生活大爆炸S01E04 MJE美剧笔记：超市之行

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        Scene: The supermarket.
        Sheldon: This is great. Look at me, out in the real world of ordinary people, just living their ordinary, colourless, workaday lives.
        Penny: Thank you.
        Sheldon: No, thank you. And thank you, ordinary person. Hey, you want to hear an interesting thing about tomatoes.
        Penny: Uh, no, no not really. Listen, didn’t you say you needed some eggs.
        Sheldon: Uh, yes, but anyone who knows anything about the dynamics of bacterial growth knows to pick up their refrigerated foods on the way out of the supermarket.
        workaday
        【释】It means sth ordinary, not very interesting.
        日常的，平淡的
        【例】 This is a significant shift from her normal workaday world.
        这和她的日常生活的世界相比是巨大的转变。
        【例】Their vacation provided a welcome change from their workaday life.
        这个假期让他们能够从日常枯燥的生活中获得一个放松。
        you want to hear an interesting thing about
        【释】 hear about sth means to be told about sth
        连起来是说，你想知道一件有趣的事吗？
        【例】Do you want to hear an interesting thing about your dad?
        你想不想知道一件关于你爸爸的有趣的事情？
        【例】Hey girls，you want to hear an interesting thing about wearing makeup?
        女孩们，你们想听一件关于化妆品的有趣的事情吗？
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        Sheldon: No, this is fun. Oh, the thing about tomatoes, and I think you’ll really enjoy this, is, they’re shelved with the vegetables, but they’re technically a fruit.
        Penny: Interesting.
        Sheldon: Isn’t it?
        Penny: No, I mean what you find enjoyable.
        Sheldon (as Penny selects vitamin supplements): Oh boy.
        Penny: What now?
        Sheldon: Well, there’s some value to taking a multivitamin, but the human body can only absorb so much, what you’re buying here are the ingredients for very expensive urine.
        Penny: Well, maybe that’s what I was going for.
        Sheldon: Well then you’ll want some manganese.
        the thing about tomatoes is...
        【释】used to introduce a problem about something or someone.
        关于...的问题是...
        【例】The thing about Sheldon is he always picks on Howard's educational background.
        Sheldon 总是挖苦Howard的教育背景。
        【例】The thing about addiction is that it never ends well.
        对于上瘾，最后的结局都是痛苦。
        technically
        【释】according to the exact meaning, facts, etc.
        准确地说，理论上说
        【例】Technically (speaking), the two countries are still at war.
        准确的说，这两个国家仍然处于战争状态。
        【例】Technically Kosovo is part of Serbia.
        理论上说，科索沃是塞尔维亚的一部分。
        multivitamin
        【释】a pill or medicine containing several vitamins.
        多种维生素
        what I was going for
        【释】to put a lot of effort into something, so that you get or achieve something.
        想要的，所追求的
        【例】Acquiring recognition from Sheldon is what Howard is going for.
        获得Sheldon的认同是Howard一直努力追求的。
        【例】Losing 10 pounds is what Penny's going for recently.
        Penny 近期的目标是减掉10磅。
        manganese
        【释】a chemical element. Manganese is a gray-white metal that breaks easily, used in making glass and steel.
        一种化学成分，锰
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