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Louis XV never expected to be king,
路易十五原本不应成为国王
but both his father and grandfather died
但他的父亲与祖父
before they could reach the throne.
尚未继位成王就与世长辞
Louis XV loses his parents and his grandparents,
路易十五2岁时
when he's two years old.
失去双亲与祖父母
He's an orphan brought up by people
身为孤儿
that he doesn't know very well,
他由并不熟识的人抚养
some of whom are probably fairly terrifying as courtiers.
其中一些幕僚令人生畏
He is a sickly child very early on.
他幼时便体弱多病
Wherever he went,
不论路易前往何处
Louis was surrounded by the legacy of his great-grandfather,
都能见到曾祖父遗留在世的印记
the man who first built the extraordinary palace
就是他最初建造了路易的家
that was his home.
这座超凡的宫殿
Certainly, one would imagine Louis XV has been traumatised
不难想象 路易十五失去至亲
by the death of all his near family,
是何等痛苦
and is a lonely and probably
他孩童时期非常孤独
slightly disturbed child in his youth,
可能还有轻微的情绪障碍
and I think this carries through the rest of his life.
这种情况伴随了他的一生
重点讲解
一.expect：v. 预期，期待，盼望
【词义辨析】
desire，wish，hope，expect，want，long
desire: 语气较正式庄重，着重渴望的力量与热切，常含有强烈的意图和目的。
wish: 语气较弱，多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。
hope: 指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。
expect: 通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有预料之意，或预计某事或某行动的发生。
want: 一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西，能弥补实际需要。
long: 语气强，指极殷切地盼望着，这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望，但含一定感情色彩。
【例句用法】
1.I expect I will be back on Sunday.
我预计我会在周日回来的。
2.I will do what is expected of me.
我会尽本分的。
3.The journey was not as nice as we had expected.
旅途不象我们预想的那样好。
二.through：adv. 通过，径直，自始至终，(电话)接通，完全 prep. 穿过，凭借，一直到 adj. 直达的，直通的，贯穿的，完成的，结束的
【词义辨析】
across，along，over，through
across: 指“从……的一边到另一边”，强调横过，多与动态动词连用。
along: 指沿着一条直线在水平方向上运动。一般表动态，有时也与静态动词连用。
over: 常和动态动词连用，指“从……上面越过”或“横越”；表静态时，指“在彼处”。
through: 侧重从一端穿到另一端。
across，through，cross
across: 主要表示从某物的表面“横过”，涉及“面”的概念。
My house is across the harbour，in the vicinity of the Kowloon Park．
我的家在海港的对岸，九龙公园附近。
They live across the Central Plaza.
他们住在中央广场的对面。
Everyone shouts "kill it" when a rat is seen to run across the street．
老鼠过街，人人喊打。
through: 则表示从某个空间“穿过”，涉及“体”的概念。
cross: across和cross在拼写上仅差一字之微，故很易混淆。它们的区别在于词性和使用场合有所不同。across是介词；cross是动词。
He has crossed the border into another territory．
他已越过边界进入别国的领土。
Many steel arch bridges cross the Mississippi in its lower reaches．
在密西西比河的下游许多拱形铁桥横跨河面。
They have crossed over to Japan．
他们已东渡去日本了。
【词语用法】
1.在美国，through意为“完了的”，through with意为“关于……完了的”。get through with the examination意为“考试完毕”，但get through the examination（没有with）在英美都意为“考试及格”；
2.through可作形容词。
He is through with asking questions.
他把要问的问题都已问完。
若将句中的with省去，through仍为形容词，但asking则变成了现在分词。
3.在美国，from Monday through Friday意为“从周一到周五，包括周五”，from astronomy through zoology意为“从天文学到动物学的各种科学”；
4.across和through的区别同on和in类似，across指从表面穿过，而through则指从三维空间中间穿过。
We walked across the ice.
We were on the ice.
I walked through the wood.
I was in the wood.
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句： This has been seen in the endless stream of bills through parliament.
纠正： This has been seen in the endless stream of bills passing through parliament.
翻译：这可从议会中通过的的层出不穷的法案中看出。
分析：through前应搭配动词使用。