Friends英语赏析【7】标准男友

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第七篇

上回说到Monica不肯把她的约会对象介绍给大伙，但在同事的劝导之下，加上大伙再三保证守规矩(be good), Monica终于把那个叫Alan的人带来了。

送走Alan之后：

Monica: Okay. Okay, let's let the Alan-bashing begin. Who's gonna take the first shot, hmm?
Monica: C'mon!
Ross: ...I'll go. Let's start with the way he kept picking at- no, I'm sorry, I can't do this, can't do this. We loved him.
All: Loved him! Yeah! He's great!
Monica: Wait a minute! We're talking about someone that I'm going out with?
All: Yeah!
Rachel: And did you notice...? (She spreads her thumb and index finger.)
The Guys: Yeah.
Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kinda crooked.
Phoebe: Yes, yes! Like the man in the shoe!
Ross: ...What shoe?
Phoebe: From the nursery rhyme. 'There was a crooked man, Who had a crooked smile, Who lived in a shoe, For a... while...'
Ross: ...So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.
Rachel: What future boyfriends? Nono, I th- I think this could be, y'know, it.
Monica: Really!

【世博视角】

Alan一走，Monica心想那群 “土狼” 肯定要本性大暴露了，于是就先声夺人地说: “ 好，‘Alan批判会’ 现在开始，谁第一个来？（Okay, let's let the Alan-bashing begin. Who's gonna take the first shot, hmm）?” 这里要说一下bash这个词，它看上去似乎很简单，但用法却比较复杂，一词多义，既可作动词, 也可作名词，非正式地表示 “猛击、(用语言)攻击”等意思。它的动名词形式bashing可以和其它单词一起组成新名词，用来表示 “对…不满”，如：government-bashing, gay-bashing , etc. Monica 就用它很巧妙地创造出了 “Alan-bashing” 这个词，颇有些语带双关，因为bash还可以解释为party, 例如：He had a big bash for his 18th birthday.

这次的情况还真与以往不同，“土狼”们你看我，我看你，居然没一个先 “下手 (take the first shot)”, Monica才不信他们会这么好呢，又催了一句：“ Come on. (说呀！)，这时她的哥哥Ross终于发声音了，刚开始他还煞有介事地挑起刺来，最后他终于忍不住说出Monica最想听的一句话来: “We loved him (我们很喜欢他)。” Joey觉得Alan最棒的地方就是他笑起来坏坏的(Know what was great? The way his smile was kinda crooked.) Phoebe也连声说是，然后也不知是她的那根神经搭错了，Alan的坏笑让她想起了一首莫名其妙的安睡曲(nursery rhyme),还哼唱给大家听，大伙都被她搞得一楞一楞的，她自己也觉得有些不对劲儿……

Ross接着夸奖Alan，说他将成为衡量Monica所有未来男友的一个标准 (So I think Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boyfriends will be measured.) yardstick 本身是一种丈量工具，即 “码尺”，其引申之意也就是 “衡量…的标准或尺度”,后面跟介词of或against, 比如：Is profit the only yardstick of success?

“什么未来男友，我想这事可能就成啦！” Rachel握住Monica的手激动地说道。 Rachel的意思是指Alan可能就是Monica的真命天子，她知道大伙都明白她想要说什么，所以就简单说成I think this could be, y'know, it.

这次Monica真是激动啊!