As I near 40 (when you're considered middle-aged and everyone seems to gleefully call you ma 'am), I need some of that adventurous mojo back.
当我将近四十岁之时(被认为是中年而每个人似乎都很乐意叫你太太的时候)，我需要那种冒险的精神再度回到我的身上。
Taxi driver: Ma 'am, take your kid to school?
出租车司机：女士，您是送孩子上学吧？
Over there, ma 'am, aisle six, under that big blue sign that says, Bottled Water.
在那边，太太，第六通道，在那个写着‘瓶装水’的蓝色大标牌下面。
"First the facts, ma 'am," is how he summarises his philosophy to me.
“首先要有事实，女士。”他这么向我总结他的信条。
And gathering her work together, she was hastening away, when Elizabeth called out, "Dear Ma 'am, do not go."
她把针线收拾了一下，便匆匆忙忙走开了，这时伊丽莎白叫起来了：“亲爱的妈，别走。”
'Ma 'am,' he said gently, 'that's our policy.
“女士，”他温柔的说，“这是我们的政策。”
Why, Ma 'am, Mother told me to be sure and behave like a lady, and when ladies call at our rooms they always question Mother like that.
妈妈要我的举止一定要象夫人们一样，当她们到我们家做客的时候，她们总是那样问我妈妈的。
"Mr Hareton wishes you would read to us, ma 'am," I said immediately.
‘哈里顿先生想让你给我们念一下，太太，’我马上说。
I guess I'm of the Jane Austen school of social conduct that believes "Sir" and "ma 'am," "please" and "pardon me" are proper forms of address in daily discourse.
我猜我在社交行为准则上属于简·奥斯汀派，认为“先生”和“女士”，“请”和“对不起”是日常交流中适宜的说法。
需要削减开支吗，夫人？
Clerk: Good afternoon, Ma 'am.
店员：下午好，女士。
Ma 'am Bougon was in the habit of leaving all the doors open.
毕尔贡妈妈经常是让那些房门敞开着的。
Bartender: Thank you very much, ma 'am, but we don't take tips in China.
吧台侍应生：谢谢您的好意，不过在中国我们不收小费。
No, ma 'am. It came from town, and is merely a letter of business.
没说，太太。信是从城里寄来的，只是一封公函。
I must not tell, ma 'am. But I know very well what it is; and I know where he is too.
我不能说，太太。不过我知道他叫什么名字，还知道他在哪儿。
I did not say he was any more special, ma 'am.
我并没有说他有什么特殊，夫人。
"Ma 'am, did you know you were speeding?" the officer said.
警察说：“夫人，你知道你超速了吗？”
我尽力而为，女士。
Thank you, ma 'am, I'll take a cup a coffee but I can't eat no cake just now.
谢谢，夫人。我要杯咖啡就好，我现在吃不下蛋糕。
m：抱歉，太太。
He said, "I'm here to help you, ma 'am."
他说：“我来帮你，太太。”
He paused and then said, "Ma 'am, Ms. Dunne's key card shows a Pod Five entry event about a minute ago."
“他停了一下然后说，”夫人，邓恩先生的钥匙卡显示第五区域入口时间是在一分钟之前。
Officer: (Turns to the woman) : ma 'am, does your husband talk to you this way all the time?
警官：(转向女士)夫人，你丈夫总是这样跟你说话吗？
She mocked people who pronounced "Ma 'am" wrongly - it is supposed to rhyme with spam, not harm.
她嘲笑把“Ma'am”的读音发错的人——它应该与spam押韵，而不是harm。
Did you want anything, ma 'am? '?
你有什么吩咐吗，太太？
ARNOLD: it's a question of quality, Ma 'am.
阿诺：这是有关品质的问题，女士。
阿诺：我了解，女士。
CHUCK: ma 'am, I work as a roof repairman.
查克：夫人，我是一名屋顶修理工。
CHUCK: ma 'am, I work as a roof repairman.
查克：夫人，我是一名屋顶修理工。
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