英语PK台 第453期:《老友记》900句(7)

 　　地点：公寓楼道

　　人物：瑞秋，罗斯

　　事件：作为昔日的情侣如今的好友，瑞秋劝罗斯抓住并珍惜与英国女孩艾米丽的感情，不要止于现在。

　　Rachel: Is there room on that step for a pathetic¹ loser?

　　瑞秋：这台阶上有悲哀的失败者坐的地方吗？

　　Ross:Yeah, have a seat.

　　罗斯：有，坐吧。

　　Rachel: I'm so sorry.

　　瑞秋：我真对不起你。

　　Ross: That's okay. I mean it was just two-week thing anyway. I just didn't want it to end this way.

　　罗斯：没关系，反正也只是两周的事，我只是不想以这种方式结束。

　　Rachel: You seem to really like her.

　　瑞秋：看起来你真的很喜欢她。

　　Ross: Yeah, I really do.Yeah, but what am I gonna do? I mean we–we both agreed that it was gonna be a two-week thing, y'know no commitment².

　　罗斯：是，我真的很喜欢她。是啊，但我又能做什么呢？我们都心照不宣，知道这只是两周的事，没有承诺。

　　Rachel: Ross, that girl just spent the entire evening talking to your friends, asking to hear stories about you, looking through Monica's photo albums. I mean you don't do that if you're just in it for two weeks.

　　瑞秋：罗斯，那个姑娘用整晚的时间和你的朋友聊天，打听所有关于你的事情，还看莫妮卡的相册，我的意思是，没有谁会只想交往两周还做这些的。

　　Ross:You think?

　　罗斯：你这么想？

　　Rachel: Yeah, you got like 14 hours until she has to be at the airport, and you're sitting here in the hallway with a 28-year-old cheerleader with a fat lip.

　　瑞秋：是的，她还有14个小时就得到机场赶飞机了，而你却和一个28岁的、嘴唇肿起来的拉拉队长坐在走廊里。

　　Ross: Hey, you're right. Thanks. What photo album was it?

　　罗斯：嘿，你说得对，谢谢。她们看的什么相册啊？

　　Rachel: I don't know. It was you and a bunch of albino kids.

　　瑞秋：不知道，是你和一群白化病孩子的。

　　Ross: Oh my God! Those weren't albino kids, that was computer camp! Rach!

　　罗斯：天啊，他们不是白化病，那是在计算机夏令营，瑞！

1 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。

2 commitment   

n.奉献，忠诚，辛劳，委托，实行，承担义务，赞助

参考例句：

• The builder had a commitment to finish the work on time.那个承建商答应过准时完工。
• He made a commitment to pay the rent on time.他保证按时付房租。