S1E4P2 瑞秋的第一份工资

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【对话】

Ross: You know what? I'd betterpass onthe game. I think I'm just gonna go home and think about my ex-wife and her lesbian lover.

Joey:The hell withhockey. Let's all do that.

Chandler: Come on, Ross. You, me, and Joey, ice, guys' night out? Come on, what do you say, big guy? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Ross: What are you doing?

Chandler: I have no idea.

Joey: Come on, Ross.

Ross: All right, all right. Maybe it will take my mind off it. You promise to bug me a big foam finger?

Joey: You got it.

Ross: All right.

Rachel: Look, look, look. My first paycheck. Look at the window. There's my name. Hi, me.

Phoebe: I remember the day I got my first paycheck. There was a cave inin one of mines, and eight people were killed.

Monica: Wow, you worked in a mine?

Phoebe: No, I worked at aDairy Queen. Why?

【重点】

foam n. 泡沫；泡沫剂（用于洗涤、剃须、灭火等）v. 起泡沫。短语foam at the mouth 1. （生病或激动）口吐白沫，2.大发雷霆，勃然大怒

paycheck n. 工资，薪水；工资支票

cave in n.塌方，陷落 vi.(字面意思或比喻义)瓦解；崩溃；倒塌

mine n. 矿井；地雷；水雷 v. 采矿；布雷于

Dairy Queen DQ冰雪皇后，连锁软冰淇淋和快餐餐厅

pass on 单看这个短语是“过世”的意思，“I'd better pass on the game”则是skip/pass的意味，表示不去了，不参与了。

the hell with <informal + impolite> 以有力或生气的方式说出来，表示对某人或者某物的不在乎。这属于非正式不礼貌的习语。

night out 英英释义是an evening spent outside of the home doing something fun

take one's mind off 不再想。get/keep one's mind off 同义

promise to do sth. 答应/许诺/保证做某事

bug sb. sth. 给某人买某物