老友记S102

1.take the heat off me

heat，h-e-a-t，你肯定知道它是热量的意思。除此以外，他还有什么意思呢？如果想不到我说两个中文词你感受一下：火烧眉毛、热锅上的蚂蚁。这两个情景下我们都会非常急，一急压力就特别大。所以heat在这里就是压力pressure的意思。take the heat off me就是帮我减压，用现在流行的话说就是帮我挡枪的意思。剧中Ross和Monica这对兄妹的父母对哥哥很满意，但对在餐馆工作的妹妹各种不满，总是会说一些阴阳怪气的话，Monica就像哥哥求救让他跟父母坦白妻子已经出轨并且分开了的事情，这时她对Ross说：Because I think it might take some of the heat off me.?

如果你是单身，过年的时候一定会被七大姑八大姨各种追问：找男朋友没啊？这时候你就使了个颜色给你表姐，然后问她；”表姐，你结婚都一年了，什么时候生娃啊。“这种情况就是： I asked my elder sister to take the heat off me.

2. have a thing for you 对你有感觉

Ross的爸妈骄傲的提到Ross曾经被别人喜欢，爸爸就说：You remember the Lugwin's? The big one had a thing for you，did't she?妈妈傲娇的恢复说：They all had a thing for him！（注意语气）这里的had a thing for sb就表示对某人有感觉，可以替换like。下次如果有人跟你说I have a thing for you可不要天真的以为他是有东西要给你啊。除以此外我们还可以用have a crush on sb 表示同样的意思。

3.?shoot for the stars

下面我们来看看第三个和第四个表达，shoot for the stars 和 sastified with staying?where they are

前面说到他们很欣赏哥哥，而对妹妹不是很满意。这里爸爸就说：Look, there are people, like Ross, who need to shoot for the stars. Other people are satisfied with staying where they are.

第三个表达就是shoot for the stars就表示志向远大的意思。有一个有名的英语句子：If you shoot for the stars, you'll at least hit the moon. 如果你的目标是星星，如果失败了，你也会在月亮上。我们都知道月亮最大最亮因为它是离我们最近的行星，而星星则远的多。所以目标是星星的话要难得多。

单独的短语 shoot for 是争取，为...努力。和 aim for 是一个意思

shoot for/at something:to try to achieve a particular aim, especially one that is very difficult

比如我们公司力争今年增加50的销售额就可以说：We are shooting for a 50% increase in sales in this financial year.

和shoot for the stars相反的人呢就是satisfied with staying where they are，满足于待在原地的人，字幕组翻译的是安于现状，非常贴切了。我们可以注意下where they are这种简单但是却很实用的表达。

4安于现状 satisfied with staying where they are

5. get a credit

剧中Ross的老婆发现自己是同性恋就和Ross分开，和自己的女朋友在一起了。但后来发现自己坏了Ross的孩子，于是要Ross一起陪她到医院做检查。在医院里，Ross和前妻的女朋友因为孩子取什么名字争吵了起来，Ross生气的说She gets a credit. Hey, I'm in there too.这里credit表示有功劳，赞扬;称赞;认可；

比如想说把功劳揽在他自己身上不对：It would be wrong for him to take all the credit .

好了，今天的五个表达就学完了，我们来回顾一下：1. take the heat of me 2. have a thing for sb. 3.shoot for the stars 4 satisfied with staying where they are 5 get a credit

That's all for today. Thank you for listening. See you next time. Bye-bye.