英语PK台 第300期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(71)

 　　地点：乔伊的公寓

　　人物：莫妮卡，乔伊，菲比，瑞秋

　　事件：莫妮卡今年的感恩节不准备做火鸡，乔伊为此发表了一番“能吃”论。

　　Monica: All right, Okay, just so you know, I'm not gonna make a turkey this year.

　　Joey: What?

　　Monica: Well Phoebe doesn't eat turkey…

　　Joey: Phoebe!

　　Phoebe: Turkey's are beautiful, intelligent animals!

　　Joey: No they're not! They're ugly and stupid and delicious! Plus, eating them is like a tradition. It goes back to the first Thanksgiving when the Indians sat down with the cowboys¹.

　　Monica: All right! Okay, it's not just Phoebe. Will's still on a diet, Chandler doesn't eat Thanksgiving food, and Rachel's having her aversion to poultry². Anyway, it just doesn't seem worth it to make a whole turkey for just three people.① Okay? It's a lot of work.

　　Joey: But you gotta have turkey on Thanksgiving! I mean, Thanksgiving with no turkey is like—like Fourth of July with no apple pie! Or Friday with no two pizzas!

　　Monica: All right fine! If it means³ that much to you! But just—there's gonna be a ton left over.

　　Joey: No, there won't! I promise I will finish that turkey!

　　Monica: All right, you're telling me you can eat an entire turkey in just one sitting?

　　Joey: That's right! 'Cause I'm a Tribbiani! And this is what we do! I mean we may not be great thinkers⁴ or world leaders, we don't read a lot or run very fast, but damnit! We can eat!

1 cowboys   

n.牧牛工( cowboy的名词复数 )；牛仔；冒失鬼；（尤指无能的）缺德的商人

参考例句：

• children playing a game of cowboys and Indians 玩美国西部牛仔与印第安人游戏的孩子们
• There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近来商界中，瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 thinkers   

n.思想家( thinker的名词复数 )；思考者

参考例句：

• Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. 爱因斯坦是20世纪最伟大的思想家之一。
• Children should be encouraged to be independent thinkers. 应该鼓励孩子独立思考。 来自《简明英汉词典》