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Sheldon：Gentlemen, I have a question about dating and relationships.
先生们，我有一个拍拖方面的问题。

Raj：You told me you were going to have the talk with him.
你和我说过，你会和他好好谈谈的。

Howard：I've been waiting for someone to have the talk with me.
我一直在等别人跟我谈呢。

Sheldon：More to the point, it's about finding a way to keep Leonard and Stephanie together.
总的来说，就是要想办法让Leonard和Stephanie在一起。

Howard：Oh, I don't think you can.
我觉得你办不到。

Sheldon：Well, why not?
为什么？

Howard：Look at Leonard's record. 27 days with Joyce Kim.
看看Leonard的情史，和Joyce Kim共度了27天。

Raj：During which she defected to North Korea.
当中她就叛逃回北韩了。

Howard：Two booty calls with Leslie Winkle.
和Leslie Winkle发生了两次一夜情。

Raj：For which she awarded him the nickname Speed of Light Leonard.
她还授予了他一个外号闪电侠Leonard。

Howard：And the three hour dinner with Penny.
和Penny共进了三小时的晚餐。

Raj：Which would have been two and a half if they ordered the souffle when they sat down.
而如果他们一进去就点蛋奶酥的话那就只有两个半小时了。

Howard：Based on the geometric progression, his relationship with Stephanie should have ended after 20 minutes.
根据等比级数定律，他和Stephanie的关系本应在见面后的20分钟后结束。

Sheldon：Yes, I'm aware of the math.
这个我会算。

Y equals 27 days over 12 to the nth.
Y等于27天的12次方根。

The issue remains.
问题仍然存在。

How do we circumvent his inevitable rejection?
我们怎么避免他被甩这个怪圈呢？

Raj：Well, if you want to guarantee his appeal to Stephanie, your best bet would be to kill all the other men on the planet.
想要确保他一直和Stephanie在一起，最好的办法就是把地球上的其他男人宰了。

Howard：I'll tell you what you shouldn't do.
我来告诉你什么是本不该做的。

Don't spritz him with that body spray from the commercial where the women undress when they smell it. That doesn't work at all.
不要往他身上喷广告里那种香水，女人一闻到立马脱衣服，那个一点都不管用。

No matter how much you put on.
不管你往身上喷多少。

Sheldon：So, that's all you've got? Apocalyptic genocide and "go easy on the cologne"?
这就是你们给出的建议，种族灭决和少用古龙水。

Together：Yeah.
对头，没错。

讲解注释

I've been waiting for someone to have the talk with me.

have been doing 是现在完成进行时
现在完成进行时的功能
1. 表示从过去某时开始一直持续到现在的动作，并且还将持续下去。
I have been learning English since ten years ago.
自从十年前以来我一直在学英语。（动作还将继续下去）
2. 表示在说话时刻之前刚刚结束的动作。
We have been waiting for you for half an hour.
我们已经等你半个钟头了。（动作不再继续下去）
3. 表示一个从过去开始延续到现在，可以包括现在在内的一个阶段内，重复发生的行动。
She has been playing tennis since she was eight.

注意：
1. 表示状态的动词不能用于现在完成进行时。
I have known him for years. 我认识他已经好几年了。
2. 有些现在完成进行时的句子等同于现在完成时的句子。
I have been working here for five years.
I have worked here for five years. 我在这里已经工作两年了。
3. 大多数现在完成进行时的句子不等同于现在完成时的句子。
I have been writing a book.（动作还将继续下去）我一直在写一本书。
I have written a book.（动作已经完成） 我已经写了一本书。

defected to：投靠

booty call= call for sex

geometric progression：等比级数

be aware of：知道

nth：n次的

circumvent：回避

inevitable：不可避免的

rejection：拒绝，抛弃

guarantee：保证

best bet：（口语）最好的办法

spritz：喷

body spray：身体喷雾剂，香水

commercial：广告

undress：脱衣服

Apocalyptic：世界末日的

genocide：种族灭绝

go easy on 对...有节制；对...宽容
I think you should go easy on the coffee.
我觉得你应该少喝点儿咖啡。
The judge decided to go easy on the youth because it was his first offence.
该法官决定宽大处理这个年轻人，因为他初次犯罪。
Go easy on the boy: he didn't know he was doing anything wrong.
对好那男孩子宽容点吧，他不知道自己做错了什么。