《老友记》是一部美国电视景象喜剧，故事以日子在纽约曼哈顿的六个老友为中心，描绘他们携手走过的十年风雨进程。

该剧曾获第54届艾美奖喜剧类最佳剧集奖，提名黄金时段艾美奖累计62次，在美国声威媒体《好莱坞报导》2015年评选出的100部最受等待美剧中名列第一，至今仍在全球各地热播和重映。

《老友记》所描写的每个人物都以真实、鲜活著称，如此性格悬殊的六人聚在一同，让人不由猎奇会发生怎样的化学反应。不只如此，《老友记》还有许多大咖客串出演，乔治·克鲁尼、布拉德·皮特、加里·奥德曼、朱莉娅·罗伯茨、薇诺娜·瑞德……可谓惊喜连连！

更重要的是，《老友记》仍是一部学习地道英语的绝佳材料，让你在哈哈哈哈哈哈中不知不觉变身英语大神！

2 、英语教育材料

Buzz him in.

Buzz him in. = Push the buzzer to let him in. 意为：翻开防盗门，让他进来。

Buzzer为旧式的公寓平安设备，访客在楼下按铃，屋里的buzzer会响，按下buzzer上的按钮即可翻开楼下的防盗门。

初始剧情

The bell rings.

Chandler:Please don’t do that again. It’s a horrible sound.

Paul:It’s Paul.

Monica:Buzz him in.

What’re you up to tonight?

“你今晚有啥方案吗？”是往常交流中的常见表达，类似的还有：What’re you going to do tonight?

初始剧情

Ross:So, Rachel, what’re you up to tonight?

Rachel:Well, I was kinda supposed to be headed for Aruba on my honeymoon. So, nothing!

You got screwed.

Screwed原意为“旋紧; 拧紧”，在这儿指你被坑了，对错常俚语化的表达。

初始剧情

Joey:Ross, let me ask you a question. She got the furniture, the stereo, the good TV. What did you get?

Ross:You guys.

Chandler:Oh my god!

Joey: You got screwed.

Give sb. a break.

可译为：饶了他/她吧，也可了解为给或人一个改正的机缘/放或人一马。

初始剧情

Monica:Rach, come on. You can’t live off your parents your whol

e life.

Rachel:I know that. That’s why I was getting married.

Phoebe: Give her a break.It’s hard being on your own for the first time.

I had a major crush on you.

Crush原意为“压坏; 压伤”，在口语中也可标明乍见之欢，即时刻短、火热而又羞涩地爱恋，可了解为：我其时曾暗恋过你。

初始剧情

Ross:You probably didn’t know this, but back in high school, I had a major crush on you.

Rachel:I knew.

Ross:You did! Oh, I always figured you just thought I was Monica’s geeky older brother.

Rachel:I did.

《老友记》往常得如同你的日子

但又让人难以忘掉

从瑞秋穿戴婚纱慌严峻张地走进Central Perk

现已曩昔25年了

老友迷们仍然没有出戏

修改也是资深老友迷一枚

想对烤鸡们说

I’ll be there for you.

02、Big Little Lies

巨细鬼话

A perfect life is a perfect lie.

1 、概述

《巨细鬼话》是HBO出品，瑞茜·威瑟斯彭、妮可·基德曼、谢琳·伍德蕾等主演的电视剧，该剧根据同名热销书改编，故事环绕三个年青母亲打开，她们的孩子刚刚上小学，也因而变成了兄弟。她们的日子看似完满，但家长集会上一次奇妙的谋杀案却打破了这样的恬静，她们的日子也因而被搅得翻天覆地。

该剧获第75届美国影片电视金球奖限制剧/电视剧奖；主演亚历山大·斯卡斯加德、劳拉·邓恩和妮可·基德曼别离获得电视剧最佳男副角、电视剧最佳女副角奖及限制剧/电视影片最佳女演员奖。《巨细鬼话》第一季在豆瓣评分9.0，第二季一经开播便冲到了9.3！

这部剧兼具悬疑、惊悚、情爱，集合两性、婚姻、家庭，触及各种社会疑问，绝不是只是是“三个女人一台戏”的故事。它如同在告诉咱们，没有完满的日子，只需完满的鬼话。

2 、英语教育材料

A good judge of character

a good judge of sth. ≈ be good at

Judge原意为“ 法官; 裁判员”，在这儿指“行家”，可了解为：长于识人。

初始剧情

Mary:You’re very short.

Medeline:Excuse me?

Mary:I don’t mean it in a negative way. I find little people to be untrustworthy. My apologies. It’s just that I pride myself on being a very good judge of character.

A short hop from

指间隔某地很近，hop一般指近间隔飞翔。

初始剧情

Therapist:How long does she plan to stay?

Celeste:Well, she comes and goes. It’s a short hop from San Francisco.She’s been a really big help.

Not be a patch on

not a patch on = nowhere near

patch原意为“色斑; 补丁”,在这儿指：比不上/远不如。

初始剧情

Mary:You feel angry that the other kids have their dads. You don’t. You know the other day, I was with some friends and their sons were not a patch on your dad. Not a patch.

两大奥斯卡最佳女主角加持

第二季更有金球奖终身作用奖得主

梅丽尔·斯特里普参加

你还有不看啥的理由！