英语PK台 第905期:跟《老友记》学美语(19)

 地点：中央公园咖啡馆
人物：老友六人
事件：瑞秋因为父母要离婚的消息感到很苦恼。

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Ross: And you had no idea① they weren’t getting along②?
罗斯：你完全不知道他们相处得好不好？
Rachel: None.
瑞秋：不知道。
Joey: They didn’t fight a lot?
乔伊：他们不常吵架？
Rachel: No! They didn’t even talk to each other. God, how was I supposed1 to know they were having problems?
瑞秋：不，他们都不说话的。天啊，我怎么会知道他们之间有问题啊！
Phoebe: In my day, divorce was not an option2.
菲比：在我那个时代，离婚都不算是个选择。（特别诡异的语调）
Joey: Hey, look who’s up.
乔伊：嘿，看谁醒了。
Rachel: I just can’t believe this is happening. I mean, when I was little, everybody’s parents were getting divorced. I just figured as a grown-up I wouldn’t have to worry about③ this.
瑞秋：我只是无法相信这个事实。我是说，我小时候，每个人的父母都在闹离婚，我只是想，现在我长大了，就不用再担心这个问题了。
Monica: Is there any chance that you can look at this as flattering¹? I mean, she’s doing it because she wants to be more like you④.
莫妮卡：你可不可能把这件事视为恭维呢？我是说，她这样做是想向你学习。
Rachel: Well, then, you know, couldn’t she have just copied my haircut⑤?3
瑞秋：那她学学我的发型不就成了吗？
Chandler: You know, it’s funny when my parents got divorced, they sent me to this shrink⑥, and she told me that all kids have a tendency to blame themselves. But in your case it’s actually kinda true.4
钱德勒：你知道吗，有意思的是，我父母离婚的时候，他们还叫我去看心理医生呢，他们告诉我，所有的小孩都会怪自己。就你而言，这真应该怪你呢！

1 flattering   

adj. 奉承的, 谄媚的 动词flatter的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• I found it flattering that he still recognized me after all these years. 过了这么多年他还认得我，使我觉得荣幸。
• Jamie was adroit at flattering others. 杰米很会拍马屁。