【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E1-34

（单词翻译）

 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。