《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词4500》85 Ghost of Diana at Royal Wedding?

　　Ghost of Diana at Royal Wedding?
For Prince Charles and longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Diana will be the ghost at their wedding feast. Could it be sweet revenge from beyond the grave?
"Diana always said her marriage was a bit crowded because there were three people in it," said Judy Wade¹, royal correspondent for Hello Celebrity² magazine. "I think there will now be three people in Charles' second marriage."
Many feel Diana would also have been hugely amused at the problems that have dogged the wedding, ranging from a forced switch of venue³ to a local town hall, to a postponement⁴ at the last minute over the clash of fates with Pope John Paul's funeral.
"Diana would be laughing at the chaos⁵ and the damage it has done to the monarchy," said Wade. "She must be orchestrating it from on high -- all we need is wait for it to rain on the wedding day and we will know she is pulling the strings⁶."
Tabloid⁷ reporters who followed every twist and turn in the tragic⁸ soap opera that was her melodramatic life believe Diana would in the end have wised Charles well for finally tying the knot with Camilla.
Daily Mail royal correspondent Richard Kay, who last talked to Diana just hours before she was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997, said: "I think she had reached a point in her life where she had come to accept that Charles would be married. But she would find it hard to accept Camilla taking her place. She had anticipated them ending up together but with Charles standing⁹ aside and letting his son William take his place in the line of accession."
Daily Mirror royal reporter James Whitaker, who broke the story of er romance with Dodi Al Fayed, said: "Funnily enough, I think Diana would be quite happy about it. She understood towards the end that Camilla was the love of Charles' life." But he felt that Diana's influence would still be all-pervasive on Charles and Camilla's big day. "Comparisons are odious¹⁰ but they will be made. I do think she will be the ghost at the feast."
The contrast between Charles' two weddings could not be more stark¹¹. In 1981, Charles married his blushing young bride Diana at London's St. Paul's Cathedral before a television audience of 800 million. Britain jubilantly hailed the fairytale wedding. In April 2005, Charles marries Camilla before just 30 witnesses in Windsor town hall. Television cameras have been barred. Queen Elizabeth, who has been slow to warm to Charles' 35-year romance, will not be attending the wedding of her eldest¹² son, a decision inevitably¹³ seen as a snub.
Diana was consumed with jealousy¹⁴ over Charles' first love, telling Camilla in one famous confrontation¹⁵: "It must be hell for both of you but I know what's going on. Don't treat me like an idiot." Even on honeymoon¹⁶, Diana felt her marriage was doomed¹⁷ when two pictures of Camilla fell out of Charles' diary. he wore gold cufflinks with two interlinked C's that Camilla had given him.
As the world's most photograhped woman, Diana was also a mistress of manipulation, using the media to put her side of the affair in the bitter divorce battle with the heir to the British throne.
Royal biography Robert Lacey, reflecting on how Diana might have reacted to Camilla finally getting her man, concluded: "I think she would say 'good luck' in public and make sure she could wreak¹⁸ as much mischief¹⁹ in private as possible. If she had been alive, her ingenuity²⁰ would have risen to the challenge and she would have made things still more difficult."

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

3 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

4 postponement   

n.推迟

参考例句：

• He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。
• Rain caused the postponement of several race-meetings. 几次赛马大会因雨延期。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

7 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

8 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

9 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

10 odious   

adj.可憎的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• The judge described the crime as odious.法官称这一罪行令人发指。
• His character could best be described as odious.他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。

11 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

12 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

13 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

14 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

15 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

16 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

17 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

18 wreak   

v.发泄；报复

参考例句：

• She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她复仇心切。
• Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。

19 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

20 ingenuity   

n.别出心裁；善于发明创造

参考例句：

• The boy showed ingenuity in making toys.那个小男孩做玩具很有创造力。
• I admire your ingenuity and perseverance.我钦佩你的别出心裁和毅力。