看老友記Friends學(xué)英語(yǔ) 第二季第四集

（所選對(duì)話參見(jiàn)視頻03分57秒至14分44秒）

【劇情簡(jiǎn)介】

羅斯調(diào)整不好心情同朱麗親熱，所以向瑞秋求助；瑞秋不懷好意教羅斯欲擒故縱，并使盡渾身解數(shù)拖延時(shí)間，想使羅斯同朱麗親熱的計(jì)劃泡湯。

RACHEL:Maybe that's all we do, what about Julie?

JULIE:What about Julie?

RACHEL:Well, you have been in our lives for nearly two months now and we don't really know you. I mean, who is Julie? I mean, what do you like, what don't you like? We wanna hear everything.

JULIE:Well, that could take a while.

RACHEL:So. I mean, who here does not have the time to get to know Julie?

CHANDLER:I got the time to get to know Julie.

JOEY:I got time.

MONICA:Rach, I know her pretty well, can I go? [Rachel gives her a look from hell] That's fine.

RACHEL:OK Julie, so now let's start with your childhood, what was that like?

JULIE:Well, in a nutshell...

RACHEL:Nah, uh, uh, uh, uh.

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RACHEL:Maybe you should put it off.

ROSS:No, no, I don't wanna put it off, I just, God I just, I spent last year being so unbelievably miserable, ya know, and now, now I'm actually happy. You know, I mean, really happy. I just, I just don't wanna, I don't wanna mess it up, ya know.

RACHEL: I know, yeah, sorry.

ROSS:What, it's not your fault.

【口語(yǔ)講解】

1. in a nutshell：簡(jiǎn)短說(shuō)來(lái)

例句：

This, in a nutshell, is what Richard Chaplin appears to have done.

簡(jiǎn)言之，這好像就是理查德·查普林所做的一切。

In a nutshell, the owners thought they knew best

簡(jiǎn)而言之，業(yè)主們認(rèn)為自己最了解情況。

He put the situation in a nutshell.

他簡(jiǎn)明扼要地說(shuō)明了情況。

In a nutshell, that's what's we are doing.

概括的說(shuō)，那就是我們正在做的事。

In a nutshell: the more dimensions we have, the more forces we can accommodate.

概括地說(shuō)：我們的更多的維度中，我們可以容納更多的力量。

In a nutshell, it's a very unorthodox story.

概括的說(shuō)，這是個(gè)很正統(tǒng)的故事。

He had put the whole situation in a nutshell.

他概括地說(shuō)了整個(gè)情況。

To put it in a nutshell, we lost the case.

概括地說(shuō)，我們輸?shù)袅诉@件案子。

In a nutshell, governance gives the provider and the consumers the same view of the service's quality.

簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)，治理為提供者和使用者提供了相同的服務(wù)質(zhì)量視圖。

And that is in a nutshell-how you start producing a wild style.

簡(jiǎn)而言之，這就是你開(kāi)始產(chǎn)生一種野性風(fēng)格的方法。

This, in a nutshell, is the dilemma of global governance.

簡(jiǎn)言之，這就是全球治理的兩難困境。

The new system is very complicated, but I will try to explain it in a nutshell.

新方法是很復(fù)雜的，但我要設(shè)法簡(jiǎn)明扼要地解釋一下。

In a nutshell, new XDA counters in the snapshot monitor output reflect XML activity.

總而言之，快照監(jiān)視器中新的XDA計(jì)數(shù)器反映了XML活動(dòng)。

I thought it was a nut for me to crack, but he explained the situation in a nutshell.

我認(rèn)為這是件棘手的事，但他概括地說(shuō)明了情況。

In a nutshell, all you're doing here is passing in the page index and the page size.

簡(jiǎn)而言之，您此時(shí)要做的只是傳遞頁(yè)索引和頁(yè)大小。

Susan, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in China?

蘇珊，你可以簡(jiǎn)單地告訴我中國(guó)零售市場(chǎng)的現(xiàn)況嗎？

In a nutshell, this is the problem BEEP solves.

簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)，這就是BEEP解決的問(wèn)題。

So, in a nutshell, rome's awful, lisbon's spoiled.

所以簡(jiǎn)單的講，羅馬糟透了，里斯本是被寵壞的。

He had put the whole situation in a nutshell. It may be briefly summed up as follows.

他概括地說(shuō)了整個(gè)情況。它可以簡(jiǎn)短地概括如下。

In a nutshell, traditional insert and logging performance tuning is good for XML insert and import.

總而言之，傳統(tǒng)的插入和日志記錄性能調(diào)優(yōu)對(duì)于XML插入和導(dǎo)入仍然適用。

In a nutshell, fixed costs are your problem.

簡(jiǎn)言之，固定成本才是你的問(wèn)題。

There we have the relationship of art and morality in a nutshell.

一言以蔽之，藝術(shù)與道德的關(guān)系便是如此。

In a nutshell, development aid for health is working.

簡(jiǎn)而言之，推動(dòng)衛(wèi)生事業(yè)發(fā)展的援助工作正在發(fā)揮作用。

To put it in a nutshell, we are broken.

簡(jiǎn)單來(lái)說(shuō)，我們破產(chǎn)了。

And that, in a nutshell, is what I did on my vacation.

簡(jiǎn)單說(shuō)，那就是我假期中所做的。

He put the situation in a nutshell. The ruins told of the age of that civilization.

他簡(jiǎn)明扼要地說(shuō)明了情況。這片廢墟表明了那個(gè)文明的悠久歷史。

In a nutshell, with a swaRef-typed element, attachments become another standard WS-I element in the schema.

簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)，包含swaRef類型的元素，附件就成為模式中標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的WS-I元素。

In a nutshell, use common sense when considering separate table spaces for XML data.

總而言之，在為XML數(shù)據(jù)選擇不同的表空間時(shí)，仍應(yīng)按常理來(lái)考慮。

In a nutshell, this is exactly what this book is about.

簡(jiǎn)單來(lái)說(shuō)，這就是本書的內(nèi)容。

2. put it off：推遲

put off的用法

1．take off脫去

As it got warmer，I put off my overcoat．天氣暖和了些，我脫去了大衣。

2．postpone推遲

Never put off till tomorrow what may he done today．今天可以干的事絕不要拖到明天。

The concert had to be put off because the main singer was ill．由于主要歌唱演員病了，音樂(lè)會(huì)不得為延期。

He had to put off his trip to Japan for two weeks．他只好把去日本的行期推遲兩周。

3．distract使分散

The slightest noise puts me off when I am concentrating．當(dāng)我精神高度集中的時(shí)候，很輕的聲音都會(huì)使我注意力分散。

I don't like people talking when I'm writing a letter；it puts me off．我寫信時(shí)不喜歡別人談話，那會(huì)使我分心。

4．embarrass；displease使為難

Don't be put off by his appearance；he's nice when you get to know him．不要對(duì)他的外表反感，當(dāng)你與他熟悉后，你會(huì)覺(jué)得他為人很好。

Don't let his rough manners put you off．不要對(duì)他的粗魯態(tài)度不高興。

I was very hungry but the smell of rotten eggs put me off．我非常餓，但臭雞蛋味使我倒胃口。

I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal．我對(duì)他的無(wú)恥建議深感不安。

5．move out to sea出海航行

They put off in small boats to meet the coming ship．他們分乘小船出海去迎接那只大船。

6．a(chǎn)void推脫；回避

He put her off with the excuse that he had too much work to do．他以有很多工作要做為借口來(lái)搪塞她。

They refused to have their demands put off．他們不許人家對(duì)他們的要求加以搪塞。

7．discourage sb．or cause sb．to lose interest in sth．使泄氣；阻止；勸阻

I wanted to say something，but her face quite put me off．我本來(lái)要說(shuō)幾句，但看到她的神情，又沒(méi)有勇氣開(kāi)口了。

8．let or make sb．get out of a vehicle讓人下車

Ask the conductor to put you off at the next stop．告訴售票員在下一站讓你下車。

9．get rid of丟棄；拋掉

He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him．他決定拋棄一切個(gè)人打算，接受交給他的任務(wù)。

He had put off all personal cares．他已擺脫了一切個(gè)人的煩惱。

10．send to sleep；anaesthetize使入睡；使麻醉

This medicine will soon put you off．這種藥會(huì)使你迅速入睡。

3. mess it up：搞砸

mess up的用法：

spoil sth．or do a job badly弄亂；弄糟

I've sorted out the books；now don't mess them up again．我已經(jīng)把書整理好了，請(qǐng)不要再把它們弄亂。

The weather messed up our holiday plans．壞天氣把我們的度假計(jì)劃給破壞了。

Don't mess up my clean floor．別把我的干凈地板弄臟了。

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