【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E1-31

 文本：

The chandeliers that light Nash's rooms were made for GeorgeIV by the English glassmakers Parker and Perry. They're cut from the finestleaded-glass crystal to give the maximum sparkle.

The thing is strikes me as you walk from room to room inBuckinghamPalaceis it's just one fabulouschandelier after another. And presumably, anyone coming here could be no doubtthat someone who had chandeliers like this was not only fabulously¹ wealthy, butobviously very important.

Yes, I mean they are absolutely a status symbol, the sort ofpeak of opulence², really.

I know it's a bit prosaic³, but when I look at them I can'thelp thinking, the nightmare of cleaning them.

Well, it's true. They do have to be dusted, so we have thiscunning device. I wondered if you wanted to have a go at lowering thechandelier. And it's very high-tech⁴, you just have to press the button.

This isn't going to be one of those Only Fools And Horsesmoments, is it?

 

 翻译君：

 

在英国玻璃商帕克和佩里的帮助下，纳什在乔治的房间里都装上了水晶灯。他们切割出了最好的铅玻璃水晶以便能发出最耀眼的光芒。

让我感觉震惊的是走进每一个白金汉宫的房间，都有一个巨大的水晶灯，大概来到这里的每个人都不会怀疑，这里的水晶灯不仅仅是显示富有，还是显示它的重要性。

是的。这绝对是身份地位的象征，还有那无与伦比的巨富，可能我的问题有点无趣，但我看着这些水晶灯不禁会想，要清洁这些水晶灯，真是个恶梦。

对，确实是。水晶灯也会脏的，所以我们用上了这种巧妙的工具。你有没有兴趣试下，把水晶灯放下来，非常高科技的，只需要按一下按钮就可以了。

这也只是傻瓜式的工作，是吧？

1 fabulously   

难以置信地，惊人地

参考例句：

• The couple are said to be fabulously wealthy. 据说这对夫妇家财万贯。
• I should say this shirt matches your trousers fabulously. 我得说这衬衫同你的裤子非常相配。

2 opulence   

n.财富，富裕

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence.他从未见过这样的财富。
• He owes his opulence to work hard.他的财富乃辛勤工作得来。

3 prosaic   

adj.单调的，无趣的

参考例句：

• The truth is more prosaic.真相更加乏味。
• It was a prosaic description of the scene.这是对场景没有想象力的一个描述。

4 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。