaccessible to any other from of transportation, while on your side, you'll be treated to 350 miles of CostCos, Jiffy Lubes, and cinderblock homes with above-ground pools.
谢尔丹：先生们，这可是海岸星光列车，美国经典路线上的最好列车之一。坐这边，可以享受乘坐其他交通工具所无法体会的全景式海岸风光。坐这边呢，能看到350英里的好市多公司，捷飞络连锁店，还有带泳池的水泥民居。
Howard: Come on, Raj.
霍华德：过来，拉杰。
Raj: What's wrong with Jiffy Lubes?
拉杰：捷飞络连锁店有什么不好？
Sheldon: No.
谢尔丹：不。
Leonard: Why not?
伦纳德：又怎么了？
Sheldon: That's over the wheelbase. Are you completely unfamiliar with the suspension characteristics of a pre-1980 Pullman-built Superliner Deluxe passenger coach?
谢尔丹：这座位正好在轴距上，你难道一点不清楚80年代前，所造豪华乘坐席悬挂系统的特性吗？
Leonard: Sheldon, we've been on this train 90 seconds, and you've already said a thousand words. Just tell us where to sit and shut up.
伦纳德：谢尔丹，才上车90秒，你已经废话一箩筐了。你直接说坐哪，然后闭嘴。

重点讲解

划红精讲：
1. what on earth...
on earth（用于以how， why， what 或 where 开始的问句，表示强调，通常表示问题没有答案或很难回答）究竟，到底；
eg. How on earth did that happen?
那件事到底怎么发生的？
eg. What on earth had Luke done?
卢克究竟做了什么？
eg. Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底为什么想去那么个地方？
2. be unfamiliar with
不熟知的；不了解的；
eg. I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.
我在这儿人地生疏。
eg. A foreigner is usually unfamiliar with many customs of a country.
一个外国人通常不熟悉别国的风俗习惯。
3. shut up
（使）住口；（使）闭嘴；
eg. Just shut up, will you?
闭嘴，好吗？
eg. I don't feel like shutting up; I think statements about injustice should be made.
我不想住口，我认为应该发表关于不公正的声明。
eg. A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up.
对她冷嘲热讽是让她闭嘴的唯一方法。