跟《老友记》学英语(5)

《老友记》第一季第二集:


Monica的父母来了

(1). Monica的妈妈吐槽女儿,Monica的爸爸说Monica很独立
Mrs. Geller: Well, at least she had the chance to leave a man at the altar...
Monica: What's that supposed to mean?
Mrs. Geller: Nothing! It's an expression.
Monica: No it's not.
Mr. Geller: Don't listen to your mother. You're independent, and you always have been! Even when you were a kid... and you were chubby, and you had no friends, you were just fine! And you would read alone in your room, and your puzzles...

altar
An altar is a holy table in a church or temple.
祭坛,神坛
例句:
the high altar at Chichester Cathedral.
奇切斯特大教堂内的主祭坛

altar

chubby
A chubby person is rather fat.
(人)肥胖的,圆滚滚的
例句:
his chubby hands.
他那双胖手

chubby Monica

(2). 六个人在讨论父母
Joey: Your folks are really that bad, huh?
Ross: Well, y'know, these people are pros. They know what they're doing, they take their time, they get the job done.
Monica: Boy, I know they say you can't change your parents,... boy, if you could- (To Ross) -I'd want yours.
Ross: Must pee.
Rachel: All right, you guys, I kinda gotta clean up now. (They all start to leave.)
Monica: Chandler, you're an only child, right? You don't have any of this.
Chandler: Well, no, although I did have an imaginary friend, who... my parents actually preferred.

folks
You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks.
亲人,家人,(尤指)双亲

pro
A pro is a professional.
职业人员,专业人员 非正式
例句:
I have enjoyed playing with some of the top pros from Europe and America.
我很高兴能和来自欧美的一些顶级职业运动员打比赛

take one’s time
慢慢来,从容不迫,不慌不忙

pee
When someone pees, they urinate.
撒尿,小便 非正式
例句:
He needed to pee.
他要小便

clean up
If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
打扫,清扫,把…弄干净
例句:
Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.
吃过晚饭,Nina和Mary在厨房里收拾

clean up.png

only child
独生子

(3).Rachel去归还Barry的戒指,得知Barry跟她的伴娘Mindy去了Aruba度蜜月
Rachel: Why are- why are you so tanned?
Barry: Oh, I, uh- I went to Aruba.
Rachel: Oh no. You went on our honeymoon alone?
Barry: No. I went with, uh.. Now, this may hurt.
Barry: I went with Mindy.
Rachel: Mindy?! My maid of honour, Mindy?!

tan
If a part of your body tans or if you tan it, your skin becomes darker than usual because you spend a lot of time in the sun.
(使)(皮肤)晒黑
例句:
I have very pale skin that never tans.
我皮肤很白,怎么也晒不黑
Leigh rolled over on her stomach to tan her back.
莉翻了个身趴下,开始晒后背
tanned
Their skin was tanned and glowing from their weeks at the sea.
他们在海边呆了几个星期,皮肤晒得黝黑发亮

tanned Ross

maid of honor
(especially in the US) a young woman or girl who is not married and who is the main bridesmaid at a wedding
(尤用于美国英语,指未婚的) 首席女傧相,伴娘

(4).Ross,Carol,Susan在产检室,讨论即将出生的孩子的名字
Carol: Ross. You're not actually suggesting Helen Willick-Bunch-Geller? 'Cause I think that borders on child abuse.
Ross: Of course not, I'm... suggesting Geller-Willick-Bunch.
Susan: Oh, no, nonononono, you see what he's doing? He knows no-one's gonna say all those names, so they'll wind up calling her Geller, then he gets his way!

borders on
If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
接近,近似
例句:
The atmosphere borders on the surreal.
这种氛围近似梦幻

abuse
Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
虐待,凌辱
例句:
victims of sexual and physical abuse.
遭受性虐待和肉体摧残的受害者

wind up
If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you didi not originally intend to be.
最终沦落到,最终落得,(以…)告终
例句:
Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff.
我完全没有想到自己最后竟会在这里供职

get one’s way
If someone gets their way or has their way, nobody stops them doing what they want to do. You can also say that someone gets their own way or has their own way.
想怎样就怎样,随心所欲
例句:
She is very good at using her charming to get her way. 她非常善于利用自己的魅力随心所欲

(5).医生进来产检室,询问Carol觉得怎么样
Dr. Oberman: (entering) Knock knock!How are we today? Any nausea?
All: Yeah. Yeah. A little.
Dr. Oberman: Well, I was just wondering about the mother-to-be, but.. thanks for sharing. (To Carol) Uh, lie back..

nausea
Nausea is the condition of feeling sick and the feeling that you are going to vomit.
恶心,呕吐感
I was overcome with a feeling of nausea.
我觉得想吐

Nausea

mother-to-be
A mother-to-be is a woman who is pregnant, especially for the first time.
(尤指初次怀孕的)孕妇

mother-to-be

lie back
If you lie back, you relax and lower yourself from a sitting position so that you are resting on your back.
仰靠,向后靠
例句:
He lay back and closed his eyes.
他向后靠了靠,闭上了眼睛

lie back

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