英语PK台 第711期:《老友记》900句(60)

 地点：中央公园咖啡馆

人物：瑞秋，特里，某客人

事件：逃婚后的瑞秋想要经济独立，于是向特里预支工资过感恩节。

Rachel: Terry, I, I, I know that I haven't worked here very long, but I was wondering, do you think it would be possible if I got a $100 advance on my salary?

瑞秋：特里，我，我，我知道我在这里工作的时间并不长，但我在想，您是否能考虑一下预支给我100块薪水？

Terry: An advance?

特里：预支？

Rachel: It's so that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family. See, every year we go skiing¹ in Vail, and normally² my father pays for my ticket, but I sort of started this whole independence thing, you know, which is actually why I took this job.

瑞秋：这样我才能和家里人共度感恩节。你看，每年我们全家都会去韦尔滑雪，通常都是我父亲为我出票钱。但是我现在已经开始学习独立，恩，这实际上也是我在这里打工的原因。

Terry: Rachel, Rachel, sweetheart. You're a terrible, terrible waitress. Really, really awful.

特里：瑞秋，瑞秋，亲爱的。你是一位非常，非常糟糕的女招待。真的，真的糟糕透顶。

Rachel: OK, I, I hear what you're saying. I'm with you. Um, but I, but I'm trying really hard. And I think I'm doing better. I really do. Does anybody need coffee? Oh, look at that.

瑞秋：好吧，我，我明白你的意思了。我同意您说的，啊，但是我，我一直很努力地在做，我想我还会做得更好的。我真的会的！有人需要咖啡吗？噢，你瞧！

Rachel: Excuse me, sir. Hi, you come in here all time. I was just wondering, do you think there's a possibility that you could give me an advance on my tips?

瑞秋：打扰一下，先生。恩，您是这里的老主顾了。我在想，不知道您是否能考虑预支一点小费给我？

Guy: Huh?

顾客：恩？

Rachel: OK, OK, that's fine. Fine. Hey, I'm sorry about that spill³ before. Only $98.50 to go.

瑞秋：好，好，算我没说。好吧。嘿，我为以前把咖啡泼到您身上表示歉意。还差98块5。

1 skiing   

n.滑雪运动

参考例句：

• I'm a complete novice at skiing. 滑雪我完全是个新手。
• to go skiing 去滑雪

2 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 spill   

n.溢出，溅出，涌出，摔下，暴跌，溢出量，木片，小塞子；vt.使溢出，使散落，洒

参考例句：

• The coffee is so full that it might spill over.咖啡太满可能会溢出来。
• He took a spill when he rode the horse.他骑马时从马上跌了下来。