Friends英语赏析【54】约会小伎俩（3）

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第五十四篇

上一回我们听了Joey的moves,现在该听听Rachel有些什么小伎俩了：

Joey: Alright, so…so tell me one of your moves.
Rachel: Alright. So where’d you grow up?
Joey: That’s your move? Boy Rach, you’re lucky you’re hot.
Rachel: Come on, just answer the question!
Joey: Queens.
Rachel: And so were-were you close to your parents?
Joey: Yeah, with my mom. Yeah, not so much with my dad.
Rachel: Why not?
Joey: I don’t know. I guess there’s just always been this distance y’know—I mean we both try to pretend it’s not there, but it is.
Rachel: Oh. It’s gotta be rough.
Joey: Yeah, it is. It’s really tough. Y’know sometimes I think—Wow!! Nice move!
Rachel: Huh?
Joey: "Where’d you grow up," it’s so simple!
Rachel: Thank you! And now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go to the rest room.
Joey: Yeah.
Rachel: And now you’re watching me walk away.
Joey: Yes I am! Again so simple!

【世博视角】

Joey想见识一下Rachel的moves, 却没想到Rachel只是问他是在哪儿长大的（So where’d you grow up?），Joey楞了一会儿说：That’s your move? Boy Rach, you’re lucky you’re hot. Boy 一词在此作感叹词用，表示惊叹。想必大家都知道hot是什么意思，但在口语中hot常常用来形容某个人很性感，很吸引人，就相当于sexy，比如：The girls all think he's hot stuff. Joey觉得Rachel的约会小伎俩真是不怎么样，还好她人长得性感漂亮，要不然怎么能吸引男人呢。

好戏在后面呢，Rachel让Joey回答她的问题，Joey只好说自己是在Queens长大的，Rachel接下去问Joey他是否与父母很亲近（And so were-were you close to your parents?）就这样Joey开始说起自己和父母的关系来：他其实和母亲比较好，和父亲之间却总觉得隔着一些距离，而且他俩还装作这距离不存在似的（I guess there’s just always been this distance y’know—I mean we both try to pretend it’s not there, but it is.）这时Rachel适时地向Joey表示理解说：Oh. It’s gotta be rough. Rough一词在这里就相当于difficult, 表示“艰难”的意思。听到Rachel这么一说，Joey更加要向Rachel掏心掏肺了，直到这时他才明白Rachel这种简单的小问题其实很能拉近两个人的距离的，真是 Nice move!

最后Rachel又提出说她要去洗手间，当她走过Joey身边时，她知道Joey正在看着她呢（And now you’re watching me walk away.）这再一次让Joey感到Rachel的小伎俩真是简单有效。说到洗手间，很多人会用toilet这个词，但是美国人普遍使用的却是bathroom一词，如果再要说得文雅一点，就可以像Rachel那样用 rest room来表示。