Sheldon is using a driving simulator, but he is not very good at it. Fortunately, he uses the simulator and not an actual car.
(Season 2, Episode 5: Homo Novus Automobiles)
Transcript:
Leonard: Okay, now, what you want to do first is turn on the ignition and shift into drive.
Sheldon: I haven’t fastened my seat belt yet.
Leonard: Okay, fasten your seat belt.
Sheldon: Click. Now, are there air bags?
Leonard: You don’t need air bags.
Sheldon: What if a simulated van rear-ends me?
Penny: I’ll hit you in the face with a pillow.
Leonard: Okay, now shift into drive, pull out slowly into traffic.
(General panic)
Penny: Oh.
Leonard: Oh.
Howard: Oh.
Leonard: Watch out.
Howard: Oh God!
Leonard: Watch, watch out, watch out for pedestrians!
Penny: Oh God, wait, slow, hit the brakes, hit the brakes!
(Sounds of car crashing. Penny hits Sheldon in the face with a pillow.)
Sheldon: Thank you.
Vocabulary:
ignition = the electrical system in an engine that causes the fuel to burn or explode in order to start the engine
to shift = to move the gears of a vehicle
to fasten = to become firmly fixed together or closed
to rear-end = to hit the back of one car with another in an accident
to pull out = If a vehicle pulls out, it starts moving onto a road or onto a different part of the road
watch out = used to warn someone of danger
pedestrian = a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go
to hit the brakes = to step on the brakes hard and fast
(definitions taken from the Cambridge and Collins Dictionary)
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