Friends英语赏析【51】别念经了

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第五十一篇

Rachel: Hey Pheebs?
Phoebe: Huh?
Rachel: I’m having dinner with my dad tomorrow night, do you wanna come?
Phoebe: Sure. Yeah, he’s kinda sexy.
Rachel: Oh no, no, I’ll be there too.
Phoebe: Okay so, we’ll just come up with some kind of signal if it’s going well you can take off.
Rachel: No Phoebe! I just need you there for support. I haven’t told him I’m pregnant yet.
Phoebe: Oh. Why not?
Rachel: ‘Cause I know he’s gonna flip out and I hate it when he’s angry.
Phoebe: Oh Rachel, this is all so ‘Papa don’t preach.’
Rachel: What Phoebe? Wait! One time he caught me smoking he said if he ever saw me doing that again he’d make me eat the entire pack.
Phoebe: Wow! Oh well, I will be there!
Rachel: Thank you.

【世博视角】

Rachel明天晚上要和父亲去吃饭（I’m having dinner with my dad tomorrow night），说到将要发生的事情，我们一般会用将来时态表达，但如果我们十分肯定某件事情在不远的将来一定会发生时，就可以像Rachel那样用一般进行时来表示。

一般说来，我们不会邀请自己的朋友去和父母吃饭，但Rachel却想让Phoebe一起去，因为Rachel怀孕了，她没有勇气告诉自己的父亲，她说：‘Cause I know he’s gonna flip out and I hate it when he’s angry. flip这个动词的基本解释是“翻转”，比如flip a coin 就是“扔硬币（以做决定）”, 在办公室时我们还会用到flip chart “活动白板”，而在对话中Rachel所说的这个flip 却是指“变得很生气”的意思，后面可以跟上介词out，如：Her father flipped (out) when he saw the phone bill.

不就是给老爸说两句嘛，Phoebe觉得没什么，大不了对他说一句‘Papa don’t preach.’ preach原意是指“布道”, 但它常常会被用来表示贬义，比如有的人就很喜欢教训别人，动不动就搬出一堆大道理，像和尚念经似的，让人听得很烦，父母们好像尤其如此，所以有些孩子就会说：Mom, stop preaching - I'm old enough to take care of myself. 又比如：You're always preaching honesty, and then you lie to me.

‘Papa don’t preach.’说这话对于Rachel的爸爸可不起作用，他除了preach之外，还会威吓呢，有一次他就对Rachel说如果他再发现Rachel抽烟，他就要Rachel把一整包烟都吃下去（One time he caught me smoking he said if he ever saw me doing that again he’d make me eat the entire pack.）看来Rachel的爸爸真是蛮厉害的，所以Phoebe马上答应Rachel说到时她会去的。

*本篇所讲到的表达法:

flip
preach