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Friends,《老友记》

A:Fired! Why?

甲:被解雇了！为什么？

B:The library board has had a lot of complaints from parents about some of the stuff in your songs.

乙:有很多父母向图书馆的量事会投诉说你歌词里的一些内容有问题。

A:I can't believe it. Did you tell your board about how kids want to hear the truth?

甲:我真不敢相信。难道说你没有告诉董事会孩子们多么想听实话吗？

B:No.

乙:没有。

A:I see.

甲:我懂了。

B:Maybe if you just played some regular kiddie songs.

乙:或许如果你只是唱一些一般的儿歌就可以了。

A:No. What do you, what do you want me to be, like some stupid, big, like, purple dinosaur?

甲:不，你要我，你要我像什么？像一只愚蠢的紫色大恐龙吗？

B:I'm not saying you have to be Barney.

乙:我又没说你必须当巴尼。

A:Who's Barney?

甲:谁是巴尼啊？

B:Well，I tracked down Marcel and get this, he's healthy, he's happy, and he's right here in New York filming Outbreak II-The Virus Takes Manhattan.

乙:我是在追踪马赛尔的时候发现这个的，它现在很健康也很快乐，它在纽约拍《危机总动员—病毒肆虐曼哈顿》。

A:You're kidding.

甲:你蹁人。

B:This is amazing.

乙:简直绝妙。

A:I know.

甲:我知道。

B:I finally get a part on TV and the monkey's makin，movies.

乙:我才终于混上电视，这猴子却开始拍电影了。

生活口语

What's the matter, Sir?

出什么事了,先生?

I have a complaint to make.

我要投诉。

重点讲解:

I need to file a complaint.

I have a complaint to make.

file在作动词时，有“提出申请，提起诉讼”的意思，因此“投诉”在英语中可以表达为file a complaint,不过这种表达通常用于书面语言，在口语中可以较为随意地表达为have a complaint to make。