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沙发卡住了，全靠一句 Pivot
Friends: The Reunion · 2021
CEFR B1IELTS 5.0stage雅思Friendship
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAt the reunion, the cast admit they can barely watch themselves. One of them got pulled back in when a daughter started the reruns; the leather-pants episode still kills. Then they unearth the stairwell sofa: Ross refuses to pay for delivery, the couch jams, and he keeps shouting one word until Rachel snaps. On the page it is almost nothing. On screen it is physical comedy at full volume. Watch a stuck couch become a chant.
丽
Lisa Kudrowcast member
珍
Jennifer Anistoncast member
考
Courteney Coxcast member
大
David Schwimmercast member
罗
Rosssitcom character
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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00:02
-There are seasons I've never seen.
-有几季我从来没看过。
00:04
-Me too. -Really?
-我也是。 -真的？
00:05
-Yeah. -I've seen them all.
-对。 -我全看过了。
00:07
I've seen every episode.
每一集我都看过。
00:08
-I would imagine I've seen them all.
-我以为我全看过了。
00:10
-Michel and I started watching some of Season 4,
-米歇尔和我开始看第四季的一些集，
00:12
which I thought I had watched .
我以为自己看过。
00:14
It's as if I didn't.
就好像从没看过一样。
00:15
-Do you enjoy them when you watch them?
-你看的时候觉得好看吗？
00:18
-He enjoys them more than I do
-他看得比我开心
00:20
'cause I'm mortified with myself.
因为我看自己尴尬得要命。
00:22
-Why? -I don't know.
-为什么？ -我也不知道。
00:23
-You're so good. -I don't know.
-你演得特别好。 -我也不知道。
00:25
-Like Lisa, I hadn't seen it really in 17 years
-跟丽莎一样，我差不多十七年没认真看过
00:32
until my daughter just started watching it this past year .
直到我女儿今年才开始看。
00:35
And that kind of sucked me into it.
然后我就这么被卷回去了。
00:38
-For me when I watch it, it's -- I'm --
-对我来说，一看就——我——
00:41
it's hard to watch myself,
很难看自己，
00:44
but I feel that way about anything I do
不过我对自己做的任何事都这样
00:46
because I don't believe the acting that I'm doing ,
因为我不相信自己在演的东西，
00:50
because I know it's not true,
因为我知道那不是真的，
00:52
'cause it was me doing it.
因为那是我自己演的。
00:55
-That's what you do for a living .
-那可是你吃饭的本事。
00:57
-No, I know, but it's weird to look at myself.
-我知道，但看自己还是很怪。
00:59
I'm like , "I don't buy a word of it ."
我就想：「我一个字都不信。」
01:02
It's really weird.
真的很怪。
01:04
But to watch you guys, I was just so proud to be on the show.
可一看你们，我就特别骄傲能在这部剧里。
01:08
It's just some of the stuff is so great.
有些东西真的太好看了。
01:11
-Yeah. When I do watch the episodes,
-对。我真看的时候，
01:14
I'm laughing out loud once in every scene
每一场我都会大笑出声
01:16
because you all make me laugh so hard.
因为你们总能把我笑惨。
01:19
-That thing with the leather pants.
-皮裤那一段。
01:20
Oh, my God. That's still -- That was on the other day .
我的天。那还是——前几天还在播。
01:23
I just happened to be in the kitchen with Maureen
我碰巧跟莫琳在厨房
01:25
and we were eating dinner and "Friends" is on.
我们在吃饭，电视正播《老友记》。
01:27
And I'm like , "Oh, look at that. Let's see which one it is."
我就说：「哦，看看这是哪一集。」
01:30
And it happened to be the one with the leather pants.
结果碰巧就是皮裤那集。
01:32
And I said to my daughter, "Watch this.
我就跟女儿说：「看这个。
01:35
This is funny. Watch David."
这段好笑。看大卫。」
01:38
And it was really, really, really funny.
真的、真的、真的很好笑。
01:40
Every little thing, like pulling the pants up
每一个小动作，比如把裤子往上拽
01:43
and, like, slipping and smacking yourself in the head.
还有，比如打滑、自己拍到脑袋。
01:48
And I know you. It was all so calculated.
我了解你。全是算计好的。
01:50
Nothing happens by accident with you.
你那儿没有什么是碰巧发生的。
01:52
I've watched you put things together and it was brilliant.
我看过你把这些拼起来，简直太绝了。
02:09
-I can't quite be specific about which one,
-我说不准自己像哪一个，
02:12
but I know I'm part of the Geller family.
但我知道我是盖勒家的人。
02:14
I'm incredibly anal , I'm neurotic as hell ,
我洁癖较真得要命，神经质得要命，
02:18
and I wear overly tight trousers.
还穿特别紧的裤子。
02:24
- Whoa .
-哇。
02:26
-I think one of the reasons "Friends" is so funny
-我觉得《老友记》这么好笑的原因之一
02:29
is the fact that these six actors
就是这六个演员
02:31
are masters of physical comedy.
都是肢体喜剧高手。
02:34
-Ohh. -Ohh.
-哦。 -哦。
02:35
-There's a scene with David Schwimmer
-有一场大卫·施维默的戏
02:37
where Ross has decided not to pay for
罗斯决定不付钱请
02:40
the delivery service of a sofa,
沙发的送货上门，
02:42
and they start taking the couch up the stairs
然后他们开始把沙发往楼上抬
02:45
and quite quickly, everyone gets into trouble .
很快，所有人都卡住了。
02:47
This is not something that's gonna go up the stairs.
这玩意儿根本上不了楼梯。
02:50
-Turn.
-转。
02:52
-I don't think we can turn anymore.
-我觉得转不动了。
02:54
-And David Schwimmer starts telling them to pivot.
-然后大卫·施维默开始让他们枢轴转身。
02:56
-Here we go, pivot .
-来了，转身。
02:59
Pivot.
转。
03:02
Pivot!
转！
03:04
Pivot!
转！
03:07
Pivot!
转！
03:09
Pivot!
转！
03:10
-Shut up, shut up, shut up!
-闭嘴，闭嘴，闭嘴！
03:14
- The thing about that scene is it's so simple.
-那场戏的关键是，它特别简单。
03:18
If you were to see it on the page initially,
要是一开始只看剧本，
03:21
it's three actors carrying a couch up the stairwell.
就是三个演员抬着沙发上楼道。
03:24
There's maybe a page of dialogue,
对白大概就一页，
03:27
and nothing really in that dialogue suggests
那些对白里其实看不出
03:30
anything massively comic.
有什么特别好笑的。
03:32
But what they do in that time
可他们在那段时间里
03:34
in carrying that couch up those stairs
把沙发往楼上抬的时候
03:36
is one of the funniest things I've seen on TV.
是我在电视上见过最好笑的场面之一。
03:47
-Okay. Here we go.
-好。来了。
03:49
-Pivot!
-转！
03:56
Pivot!
转！
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoGrammarB1↩ 00:12
which I thought I had watched
定语从句：which 接第四季：我以为已经看过；had watched 是过去的过去。
which I thought I had watched .
我以为自己看过。
CollocationA2↩ 00:14
as if
as if
就好像
It's as if I didn't.
就好像从没看过一样。
GrammarB1↩ 00:14
as if I didn't
as if虚拟：as if + 过去式，把现实说成「就好像从没看过」。
It's as if I didn't.
就好像从没看过一样。
Pronunciation↩ 00:20
'cause I'm mortified
'cause 只留 /kəz/，别把 because 读满
'cause I'm mortified with myself.
因为我看自己尴尬得要命。
CollocationA2↩ 00:32
this past year
this past year
过去这一年
until my daughter just started watching it this past year .
直到我女儿今年才开始看。
CollocationB1↩ 00:35
suck someone into something
suck someone into something
把人卷进去
And that kind of sucked me into it.
然后我就这么被卷回去了。
Pronunciation↩ 00:35
sucked me into
sucked me 的 d 常被吞，听成 suck-me
And that kind of sucked me into it.
然后我就这么被卷回去了。
SlangB1↩ 00:35
sucked me into
把我卷进去了——口语说不由自主被吸进去，书面换 pull in
And that kind of sucked me into it.
然后我就这么被卷回去了。
GrammarA2↩ 00:46
the acting that I'm doing
定语从句：that I'm doing 修饰 acting：我不信自己正在演的那套。
because I don't believe the acting that I'm doing ,
因为我不相信自己在演的东西，
CollocationA2↩ 00:55
do something for a living
do something for a living
以此为生
-That's what you do for a living .
-那可是你吃饭的本事。
CollocationB1↩ 00:59
not buy a word of something
not buy a word of something
一个字都不信
这里 buy=相信，不是花钱买
I'm like , "I don't buy a word of it ."
我就想：「我一个字都不信。」
Pronunciation↩ 00:59
word of it
of 弱成 /əv/，word of it 滚成一串
I'm like , "I don't buy a word of it ."
我就想：「我一个字都不信。」
SlangA2↩ 00:59
I'm like
我就说、我就想——转述自己当时反应，正式写作别用
I'm like , "I don't buy a word of it ."
我就想：「我一个字都不信。」
CollocationA2↩ 01:14
laugh out loud
laugh out loud
大声笑出来
I'm laughing out loud once in every scene
每一场我都会大笑出声
Pronunciation↩ 01:14
laughing out loud
out loud 连成 ou-tloud，t 贴到 loud
I'm laughing out loud once in every scene
每一场我都会大笑出声
CollocationA2↩ 01:20
the other day
the other day
前几天
Oh, my God. That's still -- That was on the other day .
我的天。那还是——前几天还在播。
CollocationA2↩ 01:30
happen to be
happen to be
碰巧是
And it happened to be the one with the leather pants.
结果碰巧就是皮裤那集。
Pronunciation↩ 01:30
happened to be
to 弱成 /tə/，happened to be 连成三拍
And it happened to be the one with the leather pants.
结果碰巧就是皮裤那集。
CollocationA2↩ 01:50
by accident
by accident
碰巧、不是故意
Nothing happens by accident with you.
你那儿没有什么是碰巧发生的。
CollocationB1↩ 01:52
put something together
put something together
把东西拼起来
这里指把表演细节拼成一套设计
I've watched you put things together and it was brilliant.
我看过你把这些拼起来，简直太绝了。
CollocationB1↩ 02:09
be specific about something
be specific about something
具体说清楚
-I can't quite be specific about which one,
-我说不准自己像哪一个，
Pronunciation↩ 02:14
neurotic as hell
hell 加重收住，程度词要砸下去
I'm incredibly anal , I'm neurotic as hell ,
我洁癖较真得要命，神经质得要命，
SlangB2↩ 02:14
anal
洁癖较真——熟人自嘲较真，对长辈改说 picky
I'm incredibly anal , I'm neurotic as hell ,
我洁癖较真得要命，神经质得要命，
SlangB1↩ 02:14
as hell
要命地、非常——口语加强程度，对客户别用
I'm incredibly anal , I'm neurotic as hell ,
我洁癖较真得要命，神经质得要命，
SlangA2↩ 02:24
Whoa
哇、慢着——当场吃惊或叫停，书面少用
- Whoa .
-哇。
CollocationA2↩ 02:26
one of the reasons
one of the reasons
原因之一
-I think one of the reasons "Friends" is so funny
-我觉得《老友记》这么好笑的原因之一
GrammarB1↩ 02:29
the fact that these six actors
同位语从句：the fact that 把后面整句当成一个事实来解释原因。
is the fact that these six actors
就是这六个演员
CollocationA2↩ 02:37
pay for something
pay for something
为某事付钱
where Ross has decided not to pay for
罗斯决定不付钱请
GrammarB1↩ 02:37
where Ross has decided not to pay for
定语从句：where 修饰 scene：那场戏里罗斯决定不付送货费。
where Ross has decided not to pay for
罗斯决定不付钱请
CollocationA2↩ 02:45
get into trouble
get into trouble
陷入麻烦
and quite quickly, everyone gets into trouble .
很快，所有人都卡住了。
SlangA2↩ 02:47
gonna
将会、打算——口语 going to 的缩音，书面写 going to
This is not something that's gonna go up the stairs.
这玩意儿根本上不了楼梯。
Pronunciation↩ 02:56
go, pivot
pivot 第一音节加力，像口令
-Here we go, pivot .
-来了，转身。
CollocationA2↩ 03:14
the thing about something
the thing about something
这件事的关键是
- The thing about that scene is it's so simple.
-那场戏的关键是，它特别简单。
GrammarB2↩ 03:18
If you were to see it
虚拟条件：If you were to + 动词，假设「要是先看剧本」这一步。
If you were to see it on the page initially,
要是一开始只看剧本，
Teaching points
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VocabularyB1↩ 00:00
pivot
原地枢轴转身
In the scene罗斯搬沙发卡住，反复喊这一个口令让瑞秋转身。
The wardrobe is stuck on the landing, so swing it on one corner.衣柜卡在平台上，所以绕一个角转。
In daily life
超市推车The cart is wedged. Swing it on the front wheels.推车卡住了。用前轮转一下。
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IdiomB1↩ 00:59
not buy a word of it
一个字都不信
In the scene珍妮弗看自己演戏，觉得全是假的，一个字都不买账。
The vendor swore the delay was weather. I am not buying that excuse.供应商发誓延误是天气。那借口我不买账。
In daily life
听销售吹They promised overnight delivery. I am not buying it.他们承诺隔夜送到。我不信。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:35
suck someone into
把人卷进去
In the scene珍妮弗说女儿开追重播，自己就这么被吸回去看了。
Her playlist pulled me back into that old series over the weekend.她的歌单周末又把我拉回那部老剧。
In daily life
刷短视频One clip pulled me back into the whole season.一条片子把我整季都拉回去了。
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IdiomA2↩ 01:50
by accident
碰巧、不是故意
In the scene夸大卫皮裤那场：每个摔倒都是设计，没有碰巧。
The coffee stain was not chance; he set the cup on the sketch.咖啡渍不是碰巧；他把杯子搁在草稿上了。
In daily life
误删文件I closed the tab by chance and lost the draft.我碰巧关了标签页，草稿没了。
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SwearingB1↩ 02:14
as hell
要命地、非常
In the scene大卫自嘲盖勒家神经质，用 as hell 把程度骂满。
The deadline is tight as anything, and the printer is already jammed.截止日期紧得要命，打印机又卡了。
In daily life
吐槽通勤The subway was packed as anything this morning.今早地铁挤得要命。
above my level
PunB2↩ 02:14
anal
洁癖较真（双关）
In the scene大卫说自己属于盖勒家，anal 既是较真也带下流味，全场 Wow。
Our editor is painfully picky about commas, and the room always laughs when he says so.我们编辑对逗号较真得要命，他自己一说全场就笑。
In daily life
对齐表格She is painfully picky about the spreadsheet columns lining up.她对表格对齐较真得要命。
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IronyB1↩ 00:59
don't buy a word of it
连自己都不信
In the scene演戏是她吃饭的本事，可一看自己却觉得全是假的。
She coaches speakers for a living, then winces at her own keynote tape.她靠教人演讲吃饭，回看自己的主题演讲却直皱眉。
In daily life
听自己录音I teach pronunciation, then cringe at my own voicemail.我教发音，却受不了自己的语音留言。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Pivot!”
转身！
Why it's great
一个动词喊成口令，越喊越急，卡住时的万能指令。
Pattern
动词原形当口令反复喊
When to use
协作卡住、需要对方立刻转向时。
Similar
Turn! ／ Swing it around!
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
第一音节咬死，越喊越高、越短。
Use it yourself
搬家具卡住The desk is jammed in the hallway. Swing it around, now.桌子卡在走廊里。现在把它转过来。
“There's maybe a page of dialogue,”
对白大概就一页，
Why it's great
用页数把笑点从台词里抽走：纸上无笑，场上全是笑。
Pattern
There's maybe a page of + 文本
When to use
说某段看起来薄、真正好看在表演时。
Similar
There's barely a page of script. ／ It looks like almost nothing on paper.
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
maybe 轻轻带过，page 稍顿再接 of。
Use it yourself
夸短演示There's maybe a page of notes, but the demo still lands.笔记大概就一页，可演示照样打中。
“I'm like, "I don't buy a word of it."”
我就想：「我一个字都不信。」
Why it's great
buy 当相信，自己看自己演，职业演员当场拆台。
Pattern
I don't buy a word of + 某事
When to use
觉得对方说的全是演的、一个字都不信时。
Similar
I don't believe a word of it. ／ I'm not buying that story.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
like 后稍顿，buy 加重，word 咬清。
Use it yourself
拆穿借口He said the train was late again. I am not buying that story.他又说火车晚点。那套说法我一个字都不信。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 看自己演得出戏
-For me when I watch it, it's -- I'm -- it's hard to watch myself, but I feel that way about anything I do because I don't believe the acting that I'm doing, because I know it's not true, 'cause it was me doing it.
-对我来说，一看就——我—— 很难看自己， 不过我对自己做的任何事都这样 因为我不相信自己在演的东西， 因为我知道那不是真的， 因为那是我自己演的。
一层层拆：难看自己，因为知道那是假的。
❝ 自认盖勒家人
-I can't quite be specific about which one, but I know I'm part of the Geller family. I'm incredibly anal, I'm neurotic as hell, and I wear overly tight trousers.
-我说不准自己像哪一个， 但我知道我是盖勒家的人。 我洁癖较真得要命，神经质得要命， 还穿特别紧的裤子。
三条标签把自己钉进角色：较真、神经、紧裤。