影视英语|公主日记对白赏析：一个震撼的消息

从未谋面的祖母带给米娅一个震撼的消息，原来自己是公主，面对着突如其来的身份，米娅会是什么反映呢？

Mia: Me? A princess? Shut up!

Queen: I beg your pardon, shut up? Nevertheless you are the princess. And I am the queen Clarisse Renaldi.

Mia: Why on earth would you pick me to be your princess?

Queen: Since your father died, you are the natural heir^{1 to the throne of Geneva. That's our law. I'm royal by marriage. You are royal by blood. You can rule.}

Mia: Rule? Oh, no! oh, no. no, no no. now you have really got the wrong girl. I never lead anybody, not at brownies, not at camp fire girls. Queen Clarisse my expectation in life is to be invisible and I'm good at it.

Queen: Amelia I have other expectations also. In my wildest dreams, I never expected this to happen. But you are the legal heir, the only heir to the Genovian throne and we'll accept the challenge of helping^{2 you become the princess that you are. Oh, I can give you books. You'll study languages, history, art, political science. I can teach you to walk, talk, sit, stand, eat, dress like a princess. And given time, I think you'll find the palace in Genovia a very pleasant place to live.}

Mia: Live in Genovia?

Queen: It's a wonderful country! Amelia, really!

Mia: Whoa, whoa, just. Rewind and Freeze. I'm no princess. I'm still waiting for normal body parts to arrive. I refused to move to and rule a country. And do you want another reason? I don't want to be a princess.

精彩对白解说：

1. 这里单词nevertheless 意思是然而，尽管这样，等于大家常见的however或者是in spite^{3 of that。}

A: Come on, I just made a small mistake!

B: Yeah, a very tiny, nevertheless fatal mistake. It'll totally ruin your career.

2. 这里大家要学习单词heir 和 throne，heir是继承人，Throne 是宝座，王位。

A: Tom is the heir to a massive^{4 fortune.}

B: He's so lucky.

3. And given time, I think you'll find the palace in Genovia a very pleasant place to live.) given time的意思就是假定给你一些时间，当然在这个例句Do it within the given time. 意思就是在指定时间内完成它。

A: I really want to travel around the world.

B: Given time and money, you'll have a chance to realize your dream.

4.Rewind and Freeze.：rewind倒带和freeze结冰或者停止。

5. 意思是：我还等着成长发育呢。waiting for normal body parts to arrive. 等待正常身体部分的到来。