Friends 1 《老友记》1（视频精讲十六）

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Chandler: It's not just that she's cute, okay. It's just that... she's really really cute.

Ross: It doesn't matter. You don't dip your pen in the company ink.

Monica: Ross, your little creature's got the remote again.

Ross: Marcel, Marcel, give Rossie the remote. Marcel. Marcel, you give Rossie the remote right now... Marce... you give Rossie the remote...

Monica: Great.

Ross: Relax, I'll fix it.

Rachel: Cool... "Urkel" in Spanish is "Urkel."

Ross: How did he do this?

Chandler: So tell me something, is leaving the Christmas lights up part of your plan to keep us merry all year long?

Monica: Ah no, you see, someone was supposed to take them down around New Year's... but obviously someone forgot.

Rachel: Well, someone was supposed to write "Rach, take down the lights" and put it on the re... frigerate... How long has that been there?

Chandler: Hey, where you been?

Joey: I went back to Riff's. I think Ursula likes me. All I ordered was coffee, she brought me a tuna melt and four plates of curly fries.

Chandler: Score.

Joey: She is so hot!

Chandler: Yeah, listen. Okay, before you do anything Joey-like, you might wanna run it by err 1...

Joey: Pheebs?

Phoebe: Yeah?

Joey: You think it would be okay if I asked out your sister?

Phoebe: Why? Why would you wanna... do that? Why?

Joey: So that if we went out on a date, she'd be there.

Phoebe: Well, I mean, I'm not my sister's, you know, whatever, and um... I mean, it's true, we were one egg, once, but err, you know, we've grown apart, so, um... I don't know, why not? Okay.

Joey: Cool, thanks.

Ross: You okay?

Phoebe: Yeah I'm fine.

Ross: You wanna watch Laverney Shirley?

Ross: Sorry.

Ross: Hi. Sorry I'm late. Where's, where's Carol?

Susan: Stuck at school. Some parent-teacher thing. You can go. I'll get the information.

Ross: No... No... No. I think I should stay, I think we should both know what's going on.

Susan: Oh, good. This'll be fun.

Teacher: Alrighty. We're gonna start with some basic third stage breathing exercises, so Mummies, why don't you get on your back? And... coaches, you should be supporting Mummy's head.

Ross and Susan: What? What? What?

Susan: I am supposed to be the mommy?

Ross: Okay, I'm gonna play my sperm 2 card one more time.

Susan: Look, I don't see why I should have to miss out on the coaching training just because I'm a woman.

Ross: I see. So what do you propose to do?

Susan: I will flip 3 you for it.

Ross: Flip me for it? No, no, no... heads, heads, heads!

Susan: On your back... Mom.

Teacher: Alright, Mommies, take a nice deep cleansing 4 breath.

Teacher: Good. Now imagine your vagina is opening like a flower.

Chandler: Mr. D, how's it going, sir?

Mr. Douglas: Ohh, it's been better. The Annual Net Usage Statistics are in.

Chandler: And?

Mr. Douglas: It's pretty ugly. We haven't seen an ANUS this bad since the seventies.

Chandler: So what does this mean?

Mr. Douglas: Well, we're gonna be layin' off people in every department.

Chandler: Hey, listen, I know I came in late last week, but I slept funny, and my hair was very very dash;

Mr. Douglas: Not you. Relax. Ever have to fire anyone?

Chandler: Nina? Nina. Nina. Nina.

Nina: Are you okay?

Chandler: Yes, yes I am. Err, listen, the reason that I called you in here today was, err... please don't hate me.

Nina: What?

Chandler: Would you like to have dinner sometime?

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. Don't dip your pen in the company ink.

意思是“不要搞办公室恋情；兔子不吃窝边草”。例如：Don't date your close neighbors, don't date anyone related to a close friend, and don't dip your pen in the company ink. 不要和你的近邻约会，不要和好朋友的熟人约会，不要和同事谈恋爱。

2. run it by

意思是“探讨，研究”。例如：If you come up with your own topic, please run it by Prof. Peterson and the Teaching Assistant before you begin. 你决定了题目之后，请与皮特森教授和助教协商。电影中的Okay, before you do anything Joey-like, you might wanna run it by err...意思是“好，在你做乔伊通常做的事之前，也许应该想着和……（菲比）讨论讨论。”

 

3. play... card

意思是“打……牌”。例如：Women always play the children card in divorce cases. 女人在离婚的时候总是会使用孩子这张王牌。电影中的Okay, I'm gonna play my sperm card one more time. 意思是“好，那我只有再使用一次我的精子牌了。”

4. lay off

意思是“解雇”。例如：He tries everything to get laid off from his job so he can receive a severance 5 package. 他想尽办法被解雇，以此获得离职费。电影中的 Well, we're gonna be layin' off people in every department. 意思是“哎，我们每个部门都要裁员。”

文化面面观

PTA 家长教师联合会

For more than a century, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has provided support, information and resources to families focused on the health and education of children. The organization was founded in 1897 in Washington DC as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. If not for these women and their vision and determination, there would not be a PTA organization that has been woven into the very fabric 6 of American life.

By whatever name it has been known, National PTA was created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. And today, it continues to flourish because PTA has never lost sight of its goal: to change the lives of children across our great nation for the better.

Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst founded an organization of nationwide movement at a time when social activism was scorned and women did not have the vote. They knew there is no stronger bond than that between mother and child. Therefore, they felt it was up to mothers of this country to eliminate the threats that endangered children. They called for action in 1897 and more than 2,000 people responded any were mothers, but fathers, teachers, laborers 8, and legislators also responded well with a commitment to children. From that first meeting in Washington DC grew a groundswell of support.

Problems were identified and strategies devised to resolve them. Through consistent hard work, sometimes after years of perseverance 9, the dreams became reality: the creation of kindergarten classes, child labor 7 laws, a public health service, hot lunch programs, a juvenile 10 justice system, and mandatory 11 immunization were accepted as national norms. Between 1897 and 1919, 37 state-level congresses were chartered to help carry out the work of the organization.

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1． 这家公司会裁员，以平衡预算。
2． 和同事谈恋爱很可能变成恶性长期投资。
3． 在实施这个想法之前，你还是和老板谈谈吧。
4． 为了赢得她，他使尽了招术。

Friends 1 《老友记》1（精讲十五）考考你 参考答案

1． 注册用户到今年年底达到2万，这算不上多大的成绩。
It is no big deal that the number of registered users hit 20,000 by the end of the year.

2． 这年头真奇怪，说脏话也成了时尚了。
It is so weird 12 that talking dirty is in fashion these days.

3． 球迷们全力支持他们喜爱的足球队。
The fans were out rooting for their favorite football team.

4． 像他这样的美女杀手都追你，就不要太清高了。
When such a lady-killer is after you, don't play too much hardball.

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1
err

  
 


vi.犯错误，出差错


参考例句：





He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。












2
sperm

  
 


n.精子，精液


参考例句：





Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。












3
flip

  
 


vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的


参考例句：





I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。












4
cleansing

  
 


n. 净化(垃圾)
adj. 清洁用的
动词cleanse的现在分词


参考例句：





medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。












5
severance

  
 


n.离职金；切断


参考例句：





Those laid off received their regular checks,plus vacation and severance pay.那些被裁的人都收到他们应得的薪金，再加上假期和解职的酬金。Kirchofer was terminated,effective immediately--without severance or warning.科奇弗被解雇了，立刻生效--而且没有辞退费或者警告。












6
fabric

  
 


n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织


参考例句：





The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。












7
labor

  
 


n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦


参考例句：





We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。












8
laborers

  
 


n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工


参考例句：





Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言












9
perseverance

  
 


n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠


参考例句：





It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。












10
juvenile

  
 


n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的


参考例句：





For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。












11
mandatory

  
 


adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者


参考例句：





It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。












12
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。