【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E1-19

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But George's attempts to pass on his ideas of morality and modest living failed.

Perhaps it's hardly surprising that the King's eldest¹ son rebelled. Whereas George III was frugal² to the point of stinginess, his son, the future George IV, indulged in every excess to exhaustion³. And as for this portrait, well, it's distinctly flattering, because when it was painted, the Prince was actually obese⁴. One MP described him as, "From head to foot, a flaccidity of muscle and rotundity of outline."

The Prince of Wales was a man of huge appetites, as is shown by his girth. Of course, as George IV tended to do in other aspects of life, he overdid⁵ it. He gave even gluttony a bad name. From about the age of 40 onwards, he was beginning to fray⁶ at the edges, and my God, what edges they were. I mean, covering almost everything that he sat upon.

 

 翻译君：

乔治试图把他的道德观念和谦逊的生活方式传承下去，但最终失败。

也许查理三世的长子反叛也不足为奇，乔治三世的节俭达到了吝啬的程度。他的长子，未来的乔治四世，则穷奢极欲，这幅是他的肖像。呃…确实是挺讨人喜欢。但事实上，创造这幅画的时候，他非常肥胖，一位议员这样描述他“从头到脚，全身圆胖，肌肉松弛，”

威尔士亲王的胃口很大，这从他的腰围就能看出，（英王的长子都封为威尔士亲王）。当然，乔治四世想过一个跟他父亲不一样的生活，但他做得过分了，落得个贪吃的名声。到40岁的时候，他的身体就每况愈下。老天，就到了那个程度。我的意思是，身边能吃的东西都吃

 

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