初中英語(yǔ)英美文化英國(guó)女王如何度過(guò)一天素材

1、精選英國(guó)女王的一天是如何度過(guò)的？She has broken the record for the longest-reigning British monarch in history, and for Queen Elizabeth, its all about consistency.伊麗莎白女王已經(jīng)打破紀(jì)錄，成為英國(guó)有史以來(lái)在位時(shí)間最長(zhǎng)的君主，對(duì)她而言最重要的就是始終如一。The woman who came to the throne as a mother of two at age 25 in 1952 keeps her life just so in a routine th

2、at has remained amazingly unchanged through the 65 years that she has served as monarch.這位女性于1952年登基，當(dāng)時(shí)25歲的她已經(jīng)是兩個(gè)孩子的媽媽。在擔(dān)任君主的這65年的歲月中，她一直過(guò)著極其有規(guī)律的生活，這種生活規(guī)律一直保持不變，令人驚嘆。Waking at 7:30 a.m., she listens to her vintage Roberts radio tuned to BBC Radio 4s Today program. "She loves to hear British pol

3、iticians being questioned by the presenters ," Brian Hoey, author of At Home With The Queen says.早上7:30醒來(lái)之后，她會(huì)用自己那臺(tái)已經(jīng)調(diào)到BBC廣播四臺(tái)的古色古香的羅伯茨收音機(jī)收聽(tīng)今日節(jié)目?！八龕?ài)聽(tīng)英國(guó)政客被節(jié)目主持人質(zhì)問(wèn)?！蔽以谂跫乙粫淖髡卟假嚩?霍伊說(shuō)。A male servant carries a tray of Twinings English breakfast tea in a bone china cup and saucer, served with milk (

4、no sugar) and some Marie cookies, which a maid brings into her room.隨后，一位男仆會(huì)端著托盤送來(lái)一套骨瓷杯碟裝著的川寧英式早餐茶，配上由一位女仆送入女王房間的牛奶(不加糖)和一些瑪麗餅干。After a bath, she will sit with her husband of 70 years, Prince Philip, 96, for cereal (she likes cornflakes), which is kept in Tupperware containers. She reads newspapers,

5、 but first to catch her eye is the Racing Post, which covers her favorite pastime of horse racing.沐浴之后，她會(huì)和相伴70載、現(xiàn)年96歲的菲利普親王一起坐下來(lái)吃特百惠碗盛的麥片(她喜歡玉米片)。她還會(huì)看看報(bào)紙，不過(guò)最先吸引她目光的會(huì)是賽馬郵報(bào)，上面刊有她最喜愛(ài)的消遣方式賽馬的相關(guān)資訊。She then pores through the documents from the government in her so-called "red boxes"scarlet leath

6、er cases with legal and other papers. The only days she doesnt do so are Christmas and Easter, quiet non-working days for the devoutly religious woman. (She is head of the Church of England.)接下來(lái)，她會(huì)從頭到尾地認(rèn)真閱讀所謂“紅匣子”-裝有法律文書以及其他文件的鮮紅色皮箱-中的政府文書。只有在圣誕節(jié)和復(fù)活節(jié)，她才不做這項(xiàng)工作。對(duì)于她這位虔誠(chéng)的教徒(她是英國(guó)國(guó)教會(huì)的最高首領(lǐng))而言，這兩個(gè)節(jié)日是無(wú)需工作的悠閑

7、日子。If she has an official arrangement, she will be seen in public later, coming in from Windsor Castle on Tuesdays for the week. Many of her other official roles are to meet with diplomats or the British Prime Minister. It is something she has become immensely experienced at over a period when she h

8、as met 12 American presidents.如果她需要出席正式活動(dòng)，她會(huì)在周二離開(kāi)溫莎城堡前往倫敦，隨后便出現(xiàn)在公眾的視野中。在她需要履行的其他王室職責(zé)中，許多工作都是與外交官員或英國(guó)首相會(huì)面。對(duì)于這項(xiàng)工作，她已經(jīng)輕車熟路了，這些年來(lái)，她已經(jīng)會(huì)見(jiàn)了12位美國(guó)總統(tǒng)。She manages to keep completely neutral, to outside eyes and ears in any case. "I have worked for her 48 years, and have never heard her say anything to let

9、 anyone think she favored one political party over another or a political personality over another," her former stud manager Sir Michael Oswald says. "She has never made a mistake."在外界看來(lái)和聽(tīng)來(lái)，不管怎樣，她都努力保持著絕對(duì)的中立?！拔乙褳樗ぷ髁?8年，從來(lái)沒(méi)有聽(tīng)她說(shuō)過(guò)任何會(huì)讓任何人覺(jué)得她偏愛(ài)某個(gè)政黨或是某位政治人物的話，”她的前任種馬場(chǎng)事務(wù)總長(zhǎng)邁克爾.奧斯瓦爾德爵士說(shuō)，“她在這方

10、面從沒(méi)犯過(guò)錯(cuò)?！盇nd giving upas her uncle Edward VIII did by abdicating in 1936is not an option. "As long as she is able to carry out her duties she will continue," Oswald says.而她更不會(huì)選擇放棄王位，像她的大伯愛(ài)德華八世在1936年通過(guò)退位的方式所做的那樣?！爸灰心芰β男凶约旱穆氊?zé)，她就會(huì)繼續(xù)干下去?！眾W斯瓦爾德說(shuō)。But she has become good at keeping her work life

11、 separate from her domestic one.不過(guò)，在將自己的工作與家庭生活分開(kāi)這方面，她已經(jīng)變得游刃有余。Sometimes she will host a lunch, helping her and Philip stay informed as they meet a cross-section of people from public life, politics and the celebrity world, as race car driver Lewis Hamilton recounted.正如賽車手劉易斯.漢密爾頓所言，女王有時(shí)會(huì)舉辦午宴，與菲利普親王

12、會(huì)見(jiàn)來(lái)自公共領(lǐng)域、政壇以及名流圈的社會(huì)各界人士，借此幫助自己和丈夫不斷了解各方面的情況。Her cousin Margaret Rhodes says she expertly juggles family with work, from attending to the concerns of a servants family or the tasks of hosting a party at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. "She has this ability to compartmentalize her brain," says

13、Rhodes, "and if she has a worry about something, she can shut the door on that compartment and be totally outgoing and happy with other people."女王的表姐瑪格麗特.羅茲曾說(shuō)，女王能兼顧家庭和工作，她在這方面很在行，不論是關(guān)心仆人的家長(zhǎng)里短，還是處理在蘇格蘭巴爾莫勒爾堡舉辦一場(chǎng)宴會(huì)的工作?！八馨炎约旱拇竽X分隔成很多的區(qū)域，”羅茲說(shuō)，“如果她對(duì)某件事感到發(fā)愁，她能關(guān)上那個(gè)區(qū)域，完全爽朗、愉悅地與他人相處?！盜n the evening

14、s, she might watch classic British comedies or mysteries and detectives stories like Inspector Morse.晚上，女王可能會(huì)看一些經(jīng)典的英國(guó)喜劇或是懸疑劇和偵探劇，比如摩斯探長(zhǎng)。And then there are the horses. "If its during the racing season and shes been busy during the day, then somebody will put together a recording of the races tha

15、t day," says Hoey. "Particularly, if one of her horses has been running."此外還不得不提賽馬?！叭绻》曩惣径滋煊趾苊Φ脑?，就會(huì)有人將當(dāng)天的比賽都錄下來(lái)，”霍伊說(shuō)，“尤其是在她的某匹馬正在參賽期間。”O(jiān)ne of those keeping a check on how her horses are getting on is Oswald, 83, who says, "She not only loves them but she understands them in ev

16、ery aspect. Horse psychology is not the right word but she understands how they feel and how they react."83歲的奧斯瓦爾德是女王的馬匹監(jiān)管人之一。他說(shuō)：“她不僅愛(ài)馬，而且還了解它們的方方面面。說(shuō)她懂馬匹心理學(xué)可能不太恰當(dāng)，但她了解它們的感受和行為?！監(jiān)f course, the Queen is in an extraordinary position, but if things were different, she would be like many other aristocra