英语PK台 第681期:《老友记》900句(54)

 地点：中央公园咖啡馆

人物：菲比，乔伊，罗斯，钱德勒

事件：菲比暂时失业，而钱德勒的秘书又正巧请假，于是菲比成了钱德勒的临时秘书。

Phoebe: Uh, uh, gimme. Can you see me operating a drill press?

菲比：啊，啊，把笔给我，你们能想像操作钻床的我吗？

Joey: I don't know. What are you wearing? 

乔伊：不知道，你当时会穿什么？

Ross: Pheebs, why would you want to operate a drill press?

罗斯：菲比，你为什么想操作钻床？

Phoebe: Just for some short-term-work. You know, until I get back some of my massage¹ clients. 菲比：只是暂时的工作。你知道，一直做到我找回部份的按摩客户。

Chandler: Pirates again?

钱德勒：又是海盗？

Phoebe: No, nothing like that. I was just...such a dummy². I taught this "massage-yourself-at-home-workshop." And they are.

菲比：不，没那回事，只是……我是个大笨蛋。我教他们“自己在家动手作按摩”，结果他们就在家里作。

Joey: Hey, hey, Chan. She could work for you.

乔伊：嘿，嘿，钱德勒，她可以为你工作啊。

Chandler: Thanks Joey, that's a good idea.

钱德勒：谢了，乔伊，这是个“好主意”。

Phoebe: What... I could, I could do it. What is it?

菲比：什么……我可以，我可以啊，是什么工作？

Chandler: Well, my secretary is gonna be out for a couple of weeks. She is having one of her boobs reduced. It's a whole big boob story.

钱德勒：我秘书这几周无法来上班，她去做消乳手术。一言难尽的波霸故事。

Phoebe: I could be a secretary.

菲比：我可以当个秘书。

Chandler: Well, you know Pheebs, I don't know if it'd be your thing, because it involves a lot of being normal. For a large portion of the day.

钱德勒：那，菲比，我不知道你是不是这块料，因为这份工作得要表现“正常”。白天要尽量正常。

Phoebe: I could do that.

菲比：我能办到。

1 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

2 dummy   

n.假的东西；(哄婴儿的)橡皮奶头

参考例句：

• The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹，只是一个假货。
• The boys played soldier with dummy swords made of wood.男孩们用木头做的假木剑玩打仗游戏。