第一季17集：The Tangerine Factor-Sheldon：Wo de zing shi Sheldon.我的字是Sheldon。
-Howard：No, it's "Wo de ming zi shi Sheldon."不，应该是"我的名字是Sheldon"。
-Sheldon：Wo de ming zi shi Sheldon.我的名字是Sheldon。
-Howard：What's this?这是什么?-Sheldon：That's what you did.那不是跟你学的吗?I assumed as in a number of languages, that the gesture was part of the phrase. assume：猜想gesture：手势phrase：语句我以为在许多种语言当中手势也是表达的一部分。
-Howard：Well, it's not.好吧，这里不是。
-Sheldon：How am I supposed to know that?suppose：假定be supposed to：应该，被期望我怎么会知道那个?As the teacher, it's your obligation to separateobligation：义务，责任separate：分开作为一个老师，将所教内容your personal idiosyncrasies from the subject matter.idiosyncrasies：习性，癖好subject matter：主旨与你的特异习惯分开是你的责任。
-Howard：Y ou know, I'm really glad you decided to learn Mandarin. Mandarin：普通话知道吗，你决定学普通话我真的非常高兴。
-Sheldon：Why?为什么?-Howard：Once you're fluent,fluent：流畅的等你说流利了，you'll have a billion more people to annoy instead me.annoy：干扰，使烦恼你可以去骚扰十多亿人，我就解放了。
-Leonard：Hey.嘿。
-Sheldon：Mei du lui zi.梅毒驴子。
-Howard：Y ou just called Leonard a syphilitic donkey.syphilitic：梅毒病人donkey：驴你刚刚把Leonard叫成了一头患了性病的驴子。
-Sheldon：My apologies, Leonard. I'm only as good as my teacher.很抱歉Leonard，我无法超越我的老师的水平。
-Leonard：Why are you learning Chinese?你为什么要学中文?-Sheldon：I believe the Szechuan PalaceSzechuan：四川省（中国）palace：宫殿【Szechuan Palace：是一家美国中餐馆的名字】我认为老四川餐馆(亚利桑那州凤凰城44街668号的中餐馆)。
has been passing off orange chicken as tangerine chicken,pass off：冒充orange：橙子tangerine：柑橘一直在用橙皮鸡柳冒充陈皮鸡柳(可以说就是同一种食物)，and I intend to confront them.intend：打算confront：使对质我打算去和他们对质。
-Leonard：If I were you, I'd be more concerned about what they're passing off as chicken. concern：关心如果我是你，我会更关心他们用什么东西冒充了鸡柳。
-Penny：I need to use your window.借你们的窗子用一下。
-Leonard：Oh, hey. Y eah, No, sure. Go ahead.哦，嘿，耶，不，当然，请便。
-Penny：Hey, jerk face, you forgot your iPod!jerk：肌肉痉挛，抽搐嘿，变态，你忘了你的iPod!-Leonard：What's going on?出什么事了?-Penny：Oh, I'll tell you what's going on.噢，让我告诉你出了什么事。
That stupid self-centered bastard wrote about our sex life in his blog!self-centered ：自我中心的bastard：坏蛋，混蛋blog：博客那个自以为是的蠢货把我们床事写到他的博客上!Drop dead, you stupid self-centered bastard!Drop dead：（美口）去死吧Drop：使落下，投下砸死你，你这个自以为是的混蛋蠢货!Thank you.谢谢。
-Sheldon：Okay, where were we?好，我们讲到哪了?-Howard：Not now. I have a blog to find.现在不行，我要找一个博客。
-Leonard：Penny, are you okay?Penny 你还好吗?-Penny：I'm fine, Leonard. Just go away.我没事，Leonard走开。
-Leonard：Look, I understand that breaking up with someone can be very painful...break up：分手painful：痛苦的听着，我明白分手是很痛苦的...-Penny：Go away!走开!-Leonard：Okay. Feel better! Bye.好吧，快好起来!拜。
She doesn't want to talk.她不想说话。
-Sheldon：Not surprising.不奇怪啊。
Penny's emotional responses originate in the primitive portion of the brainemotional：感情的，情绪的response：反应originate in：产生于primitive：原始的portion：部分brain：脑Penny的情感反应起始于大脑的原脑部份，known as the amygdale, while speech is centeredamygdale：杏仁核也就是杏仁体(小脑的一部分) 而语言中枢位于in the much more recently developed neo-cortex.developed：使发展neo-cortex：新皮层相对近期进化出来的新皮层。
The former can easily overpower the later,former ：前者overpower：压服前者很容易制服后者，giving scientific credence to the notion of being "rendered speechless."credence：相信notion：观念，看法rendered speechless：失语render：致使speechless：（由于强烈的感情，震惊等）说不出话的这也是"失语"现象的科学依据。
Or maybe she just doesn't want to talk.或者她只是不想说话。
-Raj：Hey, look, I found an iPod.iPod：苹果手机嘿，瞧我捡到了一个iPod。
-Howard：It's smashed beyond repair. What are you gonna do with it?smashed：砸碎的beyond repair：无法修补gonna：going to摔得稀巴烂修不好了，你准备拿它做什么?-Raj：What else? Sell it on eBay as "slightly used."eBay：易趣网slightly：轻微的，稍稍还能干什么? 在易趣上卖呗，写上"只用过几次"。
-Leonard：It was Penny's boyfriend's. They broke up.那是Penny的男朋友的，他们分手了。
-Howard：Apparently, he posted intimate details of their physical relationship on his blog, Apparently：显然的post：张贴intimate：亲密的details：细节physical：身体的relationship：关系blog：博客显然，他把他们身体的亲密关系的私密细节都写在博客上了，which I cannot find anywhere.可我到处都找不着。
-Leonard：Y ou know what? I'm gonna go back and try talking to her again.gonna= going to知道吗? 我要再去找她，试着和她说说话。
-Howard：Good idea. Sit with her, hold her, comfort her.hold：抱住comfort：安慰好主意，坐在她身边，拥住她，安慰她。
And if the moment feels right, see if you can cop a feel.cop a feel：感觉如果时机对的话，看你能不能"感觉感觉"她。
-Leonard：I'm not going to do that, Howard.我不会那么做的Howard。
-Sheldon：I'm m not aware of any social convention that requires you to intervene at all. be aware of：意识到convention：习俗require：需要intervene：干涉我不认为有任何社会习俗要求你去插手这事。