图说英语：跟老友记学英语口语1.1(21)

[Scene: Ross"s Apartment, they"re all sitting around and talking.]
Ross:(scornful) Grab a spoon. Do you know how long it"s been since I"ve grabbed a spoon? Do the words "Billy, don"t be a hero" mean anything to you?
Billy don"t be a hero 这是一首著名的７０年代反战歌曲，描写的是越战中，一个女孩希望自己的fiance Billy平安归来，don"t be a hero in the war,但最后Billy还是在战争中失去了他年青的生命．歌中有一句词说：“比利，不要成为一个英雄(Billy，don"t be a hero)”。回来，让我成为你的妻子。在剧中，乔伊劝告罗斯忘记前妻卡罗尔，再找新的女友，罗斯非常不满，他反问乔伊：那“比利，不要成为一个英雄”这个故事对你有何启发?这里罗斯把找新女友比喻成上战场 /Do the words’ Billy, don’t be a hero’ mean anything to you? : A hit(n.歌曲) by Bo Donaldsonand the Heywoods in 1974, written about a young man named Billy who headed to Vietnam War and had to leave his lovely fiancée(n.<法>未婚妻). Here, I assume, Ross likens it to(与…
…相比) his tragic love affair in a sappy(adj.精力充沛的,易动感情的) manner, you know, his wife is a lesbian
Ross:Y"know, here"s the thing是这样的. Even if I could get it together enough to- to ask a woman out,... who am I gonna ask? (He gazes out of the window.)