英语PK台 第992期:跟《老友记》学美语(37)

 

地点：莫妮卡公寓客厅、卧室

人物：菲比，钱德勒，罗斯，瑞秋

事件：瑞秋和罗斯发生了一次很大的争吵，其他四个老友则躲在莫妮卡的卧室里不敢出来。

剧情片段

Phoebe: Should we do something?

菲比：我们是不是该做些什么？

Chandler: Yeah, never cheat on① Rachel.1

钱德勒：是啊，永远不要欺骗瑞秋。

Ross: I’m sorry, Okay? I’m sorry. I wa–I was disgusted¹ with② myself, and this morning I was so, I was so upset and then I got your message and I was so happy, and all I wanted was to get her out of my apartment as fast as possible.

罗斯：对不起，好吗？我很抱歉，我，我当时对自己的行为也感到很恶心，今天早上，我很，我很难过，然后收到你的留言，我好高兴，我一心只想赶紧把她赶出我的公寓。

Rachel: Whoa! Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. What time did your little friend leave? Oh my God. She was there? She was still there? She was in there, when I was in there?!2

瑞秋：喔！喔，喔，等一下。你的小朋友是几点离开的？我的天啊，她在的？她那时还在你家？我在你家的时候她也在？

Ross: Listen. Oh hey, hey, the important thing is she meant, she meant nothing to me!

罗斯：听我说，哦，嘿，嘿，重点是，她对我来说毫无意义。

Rachel: And yet she was worth jeopardizing² our relationship!3

瑞秋：却值得你为她破坏我们的感情！

Ross: Look, I didn’t think there was a relationship to jeopardize³. I thought we were broken up.

罗斯：那时候我不知道我们还有关系。我以为我们分手了。

Rachel: We were on a break!

瑞秋：我们只是暂时冷静一下！

Ross: That, for all I knew would, could last forever. That to me is a break-up.

罗斯：对我来说，那可能是一辈子，那就是分手。

Rachel: You think you’re gonna get out of this on a technicality?4

瑞秋：你想用技术性细节来脱罪吗？

Ross: Look, I’m not trying to get out of anything, Okay? I thought our relationship was dead!

罗斯：我不想逃脱什么，我以为我们的关系完了！

Rachel: Well, you sure had a hell⁴ of③ a time at the wake④!

瑞秋：你果然马上就去享艳福了！

1 disgusted   

adj.厌恶的；厌烦的

参考例句：

• I am completely disgusted at you.我非常厌恶你。
• The food disgusted me.食物使我感到恶心。

2 jeopardizing   

危及，损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划，也是无效率的。
• That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业，电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。

3 jeopardize   

vt.危及，损害

参考例句：

• Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
• If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。

4 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。