1. What it's really asking is 'where do you see yourself in three months'? Sitting next to your girlfriend or hitting on a bridesmaid? （背后的潜台词是“三个月后你的感情生活如何”？是坐在女友身边，还是要跟伴娘搭讪？）

解析：

（1） R.S.V.P : used on invitations to ask the invited guests to indicate whether they will be able to attend

R.S.V.P 来源于法语 ''R é pondez s'il vous plaît.'' ，即 ''Reply, if you please.''

接到注有 R.S.V.P. 字样的邀请函后，能否出席都要尽早答复对方，以便主人安排。

剧中是一张“婚礼请柬”，下面有两个选项 ''I'll be coming alone'' （单独出席）以及 ''I'll be bringing a guest'' （携带伴侣），尽早回复，有利于主人安排人数、预定座位、点菜等等。

（ 2 ） hit on somebody: to talk to someone in order to try to start a sexual relationship 搭讪

备注： ''hit on somebody'' 是美式英语口语的用法。

例：

She's always being hit on at the gym. （在健身房总有人跟她搭讪。）

Some drunk at the bar was hitting on her. （酒吧有个醉鬼正跟她搭讪。）

''hit on somebody'' 的近义词组：

①       pick somebody up: to meet and begin a usually brief sexual relationship with someone

例：

She used to go to bars to pick up men. （过去，她常去酒吧泡男人。）

She said some guy tried to pick her up at the bar. （她说酒吧里有个人想跟她搭讪。）

② make a pass at somebody: to do or say something that clearly shows that you want to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone 调戏

例：

He made a pass at his wife's friend. （他调戏他太太的朋友。）

2. Barney: You don't bring a date to a wedding. That's like bringing a deer carcass on a hunting trip. Oh Ted, oh Ted, no, no date. （别带女伴去参加婚宴，带女伴去就像扛着一只死鹿去打猎。别带女伴去！哦泰德，我的好泰德，别，别带女伴。）

Ted: Deer carcass, really? That's the metaphor you're going with here? （你用死鹿来做暗喻？）

Barney: Ted, it's a simile . （泰德，我这是明喻！）

解析：

（1） metaphor 和 simile ：

metaphor ：暗喻； simile ：明喻（比喻时用到 ''like'' 或 ''as'' 的，是“明喻”。）

例：

''She's as fierce as a tiger'' is a simile, but ''She's a tiger when she's angry'' is a metaphor.

（“她像老虎一样强悍”是明喻，“她生起气来就是只老虎”是暗喻。）

（2） go with: to choose or use

例：

After thinking about who to offer the job to, they decided to go with the more experienced candidate. （经过考虑，他们决定聘用更有经验的那个应聘者。）

3. Ted: If I don't bring a date, a $200 piece of chicken- slash -salmon will go uneaten .   （如果我不带个伴去，那价值 200 美元的鸡肉或三文鱼就没人吃了。）

解析：

（1） slash: the mark ''/''

剧中 ''chicken-slash-salmon'' 的 "slash" 表示“或者”。

看《老友记》 S01E09 例子：

Chandler: Are you wearing makeup?

Joey: Yes, I am. As of today, I am officially Joey Tribbiani, actor slash model.

大意：

Chandler: 你化妆了？

Joey: 是啊，从今天开始，我就是演员兼模特：乔伊！

这里的 ''actor slash model'' 表示“兼”。

（ 2 ）这里的 ''go'' = become ，做系动词，后接形容词。

例：

The tire went flat. （轮胎瘪了。）

French bread goes stale very quickly. （法式面包容易坏。）

The company went bankrupt. （公司破产了。）

Everything keeps going wrong. （不断出错。）

如本剧 S01E08 ：

Ted: Oh, come on, you know damn well I move out that room's going unused . （你清楚得很，我搬出去，我那个房间就会空出来。）

（下转 第二部分 ）