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1.Mrs. Cooper: so, Shelly, what’s up with you and your friend Amy, if you don’t mind a mother prying a bit?

好了，Shelly，如果你不介意妈妈窥探一下的话，你和你的朋友Amy之间有什么新鲜事儿吗？

Sheldon: well, there’s actually big news on the Amy front. She’s been studying the neurobiology of addition in lower animals. She’s this close to getting a starfish hooked on cocaine.

呃，在Amy事件上有着重大进展。她正在研究深井生物学在低级动物身上的成瘾性。她差一点就能培育出一只可卡因成瘾的海星了。

解析：

（1）Pry: 撬开；撬动；探查

Pry into：窥探；打听

Pry bar：撬杆；杠杆

例：

What did you pry on earth.

你到底窥探到了什么？

I won’t let you spy into my affairs, never.

我不会让你窥探到我的私事，绝不。

He pried the door open, but found nothing.

他把门撬开，什么也没发现。

（2）Hook on：挽住手臂；迷上，着迷（常用语被动语态）

Get something hooked on：使…对…上瘾着迷

例：

Language does not hook on to the real world.

语言和真实的世界并不是完全勾连的。

She got the monkey hooked on to smoking.

她让一只猴子对抽烟上了瘾。

备注：on the front：在…的前面；on the someone front：在…方面

2. Mrs. Cooper: long story short, today that woman travels the world with a semi-professional basketball player and two beautiful mixed-race babies.

长话短说，现在那姑娘跟着准职业篮球队员到处旅行，还生了俩混血宝宝。

解析：

Long story short: 长话短说

例：

Long story short, he will leave off tomorrow.

长话短说吧，他明天将会离开。

We don’t have enough time, so please make a long story short.

我们没有足够的时间，请长话短说吧。

3. Sheldon：And the best is at the Q and A afterward, I’ve worked up a couple of “Q’s” that will stump his sorry ‘A.’

最妙之处是在之后的提问回答环节，我想了好几个问题会让他为难的要说“对不起”。

解析：

Work up: 逐步建立；逐步发展；激发；整理

例：

She worked herself up into a bit of a state.

她把自己搞得有点动肝火。

You will be more excellent if you work up the energy.

如果你能激发自己的能，你会更出色。

4. Sheldon: we appear to be at a crossroads in our relationship, mother.

我们的关系似乎走到了十字路口。

解析：

Appear to：似乎；好像

例：

It appears to be your fault.

看起来像是你的错。

There appear to be plenty of others like you.

似乎像你一样的人有很多。

5. Penny：Leonard, you’re up. Wasserman, you’re on deck.

Leonard，该你了，冷笑话先生，你下一个。

解析：

On deck：准备就绪；在甲板上；准备就绪的；下一个将轮到的

例：

They have to sleep on deck.

他们不得不睡在甲板上。

Everything was on deck, and remains to be checked.

一切准备就绪，等待被检验。

Are you ready? You are on deck.

你准备好了吗？下一个就到你了。

6. Howard: Oh me? No thanks, I’m good. I’m really just trying not to burst into flames.

哦我？不用谢谢，我其实是怕被火烧成灰烬。

解析：

Burst into flames：烧成灰烬，突然着火；燃烧起来

Burst into：闯入

例：

Plastic bags suddenly burst into flames.

塑料袋突然间燃烧起来。

He burst into the classroom, interrupting the class.

他冲进了教室，打断了这堂课。