ow should I know?
fixate on: 集中于，注意于
翻譯：不知道??！好了吧？為什么每個人總在說這件事情？她都不知道（自己是Lesbian），我何從知道？
Ross: I told mom and dad last night, they seemed to take itpretty well.
Monica: Oh really, so that hysterical phone call I got from awoman at sobbing 3:00 A.M., 'I’ll never have grandchildren, I’llnever have grandchildren.' was what? A wrong number?
Ross還想欺騙大家，說他把事情告訴老爸老媽了，他們已經(jīng)從容接受這件事情（take it pretty well）
然而Monica揭穿了他的謊言：啊？真的嗎？那么今天凌晨3點我接到一個哭泣的女人（woman atsobbing）歇斯底里地說“我再也不會有孫子了，我再也不會有孫子了”是什么？一個打錯的電話？
Joey: Strip joint! C’mon, you’re single! Have somehormones!
Joey總是一副很可愛的樣子，由于受的教育比較少，他的話總是傻里傻氣的。為了安慰Ross，他建議Ross去Stripjoint
Strip:v.剝?nèi)ィ瑒児?，脫去衣服，表演脫衣舞；n.脫衣舞，條，帶
joint:n.關(guān)節(jié)，接合處，接頭；adj.連接的，接合的，共同的，聯(lián)合的。
'Strip joint'是脫衣舞場的意思，Joey意思是Ross現(xiàn)在雖然很受傷，但是正好恢復(fù)單身，可以去脫衣舞場去， 'havesome hormones'直譯就是你要有一些男性荷爾蒙呀，翻譯過來就是你該去（脫衣舞場）找樂子去。
hormone:荷爾蒙。最后一句話直譯為“有一點男性荷爾蒙吧”，意譯則是指Ross該去脫衣舞場找樂子了（釋放男性荷爾蒙，嘻嘻）
當Ross表示，只是想再次結(jié)婚，這時Rachel穿著濕漉漉的wedding dress進來了。
Monica讓waiter給Rachel來一杯De-cafe，低咖啡因的咖啡，或者說低濃度的咖啡。然后向大家介紹Rachel:anotherLincoln High survivor
這里用的survivor應(yīng)該暗示出來了，林肯高中是一個學(xué)習(xí)壓力很大的地方，能survive太不容易啦。
Monica: So you wanna tell us now, or are we waiting for four wetbridesmaids?
Monica讓Rachel解釋一下原因，“or are we waiting for four wetbridesmaids”直接翻譯為“或者，我們在等四個濕漉漉的伴娘？”美國人的幽默可見一斑
Rachel的回答太長，我挑幾句說就可以了
I was in the room where we were keeping all the presents, and Iwas looking at this gravy boat. This really gorgeous Lamauge gravyboat.
gravy boat:盛調(diào)味汁的船形器皿。gravy:肉汁，（做調(diào)味用的）鹵
Lamauge gravy boat又是什么呢？我查找了一下，有人回答說Lamauge可能是一種牌子
gorgeous：美國的女孩子比較喜歡用gorgeous來形容她喜歡的，或者感到驚訝的東西。而男孩則用這個詞來形容遇到的漂亮性感的女性（這個來源于某個英語學(xué)習(xí)原地）
I realized that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than byBarry! And then I got really freaked out, and that’s when it hitme: How much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head?
turnon：打開，一般指打開煤氣，自來水，點燈等有旋鈕的開關(guān)。但是在這里還有“指向”的意思，也就是說，Rachel這時候突然對那個船形器皿感興趣了。如果后接sb.則表示對某人發(fā)生了“性趣”
freak out,這個詞組很重要，使用的頻率很高。表示“嚇了一跳”
(to Monica) So anyway I just didn’t know where to go, and I knowthat you and I have kinda drifted apart。
kinda，是kind of的縮寫。美國人經(jīng)常這么用的。比如woulda表示的是would have，shoulda表示的是should have等
drift apart:離開，分離
【場景】：Rachel解釋她逃婚的原因之后，告訴Monica，之所以來找她是因為Mon是她在紐約認識的唯一的朋友。
Monica: Who wasn’t invited to the wedding.
Rachel: Ooh, I was kinda hoping that wouldn’t be anissue...
Monica反問：那么誰沒有被邀請到婚禮中呢？
的確也是，好事不找別人，到落難了才想到朋友，即使不生氣心里也不會好受的啦！
Rachel說：噢，我希望這不是問題……?；蛘叻g為，“我希望不要再提這件事”
【場景】：Rachel打電話給她爸爸解釋逃婚的原因。
Rachel: (on phone) Daddy, I just... I can’t marry him! I’m sorry.I just don’t love him. Well, it matters to me!
這里值得一提的是It matters to me。翻譯為“對我來說很重要”。
類似的說法有It makes sense. It means a lot to me.
You can see where he'd have trouble.
Apparently, we can tell that Rach's dad made fun of Rach's metaphorby saying 'buy her a hat', and pretended that he didn't know whatRach was talking about. But what's even worse is that Rach didn'tget her dad's little trick either. So she yelled at the phone that'It's a metaphor,Daddy!'. Once she realized how rude and unladilyshe was just now, her eyes met with Ross's, which made Ross ratherembarrassing. So he ended up saying that 'You can see where he'dhave trouble.' That means 'you can see misunderstanding yourmetaphor is where he'd have trouble to communicate with yousmoothly.
Well, I guess we've established who's staying here withMonica.
Monica has no idea why Rachel said that. But she can't just abandonRach at this critical time, so when her friends turned to her for averification, she can't think of nothing to say except that: 'Well,it seems to Rachel that I have already agreed on the whole movingin thing( that is established an agreement on her moving in),although I have nothing to do with it!!(Don't look at me in thisweird way, guys!)'
【場景】：The scene on TV has changed to show two women, one is holdingher hair
Phoebe: If I let go of my hair, my head will fall off.
let go (1)放開，松手; (2)常與of連用，放棄
我們在聽英文歌曲的時候，經(jīng)常會聽到歌手們要么深情款款，要么一副“死纏爛打”的樣子地唱到這句。
比如Celine Dion唱的I surrender中就有這么一句：I’ll hold you in my arms andnever let go...
【場景】：Monica在安慰Rachel，Joey過來幫忙（這種好事總少不了Joey這個大色狼。沒辦法，誰讓Rach那么pretty呢。
Joey: (comforting her) And hey, you need anything, you can alwayscome to Joey. Me and
Chandler live across the hall. And he’s away a lot.
原則上，應(yīng)該是Chandler andI，但是口語中沒有這么嚴格的束縛，不單是語序可以改變，I也可以說成me。這里Joey為了突顯自己，把me提前了。而且?guī)в刑舳盒缘卣f，Chandler總是不在……
Monica: Joey, stop hitting on her! It’s her wedding day!
翻譯：Joey,不要再挑逗她了！今天是她的結(jié)婚日子！
hit on sb: “和某人調(diào)情，或挑逗某人”, 相當于flirt with sb, 其它類似的表達法還有：to make apass at someone和 to come on to someone（來源于世博英語）
【場景】：Paul來約Monica for a date
Chandler: Ooh, this is a Dear Diary moment.
我們都知道diary是“日記”的意思。那么記入日記的，一般都是當天比較值得記的東東吧。而Monica單身了這么久，終于有人約她出去了，所以Chandler說“這是一個值得載入日記的時刻”
這下，除了Rach之外，大家都有事情做了。于是Ross問Rach，她今晚有什么安排
Rachel: Well, I was kinda supposed to be headed for Aruba on myhoneymoon, so nothing!
Ross: Right, you’re not even getting your honeymoon, God.. No,no, although, Aruba, this time of year... talk about your- (thinks)-big lizards... Anyway, if you don’t feel like being alone tonight,Joey and Chandler are coming over to help me put together my newfurniture.
head for：[美] 朝著一方向前進
Aruba：阿魯巴島。委內(nèi)瑞拉海岸北面背風(fēng)群島中一屬于荷蘭的島嶼。是加勒比海一觀光勝地
big lizard：大蜥蜴。Ross是古生物學(xué)家，言行中難免帶一些他所研究的東西。
feel like doing sth.：想做某事。也是頻度比較高的詞組
【場景】：Chandler和Joey幫助Ross組合新家具。Ross喝到罐裝啤酒時又想到了Carol。
Joey: Ross, let me ask you a question. She got the furniture, thestereo, the good TV- what did you get?
Ross: You guys.
Chandler: Oh, God.
Joey: You got screwed.
Joey問Ross，Carol得到了家具，立體音響，電視機那么他得到了什么。Ross傻乎乎地說“你們啊”。這句話著實讓Chandler犯暈。Joey則說“你上當了”
screw：n.螺絲，螺絲釘；螺栓；螺旋狀物；『英俚』工資，收入；占便宜，詐騙
類似于“欺騙”的短語還有：take someone for a ride。
例：--Why is John always upset lately?
--He felt that his girlfriend took him for a ride before hestopped dating her.
Chandler: Look, Ross, you gotta understand, between us we haven’thad a relationship that has lasted longer than aMento.(……以下省略)
“這里的Mento是指Mentos(曼妥斯)這種糖,這句話意思是Chandler和Joey與女孩的的關(guān)系從來沒超過嚼一顆Mentos的時間.”（來源于某個論壇）
在<我與老友一起傻笑>一書中有提到
Here Chandler made a comparison of the longevity of his and Joey'srelationship to the lasting of Mento,emphasizing the shortness oftheir relationship with other girls,which acts kinda as a comfortto Ross.
Billy,Don't Be A Hero是一首７０年代的老歌，描寫的是越戰(zhàn)中，一個女孩希望自己的fianceBilly平安歸來，don't be a hero in the war,但最后Billy還是在戰(zhàn)爭中失去了他年青的生命
【場景】: A Restaurant, Monica and Paul are eating.
Monica問Paul是如何擺脫感情帶來的煩惱的，Paul回答，把情人貴重的東西摔碎。Monica則是shredded byboyfriend’s favorite bathtowel，把男友最喜歡的浴巾撕爛（這招不錯，又不傷害到人又可以解恨！哈哈）
Paul: Ooh, steer clear of you.
steer clear of：v.避開, 繞開，解脫
Paul的意思是“哦，（以此）消除痛苦”
Paul: Ever since she walked out on me, I, uh...
Monica: What?..... What, you wanna spell it out withnoodles?
walk out on someone: 拋棄某人。還可以用dump sb.表達
spell it out: 清楚地說明
【場景】：Mon已經(jīng)和Paul過夜了，因此第二天她十分高興，笑個不停
Rachel: I can see that. You look like you slept with a hanger inyour mouth.
翻譯：我看得出來,你就好像睡覺時有個衣架在你嘴里
呵，如果生活中有人快樂的一直笑，你就可以這么問她“What’s up? You look like you slept witha hanger in your mouth.”
【場景】：Mon在工作，她的朋友Frannie進來了。看到Mon這么高興，好友也忍不住問她是否havesex了。于是Mon問她認不認識Paul
Frannie: Are you kidding? I take credit for Paul. Y’know beforeme, there was no snap in his turtle for two years.
take credit for sb.：因……而受到某人的好評
至于最后一句話swordlover覺得只是直接把Paul的penis比作turtle，snap比作havesex，其中并沒有太大的玄機。當然，這只是swordlover個人的想法。請教一個美國人，她說 there was no snapin his turtle是一個固定的phrase，就是沒有sex的意思。
【場景】：知道Paul是一個偽君子，總是以自己多長時間沒有havesex博取女人同情并且和他過夜后，Monica非常失落、傷心、憤怒。大家都在安慰她。
Joey: (sitting on the arm of the couch)Of course it was aline!
起先我還以為line是筆誤，應(yīng)該是lie呢。后來看別人的解釋，“l(fā)ine有“臺詞”的意思，在加上這句話是joey說的，他是個演員，所以我認為這里的line是臺詞的意思，而不是謊言?！璅riends的編劇文字功底醇厚，用詞也常常叫人拍案叫絕。這里的line就是一例。不僅復(fù)合joey的“actor”身份，詞本身用在這里也是恰到好處。”
【場景】：大家圍在桌子前，鼓勵Rach把她的creditcard剪掉，從此過一個獨立的生活。而Rach總是猶豫不決。還是phoebe能夠體諒Rach的心情。
Phoebe: Give her a break, it’s hard being on your own for thefirst time.
翻譯：別逼她,第一次獨立生活是很困難的。
如果是Give me a break，則有如下意思：
?。?）別作弄我了Everybody’s not perfect, so give me a break!人無完人，別強求我。
?。?）給我折扣 I can’t afford to pay that much, give me a break.我付不起那么多錢，給我打折。
?。?）放我一馬
I’m sorry to be so late, I know I missed the deadline to turn inmy assignment can you please give me a break?
很抱歉這么遲才上交任務(wù)，我知道已經(jīng)過了期限，你能放我一馬嗎？
當Rach鼓起勇氣剪掉credit card后，
Monica: Welcome to the real world! It sucks. You’re gonna loveit!
It sucks：糟透了。這里的suck是動詞，比如the team sucks.這個隊糟透了。
翻譯：歡迎來到現(xiàn)實世界，（雖然這個世界）很糟糕，（但是）你會愛上它的。
【場景】：Time Lapse, Rachel and Ross are watching a TV channel finishesit’s broadcast day by playing the national anthem（圣歌）.
Monica: Well, that’s it (To Ross) You gonna crash on thecouch?
crash on the couch：在沙發(fā)上睡覺。
crash：墜落，碰撞。我覺得這個詞用的非常生動。（想象一下“砰”的倒在軟綿綿的沙發(fā)上睡覺的情形）
【場景】：Ross向Rachel說他高中時候暗戀她
Ross: Okay. You know you probably didn’t know this, but back inhigh school, I had a, um, major crush on you.
have a crush on sb.：暗戀某人
Rachel: I knew.
Ross: You did! Oh.... I always figured you just thought I wasMonica’s geeky older brother.
figure是一個常用的詞，表示“認為，想，想出”
例如：I never figured that this would happen.我從沒想到會發(fā)生這樣的事
同類詞組有figure out。
例如：Nobody can figure out why so many trains have been calledoff.沒有人能弄清為什么取消了這么多趟火車
來源：(
http://blog.sina.cn/dpool/blog/s/blog_4731ad3e01000abh.html?vt=4)- 【老友記讀書筆記 101】The One Where Monica Gets a New Roommate_Cindy_新浪博客
