【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E01-11
时间：2019-01-21 作者：英语课 分类：跟着英剧练发音
文本：
GeorgeIII was a man of very simple pleasures, so he disliked all of the very grand ostentation 1 of the courtand he much preferred a retired 2 life amongst his family. And he also favouredclean-living and a healthy lifestyle, so he liked very simple foods. There wasno roast swan on the table at Buckingham House. It was simple mutton, clearsoup, vegetables, milk, tea and very occasionally a glass of cheap claret.
The rest——
One18th century satirist 3 said that a leg of mutton and his wife were the chief pleasuresof his life.
BuckinghamHouse was too ornate, just too flash for George III's tastes. So he decided 4 toremove the elaborate gates, theNeptunefountain, and even the statues on the roof.
翻译君：
乔治三世是个简单快乐的人。他不喜欢宫廷里所有的铺张浮华，反而很享受与家人的幽静生活。他过得严谨而健康的生活，喜欢简单的食物。在白金汉宫里，没有烤天鹅，就是简单的羊肉，清汤，蔬菜，牛奶和茶，偶尔有一杯廉价的红葡萄酒。18世纪的一位讽刺作家说，乔治三世的主要生活乐趣就是一只羊腿和他的妻子。
白金汉宫的奢华不符合他的品味，所以他决定移除这扇精致的大门，还有海神喷泉，甚至是屋顶的塑像。
- Choose a life of action,not one of ostentation.要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。
- I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.他们生活奢侈，爱摆阔，我不敢恭维。
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- Voltaire was a famous French satirist.伏尔泰是法国一位著名的讽刺作家。
- Perhaps the first to chronicle this dream was the Greek satirist Lucian.也许第一个记述这一梦想的要算是希腊的讽刺作家露西安了。