英语PK台 第250期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(55)

 　　地点：珠宝店内

　　人物：钱德勒，菲比，珠宝店店员

　　事件：钱德勒为了向莫妮卡求婚来挑选钻戒，讲好了价钱，却发现自己没带信用卡。

　　Chandler: Sir, can I ask you to, umm, could you… hold out that ring and ask me to marry you?

　　Male Jeweler: Okay. Will you marry me?

　　Chandler: Oh, my God, that's it; that's the ring! How much is it?

　　Phoebe: Chandler, I–I will handle this! How much is it?

　　Male Jeweler: 8,600.

　　Phoebe: We will give you $10.

　　Male Jeweler: Are you interested in this ring?!

　　Chandler: Yes! Yes, but I can only pay $8,000.

　　Male Jeweler: Okay, I can let it go for eight.

　　Phoebe: We stand firm at $10.

　　Male Jeweler: How would you like to pay?

　　Chandler: Uh, credit¹ card. Oh, no! No, no, but I left my credit card to Joey. Okay, I'll go get it. You guard the ring.

　　Phoebe: Why did you give your credit card to Joey?

　　Chandler:To buy some Knicks tickets. Then the jerk² didn't even invite me to the game. But I'm over it. Whatever!

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 jerk   

n.（口语）笨蛋，性情古怪的人，急拉，肌肉抽搐；v.痉挛，急拉，急推，急动

参考例句：

• Just keep that jerk off me.让那个笨蛋离开我。
• The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.那把刀子被卡住了，她猛地一拔，把它拔了出来。