英语PK台 第476期:《老友记》900句(12)

 　　地点：莫妮卡和瑞秋公寓

　　人物：老友六人

　　事件：菲比挖苦钱德勒是“绝缘体”，而钱德勒调侃莫妮卡的胸部小。

　　Chandler: OK, what is it about me? Do I not look fun enough? Is there something...repellent... about me?

　　钱德勒：好吧，我是哪里不对？我看起来不够有趣吗？我是有哪里……讨人厌吗？

　　Ross: So, how was the party?

　　罗斯：那么，派对怎么样？

　　Chandler: Well it couldn't have been worse. A woman literally¹ passed through me. OK, so what is it?Am I hideously² unattractive?

　　钱德勒：哦，差得不能再差了，有个女人就是无视我。好吧，那么，到底是怎么回事？我有那么不讨人喜欢吗？

　　Phoebe: No, you are not, you are very attractive.You know what, I go through the exact same thing. Every time I put on a little weight, I start questioning everything.

　　菲比：不，你才不会，你特别可人，你知道吗，我也经历过这种事儿。每当我增加了一点点重量，我就开始质疑一切了。

　　Chandler: Woah, woah, I've put on a little weight?

　　钱德勒：哇，哇，你说我变胖了？

　　Phoebe: No, not weight... Y'know, more like insulation³.

　　菲比：不，不是重量……你知道，说绝缘体比较恰当。

　　Monica: Chandler, I'm unemployed⁴ and in dire⁵ need of a project. Ya wanna work out? I can remake you.

　　莫妮卡：钱德勒，我正失业呢，迫切需要点事情做，你要不要运动一下？我可以重塑你。

　　Chandler: Oh, you know, I would, but that might get in the way of my lying around time.

　　钱德勒：哦，我很想，但那或许会妨碍我那些无所事事的时间。

　　Monica: Please.

　　莫妮卡：拜托啦。

　　Everyone: C'mon. Let her. Yeah.

　　众人：对啦，让她做一下嘛。

　　Chandler: Alright, OK, alright. But if we put on spandex and my boobs are bigger than yours, I'm goin' home.

　　钱德勒：好吧，好吧，好吧。但我穿上紧身衣后，要是胸部比你大的话，我就不来了。

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 hideously   

adv.可怕地，非常讨厌地

参考例句：

• The witch was hideously ugly. 那个女巫丑得吓人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pitt's smile returned, and it was hideously diabolic. 皮特的脸上重新浮现出笑容，但却狰狞可怕。 来自辞典例句

3 insulation   

n.隔离；绝缘；隔热

参考例句：

• Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
• It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。

4 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

5 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。