Big Bang Theory: Sheldon is making breakfast

Sheldon is making English muffins when Penny enters the room. He talks to her about last night and that he could hear a thing or two.

(Season 3, Episode 3: The Lunar Excitation)

 

Transcript:

Sheldon: In what universe is this low-pulp? Good morning, Penny.

Penny: Do you have eyes in the back of your head?

Sheldon: When one gets beaten up every other day in school, one of necessity develops a keen sense of hearing. Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one. I’m making English muffins. Would you like an English muffin?

Penny: Oh, thanks, I’m not hungry.

Sheldon: FYI, my noise-cancelling headphones proved ineffective last night.

Penny: Yeah, sorry about that.

Sheldon: As a native Texan, I must say I’ve never heard the phrase yee-haw used in quite that context.

Penny: Oh, God.

Sheldon: Oh, God. That I’ve heard on multiple occasions.

 

Vocabulary:

pulp = In fruit or vegetables, the pulp is the soft part inside the skin.

keen = very good or well developed

incidentally = used about something that is connected to the main subject but is not as important

English muffin = a small round flat type of bread, usually sliced in two and eaten hot with butter

FYI = abbreviation for “for your information”

noise-cancelling = designed to minimize external noise

headphones = a pair of padded speakers which you wear over your ears in order to listen to radio or recorded music

native = relating to or describing someone’s place of birth

multiple = very many of the same type

occasion = a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened

(definitions partly taken from the Cambridge and Collins Dictionary)

 

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