Unit 4 Pygmalion Section Ⅳ Learning about Language &;Using Language [原文呈现][读文清障]Act Two, Scene Ⅰ MAKING THE BET①Itis 11 aminHenryHiggins' housethenextday
HenryHigginsandColonelPickeringaresittingdeepin ② conversation ③
H : Do you want to hear any more sounds
CP : No, thank you
I rather fancied myself④ because I can pronounce twentyfour distinct vowel⑤ sounds; but your one hundred and thirty beat me
I can't distinguish⑥ most of them
H : (laughing) Well, that comes with practice
ThereisaknockandMrsPearce⑦ (MP), thehousekeeper⑧ , comesinwithcookies⑨ , ateapot⑩, somecream⑪andtwocups
MP : (hesitating) A young girl is asking to see you
H:A young girl
What does she want
MP:Well, she's quite a common kind of girl with dirty nails⑫
I thought perhaps you wanted her to talk int