跟《老友记》学英语（7）

《老友记》第一季第三集：

Alan来了

Monica让他们像以前一样抨击她的男友，出乎意料的是大家都喜欢Alan

(1). Monica送Alan出门，然后问其他人挑Alan什么毛病
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?

-bashing
-bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to strong, public, and often unfair criticism of the people or group mentioned.
(与名词连用构成名词或形容词)表示“抨击”，“非难”
例句：
Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored, suspicious voters.
抨击保守党或工党并不足以改变那些心生厌倦，心存怀疑的选民的态度

take the first shot
开头炮，先发言

(2). Joey说喜欢Alan的笑，Phoebe想到了相关的儿歌
Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kinda crooked.
Phoebe: Yes, yes! Like the man in the shoe!
Ross: ...What shoe?
Phoebe: From the nursery rhyme. 'There was a crooked man, Who had a crooked smile, Who lived in a shoe, For a... while...'

crooked
A crooked smile is uneven and bigger on one side than the other.
(笑)不自然的，歪向一边的
例句：
Polly gave her a crooked grin.
Polly向她不自然地咧嘴一笑

crooked smile

nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a poem or song for young children, especially one that is old or well known.
儿歌，童谣

其实这是两首不同的儿歌，Phoebe弄混了
两首儿歌歌词如下:
There was a Crooked Man
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
　　
There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn’t know what to do!
So she gave them some broth without any bread,
And she whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed!

(3). Ross与Rachel对Alan的看法
Ross: ...So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.
Rachel: What future boyfriends? Nono, I th- I think this could be, y'know, it.

yardstick
If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things.
衡量标准，评判尺度，准绳
例句：
There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course.
有意就读的学生在报名参加一门课程前没有任何参照标准去衡量各个学校的水平

(4). Chandler和Ross对Alan的看法
Chandler: Oh, yeah. I'd marry him just for his David Hasselhoff impression alone. You know I'm gonna be doing that at parties, right? (Does the impression)
Ross: You know what I like most about him, though?
All: What?
Ross: The way he makes me feel about myself.

David Hasselhoff
1952年07月17日出生于巴尔的摩，美国电影电视演员、歌手。
他曾出演过电影电视39部，代表作为《霹雳游侠》、《海岸救生队》等剧集。

David Hasselhoff

impression
An impression is an amusing imitation of someone’s behavior or way of talking, usually someone well-known.
(通常指对名人的)滑稽模仿
例句：
He did impressions of Sean Connery and James Mason.
他对肖恩康纳利和詹姆斯梅森进行了滑稽模仿

Chandler模仿David Hasselhoff

(5). Phoebe把银行多给她的钱给了流浪的Lizzie
Lizzie: Weird Girl, what are you doing?
Phoebe: No, I want you to have it. I don't want it.
Lizzie: No, no, I ha-I have to give you something.
Phoebe: Oh, that's fine, no.
Lizzie: Would you like my tin-foil hat?
Phoebe: No. 'Cause you need that. No, it's okay, thanks.
Lizzie: Please, let me do something.
Phoebe: Okay, alright, you buy me a soda, and then we're even. Okay?

tin-foil
锡纸，锡箔
foil
Foil consists of sheets of metal as thin as paper. It is used to wrap food in.
(用来包裹食物的)箔(纸)
Pour cider around the meat and cover with foil.
在肉周围倒上苹果酒，然后以箔纸覆盖
aluminium foil
铝箔

aluminum foil

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