Quickly now, and quietly.
诗奥皇后 我们开始上课吧
Lady Thiang, will you start the lesson, please?
蓝色的…
Blue
是海海
is ocean.
红色的…
Red.
是暹罗
Siam.
这是暹罗国王
Here is king of Siam.
他右手握着武器
In right hand is weapon.
他就这样…
Show how he destroy
战胜反对他的人
all who fight him.
绿色的…
Green,
是缅♥甸♥
Burma.
这是缅♥甸♥国王
Here is king of Burma.
他没衣服穿…
No clothes mean
说明缅♥甸♥国王很穷
how poor is king of Burma.
谢谢你 诗奥皇后 我来继续上课
Thank you, Lady Thiang. I’ll continue.
你们现在看到的地图是25年前的了…
The map you have been looking at is 25 years old,
今天我给你们一个惊喜
and today we have a surprise for you.
新地图从英国运来了
A new map just arrived from England.
我看不到暹罗
I do not see Siam.
白色的是暹罗
The white is Siam.
暹罗没那么小
Siam not so small.
等一下 我把英国指给你看
Well, wait. Let me show you England.
看到没 英国比暹罗还小
See? It is even smaller than Siam.
我来之前 暹罗不过是地图上的白色小点
Before I came here, Siam was just that little white spot to me.
现在我来了几个月 暹罗对我来说不只如此了…
Now that I’ve been here many months it has become far more than that
因为我见到了暹罗人 我在试着了解他们
because I’ve met the people of Siam, and I’m learning to understand them.
你喜欢我们吗 安娜夫人
You like us, Mrs. Anna?
是的 我非常喜欢你们
Yes, I like you very much.
非常喜欢
Very much, indeed.
这是个古老的谚语…
It’s a very ancient saying,
是一个不变的真理
But a true and honest thought,
当了老师以后…
That if you become a teacher,
学生会教你很多东西
By your pupils you’ll be taught,
作为老师我在不断学习…
As a teacher I’ve been learning
原谅我的自夸
在我最喜欢的科目上…
And I’ve now become an expert,
我可是个专家
On the subject I like most,
逐渐了解你们
Getting to know you.
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
了解你的一切
Getting to know all about you.
开始喜欢上你
Getting to like you,
开始希望你喜欢我
Getting to hope you like me.
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
用我那美好的方式…
Putting it my way,
来了解你
but nicely,
毫无疑问…
You are precisely
你是我喜欢的人
My cup of tea!
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
逐渐感到轻松自如
Getting to feel free and easy.
当我跟你在一起
When I am with you,
就知道该说什么
Getting to know what to say,
你注意到了吗
Haven’t you noticed?
突然间 我聪慧爽朗起来
Suddenly I’m bright and breezy
因为我从你身上…
Because of all the beautiful and new things
学到了很多美好的新事物
I’m learning about you
一天…
day by
又一天
day.
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
逐渐了解你的一切
Getting to know all about you.
开始喜欢上你
Getting to like you,
开始希望你喜欢我
Getting to hope you like me.
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
用我那美好的方式来了解你…
Putting it my way, but nicely,
你毫无疑问
You are precisely
是我喜欢的人
My cup of tea!
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
逐渐感到轻松自如
Getting to feel free and easy.
当我跟你在一起
When I am with you,
就知道该说什么
Getting to know what to say,
你注意到了吗
Haven’t you noticed?
突然间 我聪慧爽朗起来
Suddenly I’m bright and breezy
因为我从你身上…
Because of all the beautiful and new things
学到了很多美好的新事物
I’m learning about you
一天…
day by
又一天
day.
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
逐渐感到轻松自如
Getting to feel free and easy.
当我跟你在一起
When I am with you,
就知道该说什么
Getting to know what to say,
你注意到了吗
Haven’t you noticed?
突然间 我聪慧爽朗起来
Suddenly I’m bright and breezy
因为我从你身上…
Because of all the beautiful and new things
学到了很多美好的新事物
I’m learning about you
一天…
day by
又一天
day
逐渐了解你
Getting to know you,
逐渐感到轻松自如
Getting to feel free and easy.
当我跟你在一起
When I am with you,
就知道该说什么
Getting to know what to say,
你注意到了吗
Haven’t you noticed?
突然间 我聪慧爽朗起来
Suddenly I’m bright and breezy
因为我从你身上…
Because of all the beautiful and new things
学到了很多美好的新事物
I’m learning about you
一天…
day
又…
by
一天
day.
天啦 我们是在上地理课啊
Goodness, this started out to be a geography lesson.
快点 我们回到课堂上
Quickly, let’s get back to work.
-现在… -绿色的是什么
-Now… -What is that green up there?
是挪威
That is Norway.
挪…威
Nor… way.
挪…威
Nor… way.
挪威是个很冷的国家
Norway is a very cold place.
有时天很冷…
Sometimes it is so cold,
湖泊和河流都冻结了…
that the lakes and rivers freeze
水变得很硬 人可以在上面行走
and the water becomes so hard that you can walk on it.
在水上行走
Walk on water?
是啊
Yes, walk on water.
怎么可能啊
How is it possible?
坚硬的水
Hard water?
不仅如此 雨水也会变成白色小球…
Not only that, but the raindrops change into small white spots
看起来像蕾丝一样
that look like lace.
我们叫它”雪”
And this is called “snow.”
雪
Snow.
带着蕾丝的小球
Spots of lace!
是的陛下 雨水从天而降时受冻
Yes, Your Highness. The water freezes on its way down from the sky.
我才不相信雪这样的东西
I do not believe such thing as snow.
我也不相信雪这样的东西
And I do not believe such thing as snow.
我不相信暹罗这么小
And I do not believe Siam is this big.
而其他国家这么大
And other country so big.
-暹罗是世界上最大的国家 -暹罗万岁
-Siam is biggest country in world! -Siam!
怎么回事
What, what, what?
课堂怎么能这么没秩序
How can schoolroom be so unscientific?
国王陛下 他们有点小误会
Well, Your Majesty, we had a little misunderstanding.
我在向他们描述雪…
I was trying to describe snow
他们不相信世界上有雪
and they refused to believe there is such a thing.
雪
Snow?
是的
Snow.
从山上落下来的
从天空落到山顶的雪
From sky to mountaintop.
是的 国王陛下