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英国女王要涨工资了,薪水可真高啊

2017-06-29来源:和谐英语

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is set to receive £82.2 million in two year's time, an 8.1% increase from 2016, royal accounts published Tuesday and analysis by the United Kingdom's Financial Times shows.
英国的伊丽莎白二世女王,即将在两年的时间内获得一笔8220万英镑的巨款(约合人民币7亿人民币),这一数字比2016年高了8.1%,这一王室账目是在周二有英国的《金融时报》发表并分析的。

The 91-year-old Queen, the world's longest-reigning monarch, received £42.8 million ($54.6 million) last year, meaning she will receive nearly double her previous income come 2019.
这位91岁的女王(全球在位时间最长点的君主)去年拿到了4280万英镑的钱(约合人民币2亿7千万),这意味着她在2019年将获得的收入几乎是之前的2倍。

英国女王要涨工资了,薪水可真高啊

The Crown Estate, an independent trust which runs the U.K. monarchy’s estate, including Buckingham Palace and property in London's West End, revealed that it made £328.8 million ($418.6 million) in profit in the year ending in March 2017.
王冠不动产,是一家运营着英国王室的不动产的独立信托基金。这些地产包括白金汉宫以及伦敦西区的一些房产。该基金会透露道:截至2017年3月,他们上一财年已经赚到了3亿2880万英镑的利润(约合人民币20亿)。

The Royal Family will receive 25% (up from 15%) of the profit, known as the sovereign grant.
王室家族将会得到这笔利润的25%(原本是15%),这笔钱被称作君主补助金。

The grant, which is based on the profits of two years before, was increased in order to pay for extensive renovations to Buckingham Palace as part of a refurbishment program that will last 10 years. The work is expected to cost £369 million, or $471 million.
这笔款项的每次的金额,是根据前两年的利润而定的;它这次被提高,是为了支付白金汉宫马上要进行的一次为期10年的翻新。这项工程预计会耗费3亿6900万英镑,或4亿7100万英镑。

The Queen's treasurer — known as Keeper of the Privy Purse — told reporters Thursday that the British monarchy is "value for money" and last year equated to less than one pound per person per year in the U.K.
女王的财务主管(又被称为“女王私用经费的保管者”)周四告诉记者:英国王室是“物有所值”的,去年英国花在他们身上的钱分摊到每个英国人身上还不到每年1英镑。