[Day 5]老友记S1-03-1 The One With the Thumb

Monica: Uh, no. Loosely translated 'We should do this again' means 'You will never see me naked'.

• loosely adv.宽松地 松散地

Joey: Yeah. Cushions the blow.

• cushion the blow <俚>to do something that reduces harm善意的谎言[eg:The way to cushion the blow is to raise prices slowly, not all at once]
  
  

Ross: That's funny, that, no, because our parents actually did, uh, send our dog off to live on a farm.

• send sb off v.送走
  
  
  

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[Scene: Chandler and Joey's, Chandler is helping Joey rehearse for a part.]

• rehearse v.排练

Joey: "Warden, in five minutes my pain will be over. But you'll have to live with the knowledge that you sent an honest man to die."

• live with <口>忍受(不愉快的事)
• knowledge n.认识 知道

(Joey takes out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. He fumbles and drops the lighter.Then he lights a cigarette, takes a drag, and coughs.)

• lighter n.打火机
• fumble v.摸索 笨拙地行动[eg:The drunken man fumbled with his key]
• drag n.v.<美俚>抽(烟) 深深地吸

Chandler: Relax your hand!
(Joey lets his wrist go limp.)

• wrist n.手腕
• limp adj.柔软的
  
  

Chandler: Alright, now try taking a puff.

• puff n.一阵喷烟
• take a puff v.吐口烟

Monica: No, no, no. They say it's the same as the distance from the tip of a guy's thumb to the tip of his index finger.

• tip:n. 尖端
• index finger n.食指

Rachel: (leaving to serve others) Good for me!

• Good for me<口>我真行

Phoebe: It's nothing, it's just- Okay. I'm going through my mail, and I open up their monthly statement.

• go through v.仔细检查
• monthly statement n.每月声明

Chandler: Oh, Satan's minion's at work again...

• Satan n.撒旦 魔鬼
• minion n.<贬>惟命是从的奴仆 (小黄人minions)

Phoebe: Yes, 'cause now I have to go down there, and deal with them.

• go down there: 冷静下来处理那些事

Phoebe: Okay. Okay, let's say I bought a really great pair of shoes. Do you know what I'd hear, with every step I took? 'Not-mine. Not-mine. Not-mine.' And even if I was happy, okay, and, and skipping- 'Not-not-mine, not-not-mine, not-not-mine, not-not-mine'...

• take step 走的步子
• skip v.跳 蹦

Phoebe: Okay. I'd- just- I'd never be able to enjoy it. It would be like this giant karmic debt.

• karmic n.印度教中的某钟残滓
• giant karmic debt n.业报 深重的罪过

Monica: Alright. I'm gonna go change, I've got a date.

• go change:换衣服
• get a date：约会

Monica: Look, I don't even know how I feel about him yet. Just give me a chance to figure that out.

• figure out v.想清楚

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Monica: I mean, why should I let them meet him? I mean, I bring a guy home, and within five minutes they're all over him. I mean, they're like coyotes, picking off the weak members of the herd.

• coyote n. (北美大草原的)郊狼 土狼
• herd n.兽群
• pick off v.摘掉 取走[eg:You should not pick off any of the flowers]
• all over adv.全部结束, 到处, 浑身,
• all over him的意思是a.不喜欢，全身挑毛病/
• I'm over you 就是說我跟你之間完了, 我不想再和你有任何的瓜葛.

Paula: Listen. As someone who's seen more than her fair share of bad beef, I'll tell you: that is not such a terrible thing. I mean, they're your friends, they're just looking out after you.

• As someone who's seen more than her fair share of bad beef 作为一个见了过多坏的牛排的厨师，我要告诉你：这不是坏事。这和中文里有人依仗自己经验丰富，开始给他人忠告时所说的——我过的桥比你走的路还长，吃的盐比你吃的饭还多。这事儿我见得多了，听我的没错。—差不多，就是表明自己下面的话具有可信度，表明自己有足够的经验来处理你所面对的困难。所以这里应该是说“我已阅坏牛肉无数” “这种事情我见多了”的意思

Paula: Well, you do realise the odds of that happening are a little slimmer if they never get to meet the guy.

• odds n.可能几率
• slim adj.渺茫的[eg：His chances for getting the scholarship were very slim]

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Monica: (shouts to Chandler) Chandler? Do you promise to be good?
(Chandler makes a 'Cross my heart' sign.It starts to rain and he taps on the window.)

• cross one's heart v.在胸口划十字 保证 [eg: Honey, cross my heart, I've never looked at another woman since the first day I set eyes on you! Believe me, that's the truth!]
  
  

Phoebe: 'Dear Ms. Buffay. Thank you for calling attention to our error. We have credited your account with five hundred dollars. We're sorry for the inconvenience, and hope you'll accept this- (Searches in her purse) -football phone as our free gift.' Do you believe this?! Now I have a thousand dollars, and a football phone!

• call attention to 唤起注意
• credit vt.把...记入贷方[eg:The bank credited 50,000 dollars to us]
• credit account with 将……（钱）存入你的帐户

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Monica: (to Alan) Thanks. I'll call you tomorrow. (Alan exits, to all) Okay. Okay, let's let the Alan-bashing begin. Who's gonna take the first shot, hmm?

• bash v.n.痛击 批判

Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kinda crooked.

• kinda crooked adj.有点邪邪的 不正派的[eg:Don't deal with crooked people]

Ross: ...So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.

• yardstick n.衡量标准 准绳
  • [eg1: Do you think the TOEFL score is a good yardstick for English proficiency?]
  • [eg2: She was a yardstick against which I could measure my achievements]

Chandler: Oh, yeah. I'd marry him just for his David Hasselhof impression alone.You know I'm gonna be doing that at parties, right? (Does the impression)

• impression n.(对名人等的)漫画式模仿

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一些地道的表达：

walked me to the subway

Since always

We're with you. We got it.