WildChild

    《野孩子》，美国环球电影公司出品。该片讲述居住在加利福尼亚海滨的16岁少女波碧（Poppy）家境优越，衣食无忧。由于母亲早世，父亲对她纵容溺爱，致使她从小个性张扬，无法无天。某天，波碧的嚣张终于惹恼了老爹，于是被送到一家英国寄宿学校学习。到了异国他乡，波碧桀骜不驯的作风自然引起校内女生们的关注与反感，严格的校规更令她透不过气来。波碧无时无刻不想逃离这个古板沉闷的地方，不过在这段时间，她渐渐意识到自己从前行为的愚蠢，友情也慢慢来到身边……(p73)

Matron:  Welcome back, girls.

Poppy:  Oh, good, staff. How quickly can you get all this stuff cleaned?

Matron:  Is she ...

Josie:  American.

Matron:  Oh, yes, we had one of those in 1997. Not good. Accustom her to my rules, and she should be in the correct uniform for a start. Mobile phones, please, girls. Thank you, Kiki. Thank you, Josie.   Thank you, Kate.

Poppy:  Whoa! Hands off, mama. I said, hands off. (Questions in Spanish)

Matron:  I am Scottish, not remedial.

Poppy:  Good, then you understand. Line dry, press, no starch, and no creases.

Matron:  How dare you? No mufti for a week.

Poppy:  Fine. Mufti may be your thing, lady, but it sure ain’t mine.

Kiki:  She means no home clothes for a week.

Poppy:  Like I give a shit. I’ll be gone by then.

Matron:  Language! Two Sundays detention. For the whole dorm.

(Girls sighing)

Poppy:  I’ll deal with this. Look, hey. Hey. Here’s a Ben Franklin. Why don’t you go out and buy yourself ... Well, anything. Whatever you get will be aserious improvement.

Matron:  Three Sundays. For everyone.

(Girls groaning)