英语PK台 第938期:跟《老友记》学美语(26)

 人物：钱德勒，瑞秋，莫妮卡
事件：钱德勒吓到珍妮丝后两人的关系出现的坏情况，莫妮卡和瑞秋安慰钱德勒。
场景：莫妮卡和瑞秋公寓，钱德勒很低落，莫妮卡和瑞秋在安慰他，瑞秋递给了钱德勒一盒冰淇淋。

剧情片段
Chandler: So, I finally catch up to her and she says this relationship is going too fast and we have to slow down①.
钱德勒：我终于追赶上了她，然后她说这段感情发展太快，我们得放慢脚步。
Rachel & Monica: Uff.1
瑞秋和莫妮卡：噢。
Monica: That is never good.
莫妮卡：这绝对不是好事。
Chandler: Then I got all needy¹ and clingy②.
钱德勒：于是我就变得空虚又粘人。
Rachel: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Maybe it’s not so bad. How did you leave it?
瑞秋：等等，等一下，或许这不算太糟糕，你们怎么收尾的？
Chandler: She said she’d call me.
钱德勒：她说她会再打电话给我。
Rachel & Monica: Ohh!
瑞秋和莫妮卡：噢。
Chandler: Oh God.
钱德勒：哦，天啊。
Monica: Welcome to our side of the tunnel.2
莫妮卡：恭喜你加入我们的行列。
Chandler: This ice cream tastes like crap by the way.
钱德勒：对了，这个冰淇淋味道好烂。
Rachel: Yeah, well that’s that lo-cal, non dairy, soy milk junk. We sort of③, we save the real stuff for those truly terminal cases3.
瑞秋：是的，因为那是低卡无乳脂、豆浆制的假冰淇淋。我们把真正的留到情况实在无法挽回了才吃。
Monica: You know, when you start getting screwed over all the time, you gotta switch to④ low-fat.
莫妮卡：你知道，当你一直被搞得一团糟的时候，你必须得换成低脂的。

1 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。