剑桥大学校园英语情景对话32：丹麦王室才女（mp3+中英）

A: Hi, Wendy. Who are those people on the paper?

A:嗨，温迪。报纸上的人都是谁啊？

W： Oh, these are the Denmark royal family.

W:哦，这是丹麦皇室的含照。

A： Let me have a look. Is the old lady in the middle the Queen of Denmark?

A:让我看看。中间这个年迈的女士是丹麦女王吗？

W： You are right. She is Margrethe II, and her sons, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

W:你说对了。她就是玛格丽特二世，还有她的儿子，儿媳和孙子。

A: It is a happy family and all of them are good-looking.

A:真是个幸福的家庭，而且他们都相貌出众。

W: Yes. From left to right, this is Prince Joachim, his two sons, the Queen, Prince Frederik and his wife.

W:是啊。从左到右分别是约阿希姆王子，他的两个儿子，女王，腓烈特王子和他的 王妃。

A: Is this their baby? It is so cute!

 A:这是他们的核子吗？

W: Yes, it is a little prince.

W:是啊，是个小王子。

A: The Queen is so elegant. How old is she now?

A:女王看起来好优雅。她现在多大年纪了？

W: She is nearly seventy now.

W:她现在大约有70岁了。

A: I cannot believe it! She still looks beautiful and she is just lucky to be a Queen.

A:真不敢相信！她看起来还是很漂亮。她能当女王真是幸运啊。

W: Yes. But you know, she was not born to be Monarch. At the time of her birth, only males could ascend the throne of Denmark.

W：嗯。但是你知道吗，她并不是生来就能当女王的。她出生的时候，丹麦只有男性 子嗣才有资格继承王位。

A: Really? How did she become the Queen at last?

A:真的吗？为什么她还是当上了女王？

W: The Denmark constitution has been amended. The process of changing the constitution started in 1947，when it became clear that Queen Ingrid would have no more children. At this time, Margrethe uncle Prince Knud was the Heir Presumptive.

W:丹麦修改了宪法。宪法的修改开始于1947年，那个时候，英格丽王妃明显不可 能再生育了。这时，玛格丽特的叔叔努德王子是王位的假定继承人。

A: What happened next?

A:后来怎么样了呢？

W:The new Act of Succession permitted female succession to the throne of Denmark, according to cognatic primogeniture，where a female can ascend to the throne only if she does not have a brother. Princess Margrethe therefore became the Heiress Presumptive.

W:新的继承法允许女性继承丹麦王位，根据血亲长子继承的原则，女性在设有兄弟 的情况下，有继承王位的资格。所以，玛格丽特公主就成为了假定继承人。

A: That's cool. How long has she been the Queen?

A:太棒了。她登基多久了？

W: After King Frederik IX died in 1972. Queen Margrethe II became the first female Danish Sovereign under the new Act of Succession.

W: 1972年，她的父亲弗雷德里克九世去世之后，根据新的继承法，玛格丽特二世成 为了丹麦历史上第一位执政女王。

A： She must be very busy since then. What's her task?

A:从那时候开始她一定很忙吧。他的主要职责是什么？

W： The Queen's main tasks are to represent the Kingdom abroad and to be a unifying figurehead at home. The queen performs the latter task by accepting invitations to open exhibitions, attending anniversaries, inaugurating bridges, etc.

W:女王的主要职责就是在国外代表她的王国，在国内维护统一，是个象征性的国家 元首。女王常常会参加一些公开的展览，出席周年庆典、就职典礼等等，来履行 她的职责。

A: It is more or less the same as things in other countries like Britain. I heard that as an unelected public official, the Queen takes no part in party politics and does not express any political opinions.

A:这和英国的情况差不多嘛。我听说，作为一个非民选的公职人员，女王不参与党 派政治，也不发表任何政治观点。

W： That's true. Well, let me tell something else about Margrethe II of Denmark, She is a chain smoker,and she is famous for her tobacco habit. However, a Danish newspaper reported an announcement from the Royal Court stating that the queen would never again be seen smoking in public.

W:你说的对。好吧，我再跟你讲一些关于玛格丽特二世的事情。她烟瘾很大，人们 都知道她有抽烟的习惯。但是，一个丹麦报纸曾经发表过一篇皇室的声明，宣布 女王将不会再在公众面前吸烟。

A: She likes smoking, that's bad.

A:她喜欢抽烟啊，这可不好。

W： Absolutely. Still, the queen does continue to smoke but in the future she will do so only privately. The announcement is probably due to the fact that the Danish parliament recently has decided on strict rules concerning smoking.

W:就是。不过女王还是会再抽烟，只是她以后只会在私人空间这么做。这个声明可 能是因为丹麦议会最近决定要制定严格的条列来管制吸烟。

A： Smoking is difficult to quit.

A:烟很难戒掉的。

W: Anyway, she is a smart woman and has a gift for art. She has even studied prehistoric archaeology at Girton College, Cambridge.

W：不过，她还是一位聪明的女性，在艺术上很有天分。她曾经在在剑桥大学格顿女 子学院学习史前考古。

A: Wow, that's great. But, I bet she has no time in doing the archeology work.

A:哇，她太厉害了！但我敢打赌，她没时间去考古。

W: Maybe. In addition, the Queen is an accomplished painter, and has held many art shows over the years. It is said that were she not the queen, she could make a living as a professional artist.
 

W：也许吧。此外，女王还是一位颇有成就的国家，过去几年还办过不少S展。有人 说，如果不是女王的话，她肯定会是一位富有成就的艺术家。