Phoebe Buffay

Key Words: offbeat, optimistic, wisp and tough, witty

What's make Phoebe so unique? It's her offbeat, eternally optimistic nature.
Despite all adversity in her life, she sill displays a pleasant upbeat personality. Meanwhile, she is the strange combination with both wisp and tough. That's another reason why I like Phoebe: she can fight; she can stand up to anybody once she is confronted. From an out-of-key folk singer to a masseuse, she takes a runaway lifestyle and never fails to cheer me up with her witty remarks.

Played by: Lisa Kudrow

Background: Complicated as complicate could be. Her stepmother committed suicide; her stepfather went to jail, her twin sister, who she dislikes most, starred in blue movie under her name. She was Monica's ex-roommate but moved to her grandmother's old apartment because Monica was a neat freak.

Hobby:
1) sings very unique lyrics like" Smelly cat". Terry, a coffee bar's owner, once gave such a comment on her song: " it's not that your friend sings bad... it's that she sings so bad that she makes me want to gouge my ears out and reach in and swirl my fingers inside my brain."
2) Cleanse people's auras. Phoebe believes she can talk to the dead person, and she divined her death date to be October 15, 2032

The crazy things Phoebe has done: Too many to write them all down. Including: give birth to triplets for her half-brother, keep rat as pet, once live in a box, using the Chelsea Reporter to keep her warm and survive!

Romance: Phoebe's love adventure dates back when she was 14. After her mother's suicide, she got involved with a guy who washed car windows, and he also killed himself. She dates a lot after that, but no one is particular until her eventual husband Mike shows up.

詞匯：

offbeat: adj. 不規(guī)則的，不按常理出牌的
optimistic: adj. 樂(lè)觀的
wisp: n. 纖弱
tough: n. 堅(jiān)強(qiáng)
witty: adj. 富于機(jī)智的, 詼諧的
adversity: n. 不幸, 災(zāi)禍, 逆境
upbeat: adj. 樂(lè)觀的, 歡樂(lè)的
out-of-key: 跑調(diào)
masseuse: n. 女按摩師
a runaway lifestyle: 自由自在的生活方式
gouge: vt. 挖出
auras: n. 氣氛, 氣味, 先兆, 預(yù)感
divined: vt.,vi. 占卜; 預(yù)言
triplets: n. 三胞胎

To be Continued...

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