歌词
Henry Higgins: Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
亨利·希金斯：看看她，为何挣扎在贫民窟中
Condemned by every syllable she utters
归咎于她那难听的发音
By right she should be taken out and hung,
按照语法该判她死刑
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
为对英语的冷血谋杀
Eliza Doolittle: Aaoooww!
伊莱莎·杜利特：嗷
Henry (imitating her): Aaoooww!
亨利（模仿伊）：哎奥
Heavens! What a sound!
天啊！这把醉人声
This is what the British population,
这就是大英民众
Calls an elementary education.
所谓的基础教育
Pickering: Oh,Counsel, I think you picked a poor example.
皮克林上校：先生我想你举例不太恰当
Henry: Did I?
亨利：是吗
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（补）Hear them down in soho square
Dropping "h's" everywhere.
听听街头人们说话总省略H
Speaking English anyway they like.
由着自己胡说英语
You sir, did you go to school?
嘿先生，你是去学校吗
Man: Wadaya tike me for, a fool?
路人：你当我是傻瓜吗
Henry: No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike!
亨利：没人教过他怎么发“当”这个音
Hear a Yorkshire man, or worse, hear a Cornishman converse.
听听约克郡，还有康尼斯郡人说话
I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
我宁可去听教堂唱诗班
Chickens, cackling in a barn, just like this one (pointing to Eliza)
一群鸡在谷仓咯咯叫就像这样（指向伊莱莎）
Eliza: Gaaarn
伊莱莎：杠~
Henry (writing, imitating Eliza): Gaaarn..
亨利（记录并模仿伊）：杠——
I ask you Sir, what sort of word is that? (to Pickering)
（对皮克林）请问，先生，那是什么字啊
It's "aoow" and "gaarn" that keep her in her place
就是“嗷”和“杠”让她没前途
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face
而不是因为她的泼衣和脏脸
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
为什么英国人不能教会孩子们怎么说话
This verbal class distinction, by now,
现在凭发音区别阶级已经过时
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
要是先生你也
Instead of the way you do,
像她那样说话
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!
你可能也得去卖花
Pickering: I beg your pardon!
皮克林：对不起
Henry: An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
亨利：英国人的发音分出三六九等
The moment he talks he makes some other
发音不对的话
Englishman despise him.
别人就会轻视
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get.
恐怕我们已经失去了共同语言
Oh, why can't the English learn to
哦为什么英国人不能
set a good example to people whose
给说英语废耳朵的人
English is painful to your ears?
树立一个良好的榜样
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
苏格兰和爱尔兰人说话能让你痛哭流涕
There even are places where English completely disappears.
许多地方英语甚至已经灭绝
Well, in America, they haven't used it for years!
哦美国人说的早就不是英语
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
为什么英国人不能教会孩子们怎么说话
Norwegians learn Norwegian
挪威人会挪威语
The Greeks have taught their Greek.
希腊人会希腊语
In France every Frenchman knows
法国人人都
his language from "A" to "Zed"
通晓法语
The French never care what they do, actually,
法国人不用关心怎么说话
as long as they pronounce it properly.
因为他们总能正确发音
Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
阿拉伯人学阿拉伯语就像闪电一样快
And Hebrews learn it backwards,
希伯来人说希伯来语
which is absolutely frightening.
能倒说如流
Use proper English you're regarded as a freak.
正确说英语的反倒被当做怪人
Why can't the English,
为什么英国人
Why can't the English learn to speak?
为什么英国人不能学学好好说话
一曲唱完战术饮茶
My Fair Lady - Why Can't The English?
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