英语PK台 第91期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(10)

 地点：餐厅

人物：瑞秋，迈克尔

事件：瑞秋开始一个新的约会，却在约会上心不在焉，一直都在想罗斯的事儿。

Rachel: Cats, how long do they live figuring you don’t... y’know, throw them under a bus or something?

*How do you figure? 你怎么这么认为？／你怎么觉得呢？

*Do you figure … 你觉得。。。吗？

Michael: Um, maybe 15, 16 years.

Rachel: That’s just great.

Michael: Um, cheers².

Rachel: Oh, right, clink.

Michael: Monica told you I was cuter than this, didn’t she?

Rachel: Oh, no, Michael, it’s not you. I’m sorry. It’s just, it’s this thing. It’s probably not as bad as it sounds but this friend of mine is, is getting a cat with his girlfriend.

Michael: Oh, that does sound... Ahh.

Rachel: I mean he just started going out with her.

Michael: Is this guy, uhh, an old boyfriend?

Rachel: Ah, hah-hah-hah-ho, yeah, he wishes. Oh, I’m sorry, look at me. OK, Michael, let’s talk about you.

Michael: Alright.

Rachel: OK, OK. So, you ever get a pet with a girlfriend?

地点：莫妮卡公寓

人物：莫妮卡，理查德，

事件：莫妮卡和理查德都意识到年龄的问题，并觉得应该做出正确的决定。

Monica: Oh, you’re a grandpa.

Richard: Yeah.

Monica:Are we nuts here?

Richard:I don’t know, maybe.

Monica:I mean I’m dating a man whose pool I once peed in.

Richard: I didn’t need to know that.

Monica: I guess 21 years is a lot.

Richard: I mean, hell¹, I’m a whole “person who can drink” older than you.

*“person who can drink,” is 21 years old. So Richard is 21 years older than Monica.

Monica: Yeah.

Richard: So…

Monica:So maybe we should just...

Richard: Yeah, yeah, maybe.

Monica:Wow, this really sucks³.

Richard:Yeah, it sure does.

Monica:Well, we don’t really have to decide anything right now, do we?

Richard:No, no, there’s no rush or anything.

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 Cheers   

int.干杯，(英口语)谢谢，再见

参考例句：

• The crowd burst into cheers.人群中爆发出一片欢呼声。
• To your health!Cheers!祝您健康！干杯！

3 sucks   

v.吸，吮( suck的第三人称单数 )；舐，吮吸

参考例句：

• She still sucks her thumb when she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
• Plant sucks from the soil. 植物从土壤中吸取养分。 来自《简明英汉词典》