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看老友记学英语:第六季第11集:一张桌子

2008-10-09来源:和谐英语

本集简介：

The One With The Apothecary Table

Rachel buys furniture from Pottery Barn, but tells Phoebe she got it at a flea market, because Phoebe hates Pottery Barn. The deception is complicated by the fact that Ross buys an identical table from Pottery Barn. Joey and Janine spend time with Monica and Chandler; Janine doesn't like hanging out with them, and hard feelings grow and grow until Joey and Janine break up and Janine moves out.

瑞秋从陶器坊买了家具，但因为菲比对此店深恶痛绝，瑞秋只得撒谎说是从跳蚤市场买的。
罗斯也到陶器坊买了一模一样的桌子，瑞秋的谎言眼看要被戳穿。
乔伊、Janine和莫妮卡、钱德一起玩; Janine不喜欢和他们相处，这种情绪愈演愈烈，最终Janine和乔伊分手，Janine搬离。

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经典对白：

6-11　陶瓷大谷仓

故事梗概

Rachel在Pottrery Barn陶瓷大谷仓买了一款非常溧亮的桌子，放在Phoebe的屋子里。可Phoebe曾说过不喜欢Pottery Barn的东西，因为里面全是大批量生产的家具，不像手工家具那样有历史，有故事。 Rachel就只好骗她说这是她在跳蚤市场(flea maeket)上买的便宜货。而谎言总是很容易就被猜穿……可结果却不一定糟糕。

Phoebe: Oh my God. This is where you got all our stuff, Pottery Barn! Oh my God!
Rachel: Okay! Okay-okay look-no I did, I just wanted this stuff and I know how you feel about Pottery Barn. Just?Come on don't be mad.
Phoebe: No-no-no, but I am mad! I am mad! Because this stuff is everything that is wrong with the world! And it's all sitting up in my living room and all I can think about is how I don't have that lamp!
Rachel: Well then honey, buy the lamp! Hey, we have that 60 bucks from Ross.
Phoebe: I can't! I can't! Unless? Well are you saying that-that you would move out if-if I didn't buy that lamp?
Rachel: What?! No! I'm not gonna move out!
Phoebe: But are you saying that you would move out if I didn't buy that lamp?
Rachel: (gets it) Oh. Yes! I would so move out!
Phoebe: Okay then I don't have a choice! I have to buy that lamp!
Rachel: That't right!

讲解

我们可以看到Phoebe最终也喜欢上了Pottery Barn的东西，非要找个借口把灯买回来。那么Pottery Barn到底是个什么地方，让老友们这么喜欢。实际上Pottery Barn是美国一家非常著名的家具及饰品连锁店(chain)，素以家具较高的品质和极佳的舒适度而闻名。它成立于1949、年，当时店面设在曼哈顿下城(Lower Manhattan)(纽约的商业中心和市政中心)。开业最初便形成一种经营理念(idea)，即家具及饰品(home furnishings)要在舒适度、样式和质量上要与众不同(be exceptional in comfort，style and quality)。Pottery Barn的设计都是独一无二的，而且产品品质优良。它根据不同年龄段推出相应的家具及饰品，如有：PBkids collections(PB儿童系列)，PBteen collections(PB少年系列)等等。产品很受人们喜欢。自从Friends播出之后，许多观众受Rachel的影响开始纷纷到Pottery Barn 去买家具。看来Friends的广告效应真是很强呀。了解了Pottery Barn，我们下面需要知道一些家具的英语说法，否则到国外买家具时，只能靠“手舞足蹈”、“指手画脚”地告诉别人你要买什么，这总是有失体面。

下面介绍一些家具及饰品方面的词汇：

furniture
家具dining table餐桌

home furnishings家居饰ding chair餐椅

sofa沙发
buffet餐柜

love seat双人座沙发
bar吧台

ottoman无靠背无扶手的软椅，
barstool　吧台椅

也就是我们所说的脚踏

chair cushion椅垫headboards床头

chaise有靠背的躺椅，也叫贵妃踏
daybeds沙发床

slipcover沙发套
bedside Tables床头柜

bookcase
书架(不带门)
dressers梳妆台

cabinet
书柜子(带门)
wardrobes&armoires
衣橱