【0216晚间】生活大爆炸——Sheldon的“天才”发明究竟是什么？

Question1:

I read an article about Japanese scientists, who ______ DNA from luminous jellyfish into other animals.

A.asserted

B.inserted

答案：

B选项正确。B选项insert的意思是“嵌入”，听力中提到：“我读过日本科学家的相关研究，他们把水母的DNA嵌入其他的动物里。”，A选项assert的意思是“坚持自己的主张”，与原文不符合。

Question2:

According to their conversation, it is very likely that Sheldon lost his job because he had an issue with Gable Hauser.

A.True.

B.False.

答案：

A选项正确。听力原文中提到：“Sheldon, are you sure you don't want to just apologize to Gable Hauser, and get your job back?”，由此可知，Sheldon可能是与Gable Hauser发生了一些过节导致他丢了工作。

今日单词：

calendar n. 日历

scramble v. 炒蛋

luminous adj. （尤指在黑暗中）发亮的

今日短语：

run into 遇到

time of the month 经期

课外加餐：

会发光的鱼 

一种“发光鱼“是指通过基因改良培养而来的动物。通过将发生物光的水母的遗传基因嵌入到一只斑马鱼的DNA中，从而培育出所需要的基因。最初培育发光鱼的目的是为了让它反映出水质污染的轻重程度，但由于它奇特的外观，因而在宠物市场也占有一席之地。这一物种于2003年12月，由德克萨斯州奥斯丁约克镇的技术研究所引进了美国市场。 

另一种”发光鱼“是指由于某种原因而在暗处发光的鱼。2012年3月9日，长沙曹阿姨的儿子从菜市场买回一条已经剖好的雄鱼，曹阿姨担心鱼肉变质，便在洗净的雄鱼身上抹了一层盐。3月11日晚上，曹阿姨进厨房忙活，发现橱柜门内竟闪出一道荧光，打开一看，是那条腌了2天的雄鱼。在普通的灯光下，这条鱼和其他鱼没有任何差异，然而，将鱼放到全黑的空间里一瞧，从鱼头到鱼尾都闪耀着荧光。 

湖南省中医药大学第一附属医院李定文教授给出了解释，“‘发光细菌’是一种有生物发光能力的细菌，大多数是弧菌和杆菌，少数为球菌。虽然发光细菌的形态多种多样，但它们的生理特性却非常相似，常寄生在各种动物体内发光，即‘寄生发光’。

逐句精听：

Hey, I just ran in a penny, she seemed upset about something.

I think it's her time of the month.

I marked the calendar for future reference.

What's with the fish?

It's an experiment.

What happened to your scrambled egg research?

Oh, that was a dead end. No，scrambled eggs are as good as they're ever going to be.

So, fish?

I read an article about Japanese scientists who inserted DNA from luminous jellyfish into other animals, and I thought, hey, fish nightlights.

Fish nightlights. 

It's a billion dollar idea.

Mum's the word.Sheldon, are you sure you don't want to just apologize to Gable Hauser, and get your job back?

Oh, no,no,no. Oh, I have too much to do.

Like luminous fish.