《老友记》看美国人的友情观和爱情观.docVIP

American’s Attitudes toward Love and Friendship in Friends Applicant: Lin Li Supervisor: Long Ni Faculty: English Department May 10, 2011 UniversityContents 摘 要 i Abstract ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 The Significance of Topic 1 1.2 Research Methods 1 2. The Main Character of Friends 2 3. American’s Attitude towards Friendship from Friends 3 3.1 Inclusive 3 3.2 Supportive 5 3.2 Independent 7 4. American’s Attitude towards Love from Friends 9 4.1 Free 9 4.2 Respect 11 4.3 Loyalty 12 5. Conclusion 14 Bibliography 16 摘 要 《老友记》是一部美国的情景喜剧，描述六个好朋友在纽约这座大城市发生的一些有趣的事，它从1994年拍到2004年，长达十年的时间。《老友记》得到了很多好的评论，在同期的情景喜剧里一直是最受观众喜欢的情景喜剧之一。《老友记》主要讲的是六个单身的好朋友（罗斯，乔伊，钱德勒，莫妮卡，瑞秋，菲比），十年间在他们身上或身边发生的有一些浪漫的感情纠纷，他们事业的起起伏伏，以及友谊的曲曲折折。期间，他们有结婚了的，有离了婚的，也有有了孩子的，他们总喜欢聚在中央咖啡馆边喝咖啡边聊天。本论文旨在通过《老友记》让观众看到当代美国年轻人的友谊观,爱情观和人生态度。在老友记里，我们充分的感受到了友情和爱情这两种感情的伟大，它让我们看到了另一种和我们一样普通的生活,形形色色的人因为情感、原则、利益、地位等问题产生矛盾、闹出笑话,同时,友情、爱情也在这里升华。 关键词：友情 爱情 老友记 情景喜剧 Abstract Friends is an American sitcom about a group of friends in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, New York City. It was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. Friends received many positive reviews throughout most of its run, becoming one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. Friends follows the lives of six (initially) single American (Ross, Joey, Chandler, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe) as they navigate romantic relationships, career ambitions and the ups and downs of friendship. Along the way, they get married, get divorced, have kids and drink a lot of coffee at popular hangout Central Perk. This thesis aims to via Friends to tell audience the attitude toward love and life in contemporary young American. In Friends, we fully feel of the friendship and love. Friends lets us see another kind of ordinary life like us, people have problem because of emotion, principles, interests and status. Meanwhile, love and friendship accumulate as time goes by. Key words: friendship, love, Friends, Sitcom 1. Introduction 1.1 The Significance of Topic A situatio