Friends英语赏析【40】伴郎

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第四十篇

Ross快结婚了，他选择了Joey作为他的伴郎，并把结婚戒指交给了他。可谁知后来那只戒指不见了，原来是给Joey养的一只宠物给吞下肚了。虽然最后戒指找到了，但Joey还是觉得很愧疚：

Joey: Oh hey, listen Ross, thanks for being so cool about this.
Ross: No, that’s all right.
Joey: No, it’s not. I mean you-you made me your best man and I totally let you down!
Chandler: Hey, come on, it’s not your fault.
Joey: Yeah, it is! You wouldn’t have lost the ring, right? Y’know what, Ross you were right from the start, he should be your best man.
Chandler: No, you should.
Joey: Now, don’t argue with me…
Ross: Hey! Hey! Hey! I get to choose my best man, and I want both you guys.
Chandler: Really?
Joey: Really?
Ross: Hey, both you guys should be up there with me.

【世博视角】

说到结婚，我们还是先来看一些和结婚有关的词。在婚礼（the wedding ceremony）上, 最引人注目的就是新娘(bride)和新郎(groom)了，然后还会有伴娘（maid of honor）和伴郎(best man)。一般来说，伴娘和伴郎只有一个，可是在有些婚礼上，我们会看到新娘和新郎身旁站着好几位伴娘和伴郎，其中主要的那位就是maid of honor和best man，而其它的几位就被称为 bridesmaid和groomsman。在结婚的前几天，新娘和新郎会把结婚戒指（the wedding ring）交给他们各自的maid of honor和best man来保管。

Joey就是Ross的best man, 可他却没保管好那只结婚戒指，因此他觉得自已辜负了Ross (I mean you-you made me your best man and I totally let you down!) “使某人失望”或 “辜负了某人”，我们可以说 to disappoint somebody, 但在口语中有一个更加简单的表达法，那就是let somebody down, 又比如：The worst feeling is having let our fans down.作为副词，down本身就可以解释为 “情绪低落、沮丧”，如：He’s been feeling down lately.

Ross不是不明白事理的人，他知道其实发生这种事不应该怪Joey, 所以他并没有责怪Joey，这也使得Joey很是感激（thanks for being so cool about this.）但他觉得Ross还是应该像先前决定的那样让Chandler来做Ross的best man (Ross you were right from the start, he should be your best man), 结果他和Chandler都成了Ross 的best man,Ross还是信任地将戒指交给了Joey。

*本篇所讲到的表达法:

let somebody down