Prudence1: Good morning, Your Highness. Your Highness!
Cinderella: Ready for breakfast? How does a cheese omelets sound?
Prudence: The princess is missing! You! You, girl! Have you seen the princess?
Cinderella: Good morning, Prudence.
Prudence: Oh, I thought you -- But those awful clothes! Well, I - I didn t recognize you, Your Highness. Allow me to introduce your ladies in waiting. Beatrice and Daphne.
Beatrice：Pleased to meet you.
Cinderella: You re just in time for breakfast.
Beatrice：Breakfast? Ooh, with toast and jam?
Prudence: Your Highness, a princess never prepares her own meals. That is not how things are done.
Cinderella: There are rules about breakfast?
Prudence: Of course there are rules, Your Highness. But it s certainly not your fault... that you don t know the traditions of the castle. That s what the king expects me to teach you.
Cinderella: I m sure I can learn it in no time.
Prudence: Mm-hmm. Come along. There s no time to dally2. Just do as I say, and everything will be fine. The king would be horrified3... to find the hostess of the royal banquet dressed like a scullery maid! A princess must be attired4 like royalty5.
Cinderella: Do I have to wear this all the time?
Daphne: Oh, of course not, Your Highness. You ll need something much more formal for dinner.
Cinderella: Couldn t I just wear one of my own dresses?
Prudence: Very amusing, Your Highness... but it simply isn t done.
Cinderella: It s such a beautiful day. Why don t we open the curtains?
Prudence: No, no, no! These curtains are never opened. And certainly not by a princess.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1． Highness
这里的highness 可不是“高”的名词词性，意思为“陛下，殿下”。那么在日常生活中还是可以用到它来讲一些俏皮话，比如说：遵命！就可以是：As your command, Your Highness.
2．Done
Done的意思有很多，可不只是do的过去分词那么简单。
A. Having been carried out or accomplished6; Finished:
结束的；已经被执行或已经被完成的
A done deed.
一件完成了的事
B. Cooked adequately.
煮熟的：烧得恰到好处的
C. Socially acceptable:
合乎社会规矩的：
Spitting on the street is just not done in polite society.
在街上吐痰，这在文明社会里是不得体的
在这里的，done是第三种意思。
3．Dress
Dress 作动词时有"给……穿衣服"的意思，作名词时有"衣服、礼服"的意思。有个常用的短语是dress up，意思是"盛装"，比如：
They dressed up and went to the prom.
他们盛装去参加舞会。
4．Wear
这可是个超级词汇，因为在英文中它算是一个万能词了。比如说，我们通常所说的穿衣服wear clothes，戴帽子wear hat，搽香水wear perfume， 戴眼镜wear glasses，背书包wear schoolbag等等都是用wear 就可以表达的。
