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From the episode 'Space Pilot 3000'
LEELA: Good afternoon, sir. Name?
FRY: Uh, Fry.
WOMAN: I'm Leela. Now it's New Year's Eve so I'd like to decide your fate quickly and get out of here.
FRY: Can I ask you a question?
LEELA: As long as it's not about my eye.
FRY: Er...
LEELA: Is it about my eye?
FRY: Sort of...
LEELA: Just ask the question.
FRY: What's with the eye?
LEELA: I'm an alien, alright? Now let's drop the subject.
FRY: Cool, an alien! Has your race taken over the Earth?
LEELA: No, I just work here.
FRY: Uh, Fry.
WOMAN: I'm Leela. Now it's New Year's Eve so I'd like to decide your fate quickly and get out of here.
FRY: Can I ask you a question?
LEELA: As long as it's not about my eye.
FRY: Er...
LEELA: Is it about my eye?
FRY: Sort of...
LEELA: Just ask the question.
FRY: What's with the eye?
LEELA: I'm an alien, alright? Now let's drop the subject.
FRY: Cool, an alien! Has your race taken over the Earth?
LEELA: No, I just work here.
| good afternoon | buenas tardes |
| New Year's Eve | Noche Vieja, víspera de año nuevo |
| fate | destino |
| to get out of here | salir de aquí |
| to ask somebody a question | hacer o formular una pregunta a alguien |
| as long as | siempre y cuando |
| sort of | en cierto modo sí |
| alien | extraterrestre |
| to drop the subject | dejar el tema |
| cool! | ¡estupendo!, ¡guay! |
| to take over something | asumir el control de algo |
FRY: You know, I'm the luckiest guy in the whole future. I've been given a second chance and this time I'm not going to be a total
loser. What's that?
LEELA: Your permanent career assignment.
FRY: Delivery boy? No, not again! Please! Anything else!
LEELA: Take your hands off me! You've been assigned the job you're best at just like everyone else.
FRY: What if I refuse?
LEELA: Then you'll be fired...
FRY: Fine!
LEELA: ...out of a cannon into the sun!
FRY: But I don't like being a delivery boy.
LEELA: Well that's tough! Lots of people don't like their jobs but we do them anyway. You gotta do what you gotta do! Now hold out your hand, I'm gonna implant your career chip. It will permanently label you as a delivery boy.
FRY: Keep that thing away from me!
LEELA: Your permanent career assignment.
FRY: Delivery boy? No, not again! Please! Anything else!
LEELA: Take your hands off me! You've been assigned the job you're best at just like everyone else.
FRY: What if I refuse?
LEELA: Then you'll be fired...
FRY: Fine!
LEELA: ...out of a cannon into the sun!
FRY: But I don't like being a delivery boy.
LEELA: Well that's tough! Lots of people don't like their jobs but we do them anyway. You gotta do what you gotta do! Now hold out your hand, I'm gonna implant your career chip. It will permanently label you as a delivery boy.
FRY: Keep that thing away from me!
| the luckiest guy | el tipo más suertudo. Para aprender a formar superlativos, ver Comparatives and superlatives. |
| to give somebody a second chance | dar a alguien una segunda oportunidad |
| loser | perdedor. El verbo perder se dice to lose. |
| career | profesión, carrera |
| assignment | asignación |
| delivery boy | repartidor |
| anything else | cualquier otra cosa |
| take your hands off me | quita tus manos de encima mío |
| to be best at something | ser mejor en algo. Notar el uso de la preposición at. |
| to refuse | negarse, rechazar |
| to be fired | ser despedido. En este caso, se trata de un juego de palabras, dado que la oración continúa diciendo: "Serás despedido... desde un cañón hasta el sol!" |
| cannon | cañón |
| tough | duro, difícil |
| gotta | Forma coloquial de have got to (tener que) |
| hold out your hand | extiende tu mano |
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| to label somebody as something | catalogar a alguien como algo |
| keep that thing away from me | mantén esa cosa alejada de mí |
FRY: So I guess without jobs, we'll be fugitives forever.
FARNSWORTH: Not necessarily. Are you three, by any chance, interested in becoming my new spaceship crew?
BENDER: New crew? What happened to the old crew?
FARNSWORTH: Oh, those poor sons of -- but that's not important. The important thing is I need a new crew. Anyone interested?
FRY: Yes, yes! That's exactly the job I've always wanted!
LEELA: Thanks for the offer, Professor, but we don't have the proper career chips.
FARNSWORTH: Oh, that won't be a problem. As luck would have it, I saved the chips from my previous crew.
FRY: This is awesome!
FARNSWORTH: Not necessarily. Are you three, by any chance, interested in becoming my new spaceship crew?
BENDER: New crew? What happened to the old crew?
FARNSWORTH: Oh, those poor sons of -- but that's not important. The important thing is I need a new crew. Anyone interested?
FRY: Yes, yes! That's exactly the job I've always wanted!
LEELA: Thanks for the offer, Professor, but we don't have the proper career chips.
FARNSWORTH: Oh, that won't be a problem. As luck would have it, I saved the chips from my previous crew.
FRY: This is awesome!
| to guess | suponer |
| by any chance | por casualidad |
| to be interested in something | estar interesado en algo |
| spaceship | nave espacial |
| crew | tripulación |
| offer | ofrecimiento, oferta |
| as luck would have it | el azar quiso que |
| to save something | rescatar algo |
| awesome | maravilloso, increíble |
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