老友记精校版第1季 第17期:参加助产培训班(5)

 　　Monica: Actually, we were going to have lasagna.

　　实际上，我们本来是要吃千层面的。

　　Mr. Geller: oh, I love lasagna.

　　哦，我喜欢千层面。

　　Monica: But now we are not having it.

　　不过我们现在没有了。

　　Mrs. Geller: Then why you bring it up. You know how he latches¹ on.

　　那你为什么要提到这个呢？你知道他多么容易来劲。

　　Monica: I know this is going to sound unbelievably selfish² on my part, but, were you planning on bringing up the whole baby/lesbian thing?

　　我知道这样从我的角度来说过于自私了，但是你准备说一下小孩和女同性恋的事吗？

　　Because I think it might take some of the heat off me.

　　因为我觉得这样或许可以让我喘口气。

　　Mrs. Geller: What that Rachel did to her life.... We ran into her parents at the club, they were not playing very well.

　　Rachel到底做了什么？我们在俱乐部碰到了她父母，他们很不开心。

　　Mr. Geller: I'm not gonna tell you what they spent on that wedding, but forty thousand dollars is a lot of money!

　　我不会说他们为了婚礼花了些什么，但是4万块不是个小数目。

　　Mrs. Geller: Well, at least she had the chance to leave a man at the altar.

　　至少她有机会把一个男人留在教堂里的圣坛。

　　Monica: What's that supposed to mean?

　　这是什么意思？

　　Mrs. Geller: Nothing! It's an expression.

　　没什么，这就是一个表达而已。

　　Monica: No it's not.

　　不，不是的。

　　Mr. Geller: Don't listen to your mother. You're independent, and you always have been!

　　别听你妈的，你很独立，一直都是这样。

　　Even when you were a kid and you were chubby³, and you had no friends, you were just fine!

　　就连你小时候胖嘟嘟的一个朋友也没有的时候，你还是活得好好的。

　　And you would read alone in your room, and your puzzles.

　　你会待在你房里独自看书、玩拼图。

　　Mr. Geller: Look, there are people like Ross who need to shoot for the stars, with his museum, and his papers⁴ getting published.

　　有些人需要干大事，比如罗斯，在博物馆工作，还发表了文章。

　　Other people are satisfied⁵ with staying where they are.

　　其他人则安於现状。

　　I'm telling you, these are the people who never get cancer.

　　告诉你，这种人不会得癌症。

　　They are happy with what they have, they are basically⁶ content like cows.

　　他们对拥有的一切都很开心，就像奶牛一样。

　　Ross: cows? dad?

　　奶牛？爸爸？

　　Mr. Geller: She knows how much I love cows.

　　她知道我有多喜欢奶牛。

　　Mr. Geller:...And I read about these women trying to have it all, and I thank God 'Our Little Harmonica' doesn't seem to have that problem.

　　我还知道这些女人想拥有一切，我想，天呐，幸好我们家的小摩妮卡没有这种问题。

　　I'm telling you, sweetheart, you're gonna be fine.

　　我跟你说，你会没事的。

　　Monica: Thank you, Daddy.

　　谢谢，老爸。

　　Mrs. Geller: Oh, so this does work.

　　哦，这个还真的能用啊。

1 latches   

n.（门窗的）门闩( latch的名词复数 )；碰锁v.理解( latch的第三人称单数 )；纠缠；用碰锁锁上（门等）；附着（在某物上）

参考例句：

• The virus latches onto the red blood cells. 这种病毒附着在红细胞上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The opposite end latches onto the pathogen. 相对的一端锁在病原体上。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器

2 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。

3 chubby   

adj.丰满的，圆胖的

参考例句：

• He is stocky though not chubby.他长得敦实，可并不发胖。
• The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.那个既矮又胖的绅士是我们的新主任。

4 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

5 satisfied   

adj.满意的，满足的；清偿过的；确信的，毫无疑问的v.使满意( satisfy的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• She's never satisfied with what she's got. 她对自己的所得从不感到满足。
• He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. 他脸上挂着得意扬扬的笑容。

6 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。