老友记 第四季 10 The One with the Girl from Poughkeepsi

    The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie本集简介：

    Joey sets a personal record for sticking Oreos in his mouth--15. Ross dates a girl from Poughkeepsie but is concerned about the distance involved in seeing her. Rachel wants a relationship--or at least a fling 1--so Chandler offers to set her up with someone; when his coworkers find out it's Rachel and that she's not looking for a serious relationship, they all bribe 2 Chandler to set them up. Monica gets no respect at work; she hires Joey in order to fire him, so everyone will know who's boss; but Joey likes the tips, so he has a hard time going along with the plan. Phoebe works (and works and works) on a Christmas song for her friends. Ross takes a train to Poughkeepsie to break up, but falls asleep and ends up in Montreal... with a girl from Nova Scotia.

    乔伊创新记录，一次放了15块奥利奥到嘴里。

    罗斯和一个来自帕基普希（纽约一地名）的姑娘交往，但他为两人之间的地理距离而烦恼。

    瑞秋想恋爱，哪怕鬼混都行，于是钱德答应帮她安排；当钱德的同事们发现女方是瑞秋、而她只是想鬼混时，他们争先恐后贿赂钱德。

    莫妮卡从工作中得不到颐指气使的感觉；于是雇佣乔伊，以便解雇他来杀鸡吓猴。

    但乔伊喜欢收小费，所以莫妮卡的计划难以顺利实施。

    菲比努力为朋友写圣诞歌。

    罗斯坐火车去帕基普希谈分手，结果睡过头了，醒来时已到了蒙特利尔（加拿大）……身边躺着的姑娘来自新斯科舍(加拿大省名)。

    经典对白：4-10玩玩而已的fling故事梗概又一年的圣诞节快要到了，Rachel 很久没有“玩儿了”，她很想找个人玩儿； Chandler 说： there's some nice guys at my ottice ,do you wantme to set you up? 意思是“我们单位的几个小子都不错，要我给你安排 (介绍)吗?” set up 是 lay plang tor的意思． Rachel 先是质问 Chandler 为什么不早一点给她介绍，然后说,她不要干会计 (accountant)这一行的，也不要学法律的这些人的工作都太 boring。 Chandler 听了有点不高兴，因为他就是一个accountant。他反问 Rachel,那么 Ross 是干什么的?他是一个　lion tamer(驯兽师)吗?言下之意是，Ross 的职业其实也是很boring 的，但是你为什么还那么喜欢他?

    Rachel: Patrick and I had such a great time last night! I mean I think this could maybe turn into something serious.

    Chandler: Really?! I-I thought you weren't looking for something serious? I thought you were looking for some kind of a fling.

    Rachel: Well, y'know, possibly. (pause) You didn't tell him that, though? Right?

    Chandler: Ummmmmmmm, no.

    Rachel: You told this guy that I was looking for a fling?! You don't tell the guy that!

    Chandler: Why not?! I'd be thrilled if I heard that some hot girl was just looking to get---oh I see.

    讲解Friends　中时常出现关于谈恋爱的表达，老友记这么流行不衰，究其原因，剧中涉及的故事人物都与亲情、友情、爱情有关，而这三者是人类永恒的主题，再加上笑声这一永恒的调味料，不火也难。

    两个人正在谈恋爱有多种表达方法，例如：

    I'll ask her out．(我要约他。)I'm going out with Kevin．(我和凯文在约会。)He is dating her．(他在和她约会。)pick up a girl　或是　hit on a girl　有“追女生”的意思；go steady　是指“确定了男女朋友关系”。如果相处一段时间之后觉得很投缘，你就可以说：Let's go steady．当然也有的只是玩玩儿而已　(fling)，不是认真的　(not serious about it)。fling　有　a brief sexual 3 or romantic relationship　或　a brief period of indulging 4 one's impulses 5的意思。