《老友記》大團(tuán)圓

by Matt Wilstein

翻譯：寒星

《老友記》大團(tuán)圓

by Matt Wilstein

翻譯：寒星

美國(guó)電視情景喜劇《老友記》（Friends）自1994年開播以來圈粉無數(shù)，它持續(xù)了十年，播出了十季，現(xiàn)在更是無數(shù)人心中的回憶。它是如此地深入人心，即便是當(dāng)下再次回放亦毫不過時(shí)。到今年，距離該劇全劇終已有12年之久的2016年，《老友記》的主演們?cè)僖淮沃鼐哿?。雖說這次聚首有些美中不足，但它還是給了主演和觀眾們難以言喻的感動(dòng)。如今各自發(fā)展的道路早已不同，但《老友記》六人組的友誼定會(huì)長(zhǎng)存。

More than a decade after Friends had ended its 10-season run， NBC注1was planning a reunion. And it was going to be two hours long！

But once you read a little more closely， the truth became apparent. This was not the Friends reunion fans had been waiting for， but rather one part in a larger1）special2）dedicated to3）legendary TV director James Burrows， who directed several4）episodes of Friends.

The bad news kept coming once we learned that only fve of the six cast members would even be making it to the so-called reunion.5）Evidently， Matthew Perry couldn't be pulled away from6）rehearsals for his playwriting7）debut in London to make the trip to L.A. to honor the man who helped8）launch his career.

“This is very exciting seeing you all together，”9）moderator Andy Cohen said. Of course， the elephant in the room注2was the fact that they were not all together. “Everyone's wanted a Friends reunion for so long，” Cohen continued before Matt LeBlanc cut him of， pointing out that one important cast member was missing. From the moment Perry let it be known that he would not be participating in the event， all hopes of a true Friends reunion10）went out the window.

“We really wanted to connect，” Lisa Kudrow said of the“unspoken” need for the cast to become friends in real life. “We11）instinctively felt like we needed to be friends， we needed to get along， we needed to connect，” she said， thanking Burrows for giving them his dressing room to play poker in on the set between12）takes.

1） special ［?spe??l］ n. 特別節(jié)目

2） dedicate to 獻(xiàn)給……

3） legendary ［?led??nd?rI］ adj. 傳奇般的

4） episode ［?epIs??d］ n. 章，集

5） evidently ［?evIdentlI］ adv. 明顯地，顯然

6） rehearsal ［rI?hз?s?l］ n. 排練，排演

7） debut ［?deIbju?］ n. 初次登臺(tái)，初次露面

8） launch ［l??nt?］ v. 開始著手一項(xiàng)新事業(yè)

9） moderator ［?m?d?reIt?］ n. 主持人

10） go out the window 無效，破滅

11） instinctively ［In?stI?ktIvlI］ adv. 本能地

12） take ［teIk］ n. 一次拍攝的鏡頭

注1：NBC（National Broadcasting Company），美國(guó)全國(guó)廣播公司的簡(jiǎn)稱，是全美三大商業(yè)廣播電視公司之一。它成立于1926年，總部設(shè)于紐約，是美國(guó)歷史最久、實(shí)力最強(qiáng)的商業(yè)廣播電視公司。

注2：房間里的大象，形容明明存在卻被人刻意回避的問題。

13） fnale ［fI?nα?lI］ n. 結(jié)局，終曲

14） adore ［??d??］ v. 喜愛，崇拜

15） conversely ［?k?nvз?slI］ adv. 相反地

16） nomination ［?n?mI?neI??n］ n. 提名

17） unfattering ［?n?fl?t?rI?］ adj.不好看的，不吸引人的

18） established ［I?st?blI?t］ adj. 確認(rèn)的，既定的

19） formula ［?f??mj?l?］ n. 公式

20） innovator ［?In??veIt?］ n. 改革者，革新者

21） coma ［?k??m?］ n. 彗星的彗發(fā)

22） miniseries ［?mInI?sI?ri?z］ n. 電視連續(xù)短劇

注3：金球獎(jiǎng)（Golden Globe Awards），美國(guó)的一個(gè)電影與電視獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。

注4：《戲里戲外》（Episodes，又譯《劇集人生》）是Showtime電視網(wǎng)制作出品的情景喜劇，由馬特·勒布朗（Matt LeBlanc）領(lǐng)銜主演。該劇講述了一對(duì)英國(guó)夫妻制作人是如何把他們的劇集搬到美國(guó)來打造美國(guó)版的故事。

注5：HBO電視網(wǎng)（Home Box Ofce）是總部位于美國(guó)紐約的有線電視網(wǎng)絡(luò)媒體公司，于1972年開播，全天候播出電影、音樂、紀(jì)錄片和體育賽事等娛樂節(jié)目。

According to Jennifer Aniston， they would also spend time together outside of work hours， hanging out at each other's houses and acting as emotional support. She spoke for the group when she called Friends the “best 10 years of our acting careers.” Following the Friends13）fnale， Aniston quickly became the biggest star of the group.

“We just14）adored each other instantly and would hang out at each others' houses and watch the show together，” Aniston added. “We experienced friendship，family， heartbreak， everything together. And we also had a wonderful experience with the world loving us as well.”

15）Conversely， Matt LeBlanc probably got off to the worst start of anyone after Friends， repeating his role in the disappointing and short-lived Joey. But more recently，he has seen renewed sitcom success， earning four Emmy16）nominations and one Golden Globe注3win for playing an17）unflattering version of himself on Showtime's Episodes注4.

Courteney Cox was the most18）established member of the cast when Friends began. In the years after it ended，she attempted to repeat the familiar19）formula on Cougar Town.

Perhaps the most respected of the bunch within the comedy community is Kudrow， who has become something of a television20）innovator with both The Comeback on HBO注5and Web Therapy on Showtime. Last year， she delivered some impressive voice work as an owl who just emerged from a21）coma on Bojack Horseman.

And then there is David Schwimmer， who spent most of the past decade as the voice of a nervous girafe in the Madagascar movies. Now， all of a sudden， he is back in the spotlight with his role as Robert Kardashian on FX's popular22）miniseries American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson. You can't imagine anyone saying the word “Juice” with more sincere compassion.

These are fve actors who have seen their careers go in really diferent directions since they shared the screen week after week on Friends. That was a moment to reunite them as themselves and not as the characters we knew.

參考譯文

在長(zhǎng)達(dá)十季的《老友記》播出結(jié)束十載有余之際，NBC電視臺(tái)正在籌劃讓主演們來一次大團(tuán)圓—這次聚首將會(huì)長(zhǎng)達(dá)兩小時(shí)哦！