普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion-Readin

Act Five                                               AFTERWARDS
Colonel¹ Pickering and Henry come in with Eliza after eating their supper. She is still in her beautiful clothes. They sit and Eliza gets Henry's slippers².
H:    What an evening! Thank God it's over. (Suddenly he sees the slippers) Oh, thank you, Eliza.
CP: Were you nervous? I was, but Eliza wasn't.
H:    Oh, I knew she'd be all right. This project was interesting enough at first, but it became boring.
CP: Oh, but the ambassador's party was extremely exciting.
H:    Yes, at first. But then I saw we would win easily.
CP: Yes. It's been a great triumph (胜利) for you.
They both leave. Eliza throws herself into a chair and sobs³ violently. Henry returns.
H:   Where did I leave my shoes?
E:   Here they are. Take them!
She throws them at Henry.
H:   (amazed) What on earth ...? Is there anything wrong?
E:   Nothing wrong - for you. I've won your bet for you, haven't I?
H:   YOU won the bet! I won it!
E:   Oh - you selfish brute⁴ (野兽;冷酷的人)! What's to become of me?
H:   How should I know?
E:   You don't care! I'm nothing to you - worthless than those shoes.
H:   Are you complaining of your treatment here?
E:   No.
H:   Has anyone been unkind to you? Colonel Pickering? Mrs Pearce? Me?
E:    No.
H:   Well, perhaps you're just tired.
E:   I'm sorry, but I have to be careful. Are these clothes mine or Mrs Pearce's? I wouldn't like to be accused of stealing when I leave.
H:   Leave? You're not leaving! To think I spent all my hard-earned knowledge on you!
Mrs Pearce comes in with a letter.
MP: A letter for you, Eliza.
E:    For me? Oh! It's from Freddy.
H:    That silly young man!
E:    He's not so silly. (she reads) He loves me and wants to marry me.
H:    A mad idea indeed!
E:    That's just it, isn't it?
H:    What do you mean, Eliza?
E:    Nothing. I'm not blaming you. You see the difference between a lady and a flower girl is the way she's treated. I shall always be a flower girl to you. But to Colonel Pickering I'll always be a lady.
H:   What, aren't my manners the same as Pickering's?
E:    No. He treats a flower girl as if she were a duchess.
H:    And I treat a duchess as if she were a flower girl. Is that correct?
E:   Yes. You don't love me, so tomorrow I shall go and marry Freddy because he does.
H:   And you'll leave me?
E:    Yes, because he'll make me happy.
H:    Marry Freddy! What nonsense!
E:    (Proudly) Goodbye, Professor Higgins. I won't see you again.
H:    Now then, Eliza. Stop this nonsense. Tomorrow I want you to order the meat and buy me a new pair of gloves. I leave the colour to you.
Eliza leaves the room, and Henry suddenly feels very upset.
H:    Leave me and marry Freddy? Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Henry is still laughing as the play ends.

1 colonel   

n.(英国陆军、美国陆空军及海军陆战队)上校

参考例句：

• It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。
• An army major ranks between a captain and a colonel.陆军少校的军阶在上尉与中校之间。

2 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

3 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

4 brute   

n.野兽，兽性

参考例句：

• The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
• That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲，它咬人。