英国哈里王子21周岁专访

Robyn Curnow: There will be no princely party, instead, Harry¹, who is third in line to the British throne, says he will be spending his 21st birthday on training exercises at the Sandhurst Military Academy.

Prince Harry: I will be in a ditch or somewhere and I have 29 other guys to celebrate my birthday with probably silence say Happy Birthday or something like that.

Robyn Curnow: Not that he minds, Prince Harry says he loves his new army life.

Prince Harry:There's something about me. I do enjoy running down the ditch full of mud, firing bullets, it's the way I am. I love it.

Robyn Curnow: The youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, says even as a child, he wants to be a soldier. Now he is in the army, he doesn't want special treatment because he is a prince.

Prince Harry: The last thing I want to do is to help my soldiers sent away to Iraq or wherever's that, and for me to be held back at home turning my thumbs.

Robyn Curnow: As he prepares for a career on the front line, Prince Harry is already battling another kind of war with a tabloid² media that paints him as a partying wild child.

Prince Harry: I'd love to do with the common newspaper. you know, out school, right. This is what happened last night. No, this is what happened .

Robyn Curnow: He jokes about setting the record straight. But Harry says he does find it is hard being in the spotlight³.

Prince Harry: I don't think it's really a case of dealing⁴ with it. Uhm, then if you can't deal with it, you just get along with it.

Robyn Curnow: Growing into his royal role with the support of his older brother Prince William.

Prince Harry: It's amazing how close we've become. You know, I mean ever since our mother died, we are seriously close. Uh, but he is the one person, on this earth, through, I can natually really, you know, we can talk about anything.

Robyn Curnow: He and his brother recently got a new step-mother, Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall, a second marriage that not all in Britain support.

Prince Harry: Camilla is Camilla. My father is my father. Happier.

Robyn Curnow: But despite some public opposition⁵ to the marriage, the new Duchess has the young princes' support.

Prince Harry: She has made our father very, very happy, which is the most important thing. William and I love it bits.

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

3 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。

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。