英伦广角 2013-02-09 查尔斯王子夫妇乘地铁庆祝伦敦地铁开通150年

 He is not the person you expect to bump into on the tube,joining your morning commute¹.For Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall,that man is looking after their new oyster² cards,each charged up with ten pounds.They didn't have oyster cards 34 years ago,in 1979,when the Prince of Wales took the underground to open the Jubilee³ line.They are certainly not the kind of oysters⁴ the royal couple are probably used to.Nonetheless,both managed to negotiate the barriers at F station.Going underground to mark the 150th anniversary of the tube network,Charles and Camilla took a three-minute one stop journey to King's Cross.A brand-new but empty tube arrived to transport the royal couple.Having only come to service at F,passenger numbers were limited,so limited in fact,there was no member of the public for the prince to meet.And unlike most people's commute,they had their pick of the seats,they were also plenty of air-conditioning.At the end of their journey costing 2 pounds ten,they could have traveled for free with a pass of the over 60s.The couple emerged on platform 9 3/4.A Harry⁵ Potter fan,the Duchess clearly felt like escaping to a fantasy world on the whole walk express.And just when you thought Camilla might take run up to the wall,the prince dragged her away.Instead,she had to make do with a souvenir photo.

It was very weird⁶.Oh,no,it happens everyday,it just occassionally turns up.Hey,royal family,hey there.

They told us in the Harry Potter story he was going to be there,so we went out and had a look and um...he was just there,and it was amazing.

Oyster cards finally backed in pockets.There used to be no Jube line back to S,instead they let the royal B take the strain.

1 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

2 oyster   

n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人

参考例句：

• I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。
• I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。

3 jubilee   

n.周年纪念；欢乐

参考例句：

• They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
• Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。

4 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

5 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。