经典电影英文之罗马假日
(可爱的安妮公主在访问罗马期间，厌烦繁琐的皇家生活。她在床上发泄不满，而伯爵夫人毫不体谅地向她汇报明天的工作议程。)
ANN: (brushing her hair) I hate this nightgown. I hate all my nightgowns. And I hate all my underwear too.
安妮: (梳着头发)我讨厌这件睡袍。我讨厌所有的睡袍。我同样讨厌我的内衣。
COUNTESS: My dear, you have lovely things.
伯爵夫人：亲爱的，你有很多可爱的东西。
ANN: But I'm not two hundred years old! (Dropping down on the bed) Why can't I sleep in pyjamas?
安妮: 但我可没有两百岁大！（倒在床上） 为什么我不能穿着松睡衣睡觉？
COUNTESS: (looking up as she folds the sheets into place) Pyjamas!
伯爵夫人：（折叠着床单抬起头）松睡衣！
ANN: (Just) the top half. Did you know there are people who sleep with absolutely nothing on at all?
安妮: 仅露出上头。你知道有些人裸体而睡吗？
COUNTESS: (opening the window) I rejoice to say that I did not.
伯爵夫人：（打开窗子）我很庆幸地说,我不知道。
ANN: (lying against the headboard, smiling as she hears distant music coming in through the window) Listen.
安妮:（靠着床头板躺着，微笑地听着从窗外传来的音乐）听。
COUNTESS: Oh, and your slippers. Please put on your slippers and come away at the window. Your milk and crackers.
伯爵夫人： 嗨，你的拖鞋。 快穿上拖鞋，离开窗户。 你的牛奶和饼干在这里。
ANN: (taking the tray; as the Countess helps her pull the covers over her) Everything we do is so wholesome【有营养的】.
安妮:（拿着托盘，伯爵夫人为她取开盖子） 我们所有的一切都是有益健康的。
COUNTESS: They'll help you to sleep.
伯爵夫人：它们有助睡眠。
ANN: (stubbornly) I'm too tired to sleep-- can't sleep a wink【瞬间】.
安妮:（倔强地） 我累得反而一点都睡不着。
COUNTESS: Now my dear, if you don't mind tomorrow's schedule--or schedule whichever you prefer-- both are correct. Eight thirty, breakfast here with the Embassy staff; nine o'clock, we leave for the Polinory Automotive Works where you'll be presented with a small car.
伯爵夫人：哦，亲爱的，你喜欢明天的日程安排么，或者说你喜欢哪个―两个都不错。八点半，和使馆人员共进早餐；九点， 参观波利若里汽车工厂，你将获赠一部小汽车。
ANN: (disinterested; absently playing with a napkin)Thank you.
安妮:（心不在焉地玩着餐巾）谢谢。
COUNTESS: Which you will not accept?
伯爵夫人:你会拒绝哪一个？
ANN: No, thank you.
安妮:不，谢谢。
COUNTESS: Ten thirty-five, inspection of Food and Agricultural Organization will present you with an olive【橄榄】 tree.
伯爵夫人: 十点三十五，视察农产品组织，你会被赠上一棵橄榄树。
ANN: No, thank you.
安妮: 不，谢谢。
COUNTESS: Which you (will) accept?
伯爵夫人: 你答应吗？
ANN: Thank you.
安妮: 谢谢。
COUNTESS: Ten fifty-five, the Newfoundling Home For Orphans. You will preside over the laying of the cornerstone; same speech as last Monday.
伯爵夫人: 十点五十五，到新建孤儿院。你将主持奠基典礼，和上次一样的演讲。
ANN: Trade relations?
安妮: 贸易关系？
COUNTESS: Yes.
伯爵夫人: 对。
ANN: (chewing a cracker) For the orphans?
安妮:（吃着一块饼干）为孤儿的那次？
COUNTESS: No, no, the other one.
伯爵夫人: 不，另一次。
ANN: "Youth and progress".
安妮: “青少年与发展”。
COUNTESS: Precisely. Eleven forty-five, back here to rest. No, that's wrong... eleven forty-five, conference here with the press.
伯爵夫人: 很对，十一点四十五，回到这里休息。 哦，搞错了，十一点四十五在这里举行记者招待会。
ANN: "Sweetness and decency".
安妮: “甜美与高雅”。
COUNTESS: One o'clock sharp, lunch with the Foreign Ministry. You will wear your white lace and carry a small bouquet of very small pink roses. Three-o-five, presentation of a plaque【匾;铭牌】. Four-ten, review special guard of Police. Four forty-five，back here to change to your uniform to meet the international...
伯爵夫人: 一点整，和外交大臣共进午餐，你将戴上你的白色项链，捧着一束粉红色的玫瑰。三点零五分，授匾。四点十分， 检阅特别护卫队。 四点四十五，回来换上制服接见国际……
ANN: (screaming at the Countess) STOP!!! (Looking away, her hair covering her face) Please stop! stop...!
安妮:（对着伯爵夫人尖叫）停下！（移开视线，头发遮脸）请停下来！别说了！
COUNTESS: (retrieving the tray) It's alright, dear, it didn't spill.
伯爵夫人：（收回托盘）做得好，亲爱的，牛奶没有溢出来。
额外成就
spill 除了指液体的“溢出”外，还通常引申为消息的“泄漏、告知”。
如：You must get something in your mind, why don't spill it.
你一定有什么心事，为什么不告诉我？
常与它连用的短语有：spill out ; spill the beans
一句经典谚语：It's no use crying over spilt milk.
不要对着打翻了的牛奶哭泣（后悔是没有用的）。
ANN: I don't care if it's spilled or not. I don't care if I'm drown in it (throws her head into the pillow)!
安妮: 我不管溢不溢出来。我不管会不会溺死于此（她把头钻进被窝里）。
COUNTESS: (putting her hands on her shoulders to comfort her) My dear, you're ill. I'll send for Doctor Bonnachoven.
伯爵夫人:（把她的头放在肩上安慰她）亲爱的，你生病了，我会叫鲍那乔文医生过来。
ANN: (turning over, facing the opposite way) I don't want Doctor Bonnachoven; please let me die in peace!
安妮:（转过头，背对着她）我不见鲍那乔文医生，让我安静地死去吧！
COUNTESS: You're not dying.
伯爵夫人: 你不会死的。
ANN: (facing the Countess) Leave me.
安妮:（看着伯爵夫人）别理我。
额外成就
通常为leave sb. alone 意为“走开，别打扰”。
如：Don't try to interfere in my affairs, please leave me alone.
别试图干涉我的事， 不要你管。（超级口语佳句）
COUNTESS: It's nerves，control yourself, Ann.
伯爵夫人: 你一定是神经出了问题，镇静点，安妮。
ANN: (throwing herself on the pillow, beating it with her fist) I don't want to!
安妮: （倒在枕头上，拳头乱捶） 我不要。
COUNTESS: (standing up straight, speaking with authority) Your Highness. I'll get Doctor Bonnachoven.
伯爵夫人:（笔直站起，命令地说）公主殿下，我去叫鲍那乔文医生。
ANN: (looking up as she leaves) It's no use, I'll be dead before he gets here.
安妮:（抬头看着她离去） 没有用的，在他来之前，我就会死掉。
(安妮公主在逃出使馆后，由于药性发作，睡落街头，恰巧被经过此地的本片男主角Joe，一家晚报记者，碰见。 )
JOE: Hey! hey, hey,... Hey, wake up!
乔： 嗨！嗨……醒醒！
ANN: Thank you very much, delighted.
安妮：谢谢，真高兴。
JOE: Wake up.
乔： 醒醒。
ANN: No, thank you. Charmed.
安妮：不，谢谢。幸会。
额外成就
charmed 为上层社会礼节用语， 体现说话人的高贵地位。 和一般情况下的pleased 意思一样。
如：I'm charmed/ pleased to meet you. 很荣幸见到你。
JOE: Charmed too.
乔：很荣幸。
ANN: You may sit down.
安妮：赐坐。
JOE: I think you'd better sit up, much too young to get picked up by the police.
乔： 我想你最好坐起来， 警察不会把你抓起来的，你太小了。
ANN: Police?
安妮：警察？
JOE: Yep, police.
乔：是的，警―察。
ANN: Two-fifteen and back here to change. Two forty-five...
安妮：噢，2点15分回来换装……2点45分……
JOE: You know, people who can't handle liquor shouldn't drink it.
乔： 你知道，没什么酒量的人就不该喝酒。
ANN: "If I were dead and buried and I heard your voice beneath the sod my heart of dust would still rejoice." Do you know that poem?
安妮：“哪怕我已死去，被安葬，尘土之下的心也会为听到你的声音而欢悦。”
你知道这首诗吗？
JOE: Huh, what do you know? (Sitting down) You're well-read, well-dressed; you're snoozing away in a public street. Would you care to make a statement?
乔： 你知道吗？(坐下来) 你有学问，穿戴得体，却睡在大街上，你能否解释一下？
ANN: What the world needs is a return to sweetness and decency in the souls of its young men and...
安妮 ：这世界需要甜美与高雅重新回到年轻一代的灵魂之中……
JOE: Yeah, I er, couldn't agree with you more, but erm--
乔: 对，我完全同意， 不过……
额外成就
安妮的语言和穿着充分暗示了她出自上流阶层，这些让男主人角Joe深感诧异就不足为怪了。
couldn't agree with you any more. 意思是非常赞同
如 ：I couldn't agree with you any more on the the proposal.
我非常赞同你的提议。
(乔听到汽车驶过来的声音，站起来，拍着她的肩膀。)
JOE: Get yourself some coffee, you'll be alright. Look, you take the cab.
乔：喝杯咖啡，你就会没事的。看，你的车来了。
JOE: Come on, (takes her up by the arm) climb in the cab and go home.
乔：来，（用肩膀扶起她）我们上车回家。
(在记者招待会上，安妮面对着来自世界各个国家和地区的记者，发现乔也在其中。在回答记者问的过程中，安妮意味深长地表达了对乔期望和信任。)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Ladies and Gentlemen: Her Royal Highness will now answer your questions.
招待会主持：女士们，先生们， 现在你们可以向公主殿下提问。
CHIEF OF CORRESPONDENTS: I believe at the outset, Your Highness, that I should express the pleasure of all of us at your recovery from the recent illness.
记者代表：公主殿下， 首先我想代表全体人员对公主近期的康复表达欢欣之情。
额外成就
经典致词， 试着把整句话脱口而出。
at the outset 一开始，等于 at the beginning。
如 ：At the outset of his career he was full of optimism but not now.
一开始他对事业充满了信心，但现在不再是这样了。
ANN: Thank you.
安妮：谢谢！
AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT: Does Your Highness believe that Federation would be a possible solution to Europe's economic problems?
美国记者：公主殿下是否认为，联盟化将是解决欧洲经济问题的可行方案？
ANN: I am in favour of any measure which would lead to closer cooperation in Europe.
安妮：我赞成一切能够促进欧洲各国之间合作的任何举措。
额外成就
in favour of 赞同
如 ：I think all the people at meeting will be in favour of your opinion.
我想全体到会者都会赞同你的观点。
在商务上in favour of 意思为“以――为受益人”
如 ：Please open a Letter of Credit in favour of ABC company be-fore shipping.
请在装运前以ABC公司为受益人开立 信用证 。
CORRESPONDENT: And what, in the opinion of Your Highness, is the outlook for Friendship Among Nations?
记者：你认为欧洲各国关系发展前景如何？
ANN: I have every faith in it-- (pausing; turning to look at Joe) as I have faith inin relations between people.
安妮：我对此充满信心，（停顿，转过头看向乔）就像我对人们之间的情谊一样。
JOE: May I say, speaking for my own press service，we believe that Your Highness's faith will not be unjustified.
额外成就
speak for 意思是“代表――说话” , 在此可以和in behalf of 互换。
如：Don't think you are speaking for/in behalf of everyone.
你只能够代表你自己。
乔：请允许我，代表我的新闻社，我们相信公主的信心是不会判断失误的。
ANN: (looking at Joe; smiling very slightly to him) I am so glad to hear you say it.
安妮：（微笑地看着乔）我很高兴听你这么说。
CORERESPONDENTS: Which of the cities visited did Your Highness enjoy the most? (Ann pauses as she looks at Joe.)
记者：公主殿下所访问过的城市中最喜欢的是哪个？(安妮停下来看着乔)
ANN: Each in its own way was...unforgettable. It would be difficult to-- Rome, by all means, Rome. I will cherish【珍惜】 my visit here, in memory, as long as I live.
安妮：每个城市都有自己的特色……令人难忘。 很难说……罗马，无疑是罗马。我会珍惜这里的记忆，直到永远！
额外成就
by all means 等于 anyway 不管怎么样，当然
如 ：I think she is right by all means.
不管怎么说，我想她是对的。
