看老友记学英语 约瑟夫·斯大林,这个名字很好

Chandler: How about Joey... Pepponi?

Joey……Pepponi如何？

Joey: No, still too ethnic¹. My agent thinks I should have a name that's more neutral².

不好，太有种族意味了，我的经纪人认为，我该取个中立一点的名字。

Chandler: Joey... Switzerland?

Joey Switzerland？

Joey: Plus, y'know, I think it should be Joe. Y'know, Joey makes me sound like I'm this big. Which I'm not.

而且，我应该就是Joe，Joey让我感觉……这么大，我不是。

Chandler: Joe...Joe...Joe...Stalin?

Joe… Joe…Joe Stalin？

Joey: Stalin...Stalin...do I know that name? It sounds familiar.

Stalin，Stalin我认识这名字吗？听得很熟悉。

Chandler: Well, it does not ring a bell with me. But you are more pugged into that show business thing.

我没印象，但你是深深陷在表演事业之中了啊。

Joey: Joe Stalin. You know, that's pretty good.

Joe Stalin，这名字很好。

Chandler: Might wanna try Joseph.

或许你想试试Joseph。

Joey: Joseph Stalin. I think you'd remember that!

Joseph Stalin，我好像记得这个名字。

Chandler: Oh yes! Bye Bye Birdie, starring Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin is the Fiddler on the Roof.

“别了，鸟儿” Joseph Stalin主演。“屋顶上的提琴手”中的Joseph Stalin。

Rachel: Hey.

你好。

Phoebe: Hey.

你好。

Monica: Hi. Hi, uh, yes, this is Monica Geller. Um, I believe I'm taking some classes with you and I was wondering what they were. I had a recent head injury and certain numbers and dates. Barbecue. Oh,did I? See there you go.

好，我是Monica Geller。我想有在你们那里上课，我想知道是哪些课。我最近头部受伤，只记得一些数字了。野外烤肉。哦，我应该去吗？好的。

Phoebe: What are you doing?

你在干什么？

Monica: Alright, great. Thanks a lot. I'm going to tap class.

太好了，谢谢。我要去上踢踏舞课。

Rachel: What, what, so that you can dance with the woman that stole your credit³ card?

这样你就可以和偷你信用卡的人一起上课？

Monica: To see what she looks like.

去看看他什么样。

Rachel: Go to the post office! I'm sure her picture's up!

我可以肯定她的照片就挂在邮局里面。

Monica: This woman's got my life, I should get to see who she is.

这女人偷走了我的生活，我应该去看看她是何方神圣。

Rachel: Okay, Monica, y'know what, honey, you're kinda losing it here! I mean, this is really becoming like a weird⁴ obsession⁵ thing.

Monica，你有点失去理智了，你完全被这件事所困扰。

Phoebe: This is madness. It's madness, I tell you, for the love of God, Monica, don't do it!! ...Thank you.

这叫做疯狂，这叫做疯狂。上帝保佑，Monica别这么做，谢谢。

1 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

2 neutral   

adj.中立的，不偏不倚的；中性的

参考例句：

• Behaviour is never culturally neutral.人的行为从来都受文化的影响。
• They have maintained a consistently neutral stance.他们一直持中立态度。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。