英语PK台 第547期:《老友记》900句(27)
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地点：莫妮卡和瑞秋公寓
人物：罗斯，菲比，钱德勒，莫妮卡
事件：新年到来，大家许下了各自的新年愿望。
Ross: Everyday I am gonna do one thing that I have never done before. That, my friends, is my New Year's resolution.
罗斯：以后我每天都要做一件以前从来没有做过的事情，朋友们，这就是我的新年决心。
Phoebe: Ooh! That's a good one! Mine is to pilot a commercial jet.
菲比：哦！这个不错！我的新年决心是要开民航飞机。
Chandler: That's good one too, Pheebs. Now all you have to do is find a planeload of people whose resolution is to plummet 1 to their deaths.
钱德勒：这个也不错，菲。现在你就剩下找一堆新年决心是想坠机身亡的人了。
Phoebe: Maybe your resolution should be not to make fun of your friends, especially the ones who may soon be flying you to Europe for free on their own plane.
菲比：也许你的新年决心应该是不拿朋友开玩笑，特别是别拿可能很快会免费开专机带你去欧洲的朋友开玩笑。
Monica: She has a better chance of sprouting 2 wings and flying up your nose than you do of not making fun of us.
莫妮卡：她开上飞机比你不拿我们开玩笑的几率倒是要大。
Ross: In fact, I'll bet you 50 bucks 3 you can't go the whole year without making fun of us. Eh, y'know what, better yet? A week.
罗斯：我还真想跟你打50块钱的赌，我赌你不可能坚持一年不拿我们开玩笑。呃，算了，就一个星期得了。
Chandler: I'll take that bet my friend. And you know what, paying me the 50 bucks could be the "new thing you do that day!" And it starts right now!
钱德勒：挑战接受。知道吗，或许输给我50块钱就能成为你那个“从来没做过的事”。开赌！
vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物
- Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
- Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。
v.发芽( sprout的现在分词 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出
- new leaves sprouting from the trees 树上长出的新叶
- They were putting fresh earth around sprouting potato stalks. 他们在往绽出新芽的土豆秧周围培新土。 来自名作英译部分
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