英语PK台 第1071期:跟《老友记》学美语(53)

 

地点：罗斯公寓

人物：瑞秋，罗斯，艾米丽

事件：瑞秋劝罗斯去满足艾米丽的心愿

剧情片段

Rachel: Hey, I hear you don’t have to go to London. Yay!①

瑞秋：嘿，听说你不用去伦敦了，太好啦！

Ross: It’s not that easy②. There’s still a lot of relationship stuff¹③.1

罗斯：也没那么简单，我们还有一些问题没有解决。

Rachel: Like what?

瑞秋：比如说？

Ross: Just stuff. You know kinda what Emily wants.

罗斯：就是一些问题，就是艾米丽有一些要求什么的。

Rachel: Well, why don’t you talk to me about it④? Maybe I can help.

瑞秋：那，跟我说说吧，也许我能帮得上忙呢。

Ross: No. No. You can’t help. I mean, I kinda have to do this without your help.

罗斯：不，不，你帮不了我。我的意思是说，这件事我似乎必须自己解决。

Rachel: Well, I know you can do that too. I’m just saying if you need somebody to talk to… Hi!2

瑞秋：哦，我知道你自己能解决的，但如果你想需要找人谈谈的话……我在这儿呢！

Ross: Thanks.

罗斯：谢谢。

Rachel: Ross? Look, whatever this relationship stuff is that Emily wants, just give it to her. Come on, the bottom line⑤ here is that you love her. So just fix whatever she wants fixed⑥. Just do it. I mean, you’re gonna have to try. You’ll just gonna hate yourself if you don’t.3 Oh come on answer it! It’s driving me crazy!

瑞秋：罗斯，你看，艾米丽对这段感情有什么要求，你就给她什么。最重要的是：你爱她。所以你就满足她一切的要求，这样就行了。你总要去试试，否则你会后悔的。（艾米丽打来电话）哦，快点儿接电话吧！都要吵死了！

Ross: Hello. Hi sweetie. Good. Look umm, yes I’ve been thinking about that thing that you wanted me to do and, I can do it.4 So will you come to New York?

罗斯：（接通电话）喂，嗨，亲爱的。很好。是这样的，嗯，我一直在考虑你提出的要求，我想我能做到。那你会来纽约吗？

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。