Article #21 Being a Princess
第21篇 作为一个公主
Sometimes, I think that I would like to be a princess.
我有时真希望自己是一位公主。
A princess would live in a palace and wear beautiful clothes.
公主可以住在宫殿里,能穿漂亮的衣服。
She would have servants to do chores for her, and she would probably marry a handsome prince.
有仆人为她打点一切,而且有可能嫁给英俊的王子。
People would recognize her.
人们会认出她来。
They would wave to her as she drove by.
她开车路过时人们会挥手打招呼。
It seems like it would be a lot of fun to be a princess.
当公主似乎很有趣。
But maybe it wouldn't be so nice.
但也许也不会这么好。
Maybe it would be terrible to be recognized by everyone.
也许被大家认出来是很可怕的。
Maybe a princess would feel like everyone was watching her.
也许公主会觉得每个人都在看着她。
She would have to look nice every time she left the palace.
她每次离开皇宫时都得打扮得漂漂亮亮的。
There would always be people with cameras who wanted to take her picture.
总会有人拿着相机想给她拍照。
A princess would have no privacy.
公主是没有隐私的。
Even in her own palace there would be servants around, so she would never really be alone.
即使在她自己的宫殿里也会有仆人服侍在旁,所以她永远不会真正孤独
If I were a princess, I would worry about security for my family.
如果我是公主,我会担心我家人的安全。
Sometimes, people who are in high positions are threatened by other people.
有时候,身居高位的人会受到他人的威胁。
That would be a worry.
这是一个需要忧虑的问题。
I'm not so sure that being a princess would be all that much fun.
我不确定当公主是否会有那么多乐趣。
I think it might be better to be just a normal person like me.
我觉得做一个像我一样的普通人会更好。
I don't have to worry about looking wonderful all the time.
我不用一直理会自己是不是看起来足够好。
People don't follow me around and take my picture.
人们不会跟着我到处拍照。
Whenever you see a picture of a princess, she is smiling.
你看到的每一张公主照片都是面带微笑的。
I wonder if she is smiling on the inside, or just smiling for the camera.
我想知道这微笑是发自内心的还是逢场作戏罢了。