影片對白 I snapped, okay? I couldn't handle the pressure and I snapped.
2. snap（精神等）突然崩潰，垮掉
I couldn't handle the pressure and I snapped.
我受不了這樣的壓力，就崩潰了。
Police say the woman claimed she "snapped" when she used her baby to hit her boyfriend.
警方說那個婦女自稱用她的嬰兒打她的男友時自己處于精神崩潰的狀態。
3. look in on 照看
Y'know, if you're gonna work late, I could look in on him for you.
咳，你要加班的話，我可以幫你照看他。
The company offered day care services to look in on babies so that their parents could focus on their work.
這家公司提供托兒服務，為白天上班的父母照看孩子，使他們能夠安心工作。
4. trap 落入陷阱、陷入
You're a sweeper! ...trapped inside a physicist's body.
你是一個清潔工！……藏在一個物理學家的身體里的清潔工。
So next time I get my head trapped in a crocodile I'll know to stick my foot in it's eyes.
所以下一次我的頭被鱷魚咬住了我就知道要踢它的眼睛。
文化面面觀
New Year's Day 新年
Originally observed on March 1 in the old Roman Calendar, New Year's Day first came to be fixed at January 1 in 153 BC, when the two Roman consuls, after whom - in the Roman calendar - years were named and numbered, began to be chosen on that date. However in AD 525, Dionysius Exiguus set the start of the Julian calendar at March 25 to commemorate the Annunciation of Jesus; a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages to mark the New Year, while calendars often continued to display the months in columns running from January to December in the Roman fashion.
Among the 7th century druidic pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts at the New Year, a pagan custom deplored by Saint Eligius (died 659 or 660), who warned the Flemings and Dutchmen, "[Do not] make vetulas, [little figures of the Old Woman], little deer or iotticos or set tables [for the house-elf, compare Puck] at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks [another Yule custom]."
Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted January 1 as New Year's Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. This is sometimes called Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day counting from 25 December.
Nevertheless, numerous religious and national calendars have been retained. For example, in the Persian calendar (used in Iran and Afghanistan) New Year's Day falls on the spring equinox (March 20 or 21 in the Gregorian calendar). The more widely employed Islamic (Hijri) calendar is based on 12 lunar months of 29 or 30 days; thus, the Islamic New Year's Day gradually regresses through the longer Gregorian calendar. The Hindu new year starts on the day following the first new moon on or after the spring equinox. The Chinese new year begins at sunset on the new moon in the sign of Aquarius (late January or early February). The Hebrew calendar is based on 12 lunar months (13 in certain years) of 29 or 30 days; the Jewish New Year's Day, or Rosh Hashanah, can fall anytime from September 6 to October 5 in the Gregorian calendar.
考考你
用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。
1. 她外表是個女孩，內心像個男人。
2. 我媽答應以后給我們看孩子。
3. 每次考試前她都要因為精神崩潰回家歇一段時間。
4. 只要有點經驗的人都知道，現在的警察根本破不了這個案子。
Friends 1 《老友記》1（精講十一）考考你 參考答案
1. 一些進入青春期的學生很容易被抑郁的春天壓跨，從而自殺。
Some students hitting puberty commit suicide, for they are easily overwhelmed by the gloomy days in spring.
2. 小妞們剛開始大學第一年的生活，學長們就乘虛而入。
Seniors swoop in as young chicks enter their first year in college.
3. 我是基督徒，所以不想扁你。因此我得好好向耶穌祈禱，讓他老人家顯靈來替我收拾你。
I do not want to kick your butt, because I'm a Christian. So I'll just pray really hard for Jesus to come back, so He can kick your butt for me.
4. 專家說21世紀會迎來第二個信息時代。人們任何時間，任何地點都能使用無線科技。
Experts say the 21st century will usher in a second Information Age in which wireless technology will be accessible anytime, anywhere.
點擊進入: 精彩電影回顧
(英語點津Annabel編輯)
