老友记精校版第1季 第29期:飞来横财(6)

 　　Phoebe: Yes, yes! Like the man in the shoe!

　　对，就像是鞋里的男人。

　　Ross: What shoe?

　　什么鞋？

　　Phoebe: From the nursery rhyme. 'There was a crooked¹ man, Who had a crooked smile, Who lived in a shoe, For a...while...'

　　童谣里的，有个驼背的人有着扭曲的微笑，他住在鞋子里，有一阵子。

　　Ross: So I think Alan...will become the yardstick² against which all future boyfriends will be measured.

　　我想亚伦……将应成为未来男朋友的标准。

　　Rachel: What future boyfriends? Nono, I th I think this could be, you know, it.

　　什么未来男朋友？不，我想他就是了。

　　Monica: Really? Chandler: Oh, yeah. I'd marry him just for his David Hasselh of impression alone.

　　真的？是的，光凭他学David Hasselh（著名的歌手兼偶像，曾主演过《霹雳游侠》和《杰克和海德》）的样子，我就想嫁给他了。

　　You know I'm gonna be doing that at parties, right?

　　你知道嘛，我也要在派对上这么做。

　　Ross: You know what I like most about him, though?

　　知道我最喜欢他哪一点？

　　All: What?

　　哪一点？

　　Ross: The way he makes me feel about myself.

　　和他在一起时让我对自己的感觉。

　　Monica: Hi. how was the game?

　　嗨，比赛怎么样？

　　Ross: Well...All: WE WON! ! Thank you! Yes!

　　怎么说呢…… 我们赢了！谢谢你！我们赢了！

　　Monica: Fantastic! I have one question: How is that possible?

　　太棒了！我有个问题：这怎么可能？

　　Joey: Alan.

　　亚伦。

　　Ross: He was unbelievable. He was like thatthatthat Bugs³ Bunny cartoon where Bugs is playing all the positions, right, but instead of Bugs it was first base

　　他真是太不可思议了，他就像兔巴哥卡通片中的兔巴哥一样守着每个位置。我们没有兔巴哥，但我们有一垒 Alan，

　　Alan, second baseAlan, third base...

　　二垒 Alan，三垒 Alan……

　　Rachel: I mean, itit was like, it was like he made us into a team.

　　我意思是，就像，他使我们成了一个团队。

　　Chandler: Yep, we sure showed those Hassidic jewellers a thing or two about softball.

　　是的，我们让哈西德珠宝商队见识了什么叫垒球。

　　Monica: Can I ask you guys a question? Do you ever think that Alan is maybe. . sometimes...

　　能问你们一个问题吗？你们是否认为Alan可能有时……

　　Ross: What? Monica:...I don't know, a little too Alan?

　　怎样？我说不上来，有点太Alan了？

　　Rachel: Well, no. That's impossible. You can never be too Alan.

　　怎么会，不可能的，不可能太Alan。

　　Ross: Yeah, it's his, uh, innate⁴ Alanness thatthatthat we adore⁵.

　　没错，我们欣赏的就是Alan那种天性。

1 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

2 yardstick   

n.计算标准，尺度；评价标准

参考例句：

• This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准。
• She was a yardstick against which I could measure my achievements.她是一个我可以用来衡量我的成就的准绳。

3 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

5 adore   

vt.崇拜，敬慕，爱慕，非常喜欢

参考例句：

• People adore him for his noble character.人们因他的高贵品质而敬爱他。
• I would adore to settle back homeland.我非常喜欢回家乡定居。