Friends英语赏析【11】死了两回

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第十一篇

Ross和Monica接到电话说他们的祖母快要不行了(it's a matter of hours.)于是兄妹俩便赶到医院去见她最后一面。在Ross俯下身亲吻奶奶的额头以示告别时，已被宣布去世的她突然叫了一声并抽搐了一下，把两个大活人吓得够呛。

Rachel: So, um, did she...
Ross: Twice.
Joey: Twice?
Phoebe: Oh, that sucks!
Joey: You guys okay?
Ross: I don’t know , it's weird. I mean, I know she's gone, but I just don't feel, uh...
Phoebe: Maybe that's coz she's not really gone.
Ross: Nono, she's gone.
Monica: We checked. A lot.

【世博视角】

一看到Ross和Monica回来了，Rachel就想问他们的奶奶是不是 “去”了，但又觉得不能太直接，所以就问了半句：So, um, did she... (哦，她是不是……)。Ross点点头并回答说：“两次(twice)。” Joey这下搞不懂了，怎么还是两次呢？不过他也没多问，可平时说话一直不动脑筋的Phoebe立马来了句不合时宜的话：“Oh, that sucks! ” suck原本是 “吮吸”的意思，但在口语里它经常用来表示 “……糟糕透了” ，是个极其不正式的表达法，且只能用于现在时, 例如：

If your job really sucks, leave it.
“My mom says I have to clean the garage.” “That sucks.”

Joey接着问他们兄妹俩是否还好（You guys okay?）Ross说： “I don’t know , it's weird. I mean, I know she's gone, but I just don't feel, uh...” 直到现在这个 “去” 字才终于被说出来了，但一般在这种情况下都会避免使用die这个字眼，所以Ross只是委婉地说 “She’s gone.” 然而他又觉得怪怪的(it’s weird), 好像奶奶不曾真的离去。说到 “奇怪”，我们大多都会想到strange, 可美国人却喜欢用weird这个词来形容怪人怪事，如：

That's weird - I thought I'd left my keys on the table but they're not there.
The man we spoke to was really weird.