英语PK台 第176期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(33)

 地点：莫妮卡公寓

人物：钱德勒，乔伊，莫妮卡，瑞秋，菲比

事件：钱德勒和乔伊看球赛回来，发现女生们已经偷偷地换了公寓。

Chandler: Those were like the best seats ever.

Joey: Oh yeah. Hey! Should we give these shirts to the girls? You know, like a peace offering¹.

Chandler: Yeah, that's very nice. Plus, you know they were free and they're too small. Oh, God!

Joey: Hey, want a beer? Whoa!

Chandler: Open up! Open up! Open up!

Monica: We'll discuss it in the morning!

Rachel: We took our apartment back!

Phoebe: I had nothing to do with it. Okay, it was my idea, but I don't feel good about it.

Chandler: We are switching² back, right now!

Monica: No, we're not! We're not leaving!

Chandler: Well, you're gonna have to leave sometime³, because you both have jobs, and as soon as you do, we're switching it back! There's nothing you can do to stop us!

Rachel: All right. We figured you might respond⁴ this way, so we have a backup offer.

Chandler: Oh no–no–no, no more offers. You can't offer anything to us!

Rachel: Let us keep the apartment and…

Monica: As a thank you, Rachel and I will kiss for one minute.

1 offering   

n.提供，奉献物，牲礼

参考例句：

• What is your competition offering?你的竞争者提出的条件是什么？
• The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.警方出大笔赏金要求提供那起抢劫案的破案线索。

2 switching   

n.开关；转换；交换；配电v.转变，改变( switch的现在分词 )；转换；挥动（棍棒、鞭子等）；迅速转动

参考例句：

• Check all your wiring before switching on the current. 开启电流前检查所有的电线路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many factories are switching over to a shorter working week. 很多工厂都在减少每周的工作日数。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

4 respond   

vi.回答，响应

参考例句：

• I offered him a drink but he did not respond.我请他喝酒，但他未作回答。
• I greeted him but he didn't respond.我跟他打招呼，他没答理我。