看老友记学英语17 Ross和穴居人都遇到了麻烦事

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写在前面

欢迎大家跟Mandy一起美剧学英语，今天是“看老友记学英语”的第17篇，希望大家能有所收获，多多找机会输出巩固所学哦。

场景介绍

史前历史博物馆里，Ross和他的同事Marsha在摆放穴居人模型，并就此进行了一番讨论……

今日内容

Ross: No, it’s good, it is good, it’s just that- mm- doesn’t she seem a little angry?

不，这样很好，只是她看起来是不是有点生气?

Marsha: Well, she has issues.

她有麻烦事。

Ross: Does she?

她有吗?

Marsha: He’s out banging other women over the head with a club, while she sits at home trying to get the mastodon（[‘mstdn] 乳齿象（似象之巨兽；现已绝种）） smell out of the carpet!

他在外面到处沾花惹草，而她却待家里，设法去除地毯上乳齿象的味道。

Ross: Marsha, these are cave people. Okay? They have issues like ‘Gee, that glacier（ [‘ɡlsj] 冰河，冰川）’s getting kinda close.’ See?

玛莎，他们是穴居人，他们关心的问题是冰河愈来愈接近了，懂吗?

Marsha: Speaking of issues, isn’t that your ex-wife?

谈到麻烦，那不是你前妻吗?

Ross: No. No.

不，不是。

Marsha: Yes, it is. Carol! Hi!

是的，就是（你前妻）。卡罗尔你好。

Ross: Okay, yes, yes, it is. How about I’ll, uh, catch up with you in the Ice Age?

好吧好吧，是的，我回头到“冰河期（展馆）”去找你吧。

重点表达

01.

She has issues.

She has issues.她有麻烦事。
issue在这句话中是“问题、麻烦”的意思：a problem or worry that somebody has with something
eg:
All technical issues have now been resolved.
所有的技术难题现在都解决了。
Money is not an issue.
钱不是问题。

issue做名词时，除了“问题、麻烦”之外，还有以下2个主要含义：
1、an important topic that people are discussing or arguing about议题
eg:
They are talking about issues relating to the safety of children online.
他们正在讨论关于儿童上网安全的议题。

2、one of a regular series of magazines or newspapers发行物，刊物
eg:
an article in the current issue of ‘Newsweek’
现行刊物《新闻周刊》上的一篇文章

02.

bang

bang有“击打、敲打”的意思
eg:
He banged his fist on the table.
他用拳头重击桌子。

另外，bang在粗俗的口语中有“和…发生关系”的意思，因此，本

句应该是“他在外面到处沾花惹草”的一种隐喻的说法。

03.

kinda

kinda=kind of，rather
美剧中经常出现这个词，kinda是kind of的简称，是英语口语中的弱读现象。
“kinda”和“kind of”的关系，就类似于“酱紫呀”和“这样子呀”的关系。
eg:
The movie was kinda boring.
这部电影有点无聊。

04.

Speaking of

speaking of谈到……，说起……
当对方提到的某个话题你比较感兴趣时，可以用“speaking of…”接过话题。
eg:
Speaking of Mandy, have you seen her recently?
说到曼迪，你最近见过她吗?

05.

catch up with

catch up with (someone)赶上

两个含义：
1、to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster赶上
eg:
Go on ahead. I’ll catch up with you.
继续往前走吧，我会追上你的。

2、to reach the same level or standard as somebody who was better or more advanced追上，达到（标准、水平等）
eg:
After missing a term through illness, he had to work hard to catch up with the others.
因病缺席了一个学期之后，他必须努力追赶其他的同学。

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