看老友记学英语:第四季第03集:手铐游戏

The One With The 'Cuffs

本集简介：

Chandler and Joey try to make due with patio furniture and a canoe as their only furnishings. Chandler bumps into Joanna (Rachel's boss) and they go out again... and end up having quite a fling; while sneaking into Joanna's office, Rachel finds Chandler half naked and hand-cuffed to a chair. Monica caters her mother's party and "pulls a Monica" when she loses a fake nail in one of the quiches. A salesman tries to sell Joey encyclopedias, but Joey just can't afford a whole set.

大楼管理员处理废品，乔伊捡回庭院桌椅，和独木舟一起摆在家中作为家具。
钱德邂逅乔安娜（瑞秋的上司），并再度和她鬼混。
瑞秋溜进乔安娜办公室，发现钱德半裸着，双手还被铐在椅子上。
莫妮卡给她母亲的派对供应食物，却把一只假指甲掉在了某个乳蛋饼里。

最终莫妮卡用她的精湛厨艺征服了全体来宾以及……母亲。
一个推销员想卖一套百科全书给乔伊，但乔伊只买得起V字头的一本。

视频欣赏：

经典对白之一：

4-03-1
我明白了

故事梗概

一天,Joey 的 apartment 里来了一位 salesman，这个人上来就问他：Are you the decision maker ot thehouse?这句话问得很有技巧，碰巧被问的人是Joey;Joey 还没缓过劲儿来，这个人已经进门了。原来这个salesman 是推销百科全书(encyclopedia)的，这人问了Joey 一个问题，可谓一针见血，说到了他的痛处。他问：Do your triends evey have a conversation and you just nod along even though you're not really sure what they're talking about? Joey的脑子中马上浮现出一个接一个的片段，
全是他跟着人家乱点头，其实，他根本不知道人家在谈什么。

这个人终于说服了Joey，不过 Joey能买得起吗?

Joey: Wow! There's a lot I didn't know about vomit. (The duck comes to the door of the bathroom, quacking.) (To the duck) In a minute. (The duck goes back into the bathroom.)

The Salesman: So, what do you say, Joey? You get the whole set of encyclopedias for twelve hundred dollars, which works out to just 50 bucks a book!

Joey: Twelve hundred dollars? You think I have $1200? I'm home in the middle of the day, and I got patio furniture in my living room. I guess there's a few things you don't get from book learnin?

The Salesman: Well ah, what can you swing?

Joey: How about zero down and zero a month for a long, long time?

The Salesman: You don抰 have, anything?

Joey: You wanna see what I got? (He gets up to empty out his pockets) Okay? I抳e got a baby Tootsie Roll, a movie stub, keys, a Kleenex, a rock, and an army man. Hey!

The Salesman: Okay, I-I get the picture. Uh, thanks, for your time. (Starts to leave)

Joey: And a 50. (The salesman stops suddenly) Huh, these must be Chandler抯 pants.

The Salesman: For 50 bucks, you can get one book! What will it be? A? B? C?

讲解

推销员首先问　Joey　是否知道　Van Gogh　(梵高)，接着问Pope　(罗马教皇)住在哪里?　Joey 回答说：“In the woods．”，但是他马上意识到自己可能回答错了，就给自己解围，说：No wait—wait，that's the joke answer．事实上，Pope 住在 Vatican City (梵蒂冈城)。如此这般后，推销员的结论是：You need these books．

Zero Down 即 Zero Down Mortgage，是指“无首期贷款”。Joey 从口袋中掏出的Tootsie Roll 是美国一种著名的巧克力太妃糖，Kleenex 是卫生纸的一个品牌(克里内克丝面巾纸)，中文商标是“舒洁”，它是金佰利公司旗下的世界知名品牌，现在可以称得上是卫生纸的代名词。

What can you swing是指“你能负担多少?”swing在这里是个及物动词，表示to manage or arrange successfully，即“应付得来，成功安排”，例如swing a deal就有“做成一笔买卖”的意思。

I get the picture．是指“我明白是怎么回事了”。问句就可以是：Do
you get the picture?

显然，get the picture 是指“明白”的意思，picture 这里并非指“照片、图片”；英语中表示“明白”的词或短语还有“I see．”、“I got it．”、“I've
got it．”、“I get you．”、“I understand”、“I see your point．”等等。Get the
Picture　还曾经是20世纪90年代在美国电视节目中流行的一档节目。

经典对白之二：

4-03-2 Monica 不受妈妈的信任

故事梗概

Monice 的妈妈(Geller 太太)要开一个 Party，Monica 负责供应食物。
Gellet 太太担心 Monica 会咬指甲，所以力荐 Monica 戴上假指甲，
谁知等 Phoebe 发现的时候，只剩九个指甲。
原来，她不小心将假指甲掉在了某个乳蛋饼(quiche cup)
里了。Monica 本想在父母面前好好表现一下，但现在知道自己又闯了祸．
生怕母亲知道了会气疯(treak out)，
于是直接向母亲交待了这件事……

Mrs. Geller: (entering) (to Monica) Honey, don't bite your nails.

Monica: Okay ah, please don't freak out. Umm, but ah, there's a blue fingernail in one of the quiche cups, and there's no way to know which one.

Phoebe: And! Whoever finds it wins the prize!

Mrs. Geller: (laughs) I'm not freaking out.

Monica: Then why are you laughing?

Mrs. Geller: It's nothing, it's just that now your Father owes me five dollars.

讲解

Monica 的妈妈向来对 Monica 没有信心，就连这次 Monica 为她供应食物她也不放心。她早就和 Monica 的父亲打了赌，赌的正是 Monica 一定会搞砸，这不，果然是妈妈赢了，所以她感到很高兴。不过，Monica 一定气坏了。

freak 这个词的使用频率很高，指“反复无常；怪人；怪事”等。例如，有一次，Ross 买了一条新皮裤 (leather pants)，Chandler 很反对，不过Chandler 在大家面前一致配合说这条皮裤很好，不过 Chandler 一出门，当Ross问：Seriously，what do you think?

Joey：You look like a，freak．

Rachel：Awful，absolutely awful．

Phoebe and Monica 也给了一些否定性的评价 (negative comments)。

freaky 则指“畸形的；奇怪的”。在拉斯维加斯时，Joey 突然惊喜地发现有一个人的手和自己的一模一样 (identical hands twin)，并且开心地认为这会带来无限商机。Joey 说：This is Vegas man! People will pay to see，freaky
stuff! Okay, how much would you pay to see this hand (Holds up his left
hand) twice? Chandler 顿了顿后说：Y'know，I—I can't really put a price on
that Joe．

而 freak out 则是指“发疯、发脾气”，’有时 out 可以省略，直接说：She is going to freak．
(她要发脾气了。) Friends 第四季第18集中，有一次，Rachel 和 Joshua 在房间约会，共进晚餐时，Joey 的宠物鸡和鸭的出现让Joshua很不自在。Joshua 马上站了起来，并躲得远远的。他说：Is there
ah，is there some way they can not be here．It's just ah，farm birds really
kinda freak me out! (有什么方法能让它们不在这儿吗? 这些家禽真的有些让我发疯!)

还有一次，感恩节快到了，Joey 在头上套了一个huge turkey，他本想吓唬吓唬(scare) Chandler，没想到火鸡却卡在了他的头上，取不下来了。这时，Phoebe说：Oh my God! Monica's gonna totally freak out!(哦，天呐! Monica 会气疯的!) 因为将人装扮成动物的情形是Monica最受不了的事情。(It's her pet peeve．)