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！

　　这一天Rachel和Phoebe两人决定去纹身：

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　　MONICA: I can't believe you guys are actually getting tattoos.

　　CHANDLER: Excuse me, you guys are getting tattoos?

　　RACHEL: Yes, but you can not tell Ross 'cause I want to surprise him.

　　JOEY: Wow, this is wild. What're you gonna get?

　　PHOEBE: Um, I'm getting a lily for my Mom. 'Cause her name's Lily.

　　CHANDLER: Wow, that's lucky. What if her name was Big Ugly Splotch?

　　JOEY: Soswheresyou gettin' it?

　　PHOEBE: I think on my shoulder.

　　ROSS: What? What's on your shoulder?

　　PHOEBE: Um, a chip. A tattoo, I'm getting a tattoo.

　　ROSS: A tattoo? Why, why would you want to do that? [to Rachel] Hi.

　　RACHEL: Hi. Well hey, you don't - you don't think they're kind of cool?

　　ROSS: No, sorry I don't. Tell me why would anyone pay someone to scar their body for life? What if it doesn't come out right Phoebe? Then it's like, I don't know, havin' a bad hair cut all the time. Why's everyone staring at me?

　　【世博视角】

　　tattoo就是纹身，它也可以直接作动词使用，但总是以被动的形式出现，比如：She's got a heart tattooed on her right shoulder.

　　去纹身可是要点勇气的，那针扎在身上多痛啊？Monica就说：“我真不相信你们俩真要去纹身。(I can't believe you guys are actually getting tattoos.)”Chandler也觉得有些意外，问道：“Excuse me, you guys are getting tattoos?”这里的excuse me,并不是表示打扰了别人或是要引起别人的注意，而是表示一种意外，Chandler想自己会不会听错了，所以才追问了这句。另外，excuse me (升调)，也可以用来让人再重复一下刚才所说的话，这是典型的美式用语，在英国的话则用pardon (升调),例如：

　　A: 'What time is it?'

　　B: 'Excuse me?'

　　A: 'I asked you what time it is.'

　　对于Chandler的追问Rachel给予了肯定的回答Yes,同时让Chandler别告诉Ross，因为她想制造一个惊喜(but you can not tell Ross 'cause I want to surprise him.)。

　　Joey觉得去纹身这种举动蛮狂野的(Wow, this is wild)，接着他想知道她们打算纹什么图案(What're you gonna get?), Phoebe准备弄朵百合花(lily)，因为她妈妈的名字就是lily。Chandler又插科打诨道：“哇，真幸运，要是你妈妈的名字是Big Ugly Splotch (又大又难看的斑点)怎么办？”Joey又问Phoebe她想纹在哪里(Soswheresyou gettin' it?)，Phoebe回答说在肩上(on the shoulder),.这时Ross正好走进来听到这句话，就问什么在肩上(What? What's on your shoulder?)，Phoebe脑筋转了一下说：“Um, a chip.”这个回答很有意思，难怪我们会听到一大片笑声，原来在英语中有一个习语就是have a chip on your shoulder,它源自19世纪的美国，那时如果两个人想打架来解决问题的话就会各自在肩上放一块木片，一旦木片被对方撞下肩，打架便开始了，打完架当然问题也就解决了，可要是这木片一直在两人肩上的话，那可就僵了，所以后来have a chip on your shoulder就表示某个人很容易被激怒，它也可以引申为“心存芥蒂”或“耿耿于怀”，例如：

　　Mary is easily offended; she always has a chip on her shoulder.

　　The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and dad divorced.

　　回到对话中，Phoebe最后还是老实交待说自己要在肩上弄一纹身，Ross显然对这想法不太感冒，他问：“A tattoo? Why, why would you want to do that? (纹身？为什么？为什么你要去纹身？)”这下本来想给Ross一个惊喜的Rachel有点慌了，她试探道：“you don't - you don't think they're kind of cool?(你不觉得，你不觉得那样蛮酷的？)”

　　来听听Ross是怎么回答的：No, sorry I don't. Tell me why would anyone pay someone to scar their body for life? What if it doesn't come out right Phoebe? Then it's like, I don't know, havin' a bad hair cut all the time. (对不起，我不觉得酷。告诉我为什么有人会付钱去让自己身上弄个除不掉的疤？要是纹得不好怎么办？Phoebe,那岂不就像老是顶着个糟糕的发型嘛)。说到这儿Ross发现大伙都盯着他看，就不解地问：“Why's everyone staring at me?(你们盯着我看干嘛？)”，难道说我的发型很糟糕？

　　*本篇所讲到的表达法：

　　tattoo

　　excuse me

　　have a chip on your shoulder

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