实用口语:《生活大爆炸》之洁癖狂Sheldon(2)

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　　Leonard: Did it ever occur to you that not everyone has the compulsive need
to sort, organize and label the entire world around them?
        　　Sheldon: No.
        　　Leonard: Well they don’t. Hard as it may be for you to believe, most people
don’t sort their breakfast cereal numerically by fibre content.
        　　Sheldon: Excuse me, but I think we’ve both found that helpful at times.
        　　Leonard: Come on, we should go.
        　　Sheldon: Hang on.
        　　Leonard: What are you doing?
        　　Sheldon: Straightening up.
        　　Leonard: Sheldon, this is not your home.
        　　Sheldon: This is not anyone’s home, this is a swirling vortex of
entropy.
        　　Hard as it may be
        　　【释】倒装句，Hard as it may be…=as it may be hard...
        　　尽管...会很难
        　　as表示虽然,尽管 等时,引导让步状语从句,常用倒装语序,模式为:
        　　adj. /adv. / n.+as +主语+谓语+主句。
        　　【例】Hard as it may be to believe, there are many unwanted, homeless, abused
dachshunds in this country.
        　　尽管很难相信，但在这个国家有很多无家可归、被人遗弃的达克斯猎狗。
        　　numerically
        　　【释】adv. 用数字表示(有道)
        　　【例】Books are then arranged numerically , and then alphabetically by
author’s last name,resulting in a library organized by subject.(句酷)
        　　之后按照号(数字)进行排序，再按照作者姓的字母排序. 这样，整个图书馆的书便按照科目有序地组织起来了.
        　　straighten up
        　　【释】使整齐, 整理 阐明 挺直
        　　【例】You should straighten up your room before going out.
        　　出门前你应该把房间收拾整齐。
        　　swirling vortex of entropy
        　　【释】swirling n. 漩涡;涡流 adj.
打旋的。vortex涡流;漩涡;(动乱，争论等的)中心;旋风。entropy熵，物理学上指热能除以温度所得的商，标志热量转化为功的程度。被社会科学用以借喻人类社会某些状态的程度。这里的意思是社会恶化的漩涡中心。(在这里Sheldon形容Penny的房间很乱)