老友記第一季講解

1、老友記 第一季 01 The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate本集簡介： 瑞秋在教堂拋棄未婚夫巴利、逃婚到莫妮卡處。莫妮卡和調(diào)酒師保羅約會，此君偽裝成離婚后一蹶不振的苦命人，靠博取同情來騙女人上床。羅斯婚姻失敗，情緒低落。喬伊安慰他說，女性的種類與冰激凌的品種一樣多，離婚未嘗不是好事。大家一同看西班牙肥皂劇并信口瞎猜劇情。羅斯自高中起即愛慕瑞秋，此刻死灰復(fù)燃，提議和她約會，瑞秋答應(yīng)了。 故事梗概在friends第1季第1集中， Monica與酒吧調(diào)酒師Paul的約會給眾人的生活掀起了小小的波瀾。在約會的閑聊中， Paul向Monica講述了自己被前任女友甩掉的遭

2、遇，他的經(jīng)歷讓Monica既吃驚又同情。在跟Paul有了一夜情之后，Monica沉浸在甜蜜的幸福之中。可沒想到幸福轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝。第二天早上上班時，Monica從同事的口中得知原來Paul是專用謊言騙取女人跟他上床的愛情騙子經(jīng)典對白1： Scene: A Restaurant, Monica and Paul are eating. Monica: Oh my God! Paul: I know, I know, I'm such an idiot. I guess I should have caught on when she started going to the dentist f

3、our and five times a week. I mean, how clean can teeth get? Monica: My brother's going through that right now, he's such a mess. How did you get through it? Paul: Well, you might try accidentally breaking something valuable of hers, say her- Monica: -leg? Paul: (laughing) thats one way! Me,

4、I- I went for the watch. Monica: You actually broke her watch? Wow! The worst thing I ever did was, I-I shredded by boyfriend's favorite bath towel. 講解 在傾聽Paul講述自己被甩的經(jīng)歷時，Monica不時地發(fā)出Oh，my God!(天哪!)Wow!(哇!)的驚嘆聲。英語口語中類似表示驚嘆的句子還有很多。如果某天突然遇到多年沒有音信的老友，想必你也會這樣驚嘆道：For the love of Mike，I didn't expec

5、t to meet you here!(老天爺!我做夢也沒想到競在這兒遇見你!)當(dāng)然你也可以像Monica那樣用Oh，my God!(天哪!)Wow! (哇!)，或用I can't believe it!(真叫人難以置信!)My goodness!(天哪!)Oh，that's incredible!(哦，簡直不可思議!)What a surprise!(真出人意料!)Gee!(哎呀!)等等來表達(dá)你此時驚訝的心情。記得前些日子與朋友聊起生活中的奇聞軼事。當(dāng)聽說有人活吞了一只老鼠時，朋友兩眼圓睜，脫口而出：What，eat a rat alive?(什么!活吞一只老鼠?)類似的表達(dá)

6、方式還有：Oh，no! How dreadful! (哦，不!太可怕了!)You must be kidding!(你一定是開玩笑!)Really? (真的嗎?)It can't be!（這不可能!) 等等。女友跟別人好上了，自己卻渾然不知。Paul說：I'm such an idiot(我真是個大白癡。)Monica由此想起了哥哥Ross由于跟同性戀的妻子分手而整日魂不守舍，便說：My brother's going through that right now，he's such a mess(我哥哥正被此事所擾，他真是不可救藥的大笨蛋。)mess一詞在此并

7、不是指我們通常所理解的臟或亂的狀態(tài)，而是形容某個人是不可救藥的傻瓜或笨蛋。比如說：Honey，I can never follow what you really meanI'm a mess意思是說：親愛的，我總不能領(lǐng)會你的本意，我好混啊!但就像我們一直所強(qiáng)調(diào)的那樣，任何事都不能枉下論斷。前幾日正在陪寶寶玩耍的丈夫跑過來喊道：Come on，there's a mess in our baby's diapers(快過來呀，寶寶在尿布上拉屎了。)如果此時你把mess理解成傻瓜，在別人眼里你豈不turn into a mess?(成了不可救藥的蠢蛋?)關(guān)于mess一詞的

8、其他用法，請參考本書“5-24每個人都會緊張”這一單元。經(jīng)典對白及講解之二： 1-01-2離婚之痛故事梗概 本集的另一情節(jié)圍繞Ross展開，由于Ross的妻子Carol是同性戀，兩人離了婚但Ross為此深受打擊，無法面對現(xiàn)實，認(rèn)定自己再婚無望，整日一付失魂落魄的樣子Chandler和Joey竭力寬慰Ross，鼓勵他“不要在一棵樹上吊死”，要鼓起勇氣重新尋找幸福經(jīng)典對白2： Chandler: Look, Ross, you gotta understand, between us we haven't had a relationship that has lasted longer

9、than a Man to. You however have had the love of a woman for four years. Four years of closeness and sharing at the end of which she ripped your heart out, and that is why we don't do it! I don't think that was my point! Ross: You know what the scariest part is? What if there's only one w

10、oman for everybody, you know? I mean what if you get one woman- and that's it? Unfortunately in my case, there was only one woman- for her. Joey: What are you talking about? 'One woman'? That's like saying there's only one flavor of ice cream for you. Let me tell you something, R

11、oss. There are lots of flavors out there. 講解:Chandler想規(guī)勸Ross放棄婚姻的念頭，因為：Four years of closeness and sharing at the end of which she ripped your heart out(四年之中你們親親密密，有福同享，有難同當(dāng)，可到頭來她卻讓你如此心碎)英語中我們通常也用break one's heart來表示“令某人心碎”。但相對而言，rip one's heart out所表示的程度更強(qiáng)烈些。Heart一詞非常活用，它能跟其他詞構(gòu)成多種常用的表達(dá)方式。如果

12、有人跟你說：You know what? Yesterday 1 witnessed a car accident，and my heart was in my mouth when I saw the bloody scene(你知道嗎?昨天我目睹了一場車禍，那血淋淋的場面把我嚇得要命。)這句話千萬不能根據(jù)字面意思直接翻譯過來理解，否則會鬧出笑話。如果你想夸贊一個人有一副好心腸，可以說：You've got a heart of gold反之則為：You've got d heart of stone(你真是鐵石心腸。)相互鐘情的男女都會彼此wear their heart

13、on their sleeve(流露愛意)；單相思(lovesickness)的人往往set his heart on love(渴望得到愛情)；被戀人Dump (甩掉)的人則會cry his heart out(痛哭流涕)。和heart相關(guān)的詞語還有很多，大家可以在學(xué)習(xí)中多多積累。You get what you put in(種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。)Ross擔(dān)心：What if there's only one woman for everybody? (假如一個男人一生中只能有一個女人怎么辦?)那離婚后的他豈不永遠(yuǎn)成為孤家寡人?為打消Ross的顧慮，Joey說：What are y

14、ou talking about? One woman? That's like saying there's only one flavor of ice cream for youLet me tell you somethingRossThere's lots of flavors out there(你在說什么呢!只有一個女人?你這就等于說你只能吃一種口味的冰激凌。Ross聽我說，有千百種口味的冰激凌等著挑選呢。)Joey想通過冰激凌這個比喻來讓Ross明白男人不能在一棵樹上吊死，女人千千萬，關(guān)鍵他得有勇氣變換不同的口味，嘗試去跟不同的女人交往。Joey的比喻惟

15、妙惟肖，正如Joey所說，在美國冰激凌確實口味繁多。據(jù)說餐后吃點(diǎn)甜的東西，可以調(diào)節(jié)油膩。因此，冰激凌以及蛋糕、派、布丁等食品成為美國人餐后普遍食用的甜點(diǎn)(dessert)。美國的冰激凌含脂肪較多，甜味較重。這也可能是美國患有overweight(肥胖)的人較多的原因之一吧!美國最有名的冰激凌是Howard Johnson's公司的二十八種口味(28 Flavors)及Baskin Robbins公司的三十一種口味(3l Flavors)冰激凌。冰激凌的容器叫dish，我們常說a dish of ice cream(一盤冰激凌)，但是冰激凌店零售外賣時則用a scoop of ice c

16、ream(一勺冰激凌)，不能說a bowl of ice cream或a glass of ice cream。我們在KFC及冰激凌店常見的圣代英文叫Sundae，是指加有壓碎的堅果、水果、果汁、糖漿等的冰激凌。香蕉船的英文名字叫Banana Split，是將一根香蕉劈成兩半，平放在玻璃容器內(nèi)，上面放三種不同口味的圣代，看起來像是一只香蕉船。Baked Alaska有人翻譯成火燒冰激凌，這是一種冰激凌及果凍的組合物，上面覆以海綿蛋糕及一層厚厚的蛋白甜糕，食用前先放在烤箱中烤成黃褐色，也可以加上各種新鮮水果作為點(diǎn)綴。想必這些描述已經(jīng)make your mouth water(讓你直流口水了)，那

17、就趕緊去stuff your face(吃個痛快)吧!經(jīng)典對白及講解之三： 1-01-3逃跑的新娘故事梗概Rachel以逃跑的新娘(runaway bride)形象出現(xiàn)在眾人面前。就在自己的婚禮開始之前， Rachel逃離了婚禮現(xiàn)場，前來投奔她惟一認(rèn)識的高中校友Monica。此時的Rachel沒有工作,手頭拮據(jù)。然而，找工作連遭失政的命運(yùn)似乎并沒有影響她購物的欲望。仰仗由父親買單的信用卡， Rachel花錢依然大手大腳。大家都勸Rachel馬上毀掉信用卡以便早日獨(dú)立經(jīng)典對白3：Scene: Monica and Rachel's, everyone is sitting around

18、the kitchen table. Rachel's credit cards are spread out on the table along with a pair of scissors.Rachel: Oh God, come on you guys, is this really necessary? I mean, I can stop charging anytime I want. Monica: C'mon, you can't live off your parents your whole life. Rachel: I know that.

19、That's why I was getting married. Phoebe: Give her a break, it's hard being on your own for the first time. Rachel: Thank you.一直依賴父母生活的Rachel并不想馬上自立，為此Monica鼓勵她把信用卡都?xì)У粢员悛?dú)立：c'mon，you cant live off your parents your whole life(動手吧，你總不能靠父母一輩子呀。)美國人有強(qiáng)烈的獨(dú)立精神。他們通常不仰仗個人的社會背景或家庭出身去獲得成功。如果你靠pull

20、some strings，也就是我們中國人所說的靠“走后門”來出人頭地定會遭到多數(shù)美國人的鄙夷，因為他們堅信個人的學(xué)識(knowledge)、智慧(wisdom)、創(chuàng)造精神(creativity)以及良好的品性(moral character)才是成功必不可少的條件。因此Monica他們一再鼓勵Rachel跟信用卡說bye-bye。 c'mon是come on的縮略形式。曾經(jīng)聽一位在美國留學(xué)的同學(xué)抱怨說在那里說英語似乎總是比聽懂英語容易。造成這個問題的主要原因是縮略形式在英語中的廣泛運(yùn)用。毫無準(zhǔn)備的聽者往往聽不懂這些詞，加上縮略語使得語速加快，理解英語便成了大難題。相信不懂縮略語的讀者

21、很難猜出這句話的意思：djaskcr yet?其實這句話用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語表達(dá)很簡單：Did you ask her yet?再比如：Dushi speak English?相當(dāng)于：Does she speak English?其他常見縮略形式包括：yaare you，causebecause，dunnodon't know，gimmegive me，nand等等。Cmon，不管是縮略語還是英語中的其他困難，只要你能keep your chin up (不灰心喪氣)，Everything's gonna be fine(一切都會好起來的。)盡管大家再三給Rachel加油鼓勁，她仍然猶豫不決。這時Phoebe說道：Gi