《老友记》经典口语第7讲

【场景一】

Chandler正在公司的休息室吃泡面,Shelley走进来问他是否想与某人约会...
Shelley:Do you want a date Saturday?
Chandler: Yes please.
Shelley:Okay. He's cute, he's funny, he's...
Chandler: He's a he?
Shelley: Well yeah! God. I- just- I thought- Good, Shelley. I'm just gonna go flush myself down the toilet now, goodbye...

【场景二】

Monica接到了祖母即将去世的消息,和Ross赶到了医院,er、er 、Aunt Lillian已在那里守候,当Monica和Ross与祖母告别时,怪事发生了,本已被宣告去世的祖母居然又活了过来,众人吃惊不小...
er:What is going on?!
Ross: She's not past, she's present, she's back!
Aunt Lillian: What's going on?
er:She may have died.
Aunt Lillian: She may have died?
er:We're looking into it.

【讲解】

1. I'm just gonna go flush myself down the toilet now.
我正打算去厕所把我自己(塞进马桶里)冲走。

flush down （马桶）冲水

哈哈，这句话用在当你制造了某种尴尬场面而试图逃之夭夭的情况下再适合不过了。

2. We're looking into it.
我们正在看到底是怎么回事儿呢。

look into it 是一个非常常用的口语词汇，就是指弄清到底发生了什么，怎么回事儿，类似于check it out。