英语听力：自然百科 The.First.Emperor 秦始皇 Part8

Inside his own court, unseen enemies want to destroy him. 

The official history records Ying Zheng's coming of age at twenty years old as the defining moment.

The entire court has assembled in celebration, but not everyone's watching the show. The Queen has a new favorite, Marquis Lao Ai. In the eyes of the court, Lao Ai is a eunuch, which is an odd choice of companion for a woman with a history of important lovers. But Lao Ai is no eunuch. He has fathered two sons by the Queen, who they have raised in secret, and he intends to place one of them on the throne. But the King has his suspicions about his mother and her supposedly secret lover.

The state of Chin is not a safe place for anybody. The Queen has kept her young sons secret in the care of eunuchs she believes are loyal to her. But loyalties¹ change quickly and the King has learned of their existence. 

Hello. Hi. "You are so heavy!"

Knowing it's only a matter of time before his plot to put the eldest² boy on the throne is discovered, the Queen's lover Marquis Lao Ai makes a desperate bid for power. He has stolen Royal Seals, giving him the authority to mobilize troops. 

"So you think you’ll make a good King?"

"Yes!"

The boys have just condemned³ themselves as a direct threat to the King.

1 loyalties   

n.忠诚( loyalty的名词复数 )；忠心；忠于…感情；要忠于…的强烈感情

参考例句：

• an intricate network of loyalties and relationships 忠诚与义气构成的盘根错节的网络
• Rows with one's in-laws often create divided loyalties. 与姻亲之间的矛盾常常让人两面为难。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。