Learn English with THE OFFICE — BEST PRANKS · Learn English With TV Series
通过《办公室》中的经典恶作剧片段，学习实用英语词汇和表达。适合练习日常对话和幽默表达。
You know, one thing that I find really related many times about the office is that it portrays
你知道吗，我发现办公室这个概念在很多情况下都具有一种非常典型的特征（或者说，办公室这个设定往往能够反映出某种普遍存在的现象）。
people working with complicated people, people having complicated bosses, complicated coworkers.
那些需要与性格复杂的人打交道的人；那些拥有性格复杂的老板或同事的人。
The office is one of our most
这家办事处是我们最重要的机构之一。
favorite sitcoms of all time and today Ethan and I are going to share with you guys some of our favorite moments from the show.
这些喜剧剧集堪称有史以来以及当今最受欢迎的喜剧节目。今天，伊桑和我将和大家分享一些我们在这部剧中最喜欢的片段。
You don't want to miss it, you're going to have a lot of fun and laughs and learn vocabulary in the process.
你绝对不能错过这个机会！在这个过程中，你会玩得非常开心，会开怀大笑，同时还能学到很多新词汇。
But before we get started, make sure
但在我们开始之前，请务必……
you hit that subscribe button and bow
你点击了“订阅”按钮，真是太棒了！
down below because every week there is a new video here on the channel designed to help you understand your favorite movies and TV series.
每周这个频道都会发布新的视频，旨在帮助你更好地理解自己喜欢的电影和电视剧。
Without getting lost, without missing the jokes and without subtitles.
既不会走散，也不会错过任何笑话，而且也没有字幕。
So hit that subscribe button in order not to miss a single video.
请点击“订阅”按钮，这样就不会错过任何一个视频了。
So Jago, I've recently jumped back into the office which has to be one of the best comedy sitcoms ever made.
那么，Jago，我最近又重新开始看《Jago》这部剧了。这部剧绝对是有史以来最精彩的喜剧情景剧之一！
I agree.
我同意。
Yeah, I love it too.
是的，我也非常喜欢它。
You know, one thing that I find really relatable about the office is that it portrays people working with complicated people,
你知道吗，我觉得办公室这个设定非常真实地反映了人们在工作中与那些性格复杂、难以相处的人打交道的情景。
people having complicated bosses, complicated coworkers.
有些人要面对难以相处的上司和复杂的同事关系。
By the way guys, have you had in your life a complicated boss to work with or a complicated coworker to work with?
顺便问一下，大家有没有遇到过难以共事的复杂老板或难以合作的复杂同事？
Probably yes, right?
很可能是的，对吧？
So the show is really relatable because of that.
正因为如此，这个节目才真正能够引起观众的共鸣（即观众能够感同身受）。
Yeah, because we can relate like, oh my God, it's so hard to work with this person.
是啊，因为我们都能感同身受：天哪，和这个人一起工作真的太难了。
They really exaggerate it to, I don't know, 100 times.
他们真的把事情夸大了，我不知道，大概夸大了100倍吧。
Very well said.
说得太对了。
Today we'll be looking at one of our favorite aspects of the show, one of the things that really characterizes it,
今天我们将探讨这个节目中最受我们喜爱的元素之一——那个真正体现了该节目特色的方面。
which are the pranks, particularly between Jim and Dwight.
这些就是那些恶作剧，尤其是吉姆和德怀特之间的那些恶作剧。
Every episode we're looking forward to see what prank he's going to pull on Dwight next.
每一集我们都迫不及待地想看看他接下来会想出什么恶作剧来捉弄德怀特。
By the way Ethan, what is a prank?
顺便问一下，伊桑，什么是恶作剧（prank）？
It's good to define that.
明确这一点是很有必要的。
I think many countries have an official prank day.
我认为许多国家都设有官方的“恶作剧日”。
In the States, it's April Fools.
在美国，今天是愚人节。
So the best way to define this is through an example.
因此，定义这个概念的最佳方式是通过一个例子来说明。
One year on April's Fools, April Fools, which is April 1st in the United States,
一年后，在愚人节那天（在美国，愚人节是4月1日）……
we have the sink in my parents' house.
我们把水槽安装在了我父母的房子里。
We have one of those that has the hose that you grab and it has a sprayer on top of it,
我们有一台这样的设备：它配备了一条可以抓握的软管，软管顶部还装有一个喷头。
which you might use to spray off some junk on a pan or something like that.
你可以用它来喷洒掉锅子或其他物品上的污垢。
And I put tape on it so that when someone went to open the sink to turn on the water,
然后我在上面贴了胶带，这样当有人想要打开水龙头用水时，
it would spray them with the hose there.
他们会用那里的软管把水喷到那些物体上。
So yeah, I remember just like cracking off when I heard like my mom scream in another room because she got away.
是的，我记得当时我听到妈妈在另一个房间里尖叫（因为她成功逃脱了），顿时就火冒三丈。
That's a prank.
那只是个恶作剧而已。
A practical joke, right?
只是一个恶作剧而已，对吧？
Not so on for the person who's the butt of the joke.
然而，对于那些成为笑柄的人来说，情况就完全不同了。
The butt of the joke, the victim of the joke, right?
这就是笑话的笑点所在，也就是笑话的“受害者”，对吧？