作者：Starry_Night

　　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！

　　第四十五篇

　　这一天Monica、Rachel和Phoebe三人正在看杂志，忽然Monica问其它两人说：“如果要你在我们三人中选一个`约会对象'，你们会选谁？”Rachel回答说不知道，Monica自己也说难以决定，而心直口快的Phoebe马上说她会选Rachel，这使得Monica很是不快：

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　　Monica: Why didn't you pick me?

　　Phoebe: Fine. The reason that I was leaning a little bit more toward Rachel than you is just that you're…just…kinda high maintenance—Okay let's go to lunch!

　　Monica: That is completely untrue. You think I'm high maintenance? Okay, prove it. I want you to make a list and we're going to go through it point by point!

　　Phoebe: No, okay, you're right. You're easy-going. You're just not as easy-going as Rachel. You know she's just more flexible and-and mellow. That's all.

　　Rachel: Well, people are different.

　　Phoebe: Ya, you know, Rachel…she'll do whatever you want. Y'know, you can just walk all over her.

　　Rachel: What? Wait a minute. What are you saying, that I'm a pushover? I'm not a pushover.

　　Phoebe: Oh, okay, you're not a pushover.

　　Rachel: Oh my…you think I'm a pushover. Well wait, watch this, you know what? You're not invited to lunch. What do you think of that? I think that's pretty strong, that's what I think. Come on, Monica, let's go to lunch.

　　Monica: (to Phoebe) You start working on that list.

　　【世博视角】

　　Monica平时一直争强好胜，所以她非得搞清楚为什么Phoebe不选她(Why didn't you pick me?)这种问题实在不好回答，可Phoebe看到Monica一付不依不饶的样子后只好解释说：好吧，我之所以有那么一点点倾向于Rachel是因为你，你只是…有点难伺候(Fine. The reason that I was leaning a little bit more toward Rachel than you is just that you're…just…kinda high maintenance.)maintenance是名词，一般解释为“维护、保养”，如果某样东西一直需要人去维护保养，我们就可以把它形容为high maintenance,如high maintenance software / machine,除东西外，有些人也会需要更多的照顾、关注等等，所以high maintenance也可以用来描述人，如：high maintenance kids / women。

　　Monica一听Phoebe说自己high maintenance后马上要Phoebe列张单子出来，以一一证明自己确实很难伺候(Okay, prove it. I want you to make a list and we're going to go through it point by point!)。Monica的确是不太好应付呢，Phoebe只得改口说：“好吧，你不难伺候，只不过没有Rachel那么随和而已，Rachel更加通融、温和一点(No, okay, you're right. You're easy-going. You're just not as easy-going as Rachel. You know she's just more flexible and-and mellow)”。Phoebe讲话有时真的是很不动脑子，先前她用easy-going、flexible、mellow等词来形容Rachel的性格让Rachel听着很是受用，可接下来她又说：“Ya, you know, Rachel…she'll do whatever you want.”这句话听着就有点不舒服了，Rachel也太没个性了吧，别人想怎么就怎么，说到这儿Phoebe还嫌不够，最后来了一句“Y'know, you can just walk all over her.”，walk all over sb.是一习惯用语，我们从字面上就能理解它的意思，“在某人身上走来走去”，那岂不欺人太甚？又比如：It's terrible - she lets her kids just walk all over her.

　　Rachel脾气再好也受不了别人walk all over her呀，所以她跳起来对Phoebe说：“What? Wait a minute. What are you saying, that I'm a pushover? I'm not a pushover.”如果某个人或某件事是个pushover,那就表示“很容易对付”，你只需稍加用力push一下，那个人或那件事就over了，例如：

　　The exam was a pushover.

　　The kids all think their new English teacher's a real pushover.

　　本来Phoebe的实话实说就已经得罪了Monica,这下她的口无遮拦又把Rachel给惹毛了，结果Rachel拉着Monica一起去吃午饭，不理Phoebe了。

　　*本篇所讲到的表达法:

　　high maintenance

　　walk all over sb.

　　be a pushover

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