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1. 英文原文（加粗单词为第二部分的重点单词）；

2. 重点单词的中英文解释；

3. 中英文翻译；

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Dominic West is feeling some relief now that “The Crown” is over. The actor played Prince Charles during the Netflix series’ final two seasons, which just so happened to be its most divisive among television critics. Variety called Season 5 the show’s “weakest,” while Netflix’s decision to split the sixth and final season into two parts led to a batch of strong episodes (those primarily focused on Princess Diana’s final days) and not-so-strong episodes (Variety said the show ended in “anticlimax”). While still an awards heavyweight, “The Crown” fell off its critical throne by the end of its run and it appears West took notice.

“I don’t want to make their lives any more difficult than they already are, so I suppose it does concern you,” West said on BBC’s “Today” when asked about the royal reaction to his performance. “All reactions worry me. I read all the reviews and spent two days in bed. So yes, I’m a sensitive soul, I worry about what people think.”

West is making the press rounds supporting his new U.K. stage production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” and he said “it’s such a relief now to go back to theater and not have to talk about the monarchy anymore.”

“I was reluctant to take it on but you don’t turn down a Peter Morgan script very easily … He’s such a greater writer and it was such a great show,” West added on a more positive note. “I loved being on it. I loved wearing the clothes. I loved driving the cars and I loved having people bow to me. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I miss it.”

Despite mixed reviews for the show at large, West earned strong notices for his portrayal of Prince Charles and was recently nominated at the Golden Globes for his performance. The show’s final season gave West some of the most dramatic scenes, including Charles telling his sons about their mother’s accident.

“When I read that Peter had written how Charles reacts to the news of Diana — when he sees her dead, he howls with grief in the Paris hospital to the point that they could hear him outside the room — I thought, ‘Oh, God, no. Oh dear.’ We don’t know, obviously, how Prince Charles reacted,” West previously told Variety. “But anyway, he obviously decided to make him very emotional, and I’m glad he did, in hindsight and having done it. I think Charles is an emotional man compared to some of his family.”

All six seasons of “The Crown” are now available to stream on Netflix.

1. Divisive：Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people，造成不和的、引起纷争的；

2. Critic：A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, movies, music, or art，评论家；

3. Batch of：A batch of things or people is a group of things or people of the same kind, especially a group that is dealt with at the same time or is sent to a particular place at the same time，(一) 批；

4. Anticlimax：You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected，令人失望的事物、令人扫兴的事物；

5. Fall off：If something falls off, it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves toward the ground，脱落；

6. Monarchy：The monarchy is used to refer to the monarch and his or her family，王室；

7. Reluctant：If you are reluctant to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm，不愿意的、勉强的；

8. Despite：You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising，尽管；

9. Portrayal：An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or movie is the way that he or she plays the character，扮演；

10. Hindsight：Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time，后见之明；

Dominic West is feeling some relief now that “The Crown” is over. The actor played Prince Charles during the Netflix series’ final two seasons, which just so happened to be its most divisive among television critics. Variety called Season 5 the show’s “weakest,” while Netflix’s decision to split the sixth and final season into two parts led to a batch of strong episodes (those primarily focused on Princess Diana’s final days) and not-so-strong episodes (Variety said the show ended in “anticlimax”). While still an awards heavyweight, “The Crown” fell off its critical throne by the end of its run and it appears West took notice.

随着《王冠》的完结，多米尼克·威斯特感到如释重负。这位演员在网飞剧集的最后两季中扮演了查尔斯王子，而这两季恰巧是电视剧评论家中最具分歧的。Variety称第五季为该剧“最弱的一季”，而网飞决定将第六季暨最终季分为两部分播出的做法导致了一批强势剧集（主要集中在戴安娜王妃的最后日子）和一批不那么强势的剧集（Variety称该剧以“虎头蛇尾”而告终）。虽然《王冠》仍然是一部获奖作品，但在剧集结束时，它已跌下神坛，似乎威斯特也注意到了这一点。

“I don’t want to make their lives any more difficult than they already are, so I suppose it does concern you,” West said on BBC’s “Today” when asked about the royal reaction to his performance. “All reactions worry me. I read all the reviews and spent two days in bed. So yes, I’m a sensitive soul, I worry about what people think.”

“我不想让他们的生活比现在更艰难，所以我想这确实会让你担心，”当被问及王室对他表演的反应时，威斯特在BBC的《今日》节目中说道。“所有的反应都让我担心。我读完了所有的评论，在床上躺了两天。所以，是的，我是个敏感的人，我担心人们会怎么想。”

West is making the press rounds supporting his new U.K. stage production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge,” and he said “it’s such a relief now to go back to theater and not have to talk about the monarchy anymore.”

威斯特正在为他的新英国舞台剧《桥头眺望》做宣传，他说“现在回到剧院真是一种解脱，不用再谈论王室了。”

“I was reluctant to take it on but you don’t turn down a Peter Morgan script very easily … He’s such a greater writer and it was such a great show,” West added on a more positive note. “I loved being on it. I loved wearing the clothes. I loved driving the cars and I loved having people bow to me. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I miss it.”

“我不愿意接手，但你不会轻易拒绝彼得·摩根的剧本……他是一位伟大的作家，这是一部伟大的作品，”威斯特补充说，语气更为积极。“我喜欢这个节目。我喜欢穿那些衣服。我喜欢开车，喜欢人们向我鞠躬。这绝对是一种美妙的感觉。我很怀念。”

Despite mixed reviews for the show at large, West earned strong notices for his portrayal of Prince Charles and was recently nominated at the Golden Globes for his performance. The show’s final season gave West some of the most dramatic scenes, including Charles telling his sons about their mother’s accident.

尽管该剧的评论褒贬不一，但威斯特因扮演查尔斯王子而获得了强烈反响，最近还因其在该剧中的表演而获得了金球奖提名。该剧的最后一季为威斯特带来了一些最具戏剧性的场景，包括查尔斯告诉儿子们他们母亲的事故。

“When I read that Peter had written how Charles reacts to the news of Diana — when he sees her dead, he howls with grief in the Paris hospital to the point that they could hear him outside the room — I thought, ‘Oh, God, no. Oh dear.’ We don’t know, obviously, how Prince Charles reacted,” West previously told Variety. “But anyway, he obviously decided to make him very emotional, and I’m glad he did, in hindsight and having done it. I think Charles is an emotional man compared to some of his family.”

“当我读到彼得写的查尔斯得知戴安娜死讯后的反应时——当他在巴黎医院看到她死去时，他悲痛地嚎啕大哭，以至于房间外面的人都能听到他的哭声——我想，‘哦，天哪，不。哦，天哪。’显然，我们不知道查尔斯王子的反应，”威斯特此前告诉Variety。“但不管怎样，他显然决定让他变得非常情绪化，现在回想起来，我很高兴他这么做了。我认为与他的一些家人相比，查尔斯是个情绪化的人。”

All six seasons of “The Crown” are now available to stream on Netflix.

《王冠》的所有六季现在都可以在网飞上观看。