影片對白 ...But
a man can change.
3. lose track of time 忘記時間
Sorry- sorry we're late, we, uh, kinda just, y'know, lost track of
time.
對不起，對不起，我們遲到了，我們，呃，只是有點，知道吧，忘記時間了。
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the tendency to
miss lunch.
使用電腦時忘記時間的人都知道玩電腦很容易吃不上午飯。
4. throw in 外加，附帶
You just start with half a dozen European cities, throw in thirty euphemisms
for male genitalia, and bam! You have got yourself a
book.
你只要以半打歐洲城市開篇，再加上三十個男性生殖器的別稱，嘭！你自己的書就寫成了。
You need to throw in another thousand dollars for the tip.
你還需要再加一千美元作為小費。
5. kill off 消除，滅絕
C'mon, the guy's a secondary character, just a, y'know, complication you
eventually kill off.
好啦，這家伙只是個二流角色，只是一個，知道吧，你最終會跨越的障礙。
Readers joined some authors in a plea to JK Rowling not to kill off Harry
Potter in the seventh and final book.
讀者和一些作家聯合請求J·K·羅琳不要在第七部，也是最后一部書中殺死哈利·波特。
文化面面觀
Euphemism
委婉語
A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be
less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase
it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the
speaker. When a phrase is used as a euphemism, it often becomes a metaphor whose
literal meaning is dropped. Euphemisms are often used to hide unpleasant or
disturbing ideas, even when the literal term for them is not necessarily
offensive. This type of euphemism is used in public relations and politics,
where it is sometimes disparagingly called doublespeak. There are also
superstitious euphemisms, based (consciously or subconsciously) on the idea that
words have the power to bring bad fortune and religious euphemisms, based on the
idea that some words are sacred, or that some words are spiritually imperiling.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism)
Some examples:
Restroom --- toilet room
acting like rabbits, making
love to, getting it on, doing it, or sleeping with --- for having sexual
intercourse with
motion discomfort bag, air-sickness bag--- vomit bag, sick
bag or barf bag
sanitary landfill --- garbage dump
ill-advised --- very
poor or bad
pre-owned vehicles --- used cars
correctional facility ---
prison
the big C --- cancer
the crab --- cancer
bathroom tissue,
t.p., or bath tissue --- toilet paper
caretaker --- janitor
sanitation
worker --- "garbage man"
Where can I wash my hands? or Where can I powder my
nose? --- Where can I find a toilet?
percussive maintenance --- fixing by
hitting
考考你
用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。
1. 湯姆以前很沉悶，但是自從蘇姍對他有好感之后他開朗多了。
2. 失去幾個老朋友，花掉你所有的空閑時間，你才能做好主席的工作。
3.
很多宏偉計劃都是由于資金不足而泡湯的。
4. 也許日常瑣事使我失去了時間概念。
Friends 1 《老友記》1（精講之九）考考你 參考答案
1. 他所有的親戚都湊錢給他交高昂的學費。
All his relatives chipped in
for his exorbitant tuition.
2.
先發制人，羅伯特說，不是美國的風格--那將是“第二個珍珠港”。
Striking first, Robert said, was
un-American-it would be "a Pearl Harbor in reverse."
3.
有些時候你需要放松放松，享受生活。
Sometimes you need to lay back and smell the
roses.
4. - 你是我見過的最漂亮的女生。
- 胡說。我沒那么好啦。
- You are the
most beautiful girl I've ever met.
- Get out. I am not that
good.
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