Captain: In the future, you're kind of to remember that certain rooms in this house which are not to be disturbed.上校 ：以后请你记住，这房子里有些房间是不能乱闯的在口语中 kind of 通常可作副词，意思是“有一点儿，在某种程度上”如 ：The film is not kind of interesting at all.那部电影一点都不好看Maria: Yes, Captain, sir.玛丽亚：是，上校，先生Captain: Why do you stare at me that way?上校：为什么这样盯着我？Maria: Well, you don't look at all like a sea Captain, sir.玛丽亚：先生，你看起来一点都不像海军上校Captain: I'm afraid you don't look very much like a governess. Turn around, please.上校：恐怕你也不怎么像家庭教师请转过身去。
Maria: What?玛丽亚：什么？Captain: Turn. Hat off. It's the dress. You have to put on another one before you meet the children.上校：转身，脱帽，是衣服不对劲在和孩子们见面之前，你得换套衣服作为军人出身的特拉普上校，口中不时冒出几句带有命令口吻的话是不足为怪的，这正体现了他军人作风的一面 如句中 hat off 就是一例， 完整的句子应是 take your hat off.Maria: But I don't have another one. When we enter the abbey, our worldly【世俗的】clothes are given to the poor.玛丽亚：但是，我没有其他衣服当我们进修道院时，就把平时穿的衣服都送给穷人了Captain: What about this one?上校：那这一件呢？Maria: The poor didn't want this one.玛丽亚：穷人不要这一套Captain: Hmm.上校：嗯Maria: I would've made myself a new dress but there wasn't time, I can make my own clothes.玛丽亚：如果有时间来的话，我就自己做一套新衣服。
我会给自己做衣服Captain: Well, I'll see you get some material. Today, if possible. Now, Fraulein... er...上校：那么我来给你弄些布料可能的话，今天就给你现在，弗劳伦……呃……see 本意是 “看” 但在句中的意思是 “注意，确保”相当于 make sure that， 后面常接介词 to如 ：See to it that you are ready on time! 到时你千万要准备好！Would you see to the arrangements for the next meeting?你来安排下次的会议，好吗？Maria: Maria.玛丽亚：玛丽亚Captain: Fraulein Maria, I don't know how much the Mother has told you.上校：弗劳伦·玛丽亚小姐，我不知道院长嬷嬷告诉了你多少情况Maria: Not much.玛丽亚：不是很多Captain: You're the twelfth in a long line of governesses, who have come to look after my children since their mother died. I trust that you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours.上校：自从孩子们的母亲去世以后，你是来照看他们的第十二位女家庭教师。
相信你比最后一位有进步，她只呆了两个小时in a long line 意思是一个长队, 可以看出教特拉普上校的孩子不是一件容易的事 ,然而这正与后来玛丽亚出色的表现形成鲜明的对照更多英语学习：企业英语培训 。