英文中有一個詞組stay put，你知道它是什么意思嗎？一起來看看《老友記》的這個片段吧。

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Hey Bob.

嗨，鮑勃?

Hey! How’s my pal Toby doing today?

嘿，我的朋友托比，今天怎么樣?

If I see him, I’ll ask.

我看到他時會問的?

Toby!

托比！?

Hey-hey! Bing? Was that Bob from six you were just talking too?

嘿，賓，你剛才是在和六樓的鮑勃說話嗎?

Yeah!

是的！?

Oh then you know each other.

所以你們認識?

We’re on a semi-first name basis.

我們知道彼此的名字而已?

What do you think of adding him to our team?

你覺得把他加進我們組怎么樣?

Bob? Ooh, working here with us? Everyday? Yeah, I don’t know if he has what it takes.

鮑勃？和我們一起工作？每天？我不知道他能否勝任?

Really? They love him down on six.

是嗎？六樓的人很喜歡他?

But this is eleven. It’s almost twice as hard up here.

但這是11樓，這的工作要難上兩倍?

Okay, I hear you loud and clear.

好吧，我明白你的意思了。?

Bob will stay put.

鮑勃暫時不調(diào)動他?

I think it’s best sir.

我認為這最好?

But we really do need to find someone uphere. The work is starting to pile up. I’ve got a stack of documents on my desk this high.

但我們的確需要再找人了，工作已經(jīng)堆積了很多，我桌子上的文件都有這么高了?

Y’know what you should do, just toss ‘em in the shedder and claim you never got ‘em.

你知道應(yīng)該怎么做，直接把它們?nèi)拥剿榧垯C里然后說沒有見過?

That’s a good one.

這個笑話不錯?

What does a guy have to do to be taken seriously around here?!

我該怎么做他們才會覺得我是認真的

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今日重點：

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朋友，伙伴：pal。筆友：pen pal

一半的：semi。semi-final，半決賽

……的兩倍：twice

一清二楚：loud and clear

原地不動：stay put。put除了表示“放下”，也可作形容詞表示“固定不動的”

堆積：pile up

一堆，一摞：a stack of

拋，投：toss。除了作動詞，也可表示“拋硬幣”

認真對待：take it seriously

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