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(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。
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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）。
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