Friends,中文译名为《六人行》或《老友记》是美国正在热播的一个sitcom (即situation comedy)也就是我们所说的情景喜剧。它之所以这么受欢迎，是因为其内容轻松，语言幽默，每每令人捧腹不已。对于英语学习者来说，我们更能从中学到不少地道的口语。现在就请大家和我一起感受其中的乐趣吧！

　　Ross的生日快到了，Chandler已暗地里为他准备好了“节目”：

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　　Chandler: Ok, while Ross is on the phone, everybody owes me 62 bucks for his birthday.

　　Phoebe: Um, is, is there any chance that you're rounding up? Y'know, like from 20 ?

　　Chandler: Hey, come on, we got the gift, the concert, and the cake.

　　Joey: Do we need a cake?

　　Chandler: Look guys, I know it's a little steep.

　　Rachel: Yeah, whoosh! (Imitates going over a cliff with her hand.)

　　Chandler: But it's Ross.

　　Phoebe: It's Ross.

　　Joey: Yeah, you're right.

　　Chandler: Alright, okay, I’ll see you guys later, I gotta go.

　　【世博视角】

　　乘Ross在打电话的时候(while Ross is on the phone), Chandler向其它几个老友提到了为Ross过生日的费用问题，他说：“你们每人欠我62块钱(everybody owes me 62 bucks for his birthday.)“钱”我们都知道是money,但在口语中老美们经常用的是buck这个字，比如“挣钱”就可以说成make a buck / make a few bucks。注意到没有？buck是个可数名词，因此它也可以用来代替a dollar,那么1美元就是one buck。顺便说一下，如果是1000美元的话，通常不说1000 bucks,而是one grand。再来看几个和buck有关的例句：

　　Everyone’s trying to think of ways to make a few bucks.

　　This guy makes serious money, I mean big bucks.

　　平时我们在算钱的时候免不了会出现几毛几分这样的零钱，为了方便我们经常会把零头部分去掉以求个整数，用英语来表示的话就是round down，比如：The total came to .04, but she rounded it down to .而在上面的对话中，Phoebe用的却是round up,她觉得62块钱这数字太高了，所以就调侃Chandler说：“是不是有可能你把20块给整成62块了？(Um, is, is there any chance that you're rounding up? Y'know, like from 20 ?)”哈，Phoebe说起话来就是这样离谱，20块钱到62块钱哪是什么round up呀，分明就是rip off (欺诈)嘛！所以Chandler一听马上喊冤道：“Hey, come on, we got the gift, the concert, and the cake.”

　　生日礼物、蛋糕、再加上音乐会，花费的确不小，Chandler自己也承认说：“Look guys, I know it's a little steep.”steep这个词的本意是指斜坡、楼梯等的陡峭，但它也可以用来形容价格过高或要求不合理，例如：

　　We enjoyed our meal at the restaurant, but the bill was a bit steep.

　　The membership fees at the golf club are pretty steep.

　　"She expects me to take her children to school for her every day." "That's a bit steep."

　　Chandler话音刚落，Rachel就用手模拟了一座悬崖峭壁来表示62块钱可不只是a little steep,最后Chandler只能说：“But it's Ross.”为了朋友有人还两胁插刀呢，花点钱算得了什么？

　　*本篇所讲到的地道表达法：

　　make a buck / make a few bucks

　　round down / up

　　steep

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