BEC商务英语辅导 音乐之声

　　(对生活充满信心的玛丽亚初涉尘俗来到特拉普上校家里做家庭教师，在那里她和特拉普上校进行了第一次对话。)
　　Captain: In the future, you're kind of to remember that certain rooms in this house which are not to be disturbed.
　　上校 ：以后请你记住，这房子里有些房间是不能乱闯的。
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　　玛丽亚：玛丽亚。
　　Captain: Fraulein Maria, I don't know how much the Mother has told you.
　　上校：弗劳伦·玛丽亚小姐，我不知道院长嬷嬷告诉了你多少情况。
　　Maria: Not much.
　　玛丽亚：不是很多。
　　Captain: You're the twelfth in a long line of governesses, who have come to look after my children since their mother died. I trust that you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours.
　　上校：自从孩子们的母亲去世以后，你是来照看他们的第十二位女家庭教师。相信你比最后一位有进步，她只呆了两个小时。
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　　in a long line 意思是一个长队, 可以看出教特拉普上校的孩子不是一件容易的事,然而这正与后来玛丽亚出色的表现形成鲜明的对照。
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　　Maria: What's wrong with the children, sir?
　　玛丽亚：孩子们有什么不对劲吗，先生？
　　Captain: There was nothing wrong with the children, only the governesses. They were completely unable to maintain discipline. Without it, the house can not be properly run. Please remember that, Fraulein.
　　上校：孩子们很好，只怪家庭教师。她们完全不能维持纪律。没这些纪律，这个家就没法正常运转。弗劳伦，请记住这点。
　　Maria: Yes, sir.
　　玛丽亚：是的，先生。
　　Captain: Every morning you will drill【训练】 the children in their studies, I will not permit them to dream away their summer holidays. Each afternoon they will march about the ground, breathing deeply. Bed-time is to be strictly observed. No exceptions【例外】.
　　上校：每天上午你得督促孩子做功课。我可不允许他们虚度整个暑假。下午，他们在操场上操练，做深呼吸。就寝时间必须严格遵守，不得例外。
　　Maria: Excuse me, sir. When do they play?
　　玛丽亚：对不起，先生，他们什么时候玩？
　　Captain: You'll see to that they conduct themselves at all time with the utmost orderliness【秩序】and decorum【端庄】, I'm placing you in command.
　　上校:你得看着他们在任何时候都循规蹈矩。这个就由你来决定。
　　Maria: Yes, sir.
　　玛丽亚：是的，先生。