影片對白  It doesn't matter. You don't dip your pen in the company ink.

3. play... card

意思是“打……牌”。例如：Women always play the children card in divorce cases. 女人在離婚的時候總是會使用孩子這張王牌。電影中的Okay, I'm gonna play my sperm card one more time. 意思是“好，那我只有再使用一次我的精子牌了。”

4. lay off

意思是“解雇”。例如：He tries everything to get laid off from his job so he can receive a severance package. 他想盡辦法被解雇，以此獲得離職費。電影中的 Well, we're gonna be layin' off people in every department. 意思是“哎，我們每個部門都要裁員。”

文化面面觀

PTA 家長教師聯合會

For more than a century, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has provided support, information and resources to families focused on the health and education of children. The organization was founded in 1897 in Washington DC as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. If not for these women and their vision and determination, there would not be a PTA organization that has been woven into the very fabric of American life.

By whatever name it has been known, National PTA was created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. And today, it continues to flourish because PTA has never lost sight of its goal: to change the lives of children across our great nation for the better.

Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst founded an organization of nationwide movement at a time when social activism was scorned and women did not have the vote. They knew there is no stronger bond than that between mother and child. Therefore, they felt it was up to mothers of this country to eliminate the threats that endangered children. They called for action in 1897 and more than 2,000 people responded any were mothers, but fathers, teachers, laborers, and legislators also responded well with a commitment to children. From that first meeting in Washington DC grew a groundswell of support.

Problems were identified and strategies devised to resolve them. Through consistent hard work, sometimes after years of perseverance, the dreams became reality: the creation of kindergarten classes, child labor laws, a public health service, hot lunch programs, a juvenile justice system, and mandatory immunization were accepted as national norms. Between 1897 and 1919, 37 state-level congresses were chartered to help carry out the work of the organization.

(http://www.pta.org/ap_our_history.html)

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1． 這家公司會裁員，以平衡預算。
2． 和同事談戀愛很可能變成惡性長期投資。
3． 在實施這個想法之前，你還是和老板談談吧。
4． 為了贏得她，他使盡了招術。

Friends 1 《老友記》1（精講十五）考考你 參考答案

1． 注冊用戶到今年年底達到2萬，這算不上多大的成績。
It is no big deal that the number of registered users hit 20,000 by the end of the year.

2． 這年頭真奇怪，說臟話也成了時尚了。
It is so weird that talking dirty is in fashion these days.

3． 球迷們全力支持他們喜愛的足球隊。
The fans were out rooting for their favorite football team.

4． 像他這樣的美女殺手都追你，就不要太清高了。
When such a lady-killer is after you, don't play too much hardball.

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(英語點津Annabel編輯)