Prudence: Good morning, Your Highness. Your Highness!
Cinderella: Ready for breakfast? How does a cheese omelets sound?
Prudence: The princess is missing! You! You, girl! Have you seen the
princess?
Cinderella: Good morning, Prudence.
Prudence: Oh, I thought you -- But those awful clothes! Well, I - I didn't
recognize you, Your Highness. Allow me to introduce your ladies in waiting.
Beatrice and Daphne.
Beatrice：Pleased to meet you.
Cinderella: You're just in time for breakfast.
Beatrice：Breakfast? Ooh, with toast and jam?
Prudence: Your Highness, a princess never prepares her own meals. That is not
how things are done.
Cinderella: There are rules about breakfast?
Prudence: Of course there are rules, Your Highness. But it's certainly not
your fault... that you don't know the traditions of the castle. That's what the
king expects me to teach you.
Cinderella: I'm sure I can learn it in no time.
Prudence: Mm-hmm. Come along. There's no time to dally. Just do as I say, and
everything will be fine. The king would be horrified... to find the hostess of
the royal banquet dressed like a
scullery maid! A princess must be attired like royalty.
Cinderella: Do I have to wear
this all the time?
Daphne: Oh, of course not, Your Highness. You'll need something much more
formal for dinner.
Cinderella: Couldn't I just wear one of my own dresses?
Prudence: Very amusing, Your Highness... but it simply isn't done.
Cinderella: It's such a beautiful day. Why don't we open the curtains?
Prudence: No, no, no! These curtains are never opened. And certainly not by a
princess.
妙詞佳句，活學(xué)活用
1． Highness
這里的highness 可不是“高”的名詞詞性，意思為“陛下，殿下”。那么在日常生活中還是可以用到它來(lái)講一些俏皮話，比如說(shuō)：遵命！就可以是：As your
command, Your Highness.
2．Done
Done的意思有很多，可不只是do的過(guò)去分詞那么簡(jiǎn)單。 A. Having been carried out or
accomplished; Finished: 結(jié)束的；已經(jīng)被執(zhí)行或已經(jīng)被完成的 A done deed. 一件完成了的事 B.
Cooked adequately. 煮熟的：燒得恰到好處的 C. Socially
acceptable: 合乎社會(huì)規(guī)矩的： Spitting on the street is just not done in polite
society. 在街上吐痰，這在文明社會(huì)里是不得體的
在這里的，done是第三種意思。
3．Dress
Dress 作動(dòng)詞時(shí)有"給……穿衣服"的意思，作名詞時(shí)有"衣服、禮服"的意思。有個(gè)常用的短語(yǔ)是dress up，意思是"盛裝"，比如： They
dressed up and went to the prom. 他們盛裝去參加舞會(huì)。
北京新東方學(xué)校優(yōu)秀英語(yǔ)教師，主教聽(tīng)說(shuō)速成，聽(tīng)說(shuō)讀寫，電影聽(tīng)說(shuō)強(qiáng)化等課程，有多年的英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)說(shuō)教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。陳銳老師主修英文專業(yè)，深刻了解英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的困難所在；并有豐富的口譯經(jīng)驗(yàn)及體會(huì)。通過(guò)多年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)積累，陳銳老師總結(jié)出一套適合中國(guó)學(xué)生自己的漢英學(xué)習(xí)法，更好的結(jié)合漢語(yǔ)來(lái)攻克英文。
Prudence: Good morning, Your Highness. Your Highness!
