Leonard: What happened?
什么事啊？

Penny: All right. Remember when I auditioned for that workshop production of rent, but I didn't get it and I couldn't figure out why?
是這樣，還記不記得我參加了出租產品展示會的試鏡卻沒通過，并且我沒想通是什么原因？

… …

Penny: Well, the girl they picked out to play Mimi, she dropped out. And they asked me to replace her.
他們選中的那個女孩——她退出了。他們讓我代替她。

Leonard: Congratulations! What a lucky break!
恭喜你！這是個契機啊！

——《生活大爆炸》

drop out 退出

1. 退出（某活動、運動等）
She has dropped out in the middle of the race.
她中途退出比賽。

2. 退學
She dropped out of school to become a waitress.
她退學去當女侍應生。
Several students have been flunked out.
有幾名學生因考試不及格而被迫退學。

音頻內容：

今天我們要學的詞是drop out。 Drop out是退出的意思。美國威斯康辛州前州長湯普森在上星期六愛奧華州舉行的共和黨總統參選人假想選舉中位居第六，湯普森因此宣布退出爭取共和黨總統候選人提名的角逐。媒體報道說，"Thompson said that he is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination."

Drop out 還常用于退學。"Many students drop out of school because of financial constraints," 意思是很多學生因為經濟困難被迫輟學。