BBC英国史

We are an obscure, poor people,though formerly of better account,

我们是不为外人所理解 贫穷的人民 就算在之前乐观地考虑

removed to a remote corner of the world without name and without alliances.

我们也将孤苦去向世界尽头 默默无名并孤立无援

In 1707, the deed was done.

1707年 他们终于达成了一致

A Treaty of the Union had been drafted.

他们起草了联合条约

It took just ten weeks to go through the Scottish parliament,six through Westminster.

苏格兰议会仅用了十周时间就通过了条约 而英格兰议会只用了六周

Scotland and England were now joined at the hip.

苏格兰和英格兰终于紧密不可分割了

What kind of nation was this Great Britain?

这样的大不列颠是个怎样的国家呢

To answer that,all you needed to do was to go to the new Royal Naval Hospital,

想要找到答案 你只需要去一趟新成立的皇家海军医院

a palatial retirement home for pensioned-off servicemen, in Greenwich.

一家坐落于格林威治的 为那些遣散军人建造的豪华退休之家

It was a triumphal statement of how Britain saw its place in the world in the early 18th century.

那是十八世纪前期的英国 对自己在世界范围中定位的 胜利宣言

On the ceiling, painted by Sir James Thornhill,

该穹顶画由詹姆士·桑希尔爵士亲自完成

a jubilant allegory celebrates the reign of William of Orange and his wife Mary.

画中是一个歌颂奥兰治的威廉 和他的妻子玛丽统治时期的寓言故事

词汇解析

1、obscure

无名的；鲜为人知的；默默无闻的

The origin of the custom is obscure.

这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.

这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。

（通常指因内容繁琐）晦涩的，费解的，难懂的

The contracts are written in obscure language.

这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。

Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.

理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。

遮掩；遮蔽；使模糊不清

Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the Square's southern half.

树木遮挡了他的视线，南半广场的一大部分他都无法看清。

One wall of the parliament building is now almost completely obscured by a huge banner.

议会大楼的一面墙现在几乎被一条巨型横幅完全盖住了。

2、statement

(正式或明确的口头或书面)陈述，声明

Andrew now disowns that statement, saying he was depressed when he made it.

安德鲁现在推翻了那个说法，说那是自己在情绪低落时说的话。

'Things are moving ahead.'I found that statement vague and unclear.

“事情正在取得进展。”我认为这个说法含糊不清。

(为某一场合特别发表的)官方声明，正式声明

The statement by the military denied any involvement in last night's attack.

军方发表声明称其和昨晚的袭击无任何关系。