Friends 1 《老友记》1（视频精讲十六）

（单词翻译:单击）

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Chandler: It's not just that she's cute, okay. It's just that... she's really really cute.

Ross: It doesn't matter. You don't dip your pen in the company ink.

Monica: Ross, your little creature's got the remote again.

Ross: Marcel, Marcel, give Rossie the remote. Marcel. Marcel, you give Rossie the remote right now... Marce... you give Rossie the remote...

Monica: Great.

Ross: Relax, I'll fix it.

Rachel: Cool... "Urkel" in Spanish is "Urkel."

Ross: How did he do this?

Chandler: So tell me something, is leaving the Christmas lights up part of your plan to keep us merry all year long?

Monica: Ah no, you see, someone was supposed to take them down around New Year's... but obviously someone forgot.

Rachel: Well, someone was supposed to write "Rach, take down the lights" and put it on the re... frigerate... How long has that been there?

Chandler: Hey, where you been?

Joey: I went back to Riff's. I think Ursula likes me. All I ordered was coffee, she brought me a tuna melt and four plates of curly fries.

Chandler: Score.

Joey: She is so hot!

Chandler: Yeah, listen. Okay, before you do anything Joey-like, you might wanna run it by err¹...

Joey: Pheebs?

Phoebe: Yeah?

Joey: You think it would be okay if I asked out your sister?

Phoebe: Why? Why would you wanna... do that? Why?

Joey: So that if we went out on a date, she'd be there.

Phoebe: Well, I mean, I'm not my sister's, you know, whatever, and um... I mean, it's true, we were one egg, once, but err, you know, we've grown apart, so, um... I don't know, why not? Okay.

Joey: Cool, thanks.

Ross: You okay?

Phoebe: Yeah I'm fine.

Ross: You wanna watch Laverney Shirley?

Ross: Sorry.

Ross: Hi. Sorry I'm late. Where's, where's Carol?

Susan: Stuck at school. Some parent-teacher thing. You can go. I'll get the information.

Ross: No... No... No. I think I should stay, I think we should both know what's going on.

Susan: Oh, good. This'll be fun.

Teacher: Alrighty. We're gonna start with some basic third stage breathing exercises, so Mummies, why don't you get on your back? And... coaches, you should be supporting Mummy's head.

Ross and Susan: What? What? What?

Susan: I am supposed to be the mommy?

Ross: Okay, I'm gonna play my sperm² card one more time.

Susan: Look, I don't see why I should have to miss out on the coaching training just because I'm a woman.

Ross: I see. So what do you propose to do?

Susan: I will flip³ you for it.

Ross: Flip me for it? No, no, no... heads, heads, heads!

Susan: On your back... Mom.

Teacher: Alright, Mommies, take a nice deep cleansing⁴ breath.

Teacher: Good. Now imagine your vagina is opening like a flower.

Chandler: Mr. D, how's it going, sir?

Mr. Douglas: Ohh, it's been better. The Annual Net Usage Statistics are in.

Chandler: And?

Mr. Douglas: It's pretty ugly. We haven't seen an ANUS this bad since the seventies.

Chandler: So what does this mean?

Mr. Douglas: Well, we're gonna be layin' off people in every department.

Chandler: Hey, listen, I know I came in late last week, but I slept funny, and my hair was very very dash;

Mr. Douglas: Not you. Relax. Ever have to fire anyone?

Chandler: Nina? Nina. Nina. Nina.

Nina: Are you okay?

Chandler: Yes, yes I am. Err, listen, the reason that I called you in here today was, err... please don't hate me.

Nina: What?

Chandler: Would you like to have dinner sometime?

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. Don't dip your pen in the company ink.

意思是“不要搞办公室恋情；兔子不吃窝边草”。例如：Don't date your close neighbors, don't date anyone related to a close friend, and don't dip your pen in the company ink. 不要和你的近邻约会，不要和好朋友的熟人约会，不要和同事谈恋爱。

2. run it by

意思是“探讨，研究”。例如：If you come up with your own topic, please run it by Prof. Peterson and the Teaching Assistant before you begin. 你决定了题目之后，请与皮特森教授和助教协商。电影中的Okay, before you do anything Joey-like, you might wanna run it by err...意思是“好，在你做乔伊通常做的事之前，也许应该想着和……（菲比）讨论讨论。”

 

3. play... card

意思是“打……牌”。例如：Women always play the children card in divorce cases. 女人在离婚的时候总是会使用孩子这张王牌。电影中的Okay, I'm gonna play my sperm card one more time. 意思是“好，那我只有再使用一次我的精子牌了。”

4. lay off

意思是“解雇”。例如：He tries everything to get laid off from his job so he can receive a severance⁵ package. 他想尽办法被解雇，以此获得离职费。电影中的 Well, we're gonna be layin' off people in every department. 意思是“哎，我们每个部门都要裁员。”

文化面面观

PTA 家长教师联合会

For more than a century, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has provided support, information and resources to families focused on the health and education of children. The organization was founded in 1897 in Washington DC as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. If not for these women and their vision and determination, there would not be a PTA organization that has been woven into the very fabric⁶ of American life.

By whatever name it has been known, National PTA was created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. And today, it continues to flourish because PTA has never lost sight of its goal: to change the lives of children across our great nation for the better.

Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst founded an organization of nationwide movement at a time when social activism was scorned and women did not have the vote. They knew there is no stronger bond than that between mother and child. Therefore, they felt it was up to mothers of this country to eliminate the threats that endangered children. They called for action in 1897 and more than 2,000 people responded any were mothers, but fathers, teachers, laborers⁸, and legislators also responded well with a commitment to children. From that first meeting in Washington DC grew a groundswell of support.

Problems were identified and strategies devised to resolve them. Through consistent hard work, sometimes after years of perseverance⁹, the dreams became reality: the creation of kindergarten classes, child labor⁷ laws, a public health service, hot lunch programs, a juvenile¹⁰ justice system, and mandatory¹¹ immunization were accepted as national norms. Between 1897 and 1919, 37 state-level congresses were chartered to help carry out the work of the organization.

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1． 这家公司会裁员，以平衡预算。
2． 和同事谈恋爱很可能变成恶性长期投资。
3． 在实施这个想法之前，你还是和老板谈谈吧。
4． 为了赢得她，他使尽了招术。

Friends 1 《老友记》1（精讲十五）考考你 参考答案

1． 注册用户到今年年底达到2万，这算不上多大的成绩。
It is no big deal that the number of registered users hit 20,000 by the end of the year.

2． 这年头真奇怪，说脏话也成了时尚了。
It is so weird¹² that talking dirty is in fashion these days.

3． 球迷们全力支持他们喜爱的足球队。
The fans were out rooting for their favorite football team.

4． 像他这样的美女杀手都追你，就不要太清高了。
When such a lady-killer is after you, don't play too much hardball.