《老友記》經典口語第44講

【場景再現】

Ross因爲Julie和Rachel這個單選題煩惱不已，老錢出了個餿主意，讓他列個list，列出兩人的優缺點以便做出選擇。也許解決某些問題時這個list的方法比較科學客觀，但是感情真的可以這樣選擇嗎？Rachel發現後很生氣，於是事後老錢等其他四人一起討論。

CHAN: My diary! My diary, that's brilliant. I should have told her it was my diary, she never would have made me read her my diary.
MNCA: You know, that's true. You'd be a great person to have around the day after an emergency.
PHOE: I... I cannot believe Ross even made this list. What a dinkus.
JOEY: Hey, cut him some slack. It was Chandler's idea.
PHOE: What?
MNCA: What?
CHAN: Oh good, I was hoping that would come up. MNCA: This was your idea?
PHOE: What were you thinking?
CHAN: All right, let's get some perspective here, ok? These things, they happen for a reason.
MNCA: Yeah. You!
CHAN: All right, Pheebs, back me up here, ok? You believe in that karma crap, don't you?
PHOE: Yeah, by the way, good luck in your next life as a dung beetle.

【重點講解】

You'd be a great person to have around the day after an emergency

it's like the old saying "It is easy to be wise after the event"

你總是事後諸葛亮，或者說你總是馬後炮。

cut him some slack

to not judge someone as severely as you usually would because they are having problems at the present time。放某人一馬。