英语PK台 第282期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(66)

 　　地点：乔伊公寓的客厅，莫妮卡公寓的客厅

　　人物：钱德勒，乔伊，罗斯，莫妮卡，瑞秋，菲比

　　事件：钱德勒来找乔伊和罗斯帮忙想结婚誓词，而莫妮卡也叫来了菲比和瑞秋帮忙写自己的誓词。

　　Chandler: Monica, there are no words… There are no words! This should not be this hard!

　　Joey: All right, uh… Oh, hey, you've done this before Ross, well what did you say when you made up your vows¹?

　　Ross: Well, with Carol, I promised never to love another woman until the day I die. She made no such promise.

　　Chandler: I'm so pathetic²! Monica knows what she wants to say! You should've seen her. Writing, writing, writing!

　　Rachel: Monica what? What is the emergency?!

　　Monica: You have to help me! I am supposed to be writing my vows and all I have is this!

　　Rachel: Well, I like the pretty little drawingof you in the wedding dress.

　　Monica: Thank you.

　　Phoebe: Yeah, except your breasts look kinda small.

　　Monica: Those are my eyes! Those are my breasts.

　　Phoebe: Oh! Yeah! Okay.

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 pathetic   

adj.悲哀的，可怜的，感伤的，不足的，差强人意的

参考例句：

• The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.这只动物低声哀叫，令人怜悯。
• I refused to go along with their pathetic charade.我拒不跟他们摆出那副可悲的装模作样的姿态。