双语剧本(Monica goes to change.)

[Scene: Ross's Apartment, the guys are thereassembling furniture.]

-Ross: (squattingand reading the instructions) I'm supposed toattacha bracket thing to the side things, using abunchof these little worm guys.
我应该用蜗杆将托架装在侧面，
I have nobracketthing, I see no whim guyswhatsoeverand I cannot feel my legs.
但我没看见托架和蜗杆，而且，我的脚好麻。

(Joey and Chandler are finishing assembling the bookcase.)

-Joey: I'm thinking we've got a bookcase here.
我想我们做好书架了。
-Chandler: It's a beautiful thing.
真漂亮。

-Joey: (picking up aleftoverpart) What's this?
这是什么？
-Chandler: I would have to say that is an 'L'-shapedbracket.
我只能说这是个“L”型托架。
-Joey: Which goes where?
是哪儿的？
-Chandler: I have no idea.
我也不知道。

(Joey checks that Ross is not looking anddumpsit in a plant.)

-Joey: Done with the bookcase!
书架做好了！
-Chandler: All finished!
终于做好了！
-Ross: (clutchinga beer can andsniffing) This was Carol'sfavoritebeer. She always drank it out of the can, I should have known.
这是Carol最爱喝的啤酒。她总是不用杯子喝，我早该知道。
-Joey: Hey-hey-hey-hey, if you're gonna start with thatstuffwe're out here.
嗨……如果你再这样，我们就走了。
-Chandler: Yes, please don'tspoilall this fun.
对啊，请不要破坏这里的乐趣。
-Joey: Ross, let me ask you a question. She got the furniture, thestereo, the good TV- what did you get?
Ross，我问你一个问题。她分得家俱，音响和好电视。你分得什么？
-Ross: You guys.
你们。
-Chandler: Oh, God.
天啊。
-Joey: Yougot screwed.
你昏头了吧。
-Chandler: Oh my God!
嗯，天啊！
讲解注释

assemble: 聚集，集合
furniture: 家具
squat: 蹲
The savages squat around the fire.
野人们围火蹲着。
instruction: 说明书
attach: 附上，系上
bracket: 支架
pick up: 捡起
leftover: 留下的
a bunch of: 一堆，一束
whim: 绞盘
whatsoever: 任何
bookcase: 书架，书柜
bracket: 支架
check: 发现
dump: 扔
done: 完成
clutch: 抓牢
can: 罐
sniff: 嗅
favorite: 喜爱
stuff: 东西
spoil: 破坏
He had spoiled the soup by putting in too much salt.
他往汤里放盐太多，把汤给糟蹋了。
fun: 乐趣
stereo: 立体声
get screwed: 吃亏，上当

口语讲解

1. 我的腿麻了。
文中用的是"I cannot feel my legs"。还有一种说法就是可以说你的腿fall asleep（睡着了），其实也是麻了的意思。
例：My leg has gone to sleep. I can't move it. 我的腿麻了，动弹不了。

2. whatsoever adv. 任何（用于否定句中以加强语气）
I see no objection whatsoever.
我没有任何异议。
The police found no suspicious document whatsoever.
警察未发现任何可怀疑的文件。

3. get screwed 受到不公平的待遇；上当受骗
We got screwed when we bought this house.
我们买这所房子上当了。

翻译练习

在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。

孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。

无论报纸上刊登什么荒谬的东西，总有人相信。

参考答案

For this exercise you need to get into a squat.
在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。

The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday.
孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。

Whatsoever nonsense the newspaper prints, some people always believe it.
无论报纸上刊登什么荒谬的东西，总有人相信。