英语PK台 第735期:《老友记》900句(65)

 地点：莫妮卡和钱德勒公寓

人物：乔伊，钱德勒

事件：乔伊在美容店修眉未果求助钱德勒，钱德勒便将自己少年时为父亲修眉的秘密告诉了他。

Joey: I may be a sissy but I'll still pound you into the ground. All right look, it hurts so bad, I could only let her do one eyebrowand now... they don't match!

乔伊：就算我是个娘娘腔，我还是会把你打倒在地。好吧，那太疼了，我只能让她弄一个眉毛，而现在……它们不对称！

Chandler: It's like a baby caterpillar¹ chasing its mama!

钱德勒：就像小毛毛虫在追赶它妈妈！

Joey: You gotta help me out, OK? Look, I have the magic marker, I want you to fill in the skinny one so I don't look stupid for my pictures.

乔伊：你得帮我，好吗？你看，我这儿有标记笔，我想让你把窄的那个填上，这样在屏幕里我看起来就不会很傻了。

Chandler: OK. First of all, this is green!

钱德勒：好。首先，这是绿色的！

Joey: What the hell am I supposed to do!

乔伊：我究竟该怎么办！

Chandler: All right, I will help you out, but you have to promise me that you will not tell anyone what I am about to tell you.

钱德勒：好了，我会帮你的，但是你得保证你不会把我要告诉你的事情告诉别人。

Joey: What, what.

乔伊：什么事，什么事。

Chandler: OK, you know how most kids get their allowance from mowing² the lawn or taking out the garbage, while I earn mine by plucking the eyebrows³ of my father and his "business" partners.

钱德勒：好吧，你知道大部分孩子靠割草或倒垃圾赚零花钱吧，而我是靠给我爸和他的“商业”伙伴拔眉毛赚钱。

Joey: Oh my God!

乔伊：噢，老天啊！

Chandler: Yeah, well, I guess you don't need my help, Victor Victoria!

钱德勒：好吧，我猜你不用我帮忙了，维柯多·维多利亚！

Joey: OK all right, no, no, no, no, I do, I do, I do, I need your help, but Chandler, I don't know if句I can take anymore plucking. It hurts so bad! 

乔伊：不，不，不，不，我需要，我需要，我需要，我需要你帮忙，但是钱德勒，我不知道我还能否受得了拔眉毛了。实在是太疼了！

Chandler: Oh, not with my combination of ice cubes, aloe Vera and my gentle self-loathing touch.

钱德勒：噢，不会的。用我的配方，冰块，库拉索芦荟和我温柔的、自己很讨厌的触摸，你不会疼的。

1 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

2 mowing   

n.割草，一次收割量，牧草地v.刈，割( mow的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The lawn needs mowing. 这草坪的草该割了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• "Do you use it for mowing?" “你是用它割草么？” 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

3 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。