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Friends,《老友记》

A:Eveiything was delicious!

甲:每道菜都很美味。

B:Thank you!

乙:谢谢你！

A:It was. The duck in particular was superb.

甲:真的，尤其是鸭肉，美味绝伦。

B:Thank you! You haven't said anything.

乙:谢谢你！你相当于什么都没说。

A:Actually I do have one small complaint.

甲:其实我有一个小小的抱怨。

B:Oh, please! I...I welcome criticism.

乙:哦，请说！我…我欢迎各种批评指教。

A:The musician right outside the restaurant...it's kind of a mood-killer!

甲:餐厅外面的歌手…有点破坏气氛！

B:What musician?

乙:什么歌手？

A:And there's a country called Argentina, it's a place I've never seen. But I'm told for fifty people you can buy a human spleen. Human spleen. 01...

甲:有一个叫做阿根廷的国家，我从来都没有去过那里。不过我已经告诉过五十个人，说在那里可以买到人的脾脏，人类的脾脏，噢…

B:What are you doing here?

乙:你在这里做什么呢？

A:Well, you said that you had customers lined up in the street, so I am here to entertain!

甲:你说你们的客人都排队排到街上了，所以我就过来娱乐一下！

B:Great!

乙:很好！

生活口语

Your service stinks. I need to see your boss.

你的服务很糟糕.我要见你们老板。

Let me make it up for you. It's on me today.

我来补偿给您，今天算我的。

重点讲解:

Your service is terrible.

Your service stinks.

stink的原意是“发出恶臭”，比如，Meat will stink in hot weather.肉类在热天会散发臭味。在口语中，stink常被引申为“讨厌透顶、糟糕透顶”的意思，比terrible的程度还要深一些，比如Your performance today stinks.你今天的表现槽糕透了。