【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E1-34

 文本：

Building works on the palace dragged on through the finalyears of George's reign¹. By the time he died in 1830, costs had more thanquadrupled.

As soon as the King was dead, his ever-obedient architectJohn Nash was hauled before the courts to explain the stupendous overspend. Hewas eventually acquitted², but Nash, who rather hoped for a knighthood, andinstead that his career had come to, well, a humiliating end.

Eventually, a reluctant Parliament paid up, and building workon the palace was finished, complete with a triumphal arch at the front.

 翻译君：

宫殿的建筑工程一直持续到乔治四世统治的最后几年，直到他逝世的1830年，宫殿的建筑费用已经翻了两番。

国王一逝世，那位忠诚的建筑师，约翰·纳什就被拽到了法庭，要他解释建筑费用严重超支的缘由。虽然纳什最终无罪获释，但是这位骑士却以这种羞辱性的方式结束了他建筑师的生涯，最后国会很不情愿地支付了建筑费用，连同宫殿前面的凯旋门最终得以完工。

1 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

2 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。