Friends 1 《老友记》1（视频精讲八）

（单词翻译:单击）

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Chandler: Hey, gorgeous.

Shelley: Hey. Look, I'm sorry about yesterday, I, um-

Chandler: No, nono, don't- don't worry about it. Believe me, apparently¹ other people have made the same mistake.

Shelley: Oh! Okay! Phew!

Chandler: So, uh... what do you think it is about me?

Shelley: I dunno, uh... you just have a-a...

Chandler: ...Quality, right, great.

Shelley: Y'know, it's a shame, because you and Lowell would've made a great couple.

Chandler: Lowell? Financial Services' Lowell, that's who you saw me with?

Shelley: What? He's cute!

Chandler: Well, yeah... 's'no Brian in Payroll².

Shelley: Is Brian...?

Chandler: No! Uh, I d'know! The point is, if you were gonna set me up with someone, I'd like to think you'd set me up with someone like him.

Shelley: Well, I think Brian's a little out of your league.

Chandler: Excuse me? You don't think I could get a Brian? Because I could get a Brian. Believe you me. I'm really not.

Ross: This one?

Aunt Lillian: No.

Ross: I have shown you every dress we have. Unless you want your mother to spend eternity³ in a lemon yellow pant-suit, go with the burgundy.

Aunt Lillian: You know, whatever we pick, she would've told us it's the wrong one.

Mrs. Geller: You're right. We'll go with the burgundy.

Ross: Oh! A fine choice. I'm coming out.

Aunt Lillian: Wait! We need shoes!

Ross: Okay! Um, how about these?

Mrs. Geller: That's really a day shoe.

Ross: And where she's going everyone else'll be dressier?

Aunt Lillian: Could we see something in a slimmer heel?

Ross: Okay, I have nothing in an evening shoe in the burgundy. I can show you something in a silver that may work.

Aunt Lillian: No, it really should be burgundy.

Mrs. Geller: Mm. Unless we go with a different dress?

Ross: No! Nonono, wait. I may have something in the back.

Ross: Oh my God.

Mrs. Geller: Is everything all right, dear?

Ross: Yeah, just... just Nana stuff.

Ross: How we doing, you guys ready?

Monica: Mom already called this morning to remind me not to wear my hair up. Did you know my ears are not my best feature?

Ross: Some days it's all I can think about.

Phoebe: Hi, I'm sorry I'm late, I couldn't find my bearings.

Rachel: Oh, you-you mean your earrings⁴?

Phoebe: What'd I say?

Rachel: Hm-m.

Monica: Are these the shoes?

Rachel: Yes. Paolo sent them from Italy.

Ross: What, we-uh- we don't have shoes here?

Joey: Morning. We ready to go?

Chandler: Well, don't we look nice all dressed up? It's stuff like that, isn't it?

Monica: It was a really beautiful service.

Mrs. Geller: It really was. Oh, c'mere, sweetheart. Y'know, I think it might be time for you to start using night cream.

Joey: What?

Chandler: Nothing, nothing, just your overcoat sounds remarkably⁵ like Brent Mussberger.

Joey: Check it out, Giants-Cowboys.

Chandler: You're watching a football game at a funeral?

Joey: No, it's the pre-game. I'm gonna watch it at the reception.

Chandler: You are a frightening, frightening man.

Rachel: Oh no! My new Paolo shoes!

Ross: Oh, I hope they're not ruined.

Phoebe: God, what a great day. What? Weather-wise!

Ross: I know, uh, the air, the-the trees... even though Nana's gone there's, there's something almost, uh- I dunno, almost life-aff-

All: God! Ross!

Ross: I'm fine. I'm fine. Just-just... having my worst fear realised...

妙词佳句，活学或用

1. gorgeous

叫一个女孩子最通用的叫法是什么？就是“嗨，美女！”在英文里就是“Hi, gorgeous.”学会了吗？我们来看一个例子：I am a truly gorgeous woman, but if the chemistry is there, I wouldn't mind dating an older man. 我是个货真价实的美人坯子，但是如果有感觉，我并不介意和年纪大一点的男人约会。

2. It's a shame.

记得在讲《双层公寓》的时候，我们曾经讲到过一个shame on you，意思是“不知羞耻”。这里的It's a shame 则表示“可惜”。电影中这句话 Y'know, it's a shame, because you and Lowell would've made a great couple. 意思就是：你看看，真可惜啊，因为你和洛维尔很登对。

我们再来看一个例子：
It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. --- William Faulkner
一个人一天八小时只能工作，这是件令人遗憾的事。--威廉·福克纳

3. set someone up with

单身又想赶快找到另一半的人一定要把这个片语学起来，set someone up with 的意思就是“把……介绍给……”。片段中的这句话 The point is, if you were gonna set me up with someone, I'd like to think you'd set me up with someone like him. 意思就是：我的意思是，如果你想给我介绍对象的话，我希望你会介绍他。

我们来看个例子：Why is everyone trying to set me up on a date? 为什么每个人都想给我介绍对象呢？

4. out of one's league

Out of one's league的意思是“与……不属同一类型”。电影中这句话的意思就是：Well, I think Brian's a little out of your league. 喔，我认为你有点攀不上布赖恩。

再比如：Dude, she is so out of your league. 哥们，你跟她相比太悬殊了。

5. go with

Go with的本意是“与……意见一致”，这里指“选择”：We'll go with the burgundy.
我们就选紫红色。比如：Go with your gut⁶, especially when shopping, for study finds that purchases based on emotion are more satisfying in the long term. 购物时尤其要听从你的直觉，因为研究表明顺着心情买的东西从长期来看更让人满意。

6. dress up

Dress up 的意思是“精心打扮”。在西方社会，要参加正式的场合都要打扮起来，穿上正式些的服装。比如：With the party organizer urging everyone to dress up to their fullest, people will be letting their hair down and going crazy as only a Halloween crowd can. 派对主办者要求每个人尽量打扮，由此大家将会放下头发，像万圣节的人群一样疯狂。

文化面面观

Traditional Funerals in contemporary North America

Visitation

At the visitation (also called a "viewing" or "wake") the embalmed⁷ body of the deceased person (or decedent) is placed on display in the coffin⁸ (also called a casket). The viewing often takes place on one or two evenings before the funeral.

In addition, a family may choose to display photographs taken of the deceased person during his/her life (often, formal portraits with other family members and candid⁹ pictures to show "happy times"), prized possessions and other items representing his/her hobbies and/or accomplishments¹⁰.

The viewing is either "open casket", in which the embalmed body of the deceased has been clothed and treated with cosmetics¹¹ for display; or "closed casket", in which the coffin is closed.

The viewing typically takes place at a funeral home. It may also take place at a church.

Funeral

A memorial service, often officiated by clergy¹² from the decedent's or bereaved¹³'s church or religion. A funeral may take place at either a funeral home or church. A funeral is usually held three to five days after the death of the deceased.

Funeral services include prayers; readings from the Bible or other sacred texts; hymns¹⁴ (sung either by the attendees or a hired vocalist); and words of comfort by the clergy. Frequently, a relative or close friend will be asked to give a eulogy¹⁵, which details happy memories and accomplishments; often commenting on the deceased's flaws, especially at length, is considered impolite. Sometimes the delivering of the eulogy is done by the clergy.

Tradition also allows the attendees of the memorial service to have one last opportunity to view the decedent's body and say good-bye; the immediate¹⁶ family (siblings (and their spouses); followed by the decedent's spouse¹⁷, parents and children) are always the very last to view their loved one before the coffin is closed. This opportunity can take place immediately before the service begins, or at the very end of the service. During funerals, bagpipes¹⁸ are sometimes played.

During the funeral and at the burial service, the casket may be covered with a large arrangement of flowers, called a casket spray. If the decedent served in a branch of the Armed forces, the casket may be covered with an American flag. It is considered inappropriate to use both.

Burial service

Sometimes, the burial service will immediately follow the funeral, in which case a funeral procession (the hearse, followed by the immediate family and then the other attendees) travels from the site of the memorial service to the burial site. Other times, the burial service takes place at a later time, when the final resting place is ready.

If the decedent served in a branch of the Armed forces, military rites¹⁹ are often accorded at the burial service.

In many religious traditions, pallbearers, usually males who are close, but not immediate relatives (such as cousins, nephews or grandchildren) or friends of the decedent, will carry the casket from the chapel²⁰ (of a funeral home or church) to the hearse, and from the hearse to the site of the burial service. The pallbearers often sit in a special reserved section during the memorial service.

Luncheon

In many traditions, a meal or other gathering²¹ following the burial service, either at the decedent's church or another off-site location.

Etiquette

Etiquette dictates²² the bereaved and other attendees at a funeral wear semi-formal clothing-such as a suit and tie for men or a dress for women-in a darker color (usually, gray, dark blue or black). Wearing short skirts, low-cut tops, or, at Western funerals, a large amount of white (other than a button-down shirt or blouse, or a military uniform) is often seen as disrespectful. Women who are grieving the death of their husband or a close partner sometimes wear a veil to conceal²³ the face, although the veil is not common now.

It is a distinct rudeness to leave a mobile telephone on audible mode at a funeral service, as its ringing automatically interrupts the service.

Memorial services

Increasingly, traditional funerals are being replaced by memorial services. These are often less formal than a traditional funeral, and include such things as eulogies²⁴, music and fellowship. A member of the clergy often participates in these services, usually to open and close the proceedings²⁵ and offer prayers and a brief message of comfort.

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1. 真的很遗憾，但是我要离开了，因为我不能接受你对待我的方式。
2. 我需要你给我介绍一个合适的对象。
3. 他们自贬形象，说："我配不上她，"而不是说"我知道如何制造吸引力。"
4. 女为悦己者容。

Friends 1 《老友记》1（精讲之七）考考你 参考答案

1. 如果激情不在了，你还会像以前那样爱我吗？
Will you love me as usual if passion burns out?

2. 和他分手后的整整一个月，我都处于崩溃的边缘。
For the whole month after he left me, I was on the edge of breaking down.

3. 你不真心去爱的话，怎么知道会失去什么呢？
Without seriously engage yourself in love, how do you know what to miss out on?

4. 你爱上了自己的老板，不是自找麻烦吗？
Aren't you messing yourself up by falling in love with your boss?