看老友记Friends学英语 第二季第四集

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【剧情简介】

罗斯调整不好心情同朱丽亲热，所以向瑞秋求助；瑞秋不怀好意教罗斯欲擒故纵，并使尽浑身解数拖延时间，想使罗斯同朱丽亲热的计划泡汤。

RACHEL:Maybe that's all we do, what about Julie?

JULIE:What about Julie?

RACHEL:Well, you have been in our lives for nearly two months now and we don't really know you. I mean, who is Julie? I mean, what do you like, what don't you like? We wanna hear everything.

JULIE:Well, that could take a while.

RACHEL:So. I mean, who here does not have the time to get to know Julie?

CHANDLER:I got the time to get to know Julie.

JOEY:I got time.

MONICA:Rach, I know her pretty well, can I go? [Rachel gives her a look from hell] That's fine.

RACHEL:OK Julie, so now let's start with your childhood, what was that like?

JULIE:Well, in a nutshell...

RACHEL:Nah, uh, uh, uh, uh.

……

RACHEL:Maybe you should put it off.

ROSS:No, no, I don't wanna put it off, I just, God I just, I spent last year being so unbelievably miserable, ya know, and now, now I'm actually happy. You know, I mean, really happy. I just, I just don't wanna, I don't wanna mess it up, ya know.

RACHEL: I know, yeah, sorry.

ROSS:What, it's not your fault.

【口语讲解】

1. in a nutshell：简短说来

例句：

This, in a nutshell, is what Richard Chaplin appears to have done.

简言之，这好像就是理查德·查普林所做的一切。

In a nutshell, the owners thought they knew best

简而言之，业主们认为自己最了解情况。

He put the situation in a nutshell.

他简明扼要地说明了情况。

In a nutshell, that's what's we are doing.

概括的说，那就是我们正在做的事。

In a nutshell: the more dimensions we have, the more forces we can accommodate.

概括地说：我们的更多的维度中，我们可以容纳更多的力量。

In a nutshell, it's a very unorthodox story.

概括的说，这是个很正统的故事。

He had put the whole situation in a nutshell.

他概括地说了整个情况。

To put it in a nutshell, we lost the case.

概括地说，我们输掉了这件案子。

In a nutshell, governance gives the provider and the consumers the same view of the service's quality.

简单地说，治理为提供者和使用者提供了相同的服务质量视图。

And that is in a nutshell-how you start producing a wild style.

简而言之，这就是你开始产生一种野性风格的方法。

This, in a nutshell, is the dilemma of global governance.

简言之，这就是全球治理的两难困境。

The new system is very complicated, but I will try to explain it in a nutshell.

新方法是很复杂的，但我要设法简明扼要地解释一下。

In a nutshell, new XDA counters in the snapshot monitor output reflect XML activity.

总而言之，快照监视器中新的XDA计数器反映了XML活动。

I thought it was a nut for me to crack, but he explained the situation in a nutshell.

我认为这是件棘手的事，但他概括地说明了情况。

In a nutshell, all you're doing here is passing in the page index and the page size.

简而言之，您此时要做的只是传递页索引和页大小。

Susan, can you tell me in a nutshell what the retail market is like in China?

苏珊，你可以简单地告诉我中国零售市场的现况吗？

In a nutshell, this is the problem BEEP solves.

简单地说，这就是BEEP解决的问题。

So, in a nutshell, rome's awful, lisbon's spoiled.

所以简单的讲，罗马糟透了，里斯本是被宠坏的。

He had put the whole situation in a nutshell. It may be briefly summed up as follows.

他概括地说了整个情况。它可以简短地概括如下。

In a nutshell, traditional insert and logging performance tuning is good for XML insert and import.

总而言之，传统的插入和日志记录性能调优对于XML插入和导入仍然适用。

In a nutshell, fixed costs are your problem.

简言之，固定成本才是你的问题。

There we have the relationship of art and morality in a nutshell.

一言以蔽之，艺术与道德的关系便是如此。

In a nutshell, development aid for health is working.

简而言之，推动卫生事业发展的援助工作正在发挥作用。

To put it in a nutshell, we are broken.

简单来说，我们破产了。

And that, in a nutshell, is what I did on my vacation.

简单说，那就是我假期中所做的。

He put the situation in a nutshell. The ruins told of the age of that civilization.

他简明扼要地说明了情况。这片废墟表明了那个文明的悠久历史。

In a nutshell, with a swaRef-typed element, attachments become another standard WS-I element in the schema.

简单地说，包含swaRef类型的元素，附件就成为模式中标准的WS-I元素。

In a nutshell, use common sense when considering separate table spaces for XML data.

总而言之，在为XML数据选择不同的表空间时，仍应按常理来考虑。

In a nutshell, this is exactly what this book is about.

简单来说，这就是本书的内容。

2. put it off：推迟

put off的用法

1．take off脱去

As it got warmer，I put off my overcoat．天气暖和了些，我脱去了大衣。

2．postpone推迟

Never put off till tomorrow what may he done today．今天可以干的事绝不要拖到明天。

The concert had to be put off because the main singer was ill．由于主要歌唱演员病了，音乐会不得为延期。

He had to put off his trip to Japan for two weeks．他只好把去日本的行期推迟两周。

3．distract使分散

The slightest noise puts me off when I am concentrating．当我精神高度集中的时候，很轻的声音都会使我注意力分散。

I don't like people talking when I'm writing a letter；it puts me off．我写信时不喜欢别人谈话，那会使我分心。

4．embarrass；displease使为难

Don't be put off by his appearance；he's nice when you get to know him．不要对他的外表反感，当你与他熟悉后，你会觉得他为人很好。

Don't let his rough manners put you off．不要对他的粗鲁态度不高兴。

I was very hungry but the smell of rotten eggs put me off．我非常饿，但臭鸡蛋味使我倒胃口。

I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal．我对他的无耻建议深感不安。

5．move out to sea出海航行

They put off in small boats to meet the coming ship．他们分乘小船出海去迎接那只大船。

6．avoid推脱；回避

He put her off with the excuse that he had too much work to do．他以有很多工作要做为借口来搪塞她。

They refused to have their demands put off．他们不许人家对他们的要求加以搪塞。

7．discourage sb．or cause sb．to lose interest in sth．使泄气；阻止；劝阻

I wanted to say something，but her face quite put me off．我本来要说几句，但看到她的神情，又没有勇气开口了。

8．let or make sb．get out of a vehicle让人下车

Ask the conductor to put you off at the next stop．告诉售票员在下一站让你下车。

9．get rid of丢弃；抛掉

He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him．他决定抛弃一切个人打算，接受交给他的任务。

He had put off all personal cares．他已摆脱了一切个人的烦恼。

10．send to sleep；anaesthetize使入睡；使麻醉

This medicine will soon put you off．这种药会使你迅速入睡。

3. mess it up：搞砸

mess up的用法：

spoil sth．or do a job badly弄乱；弄糟

I've sorted out the books；now don't mess them up again．我已经把书整理好了，请不要再把它们弄乱。

The weather messed up our holiday plans．坏天气把我们的度假计划给破坏了。

Don't mess up my clean floor．别把我的干净地板弄脏了。

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