英语PK台 第93期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(11)
英语课
地点：莫妮卡公寓
人物：罗斯，菲比
事件：罗斯本来要向菲比解释进化论，却被菲比说服了。
Phoebe: Uh-oh. It’s Scary Scientist Man.
Ross: OK, Phoebe, this is it. In this briefcase 1 I carry actual scientific facts. A brief case of facts, if you will. Some of these fossils 2 are over 200 million years old.
Phoebe: OK, look, before you even start, I’m not denying evolution, OK? I’m just saying that it’s one of the possibilities.
Ross: It’s the only possibility, Phoebe.
Phoebe: OK, Ross, could you just open your mind like this much, OK? Now, wasn’t there a time when the brightest minds in the world believed that the Earth was flat?
And, up until like, what, 50 years ago, you all thought the atom was the smallest thing, until you split 3 it open, and this like, whole mess of crap came out. Now, are you telling me that you are so unbelievably arrogant 4 that you can’t admit that there’s a teeny tiny possibility that you could be wrong about this?
Ross: There might be… a teeny, tiny, possibility.
Phoebe: I can’t believe you caved
Ross: What?
Phoebe:You just abandoned your whole belief system. I mean, before, I didn’t agree with you, but at least I respected you. How, how, how are you going to go into work tomorrow? How, how are you going to face the other science guys? How, how are you going to face yourself? Oh!I didn’t agree with you
地点：莫妮卡公寓
人物：罗斯，菲比，钱德勒
事件：罗斯由于瑞秋的新约会对象而吃醋，这时菲比讲述了她的龙虾理论。
Ross: Hey, who’s this uh, this Casey?
Phoebe:Oh, some guy she met at the movies.
Ross: Oh really? What uh, what does he want with her?
Chandler: Well, I’m guessing he wants to do a little dance②... ya know, make a little love... well pretty much get down tonight.
Ross: I don’t know, I don’t get… I don’t get it.
I mean, wh, wh, two months ago Rachel and I were like, this close. Right now, what, I’m taking messages from guys she, she meets at the movies? I mean this, this Casey should be taking down my messages, ya know, or, or, Rachel and I should be together and, and we should get some kind of me- message service.
Phoebe:Hang in there; it’s gonna happen.
Ross: What, OK, now how do you know that?
Phoebe: Because she’s your lobster 5.
Chandler:Oh, she’s going somewhere.
*Where are you going with this?
Phoebe: C’mon you guys. It’s a known fact that lobsters 6 fall in love and mate 7 for life. You know what, you can actually see old lobster couples walking around their tank, ya know, holding claws like...
1 briefcase
n.手提箱，公事皮包
- He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
- He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。
2 fossils
n.化石( fossil的名词复数 )；老顽固；食古不化的人；老古董（老人）
- fossils over two million years old 两百多万年的化石
- The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley. 在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 split
n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开
- Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
- The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。
4 arrogant
adj.傲慢的，自大的
- You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
- People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。
5 lobster
n.龙虾，龙虾肉
- The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
- I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。
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