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King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted "kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep. " But embarrassing scandals and the pop
King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted "kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep. " But embarrassing scandals and the pop
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King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted "kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep. " But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?
The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly polarized, as it was following the end of the Franco regime, mon-archs can rise above "mere" politics and "embody" a spirit of national unity.
It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs’ continuing popularity polarized. And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms(not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.
Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today—embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.
The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses(or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intru-siveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.
While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.
It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy’s reputation with her rather ordinary(if well-heeled)granny style. The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service—as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.
The British royals "have most to fear" because Charles______.
选项
A、takes a rough line on political issues
B、fails to change his lifestyle as advised
C、takes republicans as his potential allies
D、fails to adapt himself to his future role
答案
B
解析
此题要在理解第6、7段之后进行推断。第6段提到:“…it is the British rovals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.”第7段提到“He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service…"以及“Charles ought to know that as English history shows,it is kings,not republicans,who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.”.所以作者暗指其他王室成员没有做到其该做的,并作了列举,对Charles王储不懂基本道理进行了批评,则“Charles fails to change his lifestyle as advised”的说法符合题意,因此选择B。
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