Act Two，Scene Ⅰ MAKING THE BET
It is 11 am in Henry Higgins' house the next day.Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering are sitting deep in conversation.
H：Do you want to hear any more sounds?
CP：No，thank you.I rather fancied myself① because I can pronounce twentyfour distinct vowel sounds；but your one hundred and thirty beat me.I can't distinguish most of them.
H：(laughing)Well，that comes with practice.
There is a knock and Mrs Pearce (MP)，the housekeeper，comes in with cookies(饼干)，a teapot(茶壶)，some cream(奶油)and two cups.
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 nails(指甲)．I thought perhaps you wanted her to talk into your machines.
H：Why②？Has she got an interesting accent？We'll see.Show her in，Mrs Pearce.
MP：(only half resigned to it)Very well，sir.(goes downstairs)
H：This is a bit of luck.I'll show you how I make records on wax disks(旧式唱片)．．．
MP：(returning)This is the young girl，sir.[Eliza comes into the room shyly following Mrs Pearce③．She is dirty and wearing a shabby(破旧的) dress.She curtsies(行屈膝礼) to the two men.]
