Friends英语赏析【4】爱在心里口难开！

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第四篇

上回说到Ross因为前妻的事而感到非常郁闷，他担心万一老天只给每个男人安排了一个女人怎么办？那他岂不是再也找不到自己的另一半了？碰到这种情况，我们大半会劝人家说”天涯何处无芳草”，可Joey是个好吃之人，所以他就很有趣地把 “芳草” 比作了 “冰激凌”，他教导Ross说："What are you talking about? 'One woman'? That's like saying there's only one flavour of ice cream for you. Let me tell you something, Ross. There's lots of flavours out there.（你在说什么啊？ 一个女人？ 这就好比天下就只有一种味道的冰激凌似的。我来告诉你Ross, 冰激凌的口味多着呢。)” 末了他还对Ross说了句grab a spoon, 意思是鼓励Ross抓起匙子准备好去品尝各式”冰激凌”。

这天晚上正好Ross和Rachel单独在一起：

ROSS: Okay. You know you probably didn't know this, but back in high school, I had a, um, major crush on you.
RACHEL: I knew.
ROSS: You did! Oh.... I always figured you just thought I was Monica's geeky older brother.
RACHEL: I did.
ROSS: Oh. Listen, do you think- and try not to let my intense vulnerability become any kind of a factor here- but do you think it would be okay if I asked you out? Sometime? Maybe?
RACHEL: Yeah, maybe...
ROSS: Okay... okay, maybe I will...
RACHEL: Goodnight.
ROSS: Goodnight.
(Rachel goes into her room and Monica enters the living room as Ross is leaving.)
Monica: See ya.... Waitwait, what's with you?
Ross: I just grabbed a spoon.

【世博视角】

Ross向Rachel承认说他在高中时暗恋过她( back in high school, I had a major crush on you). major 在这里相当于big的意思，have a crush on sb 就表示喜欢某个人，这种喜欢有可能只是一时的迷恋，有句话说得好：It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone ，an hour to like someone，and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

使Ross觉得有些意外的是，Rachel早就知道这个小秘密了，呵呵，女孩子对于感情方面的事情总是比较敏感的。于是Ross又说："I always figured you just thought I was Monica's geeky older brother. （我总觉得你只是把我看作是Monica的土包子哥哥）"。Geek在美语当中是用来专指那些穿着很土气，而且很boring的人。而对于figure 这个词许多人恐怕只是把它作为名词来用，它可以表示数字(number)或是女性的身材(woman’s body)，但在口语中，figure经常是被用作动词来表示think, believe, feel等等, 比如：We figured (that) you'd want to rest after your journey.

没想到Rachel说她确实是那样认为的, 接着Ross鼓足了勇气吞吞吐吐地问Rachel是不是改天能约她(do you think it would be okay if I asked you out? Sometime? Maybe?) , 生怕Rachel因为同情而点头，他还插了一句and try not to let my intense vulnerability become any kind of a factor （别让我这种很受伤的样子影响你）。

Rachel笑盈盈地回答说maybe, 看到这儿我想Ross应该马上就顺水推舟了，可是他okay了老半天，(我等得急啊…) 居然憋出句maybe I will... 。真是昏倒，要换作是Joey的话早就顺着杆子往上爬了。

尽管我们看得着急，Ross可是在那儿独自高兴呢，这时Monica出来和他说再见，看到他那美滋滋的样子就问有什么事情(what's with you?), 腼腆的Ross觉得自己刚才可是grab a spoon了，哈！我觉得他真是可爱极了:-)