BEC商务英语辅导 音乐之声

　　额外成就
　　conduct oneself: 为人处事，表现
　　如 ： Thanks for your advice, it really helps conduct myself well in the new environment.
　　谢谢你的建议， 它对我在新的环境中如何立身处事有很大帮助。
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　　（上校匆匆走向屋内，看到孩子们正在给男爵夫人唱歌，他微笑着加入孩子们的歌声中。玛丽亚从门前经过，上校叫住了她。）
　　Captain: Fraulein, I, I behaved badly. I apologize.
　　上校: 弗劳伦，我，我刚才表现粗鲁，我向你道歉。
　　Maria: No, I'm far too outspoken. It's one of my worst faults.
　　玛丽亚：不，我说话太过分了，这是我最大的缺点之一。
　　Captain: You were right. I don't know my children.
　　上校：你说对了，我不了解自己的孩子。
　　Maria: There's still time, Captain. They want so much to be close to you.
　　玛丽亚：上校，来日方长。他们非常想跟你亲近。
　　Captain: And you've brought the music back to the house. I'd forgotten. Fraulein, I, I want you to stay. I ask you to stay.
　　上校：你把音乐带回家中，我都忘了音乐。弗劳伦，我想叫你留下来，我请你留下。
　　Maria: If I could be of any help.
　　玛丽亚：要是我能有所帮助的话。
　　Captain: You have already. More than you know.
　　上校：你已经帮了， 而且远远超出了你自己知道的。
　　（特拉普上校逐渐对玛丽亚产生了爱意，在一个宁静的夜晚，他终于走向在夜色下徘徊的玛丽亚并道出了真爱。）
　　Captain: Hello, I, I thought I just might find you here.
　　上校: 你好, 我想, 也许在这儿能找到你.
　　Maria: (Maria stands up) Is there something you wanted?
　　玛丽亚：有事吗？(玛丽亚站起身。）
　　Captain: No, no, no, sit down please, please. Uh...may I ? (sitting down) You know I was, I was thinking, I was wondering two things. Why did you run away to the Abbey, and what was it that made you come back?
　　上校：不，不，不。请坐下，请。呃……我可以坐吗？(坐下)你知道吗，我一直在想，有两件事我不太懂，你为什么会跑回修道院。还有，又是什么促使你回来？
　　Maria: Well, I had an obligation to fulfill and I, I came back to fulfill it.
　　玛丽亚：哦，我有个任务需要完成，所以我，我就回来完成它呀。
　　Captain: Is that all?
　　上校：就这些吗？
　　Maria: And I missed the children.
　　玛丽亚：还有我想念孩子们。
　　Captain: Yes, only the children?
　　上校: 是吗? 仅仅想念孩子们？
　　Maria: No, yes! Isn't it right I should have missed them?
　　玛丽亚：不……是的！难道我不该想念他们吗？
　　Captain: Yes, yes, of course. I was only hoping that perhaps you … perhaps you might…uh…
　　上校: 不是，当然不是，我只是希望或许你，或许你会……呃……
　　Maria: Yes?
　　玛丽亚： 什么？
　　Captain: Well …uh… nothing was the same when you were away. And it'll be all wrong again after you leave. And I just thought that perhaps you might… uh… change you mind.
　　上校：呃……你一走家里全都变了样，要是你再离开， 一切又会变糟。 我只是在想也许你会……呃……改变主意。
　　Maria: I'm sure the Baroness will be able to make things fine for you.
　　玛丽亚：我相信男爵夫人能够把家里的事替你安排妥当。
　　Captain: Maria, there isn't going to be any Baroness.
　　上校：玛丽亚， 不会有什么男爵夫人了。
　　Maria: There isn't ?
　　玛丽亚：没有？
　　Captain: No.
　　上校： 是的。
　　Maria: I don't understand.
　　玛丽亚：我不懂。
　　Captain: Well, we've …uh… called off our engagement, you see and... uh…
　　上校： 我们已经取消了婚约。而且……
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　　额外成就
　　call off: 取消，放弃
　　如：The match was called off because of the bad weather.
　　由于天气恶劣，比赛被取消。
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　　Maria: Oh, I'm sorry.
　　玛丽亚：哦，很遗憾。
　　Captain: Yes … you are?
　　上校： 是吗……你感到遗憾？
　　Maria: You did?
　　玛丽亚：你真的取消了？
　　Captain: Yes. Well, you can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else, can you?
　　上校：是的，当你爱着别人时，你不可能和另外一个人结婚，你能做到吗？
　　Maria: Reverend Mother always says when the Lord closes a door, somewhere else he opens a window.
　　玛丽亚：院长嬷嬷总是这样说，当主关上一扇门时，他会在别处为你开启一扇窗。
　　Captain: What else did the Reverend Mother say?
　　上校：院长嬷嬷还说些什么？
　　Maria: That you have to look for your life.
　　玛丽亚：她还说必须寻找生命中值得的东西。
　　Captain: Is that why you came back? And have you found it, Maria?
　　上校：这就是你回来的原因吗？你找到没有，玛丽亚？
　　Maria: I think I have. I know I have.
　　玛丽亚：我想我找到了。我知道我找到了。
　　Captain: I love you.
　　上校：我爱你。