看老友记学英语1.15 升职风波
看老友记Friends学英语 第一季第十五集
(所选对话参见视频1分46秒至14分51秒)
【剧情简介】
罗公司提升钱德,但他毅然拒绝,因为他并非真正喜欢和数字打一辈子交道;而他的老板却穷追猛打,不断允诺更高的薪水,最后钱德败阵,得以升职。
Woman:Chandler.
Chandler:Mrs. Tedlock. You're looking lovely today. And may I say, that is a very flattering sleeve length on you.
Mrs. Tedlock:Yes. Well, Mr. Kostelick wants you to stop by his office at the end of the day.
Chandler: Oh, listen. If this is about those prank memos, I had nothing to do with them. Really. Nothing at all. Really. (Chandler tries to hide a rubber chicken from the woman.) Nothing.
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Joey: (aside to Ross) So.... back to your place...you thinking, maybe... (gestures with hands, back and forth) huh-huh?
Ross: Well, I don't know.... (gestures) huh-huh.... but I'm hoping (gestures) huh-huh.
Joey:I'm telling you, that monkey is a chick magnet! She's going to take one look at his furry, cute little face and it'll seal the deal.
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Chandler:It's OK. It's OK. I was always rooting for you two kids to get together.
Joey:Hey Chandler, while you were sleeping that guy from your old job called again.
Chandler:Again?
Joey:And again, and again, and again... (phone rings, he answers) Hello? (hands phone to Chandler) And again.
Chandler:(on phone) Hey Mr. Kostelic! How's life on the fifteenth floor? (Listens) Yeah, I miss you too. (Listens) Yeah, it's a lot less satisfying to steal pens from your own home, you know? (Listens) Well, that's very generous (Listens) er, but look, this isn't about the money. I need something that's more than a job. I need something I can really care about.... (Listens) And that's on top of the yearly bonus structure you mentioned earlier? (Listens) Look, Al, Al... I'm not playing hardball here, OK? This is not a negotiation, this is a rejection! (Listens) No! No! No, stop saying numbers! I'm telling you, you've got the wrong guy! You've got the wrong guy! (Listens) I'll see you on Monday! (slams the phone down)
by:顺便去一下
make a brief call顺便访问
We were passing your house,so we thought we would stop by for a few minutes.我们路过你家,所以就想顺便进来坐一会。
We suggested that she stop by that evening to talk things over.我们建议她在那晚顺便来找我们,把事情商量一下。
the deal:搞定
The deal needs the government's seal of approval.
这一交易需经政府批准.
The government has sealed the deal.
政府已经签署了这份协议。
In many places, deals are sealed with booze and male bonding.
而很多时候,是男人间的情谊以及狂欢酒宴促成了交易。
After several talks, they finally sealed the deal.
在几次谈话后,他们最终落实成交。
Most of those deals were sealed in 2006.
2006年大部分交易详情未知。
3.I was always rooting for:我向来支持……
be rooting for sb 为某人加油打气
be hard for sb 对某人来说(做什么事情)有困难
be crazy for sb 迷恋某人
be curtains for sb 意味着某人要完蛋了
be meat for sb's masters 是某人所配不上的,是某人力所不及的
top of:除……之外
这里的on top of意思是“除……之外”。On top of that, (we should also) add global warming.
其它例句:
1. On top of that, add climate change and the specter of global warming.
除此之外,还要加上气候变化和全球变暖带来的灾难。
2. On top of that, the most important thing is to grow.
除此之外,最重要的还是公司发展。
3. On top of that the company will help anyone who wants to follow an outside course.
此外,谁要去外面进修,公司也愿意帮助。
4. He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.
他失业了,除此以外,妻子又弃他而去。
5. On top of that there's Hong Kong's role and potential as banker to the juggernaut next door : China." End of quote. 此外,对毗邻的庞大经济体系中国来说,香港可以担当银行家的角色,并且有潜质朝这个方向继续发展。
5. I'm not playing hardball here:我不是为难你。
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