Big Bang Theory: Leonard is dating Leslie Winkle

Learn some unconventional dating vocabulary by listening to Leslie asking Leonard some really weird questions on their first date.

 

Transcript:

Leslie: So, how many children do you think we should have? (Leonard splutters and coughs) I’m sorry, that was a little abrupt.

Leonard: A little.

Leslie: I mean there are so many things to talk about before we discuss reproduction.

Leonard: I sure hope so.

Leslie: Besides shortness, what genetic weaknesses run in your family?

Sheldon (entering): I’m sorry to interrupt, battery’s dying. Continue.

Leonard: Uh, genetic weaknesses, right, um, there’s the lactose intolerance.

Sheldon: Don’t forget the male pattern baldness. When his uncles sit around the dinner table they look like a half carton of eggs. (Exits. He trails an extension cord after him. Eventually goes tight a couple of times, then falls loose.)

Leonard: Okay, now my uncles are bald, but my Aunt Edna is one of the hairiest women you will ever meet. So… Sweet lady. It always tickles when she hugs me. 

 

Vocabulary:

to splutter = to produce short, unclear noises from your mouth, especially because you cannot breathe properly

abrupt = sudden and unexpected

reproduction = the process of having babies

to run in somebody’s family = If a characteristic runs in someone’s family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.

lactose intolerance = the inability to digest lactose (= a substance in milk)

male pattern baldness = a type of hair loss in men, in which hair is lost from the top and front of the head

extension cord = an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead (= elektrische Leitung)

to tickle = If a part of the body tickles, or if something tickles it, it feels slightly uncomfortable and you want to rub it.

(definitions taken from the Cambridge and Collins Dictionary)

 

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