英语PK台 第858期:跟《老友记》学美语(10)

 地点：比萨饼餐厅
人物：乔伊、罗斯、钱德勒
事件：罗斯想约瑞秋，乔伊和钱德勒不敢相信，于是他们三人在比萨饼餐厅讨论此事。

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Chandler: I can’t believe we are even① having this discussion¹.
钱德勒：真无法相信我们竟在讨论此事。
Joey: I agree. I’m, like, in disbelief②
乔伊：我同意，我也有些无法相信。
Chandler: I mean, don’t you think if things③ were gonna happen with Rachel, they would’ve happened already?
钱德勒：我的意思是，你不认为如果你和瑞秋会有爱情产生的话，还会一直拖到现在吗？
Ross: I’m telling you, she said she’s looking for④ a relationship with someone exactly like me.
罗斯：告诉你，她说她在寻找像我这样的人来发生一段美妙情缘。
Joey: She really said that?
乔伊：她真的这样说？
Ross: Well, I added² the “exactly like me” part.1 But she said she’s looking for someone, and someone is gonna be there tonight.
罗斯：嗯，“像我这样”是我自己加的。她说她在寻找某人，而此人今晚就会出现。
Joey: “Tonight” tonight2?
乔伊：今天晚上的“今晚”？
Ross: Well, I think it’s perfect. Y’know, it’s just gonna be the two of us; she spent all day taking care of my monkey... 3
罗斯：这样最好不过了，你知道，因为只有我们两个，她整天都在照顾我的猴子。
Chandler: I can’t remember the last time I got a girl to take care of my monkey.
钱德勒：我早已忘记上次有哪个女人照顾过我的猴子了。
Ross: Anyway, I figured⑤ after work I’d go pick up a bottle of wine, go over there and, uh, try to woo⑥ her.
罗斯：总之，下班后我要去买瓶酒去向她“示爱”。
Chandler: Y’know what you should do? You should take her back to the 1890’s,4 when that phrase³ was last used.
钱德勒：嘿，知道你该怎么做吗？带她回到用“示爱”这个词的19世纪90年代去。

1 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

2 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。

3 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。