英语PK台 第698期:《老友记》900句(57)

 地点：乔伊新公寓

人物：老友六人

事件：由于在采访时乱说话，乔伊所演的角色被“写死”，朋友们发现后都来到家里安慰他。

Rachel: Oh c'mon Joey, we care about you.

瑞秋：别这样了，乔伊，我们都关心你。

Chandler: We're worried about you.

钱德勒：我们都很担心你啊。

Monica:And some of us really have to pee.

莫妮卡：我们有些人真的需要用厕所。

Phoebe: Listen, sorry about your death; that really sucks.

菲比：听着，很遗憾你的死，那太逊了。

Chandler: We came over as soon as we saw.

钱德勒：我们一看到就赶过来了。

Ross: How could you not tell us?

罗斯：你怎么不告诉我们呢？

Joey: I don't know, I was kinda hoping no one would ever find out.

乔伊：我不知道，我还有点希望没有人会发现呢。

Rachel: Well, maybe they can find a way to bring you back.

瑞秋：或许他们可以让你起死回生。

Joey: Naa, they said that when they found my body, my brain was so smashed¹ in that the only doctor that could have saved me was me. Supposed to be some kind of irony² or something.

乔伊：不会，他们说当找到我尸体的时候，我的脑袋已经摔得稀巴烂了，而唯一救得了我的人却是我自己，说是故意要看起来讽刺什么的。

Phoebe: But Joey, you're gonna be fine. You don't need that show; it was just a dumbsoap opera.

菲比：乔伊，你不会有事的，你不需要那个节目，那只是个很愚蠢的肥皂剧嘛。

Joey: Phoebe, this was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

乔伊：菲比，那是我这辈子遇到的最棒的事了。

Phoebe: Yes, I was going to incorporate³ that. Oh good, here's Monica, she'll have something nice to say.

菲比：没错，我本来还要那样说的。很好，莫妮卡来了，她会说句好听的啦。

Monica: Um, I straightened out your shower curtain so you won't get mildew⁴. What? To me that's nice.

莫妮卡：我把你的浴帘拉直了，以免发霉。怎么了？那是好事啊。

1 smashed   

adj.喝醉酒的v.打碎，捣烂( smash的过去式和过去分词 )；捣毁；重击；撞毁（车辆）

参考例句：

• Several windows had been smashed. 几扇窗户劈里啪啦打碎了。
• In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship. 依照由来已久的传统，对着船摔了一瓶香槟。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

3 incorporate   

vt.包含，加上，吸收；把…合并，使并入

参考例句：

• Paints incorporate with oil.颜料与油混合在一起。
• We had to incorporate the company for tax reasons.由于纳税的原因，我们不得不把那家公司合并了。

4 mildew   

n.发霉；v.（使）发霉

参考例句：

• The interior was dark and smelled of mildew.里面光线很暗，霉味扑鼻。
• Mildew may form in this weather.这种天气有可能发霉。