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Do you guys mind if I start?

Um, Penny.

Yeah.

That's where I sit.

Sit next to me.

No, I sit there.

What's the difference?

Here we go.

In the winter, that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm,

and yet not so close as to cause perspiration.

In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross breeze created by opening windows there and there.

It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct,

thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion.

I could go on, but I think I've made my point.

Do you want me to move?

Well...

Just sit somewhere else.

Fine.

Sheldon, sit.

Ah, big boy.

Someone touched my board Oh God,

my board Leonard Leonard Hey, what's the matter?

My equations Someone's tampered with my equations Are you sure?

Of course I'm sure Look at the beta function of quantum chromodynamics.

The sign's been changed.

Yeah.

But doesn't that fix the problem you've been having?

Are you insane?

Are you out of your mind?

Are you...

Hey, look, that fixes the problem I've been having.

You're welcome.

You did this?

Yeah, I noticed it when I got up to get a glass of water,

so I fixed it, and now you can show that quarks are asymptotically free at high energies.

Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah.

Cool?

Listen, I gotta get to the lab.

Thanks for a great night.

Thank you.

I'll see you at work.

Hold on.

What?

Who told you you could touch my board?

No one.

I don't come into your house and touch your board.

There are no incorrect equations on my board.

Oh, that is so.. so...

I'm sorry, I gotta run.

If you come up with an adjective, text me.

Inconsiderate.

That is the adjective.

Inconsiderate.

This is Lalita Gupta.

Lalita, this is Leonard and Sheldon and Howard and Penny.

Isn't it great she isn't fat anymore?

Forgive me, your highness, for I am but a monkey,

and it is in my nature to climb.

I did not mean to gaze upon you as you comb your hair.

I'm sorry?

You are the living embodiment of the beautiful Princess Panchali Oh,

no kidding Who is that?

A beloved character from an Indian folk tale Oh Us Indian or come to our casino Indian?

You Indian Oh The resemblance is remarkable I can practically smell the lotus blossoms woven into your ebony hair Well,

thanks I imagine you smell very nice, too.

I shower twice a day and wash my hands as often as I can.

Really?

So do I.

But you're a dentist.

He's nuts.

Don't be insulting, Rajesh.

So, Sheldon, tell me more about this princess you say I look like.

It was said that the gods fashioned her eyes out of the stars

and that roses were ashamed to bloom in the presence of her ruby lips.

Oh, my.

Back off, Sheldon.

What?

If you cannot stop hitting on my lady,

you will feel the full extent of my wrath.

I'm not hitting on her.

And I am not your lady.

Well, and you have no wrath.

You are, my lady.

Our parents said so.

We are, for all intents and purposes, 100% hooked up.

Okay, let's get something straight here.

The only reason I came tonight was to get my parents off my case.

I certainly don't need to be getting this old-world crap from you.

That's exactly the kind of spirit with which Princess Panchali led the monkeys to freedom.

Well, screw Princess Panchali.

Hey, you can't talk to me like that.

But you're not Princess Panchali.

Luckily for you, she can have you beheaded.

Are there any questions?

Yeah.

What the hell was that?

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Any other questions?

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Dr. Sheldon Cooper here.

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I am the lead author of this particular paper.

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Thank you.

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And you, sir, you have completely skipped over the part where I was walking through the park

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and I saw these children on a merry-go-round,

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which started me thinking about the moment of inertia inertia in

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gases like helium at temperatures approaching absolute zero I didn't skip

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it it's just an anecdote it's not science oh oh I

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see it was the apple falling on Newton's head was

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that just an anecdote you are not Isaac Newton no no

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that's true gravity would have been apparent to me without the apple possibly be

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that arrogant you continue to underestimate me my good man look

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if you weren't happy with my presentation then maybe you should

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have given it with me as I've explained repeatedly unlike you I don't need validation from lesser minds.

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No offense.

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Really?

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So why did you come?

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Because I knew you'd screw this up.

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Maybe I didn't go to college when I was 11, like you.

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Maybe I got my doctorate at 24 instead of 16.

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But you are not the only person who is smarter than everyone else in this room.

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No offense.

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And I am clearly not the only person who is tormented by insecurity and has an ego in need of constant validation.

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So you admit you're an egotist?

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Yes.

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My name is Dr. Leonard Hofstetter,

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and I could never please my parents,

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so I need to get all my self-esteem from strangers like you.

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But he's worse!

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Okay, that is it.

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Stop it.

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You cannot blow up my head with your mind.

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Then I'll settle for an aneurysm.

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Stop it.

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You hit me.

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You saw that.

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He hit me.

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You're trying to blow up my head.

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So it was working.

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It wasn't.

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It was not.

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You are a nutcase.

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Oh, we'll see about that.

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Heads up, you people in the front row.

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This is a splash zone.

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Stop it!

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Quit it!

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Is this usually how these physics things go?

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More often than you think.

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What a fucking nerve!

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Oh dear God.

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Leonard!

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Leonard, I'm sick!

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Leonard!

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Leonard, I'm sick!

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Leonard!

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Leonard!

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Leonard!

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Leonard, my comforter fell down and my sinuses hurt when I bend over.

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Leonard?

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Ow.

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Hey, Leonard, where are you?

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I'm at work.

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At 6.30 in the morning?

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Yes.

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On Sunday?

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Yes.

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Why?

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They asked me to come in.

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I didn't hear the phone ring.

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They texted me.

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Well, as I predicted, I am sick.

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My fever has been tracking up exponentially since 2 a.m.,

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and I am producing sputum at an alarming rate.

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No kidding.

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Nope.

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Not only that, it has shifted from clear to milky green.

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Howard, it's the phone!

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I know it's the phone, Ma.

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I hear the phone!

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Well, who's calling at this ungodly hour?

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I don't know.

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Well, ask them why they're calling at this ungodly hour.

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How can I ask them when I'm talking to you?

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Hello?

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It's Leonard.

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Code Milky Green.

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Dear Lord, not Milky Green.

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All right, and this is my office.

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Is this part of the tour?

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Nope.

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Goodbye.

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Come on, Sheldon.

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We've hardly shown him anything.

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All right.

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This is my desk.

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These are my books.

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This is my door.

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Please close it behind you.

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Goodbye.

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Looks like you're doing work in quantum loop corrections.

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Keen observation.

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Goodbye.

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You see where you went wrong, don't you?

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Leonard?

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Yeah?

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Get him out.

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Come on, Dennis.

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I'll show you the rec center.

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They've got Nautilus equipment.

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Do I look like I lift weights?

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Not heavy ones.

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It's startling to me you haven't considered a Lorentz invariant or field theory approach.

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You think I haven't considered it?

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You really think I haven't considered it?

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Have you considered it?

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Get him out, Leonard.

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Come on, Dennis.

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I'll show you the radiation lab.

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Wow.

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You won the Stevenson Award?

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Yes.

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In fact, I am the youngest person ever to win it.

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Really?

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How old?

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Fourteen and a half.

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You were the youngest person ever to win it.

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It's like looking into an obnoxious little mirror, isn't it?

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Here's the problem with teleportation.

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Lay it on me.

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Assuming a device could be invented

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which would identify the quantum state of matter of an individual in one location

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and transmit that pattern to a distant location for reassembly,

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you would not have actually transported the individual.

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You would have destroyed him in one location and recreated him in another.

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How about that?

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Personally, I would never use a transporter

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because the original Sheldon would have to be disintegrated in order to create a new Sheldon.

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Would the new Sheldon be in any way an improvement on the old Sheldon?

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No, he would be exactly the same.

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That is a problem.

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So you see it, too.

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The final question.

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The score now stands.

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AA, 1150.

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PMS, 1175.

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So, for 100 points and the match,

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please turn your attention to the formula on the screens.

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Solve the equation.

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Holy crap.

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What the hell is that?

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It looks like something they found on the ship at Roswell.

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Oh, I think.

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Leslie?

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Leonard, it's not gonna work if you rush me.

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You have to let me get there.

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You are never going to let that go, are you?

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Ten seconds he doesn't have it he's got squat

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hey I need your answer the answer is minus eight by alpha hang on hang on a Wait a second,

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that's not our answer.

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What are you doing?

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Answering question.

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Winning physics bowl.

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How do you know anything about physics?

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Here I am janitor in former Soviet Union.

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I am physicist.

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Leningrad Polytechnica.

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Go polar bears.

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Well, that's a delightful little story,

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but our arrangement was that you sit here and not say anything.

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I answer the questions.

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You didn't answer questions.

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Hey, look.

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Now, maybe you have democracy now in your beloved Russia,

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but on this physics bowl team,

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I rule with an iron fist.

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Ow!

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Hey, hey, I need your official answer.

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Well, it's not what he said.

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Then what is it?

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I want a different question.

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You can't have a different question.

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Formal protest.

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Denied.

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Informal protest.

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Denied.

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I need your official answer.

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No, I declined to provide one.

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Well, that's too bad, because the answer your teammate gave was correct.

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That's your opinion?

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All right, the winner of the match is...

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Hang on.

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Sheldon, is proving that you are single-handedly smarter than everyone else

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so important that you would rather lose by yourself than win as part of a team?

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I don't understand the question.

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In 1935, Erwin Schrodinger, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics,

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he proposed an experiment where a cat is placed in a box with a sealed vial of poison

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that will break open at a random time.

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Now, since no one knows when or if the poison has been released,

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until the box is opened,

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the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead.

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I'm sorry, I don't get the point.

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Of course you don't get it.

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I haven't made it yet.

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You have to be psychic to get it,

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and there's no such thing as psychic.

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Sheldon, what's the point?

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Just like Schrodinger's cat, Your potential relationship with Leonard right now can be thought of as both good and bad.

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It is only by opening the box that you'll find out which it is.

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Okay, so you're saying I should go out with Leonard?

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No, no, no, no, no,

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no. Let me start again.

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In 1935, Ellen Schrodinger...

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Sheldon, I think I've made a mistake.

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I can see that.

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Unless you're planning on running a marathon,

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choosing both stuffing and mashed potatoes is a starch-filled redundancy.

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No, it's about Penny.

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A mistake involving Penny.

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Okay, you'll have to narrow it down.

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I don't think I can go out with her tonight.

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Then don't.

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Other people would say, why not?

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Other people might be interested.

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I'm gonna talk anyway.

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I assumed you would.

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Now that I'm actually about to go out with Penny, I'm not excited.

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I'm nauseous.

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Ah, then your meal choice is appropriate.

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Starch absorbs fluid, which reduces the amount of vomit available for violent expulsion.

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Sheldon, this date is probably my one chance with Penny.

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What happens if I blow it?

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Well, if we accept your premise,

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and also accept the highly improbable assumption that Penny is the only woman in the world for you,

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then we can logically conclude that the result of blowing it would be that you end up a lonely,

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bitter old man with no progeny.

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The image of any number of evil lighthouse keepers from Scooby-Doo cartoons comes to mind.

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Tell me whether or not to go through with the date.

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Schrodinger's cat.

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Wow, that's brilliant.

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You sound surprised.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Iconic Sheldon Cooper Moments from Season 1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Leonard, Sheldon, answer. Deze video bevat 341 zinnen en 2109 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 16:12. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 130 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 61 van de 341 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
equation zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/	vergelijking
quantum zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkwɑntəm/	kwantiteit
milky bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈmɪlki/	melkachtig
adjective zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/	bijvoeglijk naamwoord, adjectief
anecdote zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/	anekdote
inconsiderate bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌɪnkənˈsɪdəɹɪt/	roekeloos, onachtzaam
inertia zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/	inertie, traagheid
starch zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃ/	zetmeel
validation zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/	validering
wrath zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɹæθ/	gramschap, toorn
youngest bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/	jongst
monkey zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmʌŋki/	aap, apin
poison zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpɔɪ.zən/	gif, vergif
beloved bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/bɪˈlʌvd/	geliefd, bemind
aneurysm zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/	aneurysma, aderverwijding

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
come up with werkwoord		bedenken, verzinnen
end up werkwoord		belanden, terechtkomen
fall down werkwoord	/fɔl ˈdaʊn/	neervallen
find out werkwoord		ontdekken, onderzoeken
hook up werkwoord		aansluiten

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

Do you guys mind if I start?
Do you want me to move?
You see where you went wrong, don't you?
You think I haven't considered it?
You really think I haven't considered it?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	you've been having · I've been having · has been tracking
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	I've made · sign's been changed · have given
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	been changed · was said · is tormented
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	person who is

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 69 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: wrath /ɹæθ/, marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/, inertia /ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/, validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, expulsion /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: inconsiderate /ˌɪnkənˈsɪdəɹɪt/, validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, aneurysm /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/, disintegrate /dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/, exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, beloved /bɪˈlʌvd/, behead /bɪˈhɛd/, weave /wiːv/, discourage /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, anecdote /ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/, validation /ˌvæl.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, wrath /ɹæθ/, aneurysm /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: ungodly /ʌnˈɡɑdli/, youngest /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/, disintegrate /dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/, gaze /ɡeɪz/, arrogant /ˈæɹəɡənt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als equation, quantum, milky.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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Belangrijke woorden in deze video

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Grammatica in deze video

Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?