看老友记学英语:第十季第04集:爱玛的生日蛋糕

本集简介：

The Cake

Ross and Rachel have a party for Emma's first birthday. They insist that everyone be there, which strains all their plans: Chandler and Monica are trying to get away for the weekend; Phoebe has a massage appointment; Joey has an audition. The party gets underway, but drags on because Emma is napping and Rachel won't wake her up. Joey didn't know he was supposed to get Emma a present, so where he hears that Phoebe has written Emma a song, he decides to do a dramatic reading. His last minute effort out-does Phoebe's song. The bunny-shaped cake with Emma's picture is mistakenly replaced with a novelty cake shaped like a penis (still with Emma's picture on it). Rachel goes to get it replaced, tempting everyone else to leave.

爱玛过一周岁生日，大家为她准备了丰厚的生日礼物，可小寿星一直睡不醒；远在新泽西订的蛋糕送错了，瑞秋只好开着莫妮卡的车拿去换，生日派对迟迟不能开始。
乔伊要去试镜，菲比和一个顾客有约，钱德和莫妮卡要去佛蒙德州度周末，大家都着急要走。
罗斯得去给超速驾驶的瑞秋送驾照，临走让乔伊管着大家，谁也不许离开。
四人用玩具赛跑的方式决定谁先离开，乔伊和菲比趁机溜走，不过最后六人还是聚在一起为爱玛过生日。

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经典对白：

10-04
Emma的第一个生日Party

故事梗概

Emma过一周岁生日，可小寿星一直睡不醒。更糟的是远在新泽西订的蛋糕做得完金走了样，兔子造型蛋糕被做成了比较适合女子单身派对的那种造型。Rachel只好开车去换，以至于生日派对迟迟不能开始。之后， Ross逐不得不去给趋速驾驶的Rachel送驾照．临走让Joey管着大家，谁也不许高开。但是，Joey急着要去试镜，Phoebe如和一个顾客有约，Monica和Chandler要去佛蒙特州度周末，大家身在曹营心在汉，都着急要走。于是四人用玩县赛跑的方式决定谁先高开，Joey和Phoebe趁机溜走，不过最后六人逐是聚在一起为Emma过生日。

Rachel: And I mean, you know, you guys... This is a big deal. I mean, how can we have her first birthday party without her aunt and her uncle!

Monica: All right, we'll stay. We can just drive up after the party.

Chandler: Fine, but if we end up not doing this Maxim thing because of this party...

Monica: Believe me, that is not why we won't be doing that!

讲解

Something is a big deal to somebody．等于Somcthing means a lot to So erICbody．或Somebody thinks something is of great importance．(某物对某人来说很重要)，例如：

·Winning students’respect is a big deal to a teacher．
(得到学生的尊重对一个教师来讲很重要。)

又如：This superstar doesn't want to make a big dcal of his birthday．(这个超级明星想低调开生日派对，不想兴师动众。)而Losing the match was no big deal．这句话的意思则是：输了这场比赛没什么大不了的。
如果你想安慰或劝导朋友，以下这些就很实用，有机会的话，不妨试一下：

·It's no big dcal．／Not a big deal．(没什么大不了。)
·lt is not the end of the,world．(又不是世界末日!)
·Never mind．It happcns．(不要紧。这样的事时常会发生。)
·Could be worse．(还不算太糟糕。)
·Forget about it．It is just history／past．(忘了它吧。那都是过去的事了。)
·Let bygones be bygones．(过去的就让它过去吧。)
What's done is done．／What's dom、caniiot bc Hndone．(覆水难收)
·It's no use crying over spilt milk!(后悔是没有用的!／覆水难收)
·It could be a blessing in disguise．(说不定会因祸得福呢。)
·Maybe it's a11 for the best．(或许这样到头来会是好事。)
·Life is not a bcd of roses．(生活并非尽如人意。)
·Life is full of ups and downs．(生活充满起起落落，并非一帆风顺。）
·Don't worry and be happy．Everything will be alright。(别担心，开心点儿。一切都会好起来的。)

此外，口语中，我们还常说：
·Deal!
·It's a deal．
·That's a dcal．
·Call it a deal．
它们的意思是“一言为定，就这么说定了。”

deal还有“便宜货”的意思，相当于bargain。如：She got a good deal (paid a low price)on her new housc．

en d up with，end up doing something(to finally do something，especially without having planned to)的意思是“以……告终，以做没预料到的、计划外的事而告终”，通常是指一些不好的结局。例如：

·Peace talks cnded up with nothing．It seems that we have to resort to force to handle this hot potato．
(和谈毫无结果。看来我们不得不诉诸武力来解决这个“烫手山芋”了。)

再举一例：

·This criminal ended up committing suicide．
(这个罪犯最后自杀了。)

如果想表达“结果是……，发展为……，以……告终”，还可以用turn out (常与to，that连用)。例如：

·Thc plan turned out to be a failure．
(这项计划结果归于失败。)