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so um amy sheldon tells me you're a neuro something
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or other neurobiologist your check engine light is on
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but the light indicates don't bother i've wasted many an hour tilting at
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that particular windmill what is that scent you're wearing it smells great dandruff shampoo
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i have dry scalp ah well your hair looks very nice are you a homosexual
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No, no, I've just given you a compliment.
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Would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual.
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Guys, how about some music?
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Oh, I wouldn't care for that.
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Amy?
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No, thank you.
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Okay.
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Uncomfortable silence it is.
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Hey, Sheldon, have you told
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Amy what it was like for you growing up in Texas?
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No. why don't you tell her all right it was hell any follow -up amy no
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i myself grew up in nebraska small town outside of omaha
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you know a nice place mostly family farms a few meth labs
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I'm sorry how is this better than uncomfortable silence I don't know I was just trying something muggles
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hey here's another possible topic of conversation this is a big night for Sheldon.
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Right, Sheldon?
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Big night?
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The winter solstice is a big night.
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It's over 14 hours in Southern California.
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That's an amusing factoid.
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Thank you.
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No, no, my point is tonight is Sheldon's first official date.
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Discuss. Is this true?
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Apparently a semi -incestuous
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Teens for Jesus Fourth of July hoedown didn't count.
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So, um, Amy, what about you?
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Do you date much?
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Once a year.
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It's a deal I made with my mother in exchange for her silence on the matter,
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as well as the occasional use of her George Foreman grill
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that seals in the flavor without the fat what about you penny do you go on many dates oh yeah
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i wouldn't say many a few what's your characterization of approximately 171 different men is a few
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where did you get 171 men simple extrapolation in the three years
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that i've known you you were single for two and during
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that time i saw 17 different suitors
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if we work backwards correcting for observation bias
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and postulate an initial dating age of 15 whoa wait wait i did not start dating at 15.
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i'm sorry 16 14.
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my mistake now assuming the left side of a bell curve peeking around the present
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that would bring the total up to 193 men plus or minus eight men Remarkable.
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Did you have sexual intercourse with all of these men?
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No!
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Now, although that number would be fairly easy to calculate,
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based on the number of awkward encounters I've had with strange men leaving her apartment in the morning,
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plus the number of times she's returned home wearing the same clothes she wore the night before.
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Okay, Sheldon, I think you've made your point.
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So we multiply 193 minus 21 men before the loss of virginity,
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So 172 times 0 .18 gives us 30 .96 sexual partners.
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Let's round that up to 31.
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Okay, Sheldon, you are so wrong.
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That is not even close to the real number.
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I'm gonna need a drink over here.
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This is very interesting.
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Cultural perceptions are subjective.
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Penny, to your mind, are you a slut?
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No!
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No!
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No. Let's just all finish our dinners, okay?
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But this is an interesting topic.
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How many sexual encounters have you had?
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Does volunteering for a scientific experiment in which orgasm was achieved by electronically stimulating the pleasure centers of the brain count?
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I should think so.
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Then 128.
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You were right.
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This was a very productive evening.
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I saw a whole new side of Amy Farrah Fowler tonight.
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I did not have sex with 31 guys.
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I'll be happy to check the math, but numbers don't lie, Penny.
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In any event, now that
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Amy and I have spent quality time together, I feel much more confident proceeding to the next stage of our relationship.
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And that is?
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Using in vitro fertilization and a surrogate uterus to gift humanity with our progeny.
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You're still on that?
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In these uncertain times, doesn't humanity deserve a gift?
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Okay, you know what?
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I'm gonna come at this in a whole new way.
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Sheldon, if you try to make a baby with Amy in a Petri dish, I'm gonna tell your mother on you.
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That's no threat.
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My mother's always wanted a grandchild.
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Really, your deeply religious, born -again Christian mother wants a test -tube grandbaby born out of wedlock?
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Curses.
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if i thought of that in the first place i could have saved myself this whole night
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well it's not that late you could still go out and look for number 32 good night

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “TBBT - Sheldon's First Date”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: amy, sheldon, penny, silence, sexual. Questo video contiene 88 frasi e 758 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:23. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 119 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 77% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo. 18 delle sue 88 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
silence sostantivo/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/silenzio
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
humanity sostantivo/hjuˈmænɪti/umanità
uncomfortable aggettivo/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/scomodo
minus/ˈmaɪ.nəs/meno
homosexual aggettivo/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/omosessuale
deeply avverbio/ˈdi(ː)pli/in profondità, estremamente
bother verbo/ˈbɑðɚ/disturbare, infastidire
experiment sostantivo/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/esperimento
tube sostantivo/tuːb/tubo, tubetto
indicate verbo/ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/indicare
seal sostantivo/siːl/timbro
awkward aggettivo/ˈɔk.wɚd/maldestro, impacciato
volunteer sostantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/volontario, volontaria
productive aggettivo/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/produttivo

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
go out verbouscire, andare fuori

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • No, no, I've just given you a compliment.
  • Do you date much?
  • I'm gonna need a drink over here.
  • Penny, to your mind, are you a slut?
  • You're still on that?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 25 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, occasional /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, homosexual /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, homosexual /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, hoedown /ˈhoʊdaʊn/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: silence /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, minus /ˈmaɪ.nəs/, lab /læːb/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, lab /læːb/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, backward /ˈbækwɚd/

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