【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E1-21

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Just to give you an inkling of quite how opulent it was, at one supper for 3,000 guests, there was a single table the entire length of the building, incorporating a stream all the way along it, with live goldfish, imagine.

For years, George had carried out the duties of his ailing¹ father. By the time the King died in 1820, George was nearly 60.

George IV was now the ruler of the rapidly-expanding British Empire, and he wanted a palace to reflect that power. St James's, he thought, was too dingy². 

Carlton House was clearly much more impressive, but it had never been big enough for George. And, thanks to his endless alterations³, it was now structurally⁴ unsound. So, after all he'd spent on it, with its exquisite⁵ interiors, he just pulled it down.

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关于宴会的奢华，给你个直观的印象。一次晚宴有3000名宾客，桌子摆满了整栋建筑，像流水宴一样，欢快热闹，难以想象！

几年来，乔治一直代生病的父亲履行国王的职责，1820年国王逝世的时候，乔治已年近60了，乔治四世成了蒸蒸日上的大英帝国的统治者。他需要一座宫殿来展示他的权威。圣詹姆斯宫太脏了，卡尔顿宫倒是够醒目，但对乔治四世来说还不够大。他不断修改宫殿设计，结构上已经变得面目全非，也花费了大量精力进行内部的装修，最后还是推倒了这座宫殿。