MARIA:At ease.Well now that there’s just us.Would you please tell me all your names again and how old you are?
稍息.现在只剩下我们.请再一次告诉我你们的名字.还有你们的年龄
LIESL:I’m Liesl.I’m sixteen years old and I don’t need a governess.
我叫莉莎,我16岁.我不需要家教
MARIA:Well I’m glad you told me,Liesl.We’ll just be good friends.
莉莎,很高兴你告诉我.我们可以做好朋友
FRIEDRICH:I’m Friedrich.I’m fourteen.I’m impossible.
我叫费瑞克,我14岁.我是朽木
MARIA:Really?Who told you that,Friedrich?
真的?谁告诉你的,费瑞克?
FRIEDRICH:Fraulein Josephine.Four governess ago.
约瑟芬小姐,前四任教师
LOUISA:I’m Brigitta.
我叫碧姬塔
MARIA:You didn’t tell me how old you are,Louisa.
你没告诉我你多大,露易莎
BRIGITTA:I’m Brigitta,she is Louisa.She’s thirteen years old and you’re smart.I’m ten and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw.
她13岁,而你很聪明.我10岁,而我认为你的衣服.是我见过最丑的
KURT:Brigitta,you shouldn’t say that.
碧姬塔,你不该这样说的
BRIGITTA:Why not?Don’t you think it’s ugly?
为何?你不认为很丑?
KURT:Of course,but Fraulein Helder’s was ugliest.I’m Kurt.I’m eleven.I’m incorrigible.
当然.但赫德小姐才是最丑的.我是寇特,11岁,我很任性
MARIA:Congratulations!
恭喜你!
KURT:What’s incorrigible?
什么是任性
MARIA:I think it means you won’t be treated like a boy.
那表示你希望.被人当作是小男孩
MARTA:I’m Marta and I’m going to be seven on Tuesday.And I’d like a pink parasol.
我是犸塔,星期二我就7岁了.
MARIA:Well,pink’s my favorite color,too.Yes,you’re Gretl,and you’re five years old?My,you’re practically lady!Now I have to tell you a secret.I’ve never been governess before.
纷红色也是我的颜色.是的,你是葛特儿.而你已经5岁了?天啊,你几乎快成为淑女了.现在我要告诉你们一个秘密
我从未当过家庭教师
LOUISA:You mean you don’t know anything about being a governess?
你一点也不懂如何当家庭教师?
MARIA:Nothing.I’ll need lots of advice.
一点也不懂,我需要许多建议
LOUISA:Well,the best way to start is to be sure to tell father to mind his own business.
首先,就是告诉父亲.要他少管闲事
FRIEDRICH:You must never come to dinner on time.
你绝对不能准时来用餐
BRIGITTA:Never eat your soup quietly.
喝汤也不要太小声
KURT:And during dessert always blow your nose.
吃甜点时,要擤鼻子
GRETL:Don’t you believe a word they say,Fraulein Maria.
别听他们说的话,犸莉亚小姐
MARIA:Why not?
为什么?
GRETL:Because I like you.
因为我喜欢你
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