英语PK台 第725期:《老友记》900句(63)

 地点：乔伊和瑞秋公寓

人物：罗斯，乔伊

事件：罗斯无法接受瑞秋与别人约会，告诉乔伊自己一直以来梦想的“第四次”婚姻

Ross: I just—I-I can't believe she's-she's dating?

罗斯：我只是，我，我不敢相信她跟人约会去了！

Joey: Well Ross, what did you think she was gonna do?

乔伊：罗斯，你觉得她该怎么做呢？

Ross: I don't know! I guess I just can't believe any of this is happening.

罗斯：我不知道。我只是不敢相信会发生这种事。

Joey: What do you mean?

乔伊：你这话什么意思？

Ross: It's just I always thought when I had another kid it would be different. Now I–I love Ben, but every time I have to drop him off at Carol¹ and Susan's, it's like—It breaks my heart a little. I mean I've always had this picture of me and my next wife in bed on Sunday and, my kid comes running in and leaps² up onto the bed. And we all read the paper together. Y'know? Maybe fight over the science section³.

罗斯：我只是一直觉得，当我再有孩子的时候，一切都会不一样。现在，我，我很爱班，但每次把他送回卡罗尔和苏姗那里的时候，我心里都会很难受。我是说，我总是梦想着这样一幅画面：周末的时候，我跟我的下一位老婆躺在床上，孩子跑进来跳上床，然后我们一起看报纸，或许还会抢着看科学版块。

Joey: That's a nice picture. Maybe you can still have that!

乔伊：你想象得很美。现在你还是可以拥有这样的梦啊！

Ross: No! No I can't. I mean Rachel's out with some guy. My baby went with her. If anything that picture keeps moving further⁴ away.

罗斯：不行！我做不到。我是说，瑞秋现在跟别人去约会了。而我的孩子也和她一起去了。如果发生了什么事，这幅画面就离我越来越远了。

Joey: Hey, can I ask you something? In this, in this picture of you and your wife, is your wife Rachel?

乔伊：嘿，我能问你一个问题吗？在你的梦想中，你的老婆是瑞秋吗？

Ross: It used⁵ to be. Now she doesn't really have a face. Smokin' body though.

罗斯：以前是的。但现在我梦里的人没有脸，不过身材超辣。

1 Carol   

n.赞美诗，圣诞颂歌

参考例句：

• Silent Night is my favourite carol.《平安夜》是我最喜欢的圣诞颂歌。
• The people in the church are singing a christmas carol.教堂里的人们正在唱圣诞颂歌。

2 leaps   

n.跳跃，飞跃( leap的名词复数 )；激增v.跳( leap的第三人称单数 )；猛然行动；骤增；剧增

参考例句：

• Jill's making excellent progress; she's coming along in leaps and bounds. 吉儿进步很快，她正飞快地赶上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Swedish industry has of late years grown with leaps and bounds. 瑞典的工业近年来飞跃增长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 section   

n.部分，章节，地段；断面，剖面；部门，科；阶层，界；vt.把…分成段

参考例句：

• There is one section of very long road to leave. 有一段很长的路要走。
• How many people work in your section?你部门有多少人？

4 further   

adv.（在时间或空间上）距离更大地；更远地

参考例句：

• Have you had any further news?你有进一步的消息吗？
• We will help you further.我们会进一步帮助你的。

5 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。