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The Waltham residence.

华森公馆

Is this Emily's parents' house?

是艾蜜莉的父母家吗？

This is the housekeeper¹ speaking.

我是管家

And,by the way,that is not how one addresses a person on the telephone.

还有，小姐 讲电话不能这样讲

First one identifies oneself...

先表明身份

and then asks for the person with whom one wishes to speak.

再请你想找的人过来

What are you saying?

你在说什么？

Now,let us try that again,shall we?

我们重来一次

No!

不！

Oh,my God!

天哪

The Waltham residence. -Hello.

华森公馆

This is Phoebe Buffay. I was wondering,please...

我是菲比布非，我是想麻烦你

if it's not too much trouble,please...might I speak with Miss Emily Waltham,please?

如果不是很麻烦的话，我能和艾蜜莉华森小姐通话吗

Miss Waltham is at the rehearsal² dinner.

华森小姐去排练餐会了

And it is not polite to make fun of people. Goodbye.

嘲弄别人的口音是不礼貌的 再见

I'll be nice,I swear. Could you just give me the number for where they are?

不！我会有礼貌，我发誓 可以把现场的电话给我吗？

I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to divulge³ that information.

我恐怕没有权利泄露这项讯息

Somebody is on their way to ruin the wedding,and I have to warn somebody.

有人正要去破坏婚礼 我得警告他们

So if you don't give me that number, I'm gonna come over there... and I'm gonna kick your snooty ass⁴ all the way to New Gloukenshire!

你不给我号码，我就杀到伦敦，把你一脚踹到新咕噜肯夏去

Hello? Hello?

在么？在么？

She knew I could kick her ass.

她知道我说到做到

1 housekeeper   

n.管理家务的主妇，女管家

参考例句：

• A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
• She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

2 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

3 divulge   

v.泄漏(秘密等)；宣布，公布

参考例句：

• They refused to divulge where they had hidden the money.他们拒绝说出他们把钱藏在什么地方。
• He swore never to divulge the secret.他立誓决不泄露秘密。

4 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。