《生活大爆炸》精讲：白云啊黑土向你道歉

2012-03-12 00:00:00来源：可可英语

　　-Leonard：Um... Here’s the thing.
呃...是这样。

　　(Leonard starts to read the letter.）

　　Penny，just as Oppenheimer came regret to his contribution to the first atomic bomb,
Penny，就像奥本海默站出来，为他发明第一枚原子弹而道歉，

　　so too I regret my participation, at least error in judgment.
我同样为我参与的一点判断失误感到抱歉。

　　The hallmark of the great human experiment is the willingness to recognize one's mistakes.
人类伟大实验的标志在于，主动承认错误。

　　Some mistakes，such as Madam Curie discovered radium，turned out to have great scientific potential,
这些错误，例如居里夫人发现的镭，被发现具有巨大的科学研究潜力，

　　even though she would later die a slow, death from radiation poisoning.
虽然她此后死于，慢性而痛苦的辐射中毒。

　　Another example, from the field of Ebola research...
另一例子，在埃博拉病毒的研究领域…

　　-Penny：Leonard?
Leonard?

　　-Leonard：Yeah?
嗯?

　　-Penny：We're okay.
我们没事了。

　　(Penny kissed Leonard)

单词回顾：
atomic bomb：原子弹
participation n. 参与
participate n. 参加
Everyone in the class is expected to participate in the discussion.
希望全班同学参加讨论。
In the ancient Greek Olympics, only men were allowed to participate in it.
在古希腊奥运会中,只允许男人参加比赛。
error：错误
错误
He overlooked a spelling error on the first page.
他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。
An alert listener will have noticed the error.
耳朵尖的人能听出这个错。
Every man is liable to error.
人人都可能犯错误。
judgment：判断
hallmark：标志
willingness：自动，自愿
recognize：承认
mistakes：错误
Madam Curie：居里夫人
radium：镭　
turn out：结果是，证明是
The film turned out to be a great success.
这部影片结果大获成功。
The news turned out to be false.
那个消息后来证明是假的。
It turned out that my worries were justified.
事实证明,我的担心不是多余的。
potential n. 潜力，潜能 adj. 潜在的，可能的
These potential effects must be studied carefully.
这些潜在的影响必须仔细地加以研究。
The most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the potential danger of their situation.
她在他们三人中最敏感，首先意识到他们处境的潜在危险。
die：死亡
painful：痛苦的
radiation：辐射
poisoning：中毒
field：领域
research：研究

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