【跟着美剧练发音】老友记43

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Monica: Now I'm guessing that he bought her the big pipe¹ organ², and she's really unhappy about it. 

Rachel: (on phone) Daddy, I just... I can't marry him! I'm sorry. I just don't love him. Well, it matters to me ! 

(The scene on TV has changed to show two women, one is holding her hair.)

Chandler: (re TV) Ooh, she should not be wearing those pants.

Joey: I say push her down the stairs. 

Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, and Joey:  Push her down the stairs! Push her down the stairs! Push her down the stairs!

(She is pushed down the stairs and everyone cheers³.)

Rachel: C'mon Daddy, listen to me! It's like, all of my life, everyone has always told me, 'You're a shoe! You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe!'. And today I just stopped and I said, 'What if I don't wanna be a shoe? What if I wanna be a- a purse, y'know? Or a- or a hat! No, I don't want you to buy me a hat, I'm saying that I am a ha- It's a metaphor⁴, Daddy!

Ross: You can see where he'd have trouble.

Rachel: Look Daddy, it's my life. Well maybe I'll just stay here with Monica. 

Monica: 

Well, I guess we've established⁵ she is staying here with Monica...

Rachel: Well, maybe that's my decision. Well, maybe I don't need your money. Wait!! Wait, I said maybe!!

1 pipe   

n.管，导管，输送管，管状器官，声带，烟斗，笛，管乐器&vt.以管输送

参考例句：

• The pipe has been stopped up already.管子已完全堵住了。
• The pipe carries water.这管子是送水用的。

2 organ   

n.器官，喉舌；机构，机关；风琴，口琴

参考例句：

• He played a beautiful tune on the organ.他用风琴演奏出一支动听的曲子。
• The largest organ in the body is the liver.人体最大的器官是肝脏。

3 Cheers   

int.干杯，(英口语)谢谢，再见

参考例句：

• The crowd burst into cheers.人群中爆发出一片欢呼声。
• To your health!Cheers!祝您健康！干杯！

4 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

5 established   

adj.已建立的；已设立的；已制定的；确定的v.建立( establish的过去式和过去分词)；确定；[植物学]使（植物）定植；使成为

参考例句：

• Scientists have established a connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease. 科学家已证实胆固醇含量与心脏病之间有关联。
• The committee was established in 191这个委员会创立于1912年。