英语PK台 第208期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(41)

 地点：莫妮卡公寓的餐厅

人物：瑞秋，钱德勒，莫妮卡

事件：瑞秋的上司和另外一个同事在抽烟的时候定了一个方案，瑞秋因为不会抽烟，没有跟出去，所以瑞秋的意见完全没有被考虑。回到家中，瑞秋便和莫妮卡抱怨起来。

Rachel: They came back from smoking¹ and they had made all of the decisions without me!

Monica: That doesn't seem fair.

Rachel: I know! It's like I'm being punishedfor not having this disgusting², poisonous habit!

Chandler: Yeah, it is the best.

Rachel: I mean what if this keeps happening? Y'know, they'll–they'll be outside smoking, making all the decisions and I'll just be up in my office breathing my stupid clean air, y'know? And then when the day comes when Kim wants to promote³ one of us, who do you think she's gonna pick? Me or Smokey Smokerson?

Chandler: We used to have a smoking area at work. It was great. There was this big flowerpotwith dirt in it. We used to put our cigarettes out in it. One of theold-timers told me there used to be a little tree in there.

Monica: Rachel, you can go down there. You don't have to smoke. Just say you wanna get some fresh air.

Rachel: Yeah, I can do that.

Chandler: Yeah, or you can do the easy thing and smoke.

1 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

2 disgusting   

adj.令人作呕的，可憎恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• What a disgusting smell!多么讨厌的气味！
• The mosquito is the disgusting thing.蚊子是讨厌的东西。

3 promote   

vt.促进；提升；发起，创立；宣传，推销

参考例句：

• He was in town to promote his new books.他在城里推销他的新书。
• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。