希:还真是运气,我让你看看我是怎样在唱片上录音的。
管:(返回来)先生,这就是那个年轻姑娘。(伊莱扎跟在皮尔斯夫人后面羞怯地走进房来。她穿着破旧的衣服,还脏兮兮的。进来就朝两位先生行屈膝礼。)
H:(disappointed) Why! I've got this girl in my records. She's the one we saw the other day\s\up1(23(23). She's no use at all. Take her away\s\up1(24(24).
CP:(gently to Eliza) What do you want, young lady?
E:(upset) I wanna be a lady in a flower shop 'stead o' selling flowers in the street. But they won't take me 'less I speak better. So here I am, ready to pay him. I'm not asking for any favours\s\up1(25(25) - and he treats me like dirt\s\up1(26(26).
H:How much?
E:(happier) Now yer talking. A lady friend of mine gets French lessons for two shillings\s\up1(27(27) an hour from a real Frenchman. You wouldn't have the face to ask\s\up1(28(28) me for the same\s\up1(29(29) for teaching me as yer\s\up1(30(30) would for French. So I won't give yer more than\s\up1(31(31) a shilling.
H:(ignoring Eliza and speaking to Pickering) If you think of how much money this girl has - why, it's the best offer I've had\s\up1(32(32) !(to Eliza) But if I teach you, I'll be worse than a father.
CP:I say, Higgins. Do you remember what you said last night? I'll say you're the greatest teacher alive\s\up1(33(33) if you can pass her off as\s\up1(34(34) a lady. I'll be the referee\s\up1(35(35) for this little bet and pay for the lessons too ...
E:(gratefully) Oh, yer real good, yer are. Thank you, Colonel.
H:Oh, she is so deliciously low. (compromises\s\up1(36(36)) OK, I'll teach you. (to Mrs Pearce) But she'll need to be cleaned\s\up1(37(37) first. Take her away, Mrs Pearce. Wash her and burn her horrible\s\up1(38(38) clothes. We'll buy her new ones. What's your name, girl? \s\up1(23(23)the other day 几天前;那一天(常用在一般过去时的句子中)
\s\up1(24(24)take away 带走;减去;没收
\s\up1(25(25)ask (sb.) for favours (向某人)寻求帮助
\s\up1(26(26)treat sb. like dirt 蔑视某人;把某人当下流人对待
\s\up1(27(27)shilling/'ʃIlIŋ/n.先令(1971年以前的英国货币单位,旧币的12便士)
\s\up1(28(28)have the face to do sth.恬不知耻地做某事;居然有脸做某事
\s\up1(29(29)the same ... as ...是固定句式。as引导定语从句,在从句中作would (ask)的宾语。
\s\up1(30(30)yer=you或your(不规范英语)
\s\up1(31(31)more than多于;超过(+数词);不仅仅;不只是(+名词);很;非常;相当(+形容词或副词)
\s\up1(32(32)I've had是定语从句,修饰offer此处省略了关系代词that。
\s\up1(33(33)alive adj.活的;在世的;活跃的;有生气的
\s\up1(34(34)pass ... off as 使冒充
\s\up1(35(35)referee/ˌrefə'riː/n.裁判员;仲裁者
\s\up1(36(36)compromise/'kɒmprəmaIz/n.& vi.妥协;折衷
\s\up1(37(37)need to be cleaned = need cleaning 需要清洗
\s\up1(38(38)horrible/'hɒrəbl/adj.可怕的;恐怖的