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乔治王子首次出访引关注

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-04-11 07:35 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Prince George will be in the spotlight¹ as he heads to Australia and New Zealand with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. What can they expect on their first engagements as a family of three?

乔治王子随同剑桥公爵夫妇出游澳大利亚和新西兰成为万众瞩目的焦点。这一家三口在其第一次全家旅行期间有何期待呢？

He's not even nine months old yet, but he's already making a big impact.

George Alexander Louis is about to embark² on his first official foreign tour - with his mother and father too, of course.

And it can reasonably be said that a good many people in New Zealand and Australia appear to be getting rather excited about the three-week trip, which starts in Wellington on Monday and ends in Canberra on 25 April.

The normally rumbustious（喧闹的）, hard-edged Kiwi/Aussie attitude to visiting Poms seems to have been suspended for William, Catherine and George.

Barbs³ about alleged⁴ sporting deficiencies in the "old country" have been replaced by baby talk - about teething (is he?), crawling (can he?) and walking (might he, on this trip?).

In part, the Aussie/Kiwi soppiness (words which one wouldn't normally expect to find together) might be explained as being a perfectly⁵ normal reaction to a baby, the presence of whom is a pretty universal antidote⁶（解药） to cynicism.

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1 spotlight
n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目
参考例句：
This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。 The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 embark
vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机
参考例句：
He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。 Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

3 barbs
n.（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 )；带刺的话；毕露的锋芒；钩状毛
参考例句：
She slung barbs at me. 她说了些讥刺我的话。来自《简明英汉词典》 I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged. 我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话，或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战。来自辞典例句

4 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 perfectly
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
参考例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。 Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

6 antidote
n.解毒药，解毒剂
参考例句：
There is no known antidote for this poison.这种毒药没有解药。 Chinese physicians used it as an antidote for snake poison.中医师用它来解蛇毒。

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