英语PK台 第826期:跟《老友记》学美语(4)

 　　地点：片场

　　人物：乔伊、导演

　　事件：乔伊进摄影棚拍“臀戏”。

　　剧情片段

　　Director: Damn it, hire the girl! Okay, everybody ready?

　　导演：该死，请个女人算了！好了，大家准备好没？

　　Joey: Uh, listen, I just wanna thank you for this great opportunity.

　　乔伊：啊，你听我说，我只是想感谢你给我这个机会。

　　Director: Loose the robe.1

　　导演：解开浴袍。

　　Joey: Me?

　　乔伊：我？

　　Director: That would work.

　　导演：这样才能演。

　　Joey: Right. Okay. Loosing the robe. And the robe is lost.

　　乔伊：好，好吧，我正解开浴袍呢。浴袍已解开。

　　Director: Okay, everybody, we’d like to get this in one take, please. Let’s roll it… water’s working… and... action.

　　导演：好了，各位，我希望一次解决。来吧，放水，开始！

　　Director: And cut. Hey, Butt¹ Guy,2 what the hell are you doing?

　　导演：停！嘿，屁股男，你在干什么呢你？

　　Joey: Well, I’m- I’m showering.

　　乔伊：啊，我在，我在洗澡啊。

　　Director: No, that was clenching².

　　导演：不，你在挤屁股。

　　Joey: Oh. Well, the way I see it, the guy’s upset here, y’know? I mean, his wife’s dead, his brother’s missing... I think his butt would be angry here.

　　钱德勒：哦，啊，我认为他很沮丧，你懂吗？我的意思是，他的太太死了，弟弟失踪了……我想他的屁股一定很愤怒。

　　Director: I think his butt would like to get this shot before lunch. Once again, rolling... water working... and action... and cut. What was that?

　　导演：我想他的屁股会想在午餐前杀青。再来一次，开机，放水，开始！停！你又在干什么？

　　Joey: I was going for quiet desperation. But if you have to ask... 4

　　钱德勒：我要表现出沉默的绝望，但如果你想问……

1 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

2 clenching   

v.紧握，抓紧，咬紧( clench的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I'll never get used to them, she thought, clenching her fists. 我永远也看不惯这些家伙，她握紧双拳，心里想。 来自飘（部分）
• Clenching her lips, she nodded. 她紧闭着嘴唇，点点头。 来自辞典例句