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看老友记Friends学英语 第一季第五集
http://share.vrs.sohu.com/693914/v.swf&topBar=1&autoplay=false&plid=5003509&pub_catecode=0&from=page
(所选对话参见视频2分17秒-3分00秒)
【剧情介绍】
钱德和菲比同一天晚上决定和自己的情人——分别是珍妮丝和唐尼分手。菲比轻车熟路说了再见;钱德却开不了口。
Monica: Chandler, nobody likes breaking up with someone. You just gotta do it.
Chandler: No, I know, but it's just so hard, you know? I mean, you're sitting there with her, she has no idea what's happening, and then you finally get up the courage to doit, and there's the horrible awkward moment when you've handed her the note.
Joey: Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man, just stop calling.
Phoebe: You know, if you want, I'll do it with you.
Chandler: Oh, thanks, but I think she'd feel like we're gangin' up onher.
Phoebe: No, I mean you break up with Janice and I'll break up with Tony.
Ross: Tony?
Monica: Oh, you're breaking up with Tony?
Phoebe: Yeah, I know, he's sweet, but it's just not fun anymore, you know? I don't know if it's me, or his hunger strike, or, I don't know.
【口语讲解】
1.breaking up with someone:与某人分手
如何委婉的提出分手:
I need some time alone. 我需要一个人过一阵子。
We're better off as friends. 我们做朋友比较好。
You're too good for me. 我配不上你。
You deserve a better man/woman. 你应该找个更好的对象。
2.get up the courage to do:鼓起勇气做某事(=nerve oneself to do sth;be on one’s mettle to do sth;take heart of grace to do sth)
3.gangin' up on:联手对付某人
4.hunger strike:绝食抗议(go / be on strike在罢工;call off a strike停止罢工) |
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