16.Friends-Divorce 《老友记》——离婚风波
《老友记》（Friends）是美国NBC电视台从1994年开播，连续播出了10年（1994～2004年）的一部幽默情景喜剧。全剧一共10季，236集，每集大约24分钟。故事主要描述了住在纽约的六个好朋友，从相识到后来一起经历了10年的生活中发生的一系列故事。
RacheI：And uh, and the lighting's always unflattering. And, Monica help me out here.
Monica：Hell, I wanna see Joey.
Julie：So is there like a story or do they just start doing it right……oh, never mind.
Chandler：OK, now, wait a minute. That is the craziest typing test I've ever seen.
Monica：All I say is, she better get the job.
Ross：Looks to me like he's the one getting the job.
Joey：Shh, OK, here I come, here I come. See I'm coming to fix the copier, I can't get to the copier, I'm thinking what do I do, what do I do……And then I say, wait, here's my line, you know that's bad for the paper tray.
Chandler：Nice work my friend.
Joey：Thank you. Wait wait wait wait, you see me again.Hang on, the guy's butt's blockin'me.There I am, there I am, there I am, there I am, there I am……
Phoebe：So um, so what's up, you came to see me yesterday.
Duncan：Oh, yeah, um, alright, I kinda need a divorce.
Phoebe：How come?
Duncan：Umm, actually, I'm getting married again.
Phoebe：What?
Duncan：Oh God, I don't know how to tell you this. I'm straight.
Phoebe：Huuh……
Duncan：Yeah, I know, I.
Phoebe：I, I don't, I don't understand, how can you be straight?I mean, you're, you're so smart and funny and you throw such great Academy Award parties.
Duncan：I know, that's what I kept telling myself but you just reach a point where you can't live a lie anymore.
Phoebe：So how long have you known?
Duncan：Well I guess on some level I always knew I was straight. I thought I was supposed to be something else, you know, I'm an ice dancer, all my friends are gay, I was just trying to fit in.
Phoebe：And um, and there's actually a, a woman?
Duncan：Her name's Debra.
瑞秋：灯光总是很呆板。莫尼卡，帮我一下。
莫尼卡：管你的，我要看乔伊。
朱莉：有没有故事？还是立刻就开始……别理会我。
钱德勒：等一下，那是我见过最疯狂的打字测验。
莫尼卡：我只能说，她最好被聘用。
罗斯：看来是他被“聘用”了。
乔伊：好啦，我上场了。我要修理影印机，但是我修不了。我在想：怎么办？然后我要说，这对送纸匣很不好。
钱德勒：干得好，老兄！
乔伊：谢谢等一下，又有我的镜头了。这家伙屁股挡住我了。我冒出来了，又来了，又来了，又来了……
菲比：怎么回事？昨天你来找我。
邓肯：我需要跟你离婚。
菲比：为什么？
邓肯：其实我又要结婚了。
菲比：什么？
邓肯：我不知道要怎么说，我不是同性恋。我是异性恋。
菲比：呃……
邓肯：对，我知道。
菲比：我不懂你怎么会是异性恋？我是说，你又聪明又幽默，而且举办了很棒的奥斯卡派对。
邓肯：我也一直这么告诉自己，但是到了某个程度就无法再说谎下去了。
菲比：你知道了多久了？
邓肯：我想某种程度上我一直知道自己不是同性恋，我以为自己不是，我是个冰上舞蹈者，所有朋友都是同志，我要合群。
菲比：真的要跟一个女人结婚？
邓肯：她叫黛布拉。
关键短语
e. g.It was unexpected but I could help out if the price was right, I thought.
这有点出乎意料，但我想如果价格合适的话我可以帮忙。
e. g.Never mind scones and cream.This is the real thing！
不要管烤饼和奶酪了，这才是好东西！
e. g.Wait a minute.Do you know something I don't?
稍等一下，你是不是知道什么隐情？
e. g.Nice work.You must have read a lot of books to make the map, right?
干得好，你一定读了很多书来制作这幅地图，对吧？
e. g.The important thing was not to live a lie.
重要的是做人不可虚伪。
e. g.She was great with the children and fi t in beautifully.
她对孩子们很有一手，相处得非常融洽。