Friends英语赏析【57】No Hard Feelings

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第五十七篇

Rachel和Ross为他们的孩子Emar雇了个男保姆Sandy。Rachel对Sandy的表现很满意， 但Ross却很受不了Sandy，所以决定解雇他：

Ross: Sandy... Hi, we uhm... we kinda need to talk. I'm afraid it's not working out.
Sandy: Oh...
Ross: Yeah, uhm... I mean, Rachel and I, think you are great... with Emma... uhm... We just feel...
Rachel: YOU! You feel!
Ross: I... just feel that the... the chemistry isn't right. I'm sorry. We're... we're more than happy to give you good recommendation...
Sandy: Oh, no, no, no... That's okay. I got a lot of offers from other families. I just picked you guys because... I liked you the best.
Rachel: Oh, damn you Geller!
Ross: Anyway, uhm...Well, I'm glad there's no hard feelings.
Sandy: No, none at all. You need to be happy with whoever is in your home... Although if you don't mind telling me, what was your problem? Maybe it's something I can work on in the future.
Ross: No, you know, it's uhm... nothing you did, it's... it's uhm... my issue.
Sandy: What is it...? Please...?
Ross: You know, I'm just not uhm... that comfortable with a guy who's as sensitive as you.
Sandy: That's fair.

【世博视角】

Sandy对于照顾孩子还是很有一套的，这点连Ross也不得不承认，但Ross又说 “I... just feel that the... the chemistry isn't right. I'm sorry.” chemistry的原意是“化学”。化学反应不但存在于自然界，也存在于人与人之间。有些人刚一见面就会互生好感，比如：As soon as we met I could feel the chemistry between us.而有些人虽然彼此的为人都不错，但碰在一块儿却怎么也起不了反应, 又比如：Charles is a nice guy, but the chemistry isn't right.就像对话中的Sandy，虽然他的工作表现和为人都很好，可Ross就是不喜欢他，不过Ross说他很乐意向别人推荐Sandy。

Sandy倒是不愁找不到工作的，先前就有好几家人家要雇他做保姆呢，不过他最终选择了Rachel和Ross是因为他最喜欢他们俩(I got a lot of offers from other families. I just picked you guys because... I liked you the best.)Rachel一听这话又骂了Ross一句“Oh, damn you Geller!” damn 一词在口语中的出现频率可是相当高的。在遇到不顺心的事，或者为什么而生气时，很多人都会用到它，比如你家的电话老是时好时坏，你很可能就会说：Damn that telephone!（这该死的电话！）又比如你不小心把车钥匙给锁在车里了，你肯定也会懊恼道：Damn! I've locked my keys in the car.

Ross很高兴Sandy对于他的回绝并没有感到生气，他说：“Well, I'm glad there's no hard feelings.”hard feelings 可以解释为“不快”或者“芥蒂”，比如有的人说话很冲，这就会引起口角和不快：His harsh words can lead to arguments and hard feelings. 另外，我们还可以用“no hard feelings”来表示自己并不生某人的气或者让某人别生自己的气，例如：

I have no hard feelings towards Steve.
I'm sorry it didn't work out, but no hard feelings, eh?

最后Sandy想知道Ross为什么会解雇他，Ross回答说：“You know, I'm just not uhm... that comfortable with a guy who's as sensitive as you.”其实Ross解雇Sandy的真正原因是他不能接受男保姆，更何况Rachel还这么喜欢这个男保姆。

*本篇所讲到的表达法:

chemistry
hard feelings