老友记 第二季 16 The One Where Joey Moves Out

    本集简介：

    Chandler and Joey attend a party thrown by one of the other actors on Days of Our Lives. He happens to be moving out, so he offers to let Joey have his apartment.

    Having never lived alone, Joey decides to take him up on it, which disheartens Chandler. Phoebe and Rachel decide to get tattoos 1; their decision is complicated by the facts that Ross doesn't like tattoos and Phoebe doesn't like needles.

    Ross, Monica, and Richard go to Jack 2 Geller's birthday party. Everyone is buzzing with rumors 3 of Richard's young new girlfriend (also known as his "twinkie in the city"). Monica hides in the bathtub; her parents come into the bathroom and fool around. Later, Monica reveals her relationship with Richard to her parents.

    乔伊带钱德参加同剧组演员的派对。该演员打算搬家，建议乔伊租下他现在的房子。乔伊自小从未独立生活过，所以决定一试。这可伤了钱德的心。

    菲比邀瑞秋一起去纹身。最后的结果出人意料。罗斯和莫妮卡去参加父亲的生日派对，理查是他父亲的好友，当然也出席。

    理查新结识小女友的消息传得沸沸扬扬。莫妮卡和理查在洗手间碰面后，适逢其母到来，莫妮卡不及躲闪，藏在浴帘后嗣机溜走。

    不料她父母却在洗手间鬼混，莫妮卡撞见一场现场秀。最终，莫妮卡终于对父母招供，她和理查已经相恋多时了。

    典对白：

    2-16 Joey不讲卫生故事梗概Joey邋遢吗?不像吧。你若看看他吃东西时的样子，就知道答案了。Joey真是个长不大的大孩子。人们都说现在的孩子早熟，Joey则恰恰相反。不过，他虽然较傻，但是很讲义气，又很善良，所以，还是没得说。还有，这个长不大的孩子就要搬出去住了，也不知道Chandler会怎样想……[Joey finishes his cereal, licks his spoon, and puts it back in the silverware drawer.]

    CHANDLER: Waaa-aaah.

    JOEY: What?

    CHANDLER: The spoon. You licked and-and you put. You licked and you put.

    JOEY: Yeah, so.

    CHANDLER: Well don't you see how gross that is? I mean that's like you using my toothbrush. [Joey gets a sheepish look] You used  my toothbrush?

    JOEY: Well, that was only 'cause I used the red one to unclog the drain.

    CHANDLER: Mine is the red one! Oh God. Can open, worms everywhere.

    JOEY: Hey, why can't we use the same toothbrush, but we can use the same soap?

    CHANDLER: Because soap is soap. It's self-cleaning.

    JOEY: Alright, well next time you take a shower, think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.

    讲解gross在俚语中常表示“恶心、肮脏”(disgusting)，或“粗鲁、粗俗”（rude，vulgar，obscene)之意。例如：I can't believe how gross some people are．例如 ，有人吃饭后，用手剔牙，抠鼻孔，想想“多恶心啊”，用英语说就是How gross!这两个词经常连在一起用。不过，有些东西吧，这个人觉得gross，另外一个人可能认为很正常，所以涉及到How gross is gross?这个问题。

    仔细看看下面这句话中的how gross还是上述的意思吗?This lesson explores how gross domestic product(GDP)is determined 4．这句话的意思是“这节课探讨如何确定国内生产总值。”gross domestic product表示“国内生产总值”，即GDP；gross national product表示“国民生产总值”，即GNP；"gross在这里表示“the whole amount；entire；total”等意思。在这个意义上，还有如：gross margin，它是“毛利”的意思，指销售额与销售成本之间的差额，gross weight表示“毛重”，净重是net weight。

    gross用作动词时，表示“总共赚得”。例如：The company grossed over ＄5，000，000 last year．(该公司去年总共获利在500万美元以上。)；再如：The movie grossed three million on the first weekend．(这个片子在第一个周末赚了300万。)gross在作形容词时，还表示“重大的”，如：gross abuse of discretion 5严重滥用职权等。

    此外，gross还是个计数单位，即“罗”，1 gross＝12 dozen，即144个。

    本节中，值得一提的还有Chandler的这句：Can open，worms everywhere．堪称经典。为此，笔者请教了数位外国朋友。

    To open a can of worms means to raise a whole lot of new and different questions about something；这与潘多拉的盒子不是一回事，not exactly like Pandora's Box which when opened let a lot of troubles into the world．不过你不妨想象一下：Imagine filling a can with wriggling 6 worms，when you opened it they'd go in all directions!You'd be chasing them all over the place．所以，在这种语境下，In this context it means“My God，what else have you done?How can I explain this to you，you moron”，你这个弱智!因而，“罐子一开，虫子遍地”实际上是指，发现一个问题后，其他问题接踵而至。We also say“that's a whole new cna of worms”means now I need to explain a lot more background or new issues．