英语PK台 第863期:跟《老友记》学美语(11)

 人物：乔伊、罗斯、钱德勒、莫妮卡、瑞秋、菲比
事件：瑞秋和巴里见面归来，众人开始八卦瑞秋，罗斯在一旁干着急。

剧情片段
Monica: Look, look! It’s Rachel and Barry. No, don’t everybody look at once①!
莫妮卡：看啊，看啊！是瑞秋和巴里。不，别一起看。
Ross: Okay, Okay, what’s going on?
罗斯：好了，好了，怎么了？
Phoebe: Okay, they’re just talking...
菲比：好吧，他们只是在讲话……
Ross: Yeah, well, does he look upset? Does he look like he was just told to shove anything②? 1 罗斯：是吗？那他的神情看上去是不是很落寞？看上去像不像被告知去死的样子？
Poebe: No, no actually, he’s smiling… and... Oh my God, don’t do that!
菲比：没有，没有，实际上，他正在微笑……还有……我的老天，不要那样做！
Ross: What? What? What?!
罗斯：怎么啦？怎么了怎么了？
Phoebe: That man across the street just kicked that pigeon! 2Oh!
菲比：对街的男人踢了一只鸽子！哦！（这时候瑞秋转身开门进来了，大家于是开始假装没有观察她）
Chandler: And basically, that’s how a bill becomes a law③.
钱德勒：基本上，这就是法案成为法律的原因。
All: Oh! Right!3
众人：哦，对！
Chandler: Hey Rach!
钱德勒：嘿，瑞秋！
Monica: How’d it go? ④
莫妮卡：情况如何？
Rachel: Y’know, it was, uh… it was actually really great. He took me to lunch at the Russian Tea Room⑤, and I had that chicken, where y’know you poke¹ it and all the butter squirts out...
瑞秋：你们知道吗，其实，嗯……其实真的好极了，他带我到俄国茶室吃饭，我点了那种鸡肉，一刺就有奶油啧出来的那种……
Phoebe: Not a good day for birds...4⑥
菲比：今天真不是鸟儿的好日子。

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参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。