时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2015年5月


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 A baby princess is welcomed into the world. 


 
Just over ten hours after giving birth, the Duchess of Cambridge looked radiant. The Duke beaming beside her as they emerged from Saint Mary's Hospital with a little girl, eight pounds three ounces. 
 
In front of hundreds of cameras and well wishers, Kate settled her new baby into a waiting car. William got behind the wheel and drove his family home to Kensington Palace.
 
The news of the birth was announced on Twitter, and then moments later by a traditional town crier.
 
(It's a girl! It's a girl!) 
 
It was a happy moment that hundreds have waited for outside the hospital. Some since the beginning of the April. 
 
It's a baby girl! What more could we want? Over eight pound. George was eight pound six. Oh, I'm hoping that I would take a look at the baby myself. I like it!
 
A baby was born, and not just any baby, a royal baby, and not just any royal baby, a princess. This is one of the most amazing feelings, I know it's, it's kind of, it's a silly feeling, but it's so fun to be a part of it. I have to kind of, catch myself, take a step back, and really soak it all in.
 
One of princess's first visitors was her brother, Prince George. William had been in the delivering room momentarily leaving the hospital to collect his 22 months old son. 
 
Within 20 minutes, he was back. The toddler making his first public appearance since the royal tour of Australia, a year ago. William willed the little prince to walk. He preferred to be carried. But delighted the crowd with a wave. The British public had wagered 1 on a baby sister for George. And London's icon 2 lit up with the news. 
 
Crowds flocked the Buckingham Palace to see the official notice mounted on an easel in the forecourt. Retailers 3 would also welcome the princess. It was expected to inject more than one and a half billion dollars into the British economy over her lifetime. 
 
Just hours old and already the darling of the media and the public elite 4. Matt Foster, CNN, London.

1 wagered
v.在(某物)上赌钱,打赌( wager的过去式和过去分词 );保证,担保
  • She always wagered on an outsider. 她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。
  • They wagered on the flesh, but knowing they were to lose. 他们把赌注下在肉体上,心里却明白必输无疑。 来自互联网
2 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
3 retailers
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
4 elite
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
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