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Rachel: Basically¹, there's the thing, and then there's the stuff² after the thing.

基本上有这件事啦，然后又是那件事……

Monica: If it makes anybody feel better, then we can just forget the thing, and we'll just do the gift.

如果大家觉得好过一点的话我们可以忘了那件事……只送礼物就好了。

Ross: Ggift? The thing's not the gift?

礼物？礼物不就是那件事吗？

Chandler: No, the thing was, we were gonna go see Hootie and the Blowfish.

不，那件事就是我们要去看“混混与自大狂”。

Ross: Hootie and theoh my. I, I can catch them on the radio.

我可以听收音机就好了。

Phoebe: No, now I feel bad. You wanna go to the concert.

不，现在我愧疚了，你想去听那场演唱会的？

Ross: No, look, hey, it's my birthday, and the important thing is that we all be together.

不，听着，那是我的生日……最重要的是我们大家一起过。

Monica: All of us.

全部。

Chandler: Together.

一起过。

Ross: Not at the concert.

不是去演唱会。

Rachel: Ok.

好。

Joey: Yeah.

对。

Rachel: Thank you.

谢谢。

Joey: Thanks.

谢谢。

Phoebe: Yeah.

是的。

Chandler: So, the ebola virus. That's gotta suck, huh?

那个依波拉病毒……得到一定很惨。

Chandler: Gee³, Monica, what's in the bag?

Monica, 袋子里有什么？

Monica: I don't know, Chandler. Let's take a look.

我不知道，Chandler. 我们看一下吧。

Phoebe: Oh, it's like a skit⁴.

像在演短剧。

Monica: Why, it's dinner for six. 5 steaks, and an eggplant for Phoebe.

是六个人的晚餐五块牛排……跟Pheebs的茄子。

Ross: Whoo!

Whoo!

Phoebe: Cool.

好啊。

Monica: Yeah, we switched meat suppliers at work, and the new guys gave me the steaks as sort of a thankyou.

我们餐厅换了肉食供应商，新供应商送了我这些牛排，谢我。

Ross: But wait, there's more. Hey, Chandler, what is in the envelope?

等等，还有啊……Chandler，那信封里头还有什么？

Chandler: By the way, this didn't seem so dorky in the hall.

对了，刚才在外面排演那没么驴的。

Ross: Come on.

快。

Chandler: Why, it's six tickets to Hootie and the Blowfish! The Blowfish!

是六张去看“混混与自大狂”的票，是“自大狂”呀。

Monica: It's on us, all right, so don't worry. It's our treat.

是我们付钱的，所以别担心，我们请客。

Phoebe: So...Thank you.

谢了。

Ross: Could you be less enthused?

你们能不能更不起劲儿啊。

Joey: Look, it's a nice gesture, it is. But it just feels like—

各位，你们一番好意，可是我们觉得这像……

Monica: Like?

像？

Joey: Charity.

施舍。

Monica: Charity?

施舍？

Ross: We're just tryin' to do a nice thing here.

我们只是想让大家高兴。

Rachel: Ross, you have to understand that your nice thing makes us feel this big.

对，Ross但是你这么做让我们觉得我们很渺小。

Phoebe: Actually, it makes us feel that big.

事实上，我们是这么小。

Ross: I don't, I don't understand. I mean, you, it's like we can't win with you guys.

我不懂我是说，我们怎样做都不对。

Chandler: If you guys feel this big, maybe that's not our fault. Maybe that's just how you feel.

若你们觉得那么渺小的话那或许不是我们的错，或许…那只是你们的感觉。

Joey: Oh, now you're tellin' us how you feel.

你要告诉我们有什么感受。

Rachel: Ok, we never shoulda talked about this.

你看嘛，我们根本就不该提的。

Phoebe: I'm just gonna pass on(to) the concert, 'cause I'm just not in a very Hootie place right now.

我想我不去演唱会了，因为我现在不太有心情去“混”。

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

4 skit   

n.滑稽短剧；一群

参考例句：

• The comic skIt sent up the foolishness of young men in love.那幅画把沉溺于热恋中的青年男子的痴态勾勒得滑稽可笑。
• They performed a skit to amuse the crowd.他们表演了一个幽默小品来娱乐观众。