英语PK台 第167期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(30)

 地点：莫妮卡公寓

人物：菲比，瑞秋，莫妮卡，罗斯，乔伊，钱德勒

事件：菲比告诉大家她想要为弗兰克和艾丽斯做代理孕母的事情，众老友劝她一定要考虑清楚。

Rachel: Honey, this really is an incredible thing to do for them, but there are things to think about.

Monica: Yeah, like you're gonna be pregnant. I mean pregnant.

Phoebe: I know!

Ross: Pheebs, you're talking about putting your body through an awful lot, I mean morning sickness, uh, labor¹, and it's all for somebody else!

Phoebe: Yeah, what's your point?

Ross: Well, the stuff I just mentioned.

Rachel: Wow! I don't know if I could ever do that. I always figured the first time I had a baby was with somebody I love and that baby would be a… keeper.

Phoebe: You know you guys were a lot more supportive when I wanted to make denim² furniture.

Joey: No, Pheebs, listen, if you decide to do this, we'll be supportive like crazy.

All: Yeah.

Monica: We just want you to think it through.

Rachel: Yeah, honey, maybe you can talk to somebody who's had a baby. Like your mom?

Phoebe: My mom never gave birth. Oh! But my birth mom did.

1 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。

2 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。