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看老友记学英语:第五季第16集:警察来了

2008-10-08来源:和谐英语

The One With The Cop

本集简介


Joey has a dream that Monica is his girlfriend; Monica tells him it just means he wants a relationship with the closeness that he sees between herself and Chandler. She suggests he try being friends with a woman before being intimate. After hitting on Rachel (unsuccessfully), Joey tries to make friends with new women; but they find his "friends first" approach so enticing that they want the intimacy immediately. Phoebe finds a police badge under a cushion at the coffee house. She plans to return it but has too much fun pretending to be a cop... until she pulls it on the actual owner of the badge. She drops the badge and runs away; he tracks her down and asks her on a date. Ross buys a new sofa (couch), but can't get it up the stairs to his apartment.

乔伊梦见莫妮卡是他的女朋友;
莫妮卡说这表示他看见自己和钱德的例子后,渴望朋友型的亲密关系。
她鼓励乔伊和亲密的女友交朋友。
乔伊试着追瑞秋但没有成功,结果他又尝试和别的女人交朋友;女孩们觉得乔伊的“交朋友”战略太过迷人,反而迫不及待想和他更进一步。
菲比在咖啡馆的沙发垫下发现一枚警察徽章。物归原主吧?但假扮警察实在太好玩了……遭遇徽章的主人后,菲比丢盔卸甲而逃。
但警察还是将她追查出来,并约会她。
罗斯在瑞秋的陪伴下去买沙发,但他搬不上楼。

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经典对白:


5-16 手势语

故事梗概


怪异的Phoebe总是那么得不可思议,当大家拭不出零钱给小(tips)时,她居然能在Central Perk咖啡馆的沙发垫下发现几枚硬币——外加一枚警察徽章。激动之余,又让Phoebe左右为难,物归原主吧?可假扮警察实在是太好玩了……遭遇徽章的主人后, Phoebe卸甲而逃。但警察逐是找上门来将她 “追查”了出来.并开始了一段浪漫惰缘.

Rachel: She is so cute! You could fit her right in your little pocket!
Joey: I don't know. I mean I like her a lot, and she's really nice, but?
Monica: But what?
Joey: (shyly) She keeps punching me.

讲解

cross one’s fingers是外国人常用的手势语(non-verbal communications)之一,就是将中指和食指搭在一起作缠绕状。它有两层意思,一层表示“愿上帝保佑你,祝你成功,祝你好运”(hope for good luck);另一层意思是,表示做动作的人在说谎或者做不真诚的允诺(insincere promise)。西方人认为说谎是不好的,上帝是不会原谅的,即便是一个white lie(善意的谎言)。因此,说谎者,尤其是小孩子,就在说谎的同时悄悄cross his/her fingers以向上帝坦白,祈求原谅。


很多电影中都有“边编瞎话边悄悄背过手去做这个动作”的这一可爱情节。如果实在腾不出手来,还有人用双腿替代呢。


说到手势语,不能不提thumb one’s nose,wriggle fingers back and forth。它是外国小孩子们幸灾乐祸表示淘气(taunting)的一个手势,用大拇指抵住鼻尖,其余四个手指来回煽动,通常还伴以有节奏的哼唱或吐舌头等,让人实在又好气又好笑。


知道“我爱你”的手势语怎么打吗?试试看,thumb,index finger and pinkie up,others folded down,即“大拇指、食指、小拇指向上,其他抱住手掌”,你学会了吗?此外,如果你想让别人过你跟前来,你可以wave your hand toward yourself;如果你想表示某一件东西很smelly,你可以pinch your nose with thumb and-forefinger while wrinkling your nose;如果你想祝某人成功,你可以hold up your middle and forefinger in a V;如果你想表示“好”的意思,你可以close your hand or hands,make your thumb extend upward;相反,如果你想表示“差”的意思,你可以做这个姿势:one or both hand closed,thumbs extended downward;表示反对、不赞成(disapproval)可以flown;而both hands forms fists;forefingers extended,stroke one forefinger across the other,则表示“shame on you"。你猜对了吗?那么你可以clap your hands together,这表示你对自己的智商很满意。


还有一件有趣的事,英语中拇指叫thumb,其它四个都叫finger(fore finger,middle finger,ring finger,little finger/pinkie),所以the third finger是指无名指而非中指。可是,在有的字典中对thumb的定义又是one of the fingers;严格讲,它应是the thick short innermost digit(指头)of a hand next to forennger。