访谈录 2014-04-16&04-18 乔治小王子随父母访新西兰“主持”首个王室活动

 Hi Laura, good morning to you, behind is the house where the royal family is staying, it’s the governor’s mansion¹, and it was a very busy day here, baby George on his first official order of business on this tour down under--a royal playdate. 

 

There’s Prince George surrounded this morning by his royal subjects, a bunch of babies. All eyes were on his royal chubbiness², who is already mastering crawling, maybe even ready to walk. He’s not a huge fan of blocks. And George has some work to do when it comes to the ladies, this little girl not so interested when he tried to hold hands. She might regret that one day.

 

William and Kate are trying as much as possible to give Prince George a normal upbringing, but obviously it’s very difficult for them just to take him into a normal playgroup in the UK. The baby especially selected to meet the 8-month old Prince, all about his same age. The diverse makes of first time appearance included two gay dads. 

 

He’s a lovely little boy, he was… yes, he’s very intrepid³. 

 

Everyone hoping their child wouldn’t be the one to bite or smack⁴ the future king. 

 

He has knows, topping trial, went to the middle of the circle of toys, he had it at the biggest toy, just prop⁵ himself up and yeah, he earns the place basically.

 

It was the first official engagement on a 3 week royal tour down under. This playdate, a modern version of Prince William’s royal crawl about during his inaugural⁶ visit to New Zealand more than 3 decades ago. Like father, like son, two heirs to the thrown who look like they know exactly what they want. In this morning’s playdate, just slightly overshadowed by their royal offspring, the Duke and Duchess were there too, making sure their little prince play nice.

 

Prince William shared a few nuggets about his son with the other parents here, he said baby George is now teething and that he’s the one who gives George a bottle every night, and puts him to bed, there are one prince tucking in another. 

 

Absolutely, thank you so much, Cecilia, 

I love their side by side shots. 

They really have a strong resemblance. 

I bet no one stole prince George’s toys though.

1 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

2 chubbiness   

n.圆胖，丰满

参考例句：

• Her form was the perfection of child beauty, without its usual chubbiness and squareness of outline. 她的体态达到了孩童美的极致，没有一般儿童那种圆圆胖胖、方方正正的轮廊。 来自辞典例句
• Initially, I looked great; I lost the chubbiness and was fit. 起初我看起来很棒--我不那么胖了，身材很好。 来自互联网

3 intrepid   

adj.无畏的，刚毅的

参考例句：

• He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
• John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。

4 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

5 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

6 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。