英语PK台 第71期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(6)

 地点：莫妮卡公寓

人物：乔伊，罗斯，钱德勒，莫妮卡，瑞秋，菲比

事件：感恩节晚餐被烧焦，大家争吵了起来。

听力文本：

Chandler: OK, Monica, only dogs can hear you now, so, look, the door’s open. Here we go.

钱德勒：好了，莫妮卡，现在只有狗能听见你说的，好了，看啊，门已经开了。进去吧。

Monica: Well, the turkey’s burnt. Potatoes are ruined, potatoes are ruined, potatoes are ruined.

莫妮卡：啊，火鸡烧焦了。土豆完了，土豆完了，土豆完了。

Ross: Here we come, walk in’ down the — this doesn’t smell like Mom’s.

罗斯：（从门外边唱歌边走进屋里）“我们沿着……”妈妈的厨房可不是这个味儿！

Monica: No, it doesn’t, does it? But you wanted lumps, Ross? Well, here you go, buddy¹, ya got one.

莫妮卡：是啊，不像是吧？你不是要土豆块吗，罗斯？好，拿去，伙计，这就是你的土豆块。

Ross: Don’t yell at me. You burned dinner!

罗斯：别冲我喊，是你毁了我们的晚饭。

Phoebe: Hey, don’t make her squeak² again!

菲比：喂，别让她又尖叫起来。

Rachel: Oh, god, this is great! The plane is gone, so it looks like I’m stuck here with you guys.

瑞秋：噢，天呐，真是不错啊！飞机已经飞走了，看来我只能留下来和你们待在一起了。

Joey: Hey, we all had better plans. Ok? This was nobody’s first choice.

乔伊：嘿，我们本来都有个不错的计划的，这本来就不是大伙的最佳选择。

Monica: Oh, really? So why was I busting⁴ my ass⁵ to make this delicious Thanksgiving dinner?

莫妮卡：噢，真的吗？那我何苦要做这顿丰盛的感恩节大餐呢？

Joey: You call that delicious?

乔伊：你管这叫丰盛吗？

Monica: Stop it, stop it, stop it!

莫妮卡：闭嘴，闭嘴，闭嘴！

Chandler: Now this feels like Thanksgiving.

钱德勒：终于有了点儿感恩节的气氛了。

New words for dialogue :

1.turkey n. 火鸡

2.burn v. 烧，烧焦

3.ruin v. 破坏；毁灭

4.lump n. 块，团

5.buddy n. 兄弟；伙伴

6.yell v. 大叫

7.squeak v. 吱吱叫

8.stuck adj. 被卡住的，动不了的

9.bust³ v. 打破

10.ass n. 屁股

1 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

2 squeak   

n.吱吱声，逃脱；v.（发出）吱吱叫，侥幸通过；（俚）告密

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声！
• We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛，不过是侥幸取胜。

3 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

4 busting   

打破，打碎( bust的现在分词 )； 突击搜查（或搜捕）； （使）降级，降低军阶

参考例句：

• Jim and his wife were busting up again yesterday. 吉姆和他的妻子昨天又吵架了。
• He figured she was busting his chops, but it was all true. 他以为她在捉弄他，其实完全是真的。

5 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。