英语PK台 第652期:《老友记》900句(48)

 地点：莫妮卡和瑞秋公寓

人物：罗斯，菲比，钱德勒，瑞秋，乔伊

事件：罗斯觉得这是他度过的最惨的感恩节，而钱德勒觉得自己才是“悲惨感恩节之王”。

Ross: Huh, I don't know what to pick. Am I more thankful for my divorce or my eviction¹? Hmm.

罗斯：哈，我都不知道该选哪个，我是该感谢离婚，还是感谢被赶出去呢？嗯。

Phoebe: Wow! See, and I didn't think you'd be able to come up with anything.

菲比：你看，哇，我以为你今年没什么值得感谢的呢。

Ross: I'm sorry. It's just that this is the worse Thanksgiving ever.

罗斯：抱歉，只不过这是最惨的感恩节。

Chandler: No-no-no! I am the king of bad Thanksgivings. You can't just swoop² in here with your bad marriage and take that away from me.

钱德勒：不不不！我才是感恩节最衰帝，你不能一下子指着你的离婚故事把我的地位抢走。

Rachel: Oh, you're not gonna tell the whole story about how your parents got divorced again, are you?

瑞秋：哦，你不会又要把你父母离婚的故事再讲一遍吧？

Ross: Oh God, no.

罗斯：哦，天啊，别这样。

Joey: Oh, come on! I wanna hear it! It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without Chandler bumming³ us out!

乔伊：哦，干吗不啊，我想听！一个没有钱德唠叨的感恩节是不完整的！

Chandler: It's a tradition, like the parade. If the parade decided⁴ it was gay, moved out, and abandoned its entire family.

钱德勒：这是传统，就跟游行似的。如果游行内容也是“他离家出走，抛弃妻子”的话。

1 eviction   

n.租地等的收回

参考例句：

• The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。
• He claimed damages for unlawful eviction.他要求对非法驱逐作出赔偿。

2 swoop   

n.俯冲，攫取；v.抓取，突然袭击

参考例句：

• The plane made a swoop over the city.那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。
• We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。

3 bumming   

发哼（声），蜂鸣声

参考例句：

• I've been bumming around for the last year without a job. 我已经闲荡了一年，一直没有活干。
• He was probably bumming his way home. “他多半是不花钱搭车回家。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。