英语PK台 第378期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(87)

 　　地点：科林和比尔家

　　人物：莫妮卡，钱德勒，科琳，比尔

　　事件：菲比向莫妮卡和钱德勒介绍了自己领养过孩子的朋友，好让他们取取经。莫妮卡十分喜欢那位同样有条理性的女士。

　　Monica: Well, we appreciate anything you can tell us.

　　莫妮卡：嗯，对于你们可以告诉我们的一切，我们都会很感激。

　　Colleen: Well, actually, I think this might help. It's pretty much all the information you need.

　　科琳：呃，实际上，我觉得这个应该会有帮助。这基本上就是你们需要的所有信息了。

　　Monica: Oh my god!

　　莫妮卡：老天啊！

　　Colleen: Everything is broken down into categories¹, and then cross-referenced, and then color-coded to correspond² with the forms in the back.

　　科琳：所有的东西都按照类别分好了，可以互相引用，还根据后面的表格内容用颜色标注好了。

　　Monica: Thank you. I think I just had a tiny orgasm.

　　莫妮卡：谢谢。我觉得我刚才小小兴奋了一下。

　　Bill: I know the process is frustrating³, but it's so worth it. Adopting Owen was the best thing that ever happened to us.

　　比尔：我知道整个过程会很让人沮丧，但是绝对值得。领养欧文是我们经历过的最好的事情。

　　Chandler: That's great. Can I see the book? You want me to wash my hands first, don't you?

　　钱德勒：太棒了。我能看看这书吗？你想让我先洗手，是不是？

　　Monica: It's... It's just so pretty and white.

　　莫妮卡：它……它这么漂亮，雪白雪白的。

　　Colleen: The bathroom is down the hall, to your left. I would have told him to do it too.

　　科琳：洗手间在走廊那头，左手边。我也会让他这么做的。

　　Monica: Can I adopt you?

　　莫妮卡：我能领养你吗？

1 categories   

种类，类别( category的名词复数 )； 派别

参考例句：

• The organisms can be divided into discrete categories. 有机体可分为许多互不相联的种类。
• All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories. 所有这些不同的想法可归为两大类。

2 correspond   

vi.(with)通信；(to,with)相符合；(to)相当

参考例句：

• The translation does not quite correspond to the original.译文不切原意。
• The two sisters correspond every week.这两姐妹每周通信。

3 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》