经典对白之三：

10-15-3 来自地狱的声音

故事梗概

在这一集中，为了更天衣无缝地掩盖Estelle去世的事实,Phoebe 只好先暂时冒充Estelle Geonard, 打电话给Joey。蒙在鼓里的 Joey认为Estelle 工作老是失职，责怪她没有尽力找到试镜的机会，于是Joey把她解雇了。后来Joey意外发现Estelle已死，但 Phoebe 继续打电话“骚扰”,Joey破这个“来自地狱的声音”吓坏了……

Phoebe-Estelle: I guess I dropped the ball there. Whoopsie!

Joey: That's it? You know, it seems all you do lately is drop the ball.

Phoebe-Estelle: Don't take that tone with me. Who you think you are? Alan Lemond, the first black man to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Joey: No, no, look. All I'm saying is that you're my agent, ok? And you're not getting me into any auditions and I'm tired of it.

Phoebe-Estelle: What are you saying?

Joey: I'm saying that - (pause). This isn't working for me anymore, ok? Estelle, you're fired. Goodbye. (he hangs up the phone).

讲解

从字面上不难看出，“drop the ball”源于体育用语。如果一个选手没有接到球，比如说，守门员没有把球接住，就叫做drop a ball。那他就属于失职，会被记一次失误。后来这个用语就被广泛用来表示“犯了个错误”或“错失一次机会”。

drop the ball意思就是“犯错误，特别是因为粗心大意或愚蠢而做错事”（to make a mistake，especially by doing somethini in a stupid or careless way)

例如：Their goalie dropped the ball，and our team scored another goal．(他们的守门员掉了球，我队又得一分。)

例如：She really dropped the ball，because she screwed up the account of the company．(她真的很失职，因为她把公司账目弄得一塌糊涂。)

又如：He has a strong suspicion that you dropped the ball on the project．(他非常怀疑你在这个项目中犯了个错误。)

相反，be on the ball的意思是“能干，很专业，内行，在行，很在状态”。例如：He is a green hand who has nothing on the ball.(他是一个什么都不会的新手。)例如：She is a teacher who is really on the ball.(她是一个能干、专业的老师。)最后一例：That cashier is really on the ball．(那位出纳员的确很在行。)

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