Friends英语赏析【27】一报还一报

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第二十七篇

Rachel还在为那张 "单子" 的事而耿耿于怀，一直不给Ross好脸色看。这天Ross想到了一个能让Rachel解气的主意：

ROSS: Hey, Rach, you know what? I think, I think I know what'll make you feel better. How 'bout you make a list about me？
RACHEL: Wha... forget it Ross, no, I am not gonna stand here and make a list of. . .
ROSS: C'mon Rachel.
RACHEL: OK, you're whiney, you are, you're obsessive, you are insecure, you're, you're gutless, you know, you don't ever, you don't just sort of seize the day, you know. You like me for what, a year, you didn't do anything about it. And, uh, oh, you wear too much of that gel in your hair.
ROSS: See there, you uhh, alright, ya, you did what I said.
RACHEL: Yeah, and you know what? You're right, I do feel better, thank you Ross.

【世博视角】

you know what？并不是真正的一个问句，而是说话人为了引起对方注意而使用的开头语，它就相当于说 “listen to what I'm going to tell you”。Ross想到了一个什么主意？How 'bout you make a list about me？(你也来列一张关于我的单子怎么样？) 在向别人征询意见的时候，how about….这个表达法会经常被用到，比如：

How about a salad for lunch?
How about Friday evening? Would that be convenient?

how about 后面如果要跟动词的话，这个动词必须转化为动名词形式，也就是 how about doing something, 例如：How about joining us for a game of bridge（桥牌）?

对于Ross的这个主意Rachel 很不以为然，她说：“forget it Ross, no, I am not gonna stand here and make a list of. . .（算了吧，Ross, 我才不会站在这儿数落你的…）” forget it 这一口语可以表示让别人忽略某一件并不重要的事情，比如说我们帮了别人一个小忙，对方很客气地感谢道“Thanks so much for helping”, 这时我们就可以说 “Forget it, it was nothing” , 当然我们也可以说 “Don’t mention it.” 另外，当你觉得别人的某个建议或是说法很不合理的时候，你也可以说上一句 forget it, 就像Rachel 那样。

可事实上 Rachel 并没有 forget it, 在Ross说了句come on 以示鼓励后，她马上顺竿而上列举起Ross的缺点来, 来看看她用的几个形容词：whiney 来自于动词 whine, 表示“爱抱怨的”、obsessive “纠缠不清”、insecure “无完全感”、gutless “没胆量”，Rachel 还说Ross 不会 seize the day，这也是个曾经流行一时的说法，表示“抓紧时光”，也有点“今朝有酒今朝醉”的意思。最后实在没什么好说的了，Rachel就拿Ross的头发出气，说他用了太多的发胶(you wear too much of that gel in your hair.)。

听别人说自己的缺点总是不太舒服的，而说的人可就不一样了，现在的Rachel果然感觉好多了。

*本篇所讲到的表达法：

you know what?
how about …
forget it