Adult virgins almost never get any love from sitcoms (or, you know, any shows) but The Big Bang Theory is doing their best to cater to that most underserved of audiences. In a very special episode airing December 17, BBT's Sheldon and Amy will finally sleep together. "After over five years of dating, we felt the time was right for Sheldon and Amy to finally consummate their relationship,” said EP Steve Molaro after filming the episode. “And we’re so excited for the audience to see the journey over the next several episodes.” I want to write bazinga! but I have just enough self-control to stop myself.
情景喜劇（或者，你懂的，任何電視節目）很少會考慮老處女的感受，但《生活大爆炸》卻將傾其所能迎合這部分常被忽略的群體的感受。在12月17日播出的《生活大爆炸》特輯中，謝爾頓和艾米終于要滾床單了。劇集總監史蒂夫·莫拉羅說：“經過5年多的約會，我們覺得現在是時候讓謝爾頓和艾米的關系圓滿了。觀眾即將看到的接下來幾集劇情讓我們特別興奮。”我真想寫這是“逗你玩”！但我忍住了。

For those of you who don't watch The Big Bang Theory, the nerdy couple portrayed by Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik provide an interesting spin on the "will they or won't they?" story. Most shows either delay the formation of a couple as long as possible (say, Niles and Daphne) or, alternatively, drag out the specifics of a romance (Ross and Rachel straight up had a child and lived together but still didn't get it) for seasons. As the show enters its ninth season, Sheldon and Amy have been in a long-term relationship for years without venturing toward sexual intimacy.
沒看《生活大爆炸》的人可能不知道，這對書呆子情侶由吉姆·帕森斯和馬伊姆·拜利克扮演，關于“他倆會不會那個？”上演了很多有趣的橋段。大部分電視劇都會要么盡可能的推遲一對情侶合體（就像《歡樂一家親》里的奈爾斯和達芙妮），要么一連幾季推遲呈現浪漫的細節（《老友記》里的羅斯和瑞秋先有的孩子，后來同居，但還是沒有上演浪漫細節）。《生活大爆炸》已經進入第九季了，謝爾頓和艾米這對多年來關系穩定的戀人一直沒能走向“親密接觸”。

Having sex will require negotiating the pricklier aspects of Sheldon's supercilious yet socially awkward personality, as well as both of the characters' virginity. The couple is currently broken up on the show, having ended things during the season-eight finale, but will undoubtedly reunite in time to fumble toward romance. Meanwhile the network had ordered the show through a planned tenth season, but really … isn't "super nerds find true love and finally get to have sex" kind of the perfect note to end on?
因為謝爾頓性格高傲、不善交際，所以發生性關系前先要擺平他這方面棘手的特質，并弄清兩人對貞操的看法。這對情侶于第八季結尾時關系破裂，目前是分手狀態，但毫無疑問兩人將會及時復合，以便跌跌撞撞走向浪漫目標。與此同時，電視臺已要求《生活大爆炸》按計劃于第十季劇終，不過說實話……“超級書呆子找到真愛并最終與之滾床單”難道不是個挺完美的結局嗎？

Vocabulary
consummate：完成；作成；使達到極點
nerdy：書呆子式的
supercilious：傲慢的，自大的
fumble：摸索；笨拙地做

英文來源：Vulture.com
譯者：張卉
審校&編輯：杜娟