Friends英语赏析【1】为什么要逃婚

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Friends, 中文译名为《六人行》或《老友记》是美国正在热播的一个sitcom (即situation comedy) 也就是我们所说的情景喜剧。它之所以这么受欢迎，是因为其内容轻松，语言幽默，每每令人捧腹不已。对于英语学习者来说，我们更能从中学到不少地道的口语。现在就请大家和我一起感受其中的乐趣吧！

第一篇

ENTER RACHEL IN A WET WEDDING DRESS. SHE STARTS TO SEARCH AROUND THE ROOM)

下面这段是剧中主人公之一Rachel第一次出现的场面。她穿着淋湿的wedding dress (结婚礼服)闯进了咖啡屋，Monica (Rachel的高中同学)问她究竟发生了什么事，我们来听一下：

原来Rachel上演了一出逃婚记。她给大家的解释是：

RACHEL: Oh God... well, it started about a half hour before the wedding. I was in the room where we were keeping all the presents, and I was looking at this gravy boat. This really gorgeous Lamauge gravy boat. When all of a sudden I realised that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Barry! And then I got really freaked out, and that's when it hit me: how much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head. Y'know, I mean, he always looked familiar, but... Anyway, I just had to get out of there, and I started wondering 'Why am I doing this, and who am I doing this for?'.

【世博视角】

乍一看到boat这个字，大家会不会以为别人送了一条船给Rachel和Barry作为结婚礼物呢？ 其实这里所说的boat是一种有手柄的，用来盛gravy (作调味用的肉汁)的船形盘。Rachel 说它真的很漂亮（really gorgeous）, 女孩子们很喜欢用gorgeous来赞美那些漂亮的东西，而男孩子们通常只用gorgeous来形容漂亮、性感的女孩子。比如有些男生看到迎面走来一个漂亮MM很可能就会吹个口哨，然后搭讪到：Hello, gorgeous!

当Rachel正在欣赏那只漂亮的船形盘时，她突然意识到自己原来对这只盘子更感兴奋，而不是她的未婚夫Barry ( When all of a sudden I realized that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Barry!). turn on 这个词组可以用来表示把什么东西打开，如turn on the light / the gas (开灯/煤气)，除此之外，turn on 还可以用来形容人啦，比如, A lot of guys are turned on by this gorgeous blonde (很多男人都对这个金发美女感“性趣”。) :-Q

随后Rachel被自己的想法吓坏了 (And then I got really freaked out.) freak out 是一个很口语化的词组，可以用来表示不安，焦躁，害怕等情绪；freak这个词本身也可以用作名词或形容词来表示 “不同寻常、怪异” 等，带有一些贬义色彩，譬如：The neighbors think he's a bit of a freak (邻居们觉得他有点怪)。为了吸引眼球，有些地方还会搞一些很恶心的freak show, 例如怪胎展什么的，我是没看过啦，I am afraid it will freak me out. 呵呵。

最后Rachel突然觉得Barry很像“土豆先生”：and that's when it hit me: how much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head. (一种塑料玩具，见左图， Barry长得确实和它很像呢，呵呵)。Hit这个词用得好，既简单又形象，表示某人的脑子突然被一个事实或想法“击中”, 它就相当于前面的realize,又如：Suddenly it hit me. He was trying to ask me to marry him.