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The Big Bang Theory,《生活大爆炸》

A:You know, I'd love to hear more about how you intend to add neutrinos. Could we get a cup of coffee sometime?

甲:我很想听你讲讲如何加入微中子的。啥时候去喝杯咖啡吧？

B:I don't drink coffee.

乙:我从不喝咖啡。

A:I do. I love me a cup of Joe.

甲:我喝，爱我，就请我喝一杯咖啡。

B:Well, it doesn't have to be coffee. How about dinner?

乙:那，不一定非要喝咖啡。一起吃晚餐如何？

A:I do eat dinner.

甲:晚饭当然要吃。

B:Great. I know a terrific little Italian place.

乙:很好。我知道有家意大利餐斤，超棒。

A:I never eat in strange restaurants. One runs the risk of non-standard cutlery. Excuse me?

甲:我从不去陌生的餐厅吃饭。指不定就用那些不合格的餐具了。什么？

B:Sheldon lives in fear of the three-tined fork.

乙:谢尔顿惧怕三尖叉子。

A:Three tines is not a fork. Three tines is a trident. Forks are for eating, tridents are for ruling the seven seas.

甲:三尖的根本不能叫叉子，那叫三叉戟。叉是用来吃东西的，而三叉戟是用来治理 七大洋的(希腊神话中海神的兵器就是三叉戟)。

生活口语

Linda, you've got to try this chocolate cake.

琳达,你得尝尝这个巧克力蛋糕。

Thank you, but I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

谢谢，不过我不是那么爱吃甜食。

重点讲解:

I don't really like sweets.

I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

表示“不爱…，不喜欢…”，我们第一个就会想到don't like sth.这个说 法。而在英语中表达这一意思的方式有很多，don't have much of sth.就是其中一 种常见表达。此外，在表达“爱吃甜食”时，老外通常会用have sweet tooth。