Cinderella: Open the gates!
Sing: So make your own way Show the beauty within.
When you follow your heart there's no heart you can't win.
Man: Oh! Why, thank you!
Prudence1: Your Highness, the king would not approve. You're supposed to be inviting2 dukes and counts and other aristocrats3.
Cinderella: I am inviting them, along with all my friends here in the village.
Prudence: Your Highness, I strongly advise against it. It's simply not the way things are done.
Cinderella: Perhaps the time has come to try something new.
Sing: So reach for the sky. It's not high as it seems.
Just follow your heart go as far as your dreams.
Cinderella: This party needs help, starting with dessert.
Jaq: No prunes4. Yuck!
Gus: Jaq-Jaq loves chocolate.
Cinderella: Chocolate pudding! Now that sounds good.
Daphne: We never get to dance like this.
Sing: Dance if you want to don't fear you'll fall down.
Take a chance, 'cause it's better than never to chance it at all.
Prudence: It simply isn't done. It simply isn't done.
Jaq Gus: It simply isn't done...
Sing: There's a world for the changing and you've just begun.
Don't let them tell you it's simply not done.
When you follow your heart you'll shine bright as the sun.
Daphne: Your Highness, sand or buff?
Cinderella: Which color do you like?
Daphne: Hmm. Pink!
Cinderella: Perfect. Hmm. Something's still missing. Now, that's more like it.
Prudence: What will the king say?
Cinderella: I know this is a big change. But I have to try this my way.
Prudence: Well, then, I certainly hope you know what you're doing.
Jaq: They're here, Cinderella! They're here!
Cinderella: Well, it's too late to turn back now.
Jaq: Now, this dance is more like it.
Prudence: Oh, this dance is horrifying5! The king has arrived.
King: What in blazes is going on here?
Prudence: Your Majesty6!
King: Who opened those curtains?
Prudence: This is all Princess Cinderella's doing!
King: Oh, what a lovely moon.
Prudence: I tried to teach her, Sire.
King: Commoners in the palace?
Prudence: She simply refused to listen.
King: Oh, hello, Giuseppe!
Prudence: It's a scandal!
Cinderella: Your Majesty, I can explain.
King: What is this?
Cinderella: Your dessert, Sire.
King: No prunes for dessert?
Prudence: An absolute outrage7!
King: Mmm, chocolate. My favorites! What happened to the music? Everybody dance! I always said we needed some new traditions around here. Go on, now, Prudence. You're missing all the fun.
Prince: Did I miss something?
Cinderella: Surprise!
King: Splendid job. Splendid!
Prudence: It is the princess who deserves your praise, Sire. And I am honored to be at Her Highness's service.
Cinderella: I think we're going to be great friends.
King: I told my son he had chosen well. You're a natural. Another dance!
Prince: I'm glad you do things your own way.
Cinderella: Someday I'll get this princess thing right.
Prince: I think that day is today.
妙词佳句,活学活用
1. Yuck
Yuck这个词虽然不是特别的常用,但还是期望大伙可以把它给记住。它的意思就是大家日常所说的呸。
2. Something's still missing.
还差点什么。有点万事俱备、只欠东风的感觉。
3. Big
Big一词除去大家常说的大以外,还有以下几个方面是口语中常见的:
A. 要紧的
She's a big name in the painting world. 她在油画界赫赫有名。
B. 慷慨(非正式)
That's big of him. 他真慷慨。
C. 受青睐的
That new popular singer is a big draw. 那位新时尚歌手非常能吸引听众。
4. In blazes
表示到底、到底,大家都会说 on earth 和 in the world,in blazes 是口语中表示到底、到底的另一种办法。
5. At one's service
看关于中世纪欧洲的电影时,总能听到这句:at your service,就是愿为你效劳的意思。其实不止关于中世纪欧洲的电影,现代片里也会出现这个词。
6. Natural
natural能被用得这样出神入化是否非常令大伙吃惊?语言的真的魔力在于细微之处也能表达的淋漓尽致。
目前大伙就能了解,大家描述一个天才做事的感觉时就能说:
A. Chess came very natural to him when he was first introduced to the game.
他最初学象棋的时候,就表现出了相当的天分。
B. Singing seems to come quite natural to her.
她仿佛是个天才的歌手。
C. It comes natural to him to do that.
对他来讲,那样做事是再自然不过的事情。