英语翻译there must be more than this provincial life这是动画电影《美女与野兽》里的一句台词上下文在这:[Man I:] Bonjour![Gaston:] Pardon [Man II:] Good day [Man III:] Mais oui![Matron:] You call this bacon?[Woman I:] What lovely grapes![Man IV:] Some cheese [Woman II:] Ten yards [Man IV:] one pound [Gaston:] 'scuse me![Cheese merchant:] I'll get the knife [Gaston:] Please let me through![Woman I:] This bread - [Man V:] Those fish - [Woman I:] it's stale![Man V:] they smell![Baker:

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英语翻译
there must be more than this provincial life
这是动画电影《美女与野兽》里的一句台词
上下文在这:
[Man I:] Bonjour!
[Gaston:] Pardon
[Man II:] Good day
[Man III:] Mais oui!
[Matron:] You call this bacon?
[Woman I:] What lovely grapes!
[Man IV:] Some cheese
[Woman II:] Ten yards
[Man IV:] one pound
[Gaston:] 'scuse me!
[Cheese merchant:] I'll get the knife
[Gaston:] Please let me
through!
[Woman I:] This bread -
[Man V:] Those fish -
[Woman I:] it's stale!
[Man V:] they smell!
[Baker:] Madame's mistaken.
[Belle:] There must be more than this provincial life!
[Gaston:] Just watch,I'm going to make Belle my wife!
[Townsfolk:] Look there she goes a girl
who's strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle

这总比乡下生活要强得多!
provincial有乡下的意思。
就是说尽管那些面包和鱼等食品都不太新鲜了,但是比她之前的生活要强的多。因为之前由于女孩的父亲破产,一家人在乡下过着贫困得生活.....
看看美女与野兽的故事就比较容易理解了。

肯定有比这粗俗的人生更多!

因为对话里搀杂了部分法语,想起了一个跟法国有关的词:外省(provincial)巴黎人把巴黎以外的区域通通称为 外省.巴尔扎克的 人间喜剧 便是一部 描写 "外省生活场景"的巨作.在巴黎人眼中,外省是一个轻蔑的词语.大概就相...

必须有比这更多的省级生活