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A One-Act Play Every Week 一周一出独幕剧IMDb ↗
每周交一出独幕剧，还得当场演
Friends: The Reunion · 2021
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThey are talking about the episode that should have been easiest: just the six of them, done in one night. Matt jumped on a bed, ended up in a sling, and the injury had to be written in. They skipped the huddle because the audience had already waited too long. If a joke did not land, they rewrote it on the floor. Jennifer says shooting felt like doing a one-act play every week with the whole gang.
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Jennifer Anistonplays Rachel
马
Matt LeBlancplays Joey
考
Courteney Coxplays Monica
丽
Lisa Kudrowplays Phoebe
大
David Schwimmerplays Ross
马
Matthew Perryplays Chandler
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Kevin Brightdirector
Chapters
25 parts · AI-cut01The Fountain Comeback重逢一进门就开始哭B14'07"02Those Are Superpowers多年后灯还听使唤B13'57"03How Much Do You Stay in Touch多年交情，一打电话还是秒接B12'59"04That Time in Your Life刚自立又还没孩子，人生就那么一段B13'01"05Couldn't Drop the Ball球一松手，这场戏就没了B12'56"06Hold a Show Themselves每个配角都能自己撑一部剧B12'56"07How You Doin一句 How you doin 练成了整个人设A23'52"08The Lines Felt Funny同一句台词，换个人就不笑了B22'59"09Written With My Voice角色是按他声音写出来的B23'02"10The Rest of the Cast先认熟脸，再找其余的人B13'59"11Please Release Me走红之后求制片放自己离开B23'02"12No One Prepares You突然走红，连屋顶都要自己修B22'58"13On Every Magazine一个发型全国都要学同款B13'59"14I Found My Monica配对这件事，终于碰到对的人B23'00"15About to Do Something Funny明知下一秒要爆笑还得把脸绷住B24'03"16Everybody in One Room写作就是把六个人关进一间房B22'58"17A One-Act Play Every Week每周交一出独幕剧，还得当场演B23'00"18None of the Rest Knows恋爱先瞒过其余所有人B13'59"19Smelly Cat Was Herself走调的 Smelly Cat 才最像她本人B14'54"20Pivot沙发卡住了，全靠一句 PivotB13'55"21Check It Out惊喜来了连喊四遍快看A23'50"22Calls Out Like a Foghorn心动的时候灵魂在拉雾笛B24'03"23Why Didn't You Say Anything错过就错过在你怎么不早开口B23'51"24Tell Me Who You Are复合之前先说清你到底是谁B24'00"25End in a Good Place结局要让每个人停在好地方B15'42"
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00:00
No, it happened to be on the one episode
不，碰巧就发生在那一集
00:02
where it's just the six of them,
就他们六个在场，
00:03
they're all in it, and we're done for the night .
全员都在，这一晚就算收工。
00:07
-And the way -- do you remember how
——还有，你记不记得
00:08
the sling was written into the show?
吊带是怎么被写进剧里的？
00:11
-No. -Oh.
——不记得。——哦。
00:12
-Whoa!
——哇！
00:19
-See, Joe, that's why your parents told you
——看见没，乔，所以你爸妈才告诉你
00:21
not to jump on the bed.
别在床上跳。
00:23
-So we had to put that into the show,
——所以我们得把这事写进剧里，
00:25
but we waited until he was okay again
但我们等到他伤好了
00:29
to film the ending of "The One Where No One Was Ready."
才去拍《大家都没准备好》的结尾。
00:33
- Did you tell the doctor you did it
——你有没有跟医生说，你是
00:34
jumping up and down on your bed? -No.
在床上蹦来蹦去弄的？——没有。
00:37
-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode
——所以本来是最简单的一集《老友记》
00:41
ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
结果却成了拍得最久的一集。
00:44
-There was one thing that we did every show
——有一件每集都会做的事
00:48
that we didn't do that night before we started.
那天开拍前我们没做。
00:50
-Our huddle . -Mm-hmm.
——我们的抱团。——嗯。
00:51
-We didn't do it that night. -We didn't do the huddle .
——那天晚上没做。——我们没做抱团。
00:53
-We didn't do it?
——我们没做？
00:54
-That's the one time we didn't do it.
——就那一次没做。
00:56
-Why didn't we do it? -I don't know.
——为什么没做？——我不知道。
00:58
-That's right, 'cause we were sort of like ,
——对，因为当时我们大概是，
00:59
"You know what? We're taking too long .
「你知道吗？我们拖太久了。
01:01
The audience has been waiting. Let's just go."
观众已经等很久了。直接上吧。」
01:04
I think that's why we didn't do it.
我想就是因为这个才没做。
01:05
-Really? -Well, it was sort of early on .
——真的？——嗯，那还算挺早的。
01:08
It wasn't like -- -It was very early on .
还不是—— ——那是非常早期。
01:09
-And then after that,
——然后从那以后，
01:11
we were like, "Do we need to do the huddle ?"
我们就说，「还要不要抱团？」
01:12
And he'd say, "Yeah." -Yeah, we do.
他就说，「要。」——对，要做。
01:15
-"'Cause I don't want anything else falling off me."
——「因为我不想再掉下来什么东西了。」
01:16
Yeah. -We do need to do the huddle .
对。——我们确实得抱团。
01:18
-After that, we always did it.
——从那以后，每次都做。
01:20
-Let's go see where we did the huddle .
——去看看我们抱团的地方。
01:21
-Right here. Let's go.
——就在这儿。走。
01:23
Straight down to this purple door.
一直走到这扇紫门。
01:25
-We did the huddle right here.
——我们就在这儿抱团。
01:26
-Yeah. -Right around here.
——对。——就这附近。
01:27
-Come on, let's do a huddle . Come on.
——来，咱们抱一下。来。
01:29
-Wait. You mean we...
——等一下。你是说我们……
01:36
-So the atmosphere on tape night was always crackling .
——所以录制夜的气氛总是噼啪绷着。
01:39
There was a lot of energy.
能量很足。
01:43
It was exciting. You're putting on a show .
很兴奋。你就是在上台演戏。
01:50
-It was a fun night,
——那晚很开心，
01:51
but it was a really hard working night for us
但对我们来说也是特别拼的一晚
01:54
and we would listen to the audience.
我们会听观众的反应。
01:56
And if a joke didn't land , even if we loved that joke ,
要是笑话没笑果，哪怕我们自己超爱，
01:59
they were telling us it's not good enough.
他们就是在说：这还不够好。
02:01
So we would put our heads together and try to beat it .
于是我们凑一块，想改出更好的。
02:06
-It's a buffet. It's in trouble.
——这是自助餐。它有麻烦了。
02:09
-It's in trouble, like I'm gonna go eat it all.
——有麻烦了，意思是我要全吃光。
02:11
-How about "Here's where I win all my money back"?
——改成「就这儿，我要把输掉的钱全赢回来」怎么样？
02:13
-[ Laughs ] I like that. Great.
——［笑］我喜欢。太棒了。
02:17
-Kevin, there's a lot of changes coming.
——凯文，接下来改动会很多。
02:19
- Good shit . -You guys ready?
——真他妈棒。——你们准备好了吗？
02:21
-Where is the waitress? I'm starving.
——服务员呢？我饿死了。
02:26
-It's a buffet, man.
——这是自助餐啊，老兄。
02:29
-Oh, here's where I win all my money back.
——哦，就这儿，我要把输掉的钱全赢回来。
02:33
-I really enjoyed the energy of the audience, though.
——不过我真的很享受观众的能量。
02:36
I mean, the live audience. -Oh, yeah.
我是说，现场观众。——哦，对。
02:37
-I mean... -I did, too.
——我是说……——我也是。
02:39
-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.
——就像我们六个每周演一出独幕剧。
02:41
-I found myself, like,
——我会发现自己，就，
02:42
when they would laugh at something ,
他们要是某个地方笑了，
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I would think to myself, "Oh, if you think that's funny,
我就会心想，「哦，你觉得这好笑，
02:46
when till you get a load of this next line."
等你听到下一句才叫好笑。」
02:48
They would challenge me to try even --
他们会逼着我再试更——
02:50
I felt this rewarding feeling.
我会有一种很值的感觉。
02:53
Or not. Or a flat nothing. -I'm coming over here.
或者没有。或者一片死寂。——我过来这边。
02:55
I feel left out over there. -Sit here.
我在那边觉得被冷落了。——坐这儿。
02:57
At least to me,
至少对我来说，
02:59
I felt like I was gonna die if they didn't laugh.
他们要是不笑，我觉得自己会死。
03:02
And it's not healthy for sure.
而且这肯定不健康。
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:03
done for the night
done for the night
这一晚就算收工
they're all in it, and we're done for the night .
全员都在，这一晚就算收工。
CollocationB1↩ 00:08
write something into a show
write something into a show
把某事写进剧情
这里把摔伤吊带写进剧里
the sling was written into the show?
吊带是怎么被写进剧里的？
Pronunciation↩ 00:33
Did you tell
Did you 连成 Di-djou，tell 的 t 可弹舌。
- Did you tell the doctor you did it
——你有没有跟医生说，你是
CollocationB1↩ 00:37
start out to be something
start out to be something
起初本来是
-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode
——所以本来是最简单的一集《老友记》
GrammarB1↩ 00:37
what started out to be the simplest
主语从句：what started out to be X 整块当主语，后面接 ended up。
-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode
——所以本来是最简单的一集《老友记》
CollocationB1↩ 00:41
end up doing something
end up doing something
结果变成去做某事
ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
结果却成了拍得最久的一集。
GrammarB1↩ 00:48
that we didn't do that night
定语从句：that 修饰 one thing，把「每集做、那晚没做」钉死。
that we didn't do that night before we started.
那天开拍前我们没做。
SlangB1↩ 00:50
huddle
开场抱团——剧组/球队赛前围圈，日常也可借用
-Our huddle . -Mm-hmm.
——我们的抱团。——嗯。
Pronunciation↩ 00:58
sort of like
sort of 连成 sorta，like 含糊当口头禅。
-That's right, 'cause we were sort of like ,
——对，因为当时我们大概是，
CollocationA2↩ 00:59
take too long
take too long
拖太久
"You know what? We're taking too long .
「你知道吗？我们拖太久了。
CollocationA2↩ 01:08
early on
early on
早期、一开始
It wasn't like -- -It was very early on .
还不是—— ——那是非常早期。
CollocationB1↩ 01:36
tape night
tape night
录制夜（现场观众那晚）
-So the atmosphere on tape night was always crackling .
——所以录制夜的气氛总是噼啪绷着。
SlangB2↩ 01:36
crackling
气氛噼啪绷着——夸现场能量，书面可换成 electric
-So the atmosphere on tape night was always crackling .
——所以录制夜的气氛总是噼啪绷着。
CollocationA2↩ 01:43
put on a show
put on a show
上台演一场
It was exciting. You're putting on a show .
很兴奋。你就是在上台演戏。
Pronunciation↩ 01:43
You're putting on
You're 弱成 /jər/，putting 重音在 put。
It was exciting. You're putting on a show .
很兴奋。你就是在上台演戏。
CollocationB2↩ 01:56
a joke doesn't land
a joke doesn't land
笑话没笑果
这里 land=被接住、奏效，不是落地
And if a joke didn't land , even if we loved that joke ,
要是笑话没笑果，哪怕我们自己超爱，
GrammarB1↩ 01:56
even if we loved that joke
让步状语：even if=哪怕。先承认自己爱这句，再说照样得改。
And if a joke didn't land , even if we loved that joke ,
要是笑话没笑果，哪怕我们自己超爱，
Pronunciation↩ 01:56
joke didn't land
didn't 的 t 几乎没了，听成 didn-land。
And if a joke didn't land , even if we loved that joke ,
要是笑话没笑果，哪怕我们自己超爱，
CollocationB1↩ 02:01
put our heads together
put our heads together
凑一块想办法
So we would put our heads together and try to beat it .
于是我们凑一块，想改出更好的。
CollocationB2↩ 02:01
beat a joke
beat a joke
想改出更好的笑话
这里 beat it=压过这句笑话，不是滚开
So we would put our heads together and try to beat it .
于是我们凑一块，想改出更好的。
SlangB2↩ 02:19
Good shit
真棒、过瘾——熟人圈夸一版改词，正式场合别用
- Good shit . -You guys ready?
——真他妈棒。——你们准备好了吗？
CollocationB2↩ 02:39
a one-act play
a one-act play
独幕剧
这里把每周录剧比成一出独幕剧
-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.
——就像我们六个每周演一出独幕剧。
GrammarB1↩ 02:42
they would laugh at something
过去习惯：would + 原形=过去一贯如此，这里是观众一笑她就来劲。
when they would laugh at something ,
他们要是某个地方笑了，
CollocationB1↩ 02:46
get a load of something
get a load of something
等着瞧、见识一下
不是装货，是你看下一句更猛
when till you get a load of this next line."
等你听到下一句才叫好笑。」
Pronunciation↩ 02:46
get a load of
重音砸在 load，get a 轻轻带过。
when till you get a load of this next line."
等你听到下一句才叫好笑。」
SlangB1↩ 02:46
get a load of
等着瞧——口语预告更猛的一句，作业别写
when till you get a load of this next line."
等你听到下一句才叫好笑。」
CollocationA2↩ 02:55
feel left out
feel left out
觉得被冷落
I feel left out over there. -Sit here.
我在那边觉得被冷落了。——坐这儿。
GrammarB1↩ 02:59
felt like I was gonna die if
感觉从句：felt like + 从句表主观感觉，if 再接条件，两层叠在一起。
I felt like I was gonna die if they didn't laugh.
他们要是不笑，我觉得自己会死。
Pronunciation↩ 02:59
was gonna die if
gonna 吞成 /gənə/，die if 轻轻碰上。
I felt like I was gonna die if they didn't laugh.
他们要是不笑，我觉得自己会死。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:56
didn't land
笑话没笑果
In the scene创作者说录制夜听观众：笑话砸了，哪怕自己超爱也得改。
If the opener doesn't land, skip it and go to the story.开场如果没笑果，就跳过，直接讲故事。
In daily life
改演示稿That slide didn't land. Cut it before tomorrow.那页没打中。明天前删掉。
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IdiomB1↩ 02:01
put our heads together
凑一块想办法
In the scene笑话砸了，编剧演员当场凑一块，想改出更好的。
Let's put our heads together and fix the schedule tonight.今晚咱们凑一块，把日程改好。
In daily life
赶截止日期We put our heads together and split the remaining tickets.我们凑一块，把剩下的票分掉。
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SlangB1↩ 02:46
get a load of
等着瞧、见识一下
In the scene珍妮弗听观众先笑一句，心里已经在预告下一句更猛。
Wait till you get a load of the dessert menu.等你看见甜点单才叫厉害。
In daily life
安利新歌Get a load of the bridge. That's the whole song.你听副歌那段。整首歌就靠它。
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VocabularyB1↩ 00:50
huddle
开场抱团打气
In the scene六人每集开拍前抱一团；摔伤那晚没做，后来改成必做。
We do a two-minute huddle before every open mic.每次开放麦前我们抱团两分钟。
In daily life
赛前打气Coach called a huddle, then sent us back out.教练喊了个围圈，又把我们派上场。
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 02:19
good shit
真棒、过瘾
In the scene改完自助餐那句，片场有人用脏话夸这版过瘾。
Keep that mix. The drop is filthy in the best way.这段混音留着。下潜脏得刚刚好。
In daily life
夸改稿That last paragraph slaps. Don't touch it.最后那段太猛。别再改。
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IronyB1↩ 00:37
the simplest episode
本该最简单的一集
In the scene创作者先把这集说成最省事，下一句立刻打脸成拍得最久。
The 'quick' install took three days and two extra cables.所谓「很快装好」花了三天，还多两根线。
In daily life
吐槽加班The easy ticket sat on my desk until midnight.那张「简单单」在我桌上坐到半夜。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:41
ended up
结果变成做某事
In the scene最简单一集，结果拍成耗时最长的。
We ended up taking the late train after the meeting ran over.会开超时，我们结果坐了末班车。
In daily life
改周末计划I ended up cooking instead of going out.我结果没出门，在家做饭了。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.”
就像我们六个每周演一出独幕剧。
Why it's great
把情景喜剧录制夜收成剧场比喻，一周一次、全员在场。
Pattern
It's like doing a + 演出形式 + every week
When to use
把重复的集体工作说成一场固定演出时。
Similar
It's like putting on a play every week. ／ It feels like a live show every Friday.
Register
literary
Shadowing tip
like 轻带，one-act play 咬清，every week 下沉。
Use it yourself
形容例会It's like doing a standup set every Monday with the whole team.就像每周一跟全队演一段脱口秀。
“-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode”
所以本来是最简单的一集《老友记》
Why it's great
started out 把预期说满，后半句才能打脸成最久。
Pattern
what started out to be the simplest X
When to use
事后承认某件事开头看起来最省事。
Similar
It started as the easy one. ／ That was supposed to be the simple job.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
started out 稍顿，simplest 拉长。
Use it yourself
复盘工期What started out to be a two-hour fix ate the whole weekend.本来两小时能修好的，结果吃掉整个周末。
“I felt like I was gonna die if they didn't laugh.”
他们要是不笑，我觉得自己会死。
Why it's great
把现场笑果说成生死，夸张里全是演员的依赖。
Pattern
I felt like I was gonna die if + 否定结果
When to use
讲自己有多需要当场反馈时。
Similar
I thought I'd die if it went quiet. ／ Silence would have killed me.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
gonna die 连成一团，laugh 收住上扬。
Use it yourself
等开场笑I felt like I was going to die if nobody clapped.要是没人鼓掌，我觉得自己会死。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 录制夜当场改笑话
-It was a fun night, but it was a really hard working night for us and we would listen to the audience. And if a joke didn't land, even if we loved that joke, they were telling us it's not good enough. So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.
——那晚很开心， 但对我们来说也是特别拼的一晚 我们会听观众的反应。 要是笑话没笑果，哪怕我们自己超爱， 他们就是在说：这还不够好。 于是我们凑一块，想改出更好的。
先说好玩，再把观众否决和凑一块改词讲成工作方法。