- Ross: So Rachel, what're you, uh... what're you up to tonight?
- Rachel: Well, I was kinda supposed to be headed for Aruba on my honeymoon, so nothing!
- Ross: Right, you're not even getting your honeymoon, God.. No, no, although, Aruba, this time of year... talk about your- (thinks) -big lizards... Anyway, if you don't feel like being alone tonight, Joey and Chandler are coming over to help me put together my new furniture.
- Chandler: Yes, and we're very excited about it.
- Rachel: Well thanks, but I think I'm just gonna hang out here tonight. It's been a long day.
講解版
- 「What (are) you up to?」你待會兒要干什么,其中「(be) up to」=「doing」,做某事 / 忙什么,老外很喜歡用. 同樣用法還出現在:
- S01E02 Barry:What have you been up to? 你最近在干什么 //Rachel 去還訂婚戒指
- S02E05 Chandler:What have you been up to? 你最近在干什么 //Chandler 在跟一個女孩聊天
- S08E09 Ross:What are you up to? //Ross 在問一個多年沒見的老同學 Will 你最近在干什么
- S09E03 Phoebe:So what are you up to these days? //Phoebe 第一次見到她老公 Mike
- S09E11 Rachel:What have you been up to? //Rachel 生完孩子回來公司,然后問同事
- S09E14 Monica:What are you up to? //Rachel 讓 Monica 帶帶寶寶,Monica 問她要去干嘛
- S09E17 Ross:Let everyone know what you up to. //Ross 在介紹 Facebook 的用處
- 「kind of / kinda」出鏡率極高的單詞, 每集都有 5 個以上, 表示「有一點」
- 「be suppose to do」應該做某事
- 「be headed for」=「going for」去 (somewhere)
- 「Aruba」這個 Barry 每次出場 (度蜜月) 都要去這個地方:
- S01E02 Barry:Oh, I, uh- I went to Aruba. //Rachel 問 Barry「Why are- why are you so tanned?」, 他說自己跟伴娘 Mindy 去了 Aruba
- S01E20 Barry:We can, we can go to Aruba! //Barry
- S01E20 Barry:We'll go back to Aruba. //Rachel 跟 Mindy 一起去找 Barry 問清楚他到底喜歡誰, 他 (看 Rachel 沒戲, 就) 對 Mindy 說
- S01E20 Rachel:What is it with you and Aruba? Do you have a deal with the airlines? //Rachel 無情地吐槽
- Aruba 有世界上一半種類的 big lizards (大蜥蜴), 所以 Ross 會說「Aruba, this time of year.talk about your- (thinks) -big lizards.」
- 「on the honeymoon」度蜜月, 介詞用「on」
- 聊天聊不下去的時候可以用「anyway」
- 「feel like doing sth.」=「want to do sth.」想做某事
- 「alone」僅僅表示一個人的狀態, 「lonely」則不僅是指「alone」, 同時還有因為 alone 而感覺「sad」
- 「put together」組裝
- 「furniture」家具
- 「hang out」(室內室外都可以的) 待著
- 「long day」(X 天一天) 過得很長, 痛苦的時光會過得很慢, 快樂的時光總是很短暫, 因此可以這么表達
糾音版, 本節課重點: 弱讀 / 縮讀
- 「(Are) You」→「You」 / 「Y」(常見于非句首, 發音為 ya), 常見例句:
- What (are) you / y doing?
- Where (are) you / y going?
- Who (are) you / y talking to?
- Why (are) you / y doing that?
- (Are) You having fun?
- (Are) You OK / all right?
- 「(be) suppose
dto be」里「supposed」末尾的 d 是爆破音, 遇到輔音不完全失去爆破, 最終合起來讀成 suppose be - 「time of」連讀成 timer've
- 「don'
tfeel like」爆破音失去爆破 - 「come over to」讀成 com nou ver d, 特別要注意口語中「to」常常弱讀成 d
- 「go to work」讀成 go d work
- 「go to school」讀成 go d school
- 「go to bed」讀成 go d bed
- 「go to sleep」讀成 go d sleep
- 「hel
pme」爆破音失去爆破 - 「pu
ttogether」爆破音失去爆破 - 「gonna」讀成 gene, 音調在此句中弱下來, 強調的重點為后面的單詞「hang out」
- 「hang out」讀成 han nout, 音調在此句中提上來, 重點強調
- 「It's been a」并不用長讀, 讀成 It's bin na, 「been」的聲音放小, 強調的重點為后面的「long day」