102】The One With The Sonogram At The End

 

1.Rachel: Everything you need to know is in that first kiss.
几个好朋友在一起聊性的话题,Monica说男人不懂接吻的重要性,Joey根本不屑一顾,于是Rachel说了这样一句话,意思是:初吻可以让你明白一切。呵呵,是不是想起自己的初吻了?

 

2.Chandler: Yeah, I think for us, kissing is pretty much like an opening act, y'know? I mean it's like the stand-up comedian you have to sit through before Pink Floyd comes out.
Chandler也发表了自己的观点,他说接吻很大程度上像是序幕(an opening act),像是你听Pink Floyd的音乐会之前不得不忍受的笑星们的表演一样。Pink Floyd是美国一支很著名的乐队。能听出Chandler的潜台词吧?

 

3.Marsha: Well, she has issues.
Issues在这里是烦恼、问题的意思,以后碰到别人好像闷闷不乐的时候,你就可以上前来上一句Do you have any issues?

 

4.Carol: Marty's still totally paranoid.
Carol去Museum里找Ross,Ross非常尴尬,于是没话找话问Carol的家人怎么看待她是Lesbian的事儿,于是Carol告诉他,马堤仍然神经兮兮的。Paranoid这个单词是类似妄想狂的意思,有点histerical的意思。

 

5.Rachel: Oh, like I wasn't dreading tomorrow enough, having to give it back to him... 'Hi Barry! Remember me? I'm the girl in the veil who stomped on your heart in front of your entire family!' Oh God and now I'm gonna have to return the ring, without the ring, which makes it so much harder...这里“stomp on one’s heart”
stomp是用脚踏的意思,可以想象用脚踏在心上是什么意思了吧,对,就是让人心碎的意思。

 

6.Chandler: Kinda puts that whole pillow thing in perspective, huh, Mon?
“kinda”在片中出现的次数非常频繁,也是口语中非常实用的词语,意思是有一点儿,相当于kind of.这句话的意思比较令人费解,结合场景,这里应该是Chandler挖苦Monica不该早些把枕头提前完全搞好。In perspective这里是提前的意思。

 

7.Monica: I know this is going to sound unbelievably selfish, but, were you planning on bringing up the whole baby/lesbian thing?
Because I think it might take some of the heat off me.
Ross和Monica的父母来看望他们,由于从小父母就喜欢Ross(因为Ross成绩优异,为人老实,而Monica性格独立,而且那时候还很胖chubby),所以在吃饭的时候老是无意识的讽刺Monica,于是Monica想让Ross提提自己老婆是Lesbian而且有了孩子的事儿转移注意力。Take some of the heat off sb,这里是帮Monica减轻压力的意思。

 

8.Mrs. Geller: Well, at least she had the chance to leave a man at the altar..."
at the altar"应该理解为“在婚礼上,在举行婚礼时”,altar这里就可以理解为”教堂“,所以这句话的意思,我认为应该是:(虽然Rachel的父母为筹备婚礼花了不少钱,而Rachel又逃婚),但是至少Rachel还有机会在举行婚礼之际离开那个男人,(言下之意,Monica到现在连个结婚还都没有)。

 

9.Mr. Geller: Look, there are people like Ross who need to shoot for the stars, with his museum, and his papers getting published. Other people are satisfied with staying where they are- I'm telling you, these are the people who never get cancer.
“shoot for”是争取、得到或完成的意思。老爸盖勒也似乎对女儿不太友好,他一方面赞扬Ross,一方面不忘贬低Monica,说她满足于现状不思进取,说她这样的人绝对不会得癌症…

 

10. Ross: Well, you may wanna steer clear of the word 'dumped'. Chances are he's gonna be this, this broken shell of a man, y'know, so you should try not to look too terrific, I know it'll be hard. Or, y'know, uh, hey!, I'll go down there, and I'll give Barry back his ring, and you can go with Carol and Susan to the OB/GYN... “wanna”=want to,口语中常这样子简化,类似得还有”gonna”,就是going to得意思。Steer是驾驶掌舵的意思,“steer clear of the word”意思就是好好驾驭这个词的意思,暗示Rach不要随便乱用“dumped”,因为他作为一个男人自尊可能会受伤害,所以虽然这样做很难,但是还是不要显得太神采飞扬。“terrific”口语中多半用来表示赞赏,虽然它的本意是“令人恐慌的,糟糕的”。

 

11. Ross: How could I forget?
我觉得这句话应该熟记,这样你就可以咬牙切齿的对某个人,某件事说“how could I forget?”,我怎么能忘记呢?打死我也不会忘记的。可以想见Ross当时的神态了吧,真有种欲杀Susan而后快的感觉。

 

12. Ross: 'S'funny, um, uh, we agreed we'd spend the rest of our lives together. Things change, roll with the punches. I believe Julia's on the table..?“roll with the punches”
punch除了打孔机的意思之外,还有打击的意思,这里应该是说,让这些打击减轻一些吧(Roll就是滚的意思,那当然是减轻了)。“on the table”是“在桌面上,公开的”意思,Ross认为如果他和Carol的孩子是女儿的话,应该光明堂皇的叫做Julia。

 

13.Chandler: I dunno, but.. I think it's about to attack the Enterprise.
“dunno”是don’t know的缩写,Chandler和Joey被逼着看sonogram的录像带,可是看得一头雾水,Chandler居然说似乎是胎儿要进攻了。

“哥伦比亚”号是美国第一艘航天飞机,就是几个月前掉下来的那艘,也是美国曾有的五艘航天飞机之一

(但是现在就剩三艘了,1986年“挑战者”爆炸)

"企业号"(ENTERPRISE)是电影《星际迷航》系列里的那艘母舰,并是真实的历史原型

“告别过去,展望未来,银河系中最著名的星际飞船企业号将执行它的第一次任务。 系列剧《星际航行》(Star Trek)的第五个系列《企业号》将于周三晚首播,届时将有长达2小时的UPN试播节目。忠实的《星际航行》迷们可以会大吃一惊,以前4部电视剧系列剧和9部电影(马上就会成为10部)中那些诚实、正义而又理智的星际舰队成员都不见了踪影。为了吸引更多的观众,整个演员阵容几乎被重新组建。 这个新的系列剧的时间设定在未来150年人类的星际航行刚刚起步时,要到此后100年James T. Kirk船长才会领导企业号。”

所以,噱头的精髓已领悟到了,至于片中翻译成什么就无伤大雅了,只要孩子像什么与之对应就行了。