老友记 第四季 02 The One with the Cat

    The One With The Cat本集简介：

    Joey and Chandler agree to sell their oversized entertainment center; they have a hard time selling it but and easy time being robbed by a prospective 1 buyer, thanks to Joey. Monica goes out with Chip, Rachel's high school prom date; unfortunately, Chip hasn't grown much since Lincoln High. Ross and Rachel continue to bicker 2 about their break-up. Phoebe finds a cat and is convinced it's her mother reincarnated 3; a poster is found for a missing cat, but no one has the heart to tell Phoebe... except Ross.

    乔伊和钱德达成共识，将他们硕大的娱乐中心（就是乔伊做的组合柜）出售；Tony和Peter想用独木舟跟他们交换；另一个被乔伊的广告吸引来的“买主”，将乔伊骗入柜子锁起来，拿走了家中所有值钱的东西。

    莫妮卡和瑞秋高中舞会上的舞伴齐普约会；不幸的是，齐普自林肯高中毕业后并未变成熟多少。罗斯和瑞秋继续为分手而斗嘴。菲比捡到一只猫，并相信这是她妈妈转世；街上出现寻猫启事，除了罗斯，谁都不敢告诉菲比。

    经典对白：

    4-02Letterman　校内优秀运动员故事梗概Rachel 高中时的约会伙伴 Chip 突然打电话来要约 Monica，为此．Rachel 不太愿意。要知道，Chip 正是 Rachel 当年参加毕业舞会时带去的男伴，他曾经是 the most popular guy in school。Rachel不同意 Monica 的约会，而 Monica 坚持要去，两人因而发生了一点小小的冲突。

    Monica 说，我们上的根本就是两所学校。但是，这个 chip 现在混得根本不怎么样，现在的 Monica 和他约会,真是掉 Monica 的价……Rachel: Okay, that doesn't help me, because we went to the same high school.

    Monica: You went to one where you were popular, and you got to ride off Chip's motorcycle, and wear his letterman jacket. I went to one where I wore a band uniform they had to have specially 4 made.

    Rachel: (shocked) They had to have that specially made?!

    Monica: It was a project for one of the Home Ec classes.

    Rachel: (stunned) Oh my God, they told us that was for the mascot 5!

    Monica: Back then, I thought that I would never, ever get the chance to go out with a Chip Matthews, and now he's-he's called me up and asked me out. And the fat girl inside of me really wants to go. I-I owe her this. I never let her eat.

    讲解letterman的意思是“a secondary or college student who has been awarded a letter for excellence 6 in an activity，especially a varsity sport”，即“校内优秀运动员”，或“体育特长生”。

    参加校际体育赛事(varsity sport)的运动员，一旦获奖都会得到　acloth“letter”，通常是学校的首字母或首字母缩写(school's initial or initials)，获奖运动员可以将这个“布字母”和运动衫或是夹克弄到一起，以展示其受到奖励。letterman　这个词并不分性别(not gender-specific)，现在非体育赛事也借用奖励 letter 这一传统，例如参加乐队和辩论赛的获奖选手也可能被奖励letter。

    在美国，体育特长生尤其受宠，女生对体育好的男生十分崇拜，很多女生都希望自己的男友是个 letterman。Rachel 曾经是Prom Queen，对她而言，和 letterman 约会轻而易举；但是，对 Monica 这个曾经的大胖子来说，她就只能是幻想一下了，因为她的衣服都是特制的，大家要在 Home Ec．课即 Home Economics(家政学)为她来特别缝制。有趣的是，Rachel并不知道这一点，她以为是为球队缝制吉祥物(mascot)呢。

    Home Ec．是home economics的简称，也称为family and consumer sciences，是一门集消费者学(consumer science)、营养学(nutrition)、烹饪(cooking)、养育(parenting)、纺织(textiles)等学问的学科(academic discipline)。