口译时事：荷兰王子滑雪受伤昏迷一年半后去世

2013-08-14 13:45:45来源：英语点津网

　　Dutch Prince Johan Friso has died after a year and a half in a coma following an accident at an Austrian ski resort, officials say.

　　荷兰官员宣布，去年在奥地利滑雪遭遇雪崩受伤成植物人的荷兰王子约翰·弗里索去世。

　　Prince Friso, who was 44, was moved from hospital in London back to the Netherlands last month, but had since suffered complications.

　　弗里索王子享年44岁，上个月从伦敦的医院转回荷兰，但之后出现并发症。

　　He was hit by an avalanche in February 2012 and buried for 15 minutes.

　　2012年2月，弗里索遭遇雪崩后被埋长达15分钟。

　　"Prince Friso has died of complications related to the hypoxic brain injury, which he suffered as the result of his skiing accident in Lech, Austria on 17 February 2012," a royal palace statement said. He died on Monday morning in The Hague, the palace added.

　　“由于去年2月17日在奥地利莱赫的滑雪事故，弗里索王子死于大脑受损缺氧引起的并发症，”一份皇室声明中说道。皇室声明中还提到，他于周一早上在海牙去世。

　　The prince's wife, Princess Mabel, is said to have spent her 45th birthday on Sunday at his bedside. The couple had two daughters, Luana and Zaria.

　　王子的妻子梅布尔王妃周日在他的病榻边度过了自己的45岁生日。两人育有两个女儿：劳拉和扎利亚。

　　Shortly before becoming king on the abdication of Queen Beatrix, his elder brother, Willem-Alexander spoke in April of the "terrible situation" the family had lived with for more than a year.

　　弗里索王子的母亲荷兰女王贝娅特丽克丝在宣布退位后，他的哥哥威廉·亚历山大继位。威廉·亚历山大曾在四月表示，王室在过去的一年多因为弗里索的病情都“过得很糟糕”。

　　Prince Friso was Beatrix's second of three sons, but was no longer in line to the throne after his 2004 marriage to Mabel Wisse Smit, because of her earlier involvement with a notorious Dutch drug criminal.

　　贝娅特丽克丝女王育有三子，弗里索是第二个儿子。2004年，弗里索为了和平民妻子梅布尔·威瑟·史密特结婚放弃了王位继承权，因为史密特被爆出早前与荷兰毒贩有染。

　　The prince had worked for several years in London and the couple moved there after their marriage. He took up his last job as chief finance officer at Urenco in 2011, having worked previously in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

　　弗里索王子在伦敦工作过几年，夫妻俩自结婚后就搬去了伦敦。他的上一份工作是2011年在欧洲铀浓缩公司任CFO，此前还在高盛等投行工作过。

　　参加口译考试的同学们在平时要积累大量素材，尤其是像上文这样的双语时事内容。帮助同学们练习。

本文关键字: 口译时事荷兰王子