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第二十八篇
这一天Rachel和Phoebe两人决定去纹身：
MONICA: I can't believe you guys are actually getting tattoos.
CHANDLER: Excuse me, you guys are getting tattoos?
RACHEL: Yes, but you can not tell Ross 'cause I want to surprise him.
JOEY: Wow, this is wild. What're you gonna get?
PHOEBE: Um, I'm getting a lily for my Mom. 'Cause her name's Lily.
CHANDLER: Wow, that's lucky. What if her name was Big Ugly Splotch?
JOEY: So where you gettin' it?
PHOEBE: I think on my shoulder.
ROSS: What? What's on your shoulder?
PHOEBE: Um, a chip. A tattoo, I'm getting a tattoo.
ROSS: A tattoo? Why, why would you want to do that? [to Rachel] Hi.
RACHEL: Hi. Well hey, you don't - you don't think they're kind of cool?
ROSS: No, sorry I don't. Tell me why would anyone pay someone to scar their body for life? What if it doesn't come out right Phoebe? Then it's like, I don't know, havin' a bad hair cut all the time. Why's everyone staring at me?
【世博视角】
tattoo 就是纹身，它也可以直接作动词使用，但总是以被动的形式出现，比如：She's got a heart tattooed on her right shoulder.
去纹身可是要点勇气的，那针扎在身上多痛啊？Monica就说：“我真不相信你们俩真要去纹身。（I can't believe you guys are actually getting tattoos.）” Chandler也觉得有些意外，问道：“Excuse me, you guys are getting tattoos?”这里的excuse me, 并不是表示打扰了别人或是要引起别人的注意，而是表示一种意外，Chandler想自己会不会听错了，所以才追问了这句。另外，excuse me (升调)，也可以用来让人再重复一下刚才所说的话，这是典型的美式用语，在英国的话则用 pardon (升调), 例如：
A: 'What time is it?'
B: 'Excuse me?'
A: 'I asked you what time it is.'
对于Chandler的追问Rachel给予了肯定的回答Yes, 同时让Chandler别告诉Ross，因为她想制造一个惊喜 (but you can not tell Ross 'cause I want to surprise him.)。
Joey 觉得去纹身这种举动蛮狂野的（Wow, this is wild），接着他想知道她们打算纹什么图案(What're you gonna get?), Phoebe准备弄朵百合花(lily)，因为她妈妈的名字就是lily。Chandler又插科打诨道：“哇，真幸运，要是你妈妈的名字是Big Ugly Splotch (又大又难看的斑点)怎么办？” Joey又问Phoebe她想纹在哪里（So where you gettin' it?），Phoebe回答说在肩上 (on the shoulder),. 这时Ross正好走进来听到这句话，就问什么在肩上(What? What's on your shoulder?)，Phoebe脑筋转了一下说：“Um, a chip.”这个回答很有意思，难怪我们会听到一大片笑声，原来在英语中有一个习语就是 have a chip on your shoulder, 它源自19世纪的美国，那时如果两个人想打架来解决问题的话就会各自在肩上放一块木片，一旦木片被对方撞下肩，打架便开始了，打完架当然问题也就解决了，可要是这木片一直在两人肩上的话，那可就僵了，所以后来 have a chip on your shoulder 就表示某个人很容易被激怒，它也可以引申为“心存芥蒂”或“耿耿于怀”，例如：
Mary is easily offended; she always has a chip on her shoulder.
The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and dad divorced.
回到对话中，Phoebe最后还是老实交待说自己要在肩上弄一纹身，Ross显然对这想法不太感冒，他问：“A tattoo? Why, why would you want to do that? （纹身？为什么？为什么你要去纹身？）” 这下本来想给Ross一个惊喜的Rachel有点慌了，她试探道：“you don't - you don't think they're kind of cool?（你不觉得，你不觉得那样蛮酷的？）”
来听听Ross是怎么回答的：No, sorry I don't. Tell me why would anyone pay someone to scar their body for life? What if it doesn't come out right Phoebe? Then it's like, I don't know, havin' a bad hair cut all the time. (对不起，我不觉得酷。告诉我为什么有人会付钱去让自己身上弄个除不掉的疤？要是纹得不好怎么办？Phoebe, 那岂不就像老是顶着个糟糕的发型嘛)。说到这儿Ross发现大伙都盯着他看，就不解地问：“Why's everyone staring at me?（你们盯着我看干嘛？）”，难道说我的发型很糟糕？
*本篇所讲到的表达法：
tattoo
excuse me
have a chip on your shoulder
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