考研英語閱讀篇章英國女王PK美國總統(tǒng)

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　　篇章：英國女王PK美國總統(tǒng)

　　Since Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, 10 U.S. presidents have been elected. The UK s queen has met all of them, with the exception of Lyndon B. Johnson. She would have met President Johnson during the funeral of President John F. Kennedy but was pregnant with her third son, Edward, at the time and could not make the trip.

　　自從1952年伊麗莎白二世即位以來，美國換了10位總統(tǒng)。除了約翰遜，女王見了剩余的每一位。她原定在肯尼迪總統(tǒng)的葬禮上和約翰遜見面，但她因懷上了三子愛德華而未能成行。

　　Truman

　　杜魯門

　　Truman is the only U.S. president the queen met while a princess.

　　杜魯門是唯一一位在女王即位前就與之會面的美國總統(tǒng)。

　　Eisenhower

　　艾森豪威爾

　　He was the first serving president she met during her.

　　他是女王即位后第一位接待她的總統(tǒng)。

　　Kennedy

　　肯尼迪

　　Amid much fanfare and huge media interest, President John F. Kennedy was a dinner guest along with his wife, Jackie, at Buckingham Palace in June 1961.

　　1961年6月，在大量的宣傳和媒體關(guān)注下，肯尼迪總統(tǒng)及夫人受邀出席白金漢宮的晚宴。

　　Nixon

　　尼克松

　　Richard Nixon met Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace during an informal visit to Great Britain shortly after becoming the 37th U.S. president in 1969.

　　1969年尼克松成為第37任美國總統(tǒng)后，很快就在一次對英國的非正式訪問中和女王見面。

　　Ford

　　福特

　　Queen Elizabeth met Gerald Ford in 1976 during the U.S. Bicentennial.

　　1976年美國200周年國慶時，女王和福特總統(tǒng)會面。

　　Carter

　　卡特

　　During a 1977 dinner of foreign heads of state at Buckingham Palace, Jimmy Carter described the home of the British monarch as: one of the most beautiful places I ve ever seen.

　　1977年卡特在白金漢宮的晚宴上說：這是我見過的最美的地方之一。

　　Reagan

　　里根

　　The Reagans were the first U.S. first family to be overnight guests of the sovereign at Windsor in 1982.

　　1982年里根一家在溫莎城堡過夜。他們是第一個這么做的美國總統(tǒng)家庭。

　　Bush, Sr

　　老布什

　　President Bush Sr. visited the queen at Buckingham Palace in 1989 and in May 1991.

　　1989年以及1991年5月老布什和女王在白金漢宮見面。

　　Clinton

　　克林頓

　　Bill Clinton met the queen more than once during his tenure, taking tea with her at Buckingham Palace in 2000 and also at a service to mark 50th anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy in 1994.

　　克林頓在職業(yè)生涯中和女王不止一次會面。2000年他們在白金漢宮共進下午茶，此前的1994年，他們也在諾曼底登陸50周年紀(jì)念日會面。

　　Bush, Jr

　　小布什

　　George W. Bush visited Britain on an official state visit in 2003. 2003年，小布什對英國進行正式國事訪問。

　　Obama

　　奧巴馬

　　Queen Elizabeth has reigned over England longer than President Obama has been alive.

　　伊麗莎白二世開始統(tǒng)治英國的時候，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)尚未出生。