“The One Where’s No One’s Ready” Was Based Due to Budget Issues
4.《没人准备好》这一集的布景单一，缘于经费限制
Budget concerns almost threw a wrench at the Friends
经费问题阻碍了《老友记》的拍摄
In “The One Where No One’s Ready” from season 3, the episode centers on all of the friends having separate issues (albeit, hilarious ones) getting ready for Ross’s benefit:After her breakup with Richard, Monica is experiencing severe anxiety over a message she left on his answering machine and this anxiety is only furthered when she attempts to access and erase the message. Her efforts lead to her accidentally replacing Richard’s outgoing voicemail with said message. It’s so cringe-worthy but fantastic.
在第三季《没人准备好》这一集中，有一个重要的宴会对罗斯（Ross）来说意义非凡，他的五位朋友也受邀参加，可大家一直慢吞吞，都没有准备好（尽管剧情紧张，但仍不失滑稽幽默）。来看看几位老友都在做什么：莫妮卡和前男友理查德分手后仍对其念念不忘，听到答录机里里查德的一条旧留言，妄想这是新消息，便给他回复了条“不焦虑”的消息，之后又觉得这条留言太不淡定，于是想登录理查德的答录机抹掉它，结果却意外更改了他的机主留言，出尽洋相。

Rachel can’t pick an outfit to save her life, which ends in Ross becoming so frustrated that he snaps at her and Rachel almost foregoes the event entirely. It isn’t until Ross offers to drink a cup of rendered chicken fat Monica—a chef—had been storing in the fridge that the two kiss and make up.
瑞秋为了出席宴会，决定不了该穿哪件衣服。罗斯为她的磨蹭和漫不经心发火，结果瑞秋干脆说不去了……作为道歉，罗斯答应瑞秋喝一杯油，风波才得以平息。
Phoebe is the only one dressed and ready to go, until a giant glob of hummus besmirches her gown and she and the other girls attempt to clean the spot and cover it up. Phoebe finally decides on covering the stain with a heinous oversized Christmas bow, which Ross gasps at initially but then accepts as perfectly suitable in an attempt to get the gang out the door in time.
菲比是唯一准备好出门的人，但一团鹰嘴豆泥弄脏了她的礼服，于是女孩儿们又忙着帮她清理污渍。最终她用一个很扎眼的圣诞装饰物遮住那块污渍，罗斯和钱德勒看到之后第一反应都惊呆了。但罗斯为了让大家赶紧出门，马上表示菲比这个搭配非常完美。
Chandler and Joey get into a tiff, which results in a hilarious war where Joey steals the cushions from the couch Chandler is sitting on, which Chandler refers to as the “essence” of the couch. Chandler retaliates by taking Joey’s underwear, and being that Joey is going “commando” at that moment, he is livid and feels unable to change for the event (he “rented” a tux, and isn’t willing to “go commando in another man’s fatigues”). Joey won’t go down without a fight, and responds to the confiscation of his underwear by doing “the exact opposite” to Chandler, which is…wearing all of Chandler’s clothes?
乔伊为抢座位与钱德勒发生争吵，起身时带走了沙发垫——钱德勒称之为沙发的精华部分。为了报复乔伊，小钱钱偷走了他的内裤。乔伊很愤怒，因为当时没穿内衣所以不能换礼服（因为租来的礼服是别人的，所以他不想直接穿）。他决定不来一场对决绝不罢休，于是做了与藏衣服“正相反”的事情……把钱德勒的衣服统统穿在身上。
All scenes—minus a very brief scene at the end which shows the gang at the event they have spent the majority of the episode getting ready for—in this episode take place in Monica’s apartment. Many wouldn’t have given a second thought to this setup, being that the storyline was cause for everyone to congregate in one place. However, the scenes of the episode were concentrated in one area due to the fact that—at the times—the show’s budget was not allowing for shooting in different locations or the addition of guest stars.
这一集里所有布景都十分简单，剧里六个人打闹、聊天、发生口角几乎都是在莫妮卡的公寓里发生，如此丰富的剧情和精彩的表演全集中在一间屋子里，对于这种场景布置许多观众并没有过多在意。但还是要为好奇的观众揭秘一下其中缘由。虽然《老友记》在播出时大受欢迎，但在剧组实际和拍摄制作过程中，时常因为经费问题而使得众多精彩桥段缩于一隅。除了布景，由于预算拮据，无法邀请其他演员出演，因此当时拍摄的《老友记》里也很少看见其他明星客串的身影。