看美剧考雅思 | 小谢尔顿（1）

1 I've always loved trains. In fact, if my career in theoretical physics hadn't worked out, my backup plan

was to become a professional ticket taker or hobo.  

我从小就喜欢火车，事实上如果我理论物理学的工作干不下去，我的备选计划是打算当一个职业检票员或者流浪汉。

语法：

现在完成时I've always loved

虚拟语气：In fact, if my career in theoretical physics hadn't worked out, my backup plan was to become...

词汇：

backup plan 备选计划

ticket taker 检票员

hobo 流浪汉

2 And when I figured out that trains allowed me to prove Newton's first law：an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. I felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon, alone and happy.

当我发现火车能让我证明牛顿第一定律。任何运动中的物体其速度的大小和方向都不会改变,除非有合外力施加于这个物体,我感觉到了尼尔 阿姆斯特朗登月时那种孤独又快乐的感觉。

词汇：

figure out 弄明白

Newton's first law牛顿第一定律

act upon 对...起作用

I feel like 我感觉好似

3 I don't care how dimwitted you are, scientific principles have to make you smile.

我不管你有多笨，科学原理肯定能让你开怀大笑。

词汇：

dimwitted adj. 愚蠢的；笨的