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Twenty years ago, a tall young woman with a shy smile flubbed her lines before millions of people and became a superstar. On Jul
Twenty years ago, a tall young woman with a shy smile flubbed her lines before millions of people and became a superstar. On Jul
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2014-01-07
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Twenty years ago, a tall young woman with a shy smile flubbed her lines before millions of people and became a superstar. On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer took "Philip Charles Arthur George"—she mangled the order of Prince Charles’ names during her vows—as her lawful wedded husband and entered a family hidebound by practices no outsider could fathom.
Diana, with her photogenic good looks, her sympathetic gestures and an air of vulnerability, seemed much more relaxed than the other royals, and much more accessible. She instantly clicked with the public, who couldn’t get enough of her.
Newspaper editors found the public was eager to lap up articles about Diana, her clothes, her style, her public engagements, how she was raising her two young sons. The ’80s, says Houston, were "the Decade of Diana."
Then, in June 1992, the carefully constructed facade imploded with the publication of Andrew Morton’s Diana: Her True Story. The book—written with Diana’s cooperation—exposed the princess’s battles with bulimia and depression, and reviled Charles as an unfaithful husband.
The revelations of Charles’ relationship with a married woman, Camilla Parker Bowles, sent the Prince of Wales’ popularity plummeting. But the revelations of Diana’s problems did not decrease the public’s affection for her. It only increased their appetite to know more.
The tabloid fodder kept coming: There was the royal separation, the two camps’ attempts to woo the public, the televised admissions by both Charles and Diana of adultery. After the divorce became final, in 1996, the media continued to follow Diana’s every move. And then, on Aug. 31, 1997, came the car crash in a Paris tunnel that claimed her life.
The massive outpouring of public grief made the Windsors sit up and take notice. "The amazing eruption of emotion over her death got through to them that their world has had to change," says Houston.
The person who really got the message was Prince Charles, who witnessed not only the public reaction but the grief of his own sons, William and Harry.
"One of the great discussions, especially since Diana’s death, is, how does the House of Windsor modernize itself?" says Houston. "They certainly learned the lessons from the decade of Diana in terms of accessibility, discarding some of the more pompous aspects of formality."
He says, "One of the greatest challenges the royal family faces is to overcome the apathy, however, the future looks bright for the royals. I think they’ve got a trump card in William."
By saying that Diana "flubbed her lines", the author means that
选项
A、she had a perfect wedding.
B、she made a slip of tongue at the wedding.
C、she sang a song at the wedding.
D、she gave a moving promise at the wedding.
答案
B
解析
第1段第2句中破折号里的内容表明Diana在婚礼上念错了新郎名字的顺序,可见,flubbed herlines应该是指“说错话”,因此本题应选B。其他三个干扰项的内容都与第2句的内容无关,缺乏原文依据。
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