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Flatow: This is Ira Flatow and you're listening to NPR's Science Friday. Joining us today by phone from his office in Pasadena, California is Dr. Sheldon Cooper.
我是Ira Flatow 您现在收听的是美国国家公共电台 "科学星期五"。今天的电话连线嘉宾是来自California州Pasadena的Sheldon Cooper博士。
Kripke: Oh, this is going to be a riot.
喔，要造成轰动了。
Flatow: Thanks for being with us today, Dr.Cooper.
感谢您的到来 Cooper博士。
Sheldon: My pleasure, Ira.
荣幸之至，Ira。
Flatow: Now, let's talk about magnetic monopoles. Can you explain to our audience just what a monopole is?
现在，我们来探讨一下磁单极子。你能向我们的观众们解释一下什么是磁单极子吗?
Sheldon: Of course. First, consider an ordinary magnet which has, as even the most uneducated in your audience must know, two poles. A north and south pole. If you cut that in half, you have two smaller magnets, each with its own north and south pole.
当然。首先，我们知道一个磁铁有两极即使是你的听众中最缺乏教育的也肯定知道这点。北极和南极。要是你把它折断，就有了两个较小的磁铁，各有北极南极。
Flatow: Uh, Dr.Cooper, I think there might be something wrong with our connection.
Cooper博士，我想我们的连线出了点问题。
Sheldon: No, I hear you fine. As I was saying, an ordinary magnet has two poles. The primary characteristic of a monopole is that it has only one pole, hence, monopole. A requirement for string theory, or Mtheory, if you will, is the existence of the monopoles. I, myself, led an expedition to the Arctic Circle in search of said particles. Kripke, I found the nozzle! I'm going to kill you!
没，我听得很清楚。正如我所说，一个普通磁铁有两极。磁单极子的主要性质便是它只有一极，故称，磁单极子。弦理论或者"M理论"成立的条件之一便是磁单极子的存在。我曾亲自带领科考队，前往北极圈搜寻这种粒子。Kripke 我发现喷嘴了! 我要灭了你!

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生活大爆炸：

这是一部以 "科学天才" 为背景的情景喜剧，这倒非常罕见。主人公Leonard和Sheldon是一对好朋友，他们的智商绝对高人一等，因为他们对量子物理学理论可以倒背如流，无论你问他们什么问题，都难不倒他们。但是说到日常生活，这两个不修边幅的男孩就彻底没了脾气－－生活中柴米油盐这些看似简单的事情，却让他们有迷失在太空里一样的感觉，他们所掌握的那些科学原理在这里根本没有用武之地。直到有一天……隔壁搬来一位美貌性感的女孩Penny，顿时吸引了两人的目光。Penny是个剧作家，平时还在饭店打工，她个性开朗，待人友善，最重要的是－－她最近刚刚变成单身。
一个美女和四个科学怪才的故事就这样在笑声中悄然开始上演...

riot: 暴乱，骚乱
例句搭配：
he military were called in to deal with the riot.
已将军队调来镇压暴乱。
The outbreak of riot caused many people to die.
暴乱的发生使很多人丧生。
The police stopped several riots on election night.
警方在竞选之夜制止了几处骚乱。

talk about: 谈论

magnetic monopoles: 磁单极子
磁单极子是理论物理学弦理论中指一些仅带有N极或S极单一磁极的磁性物质，它们的磁感线分布类似于点电荷的电场线分布。

explain to: 向解释

something wrong with: 出了毛病
例句搭配：
There is something wrong with the machine.
这台机器出毛病了。
He quickly ran home, looking as if there was something wrong with him.
他快步跑回家，看上去好像有什么事不对劲。

characteristic of: 特有的，表示特性的

requirement for: 需要

string theory: 弦论，弦理论
弦理论（string theory），即弦论，是理论物理的一个分支学科。弦论的一个基本观点是，自然界的基本单元不是电子、光子、中微子和夸克之类的点状粒子，而是很小很小的线状的“弦”（包括有端点的“开弦”和圈状的“闭弦”或闭合弦）。

the Arctic Circle: 北极圈

in search of: 寻找，搜寻