Friends英语赏析【55】你知我知 between you and me

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第五十五篇

自从Joey和Rachel上次“约会”之后，Joey就对Rachel产生了一种超乎友情之外的感觉，这天晚上他来找Chandler想和他谈谈这事：

Joey: Hey, Chandler, you got a minute? I-I really need to talk to you.
Chandler: Oh! Uh, yeah! Is this a cold pizza talk or a leftover meatloaf talk?
Joey: Well, neither.
Chandler: Oh my God, what’s up?
Joey: I don’t know. It’s-it’s just…lately, I’ve been feeling… Okay, here’s what it is…You know what? I feel a lot better, thanks!
Chandler: Oh no-no, no you don’t, just come back.
Joey: All right. Okay. You and Monica, friends for a long time, and sure there are rules, but then you went to London. Oh, no, but that’s different. I mean, there are rules there, too! You know what I mean?
Chandler: Do you?
Joey: It was different for you guys! I mean, I mean, you were both in the same place, right?
Chandler: In London?
Joey: Yeah.
Chandler: Yes. When Monica and I were in London, we were both in London.
Joey: You know what? This is a bad idea. Forget it. Forget it, and listen, do me a favor, this conversation was between you and me.

【世博视角】

通常如果Joey晚上来找Chandler的话肯定没别的事情，就是和吃有关，所以Chandler一听Joey要找他谈谈就问这次的谈话究竟关于“冷比萨”还是“剩下的肉馅饼”（Is this a cold pizza talk or a leftover meatloaf talk?），leftover作为形容词只能放在名词之前使用，表示“吃剩下的、用剩下的”，如：a few pieces of leftover carpet。不过leftover也可直接用作名词，表示“吃剩下的食物”，通常以复数形式出现，如：Give the leftovers to the dog.

Joey的回答（Well, neither.）让Chandler紧张起来，他惊叫道：Oh my God, what’s up? 要知道很少有什么事情能让Joey不谈吃的。Joey尝试着想要告诉Chandler他对于Rachel的感觉（I don’t know. It’s-it’s just…lately, I’ve been feeling… Okay, here’s what it is…You know what? I feel a lot better, thanks!），好不容易开了个头，Joey又忽然改变了主意，不想再谈了。在Chandler的请求之下，Joey又尝试着想要从Chanlder那里寻求一些肯定，因为Chandler和Monica当初就是好朋友，直到后来他们去过伦敦之后，他们的关系才发生了变化而成为恋人的。来看看Joey说了些什么：You and Monica, friends for a long time, and sure there are rules, but then you went to London. Oh, no, but that’s different. I mean, there are rules there, too! You know what I mean? 显然Joey知道自已说出来的话很乱，他想知道Chandler是否能明白他的意思，Chandler反问Joey说：Do you? (你自己明白吗？)

Joey接着解释说：It was different for you guys! I mean, I mean, you were both in the same place, right? Joey所说的in the same place是指当时Chandler和Monica在伦敦里时彼此都对对方“另眼相看”了，可一头雾水的Chandler却不太明白这in the same place究竟是指的是“哪里”，于是玩起了文字游戏说：When Monica and I were in London, we were both in London.（当Monica和我在伦敦时，我们当然是在同一个地方）。这句话让Joey彻底没了心情，他说：You know what? This is a bad idea. Forget it. Forget it, and listen, do me a favor, this conversation was between you and me. 当我们想和别人交换一些比较私密的想法时除了对别人说don’t tell anybody else 之外，还可以用一个更简单的表达法，那就是between you and me, 如：Between you and me, I think she has a problem with her boyfriend.
*本篇所讲到的表达法:

leftover
between you and me