英语PK台 第767期:《老友记》900句(72)

 地点：乔伊和瑞秋公寓

人物：瑞秋，保罗

事件：保罗在瑞秋的鼓励下卸掉坚强的伪装，开始回忆过往并泪奔不止，最终让瑞秋无法忍受。

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Rachel: Okay, hold on real quick, hold on a second let me just uh, get a little more comfortable here. Wait, now wait a second, this isn’t too revealing, is it?

瑞秋：好了，停一下下，就一小下，让我，呃，坐得更舒服一点。等等，等等，这样是不是太暴露了？

Paul: No. What ever happened to that little dude? So full of dreams…

[w? de v?r h? p?n’ t? e?’ l? d?l dμd? sou f?l l? drimz.]

保罗：不会。那个小家伙身上到底发生了什么，他以前心怀梦想……

Rachel: I don’t care about the little dude! I can’t! I cannot listen to any more of this! Y’know, the only person who would want to listen to this is a mental health professional! And then it’s only because they get paid $100 an hour! Do you know how much money I could’ve made listening to you? $2,000! And do you know when I figured that out? While you were talking!

瑞秋：我不在乎那个小家伙！我做不到！我没办法再听了，一点也不想！知道吗，唯一想听这些的是精神科医生！这还只是因为他们1个小时能拿到100美金！你知道我听你说这些东西能挣多少钱吗？2,000美元！你知道我是什么时候算出来的吗？在你说话的时候！

Paul: What? I can’t believe you’re trying to stifle¹ me! When just 14 hours ago we figured out that that is exactly what my mother was trying to do to me!

保罗：什么？我简直不敢相信，你在扼杀我！咱们14个小时前说明白了的，我妈妈就是这么对我的！

Rachel: Oh… I’m sorry. I… I–I don’t mean—I didn’t mean to stifle you. I… This is all just a little overwhelming³.

瑞秋：哦……对不起……我……我，我不是想扼杀你，我……只是有点让人受不了了。

Paul: Oh Rachel, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to overwhelm² you. It’s just that, when those gates open, you…Hard to close’em. But they are closed now. Believe me.

保罗：哦瑞秋，真对不起，我不想让你受折磨的。只是，那扇门一打开，你……就很难关上了。但是它现在关上了。相信我。

Rachel: I’m so glad, I’m so glad you shared. And I’m glad that you’re done.

瑞秋：我很高兴，我很高兴你跟我分享了。也很高兴你终于分享完了。

1 stifle   

vt.使窒息；闷死；扼杀；抑止，阻止

参考例句：

• She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。
• It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。

2 overwhelm   

vt.使受不了，使不知所措，征服，制服

参考例句：

• No difficulty can overwhelm us.困难压不倒我们。
• After my lecture,the students began to overwhelm me with questions.讲课之后，学生们开始问一系列问题，使我不知所措。

3 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。