中國網(wǎng)站品牌欄目（頻道）
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Commemorative china is seen in this undated photograph received in London on Dec. 20.(Agencies) |
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Britain's royal wedding is still four months away, but the first official memorabilia went on sale Monday - a range of wedding china personally approved by the couple. Prince William's office said the items had been commissioned by the palace department responsible for the royal family's art collection and made in Stoke-on-Trent in central England, a traditional center for British ceramics. The three souvenirs - a tankard, plate and pill box - each feature the couple's entwined initials, the prince's coronet emblem and the date of the wedding - April 29, 2011. On sale at royal palaces and a website, profits from the collectables will be donated to the charity which curates the royal family's artworks, known as the Royal Collection. "The Royal Collection has been working on the design since around the time of the engagement - it's a very fast moving process," William's office said in a statement. His office said that the prince and his future bride had both approved the wedding merchandise. William and Kate Middleton made her first public appearance on Saturday since announcing their engagement, attending a cancer charity fundraising event in eastern England. The couple are to be married at Westminster Abbey on April 29 after a lengthy courtship. (Read by Lee Hannon. Lee Hannon is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
距離英國威廉王子大婚還有4個月之久，但首批官方紀(jì)念品已于本周一開始出售。據(jù)悉，這套婚禮紀(jì)念瓷器獲得了威廉王子及未婚妻的個人認(rèn)可。 威廉王子辦公室表示，這套紀(jì)念品由負(fù)責(zé)收藏皇家藝術(shù)品的皇室部門委托制做，并在英格蘭中部素有英國瓷都之稱的特倫特河畔斯托克生產(chǎn)。 首批紀(jì)念品有三款瓷器，杯子、盤子和藥盒，均印有威廉和凱特盤繞在一起的名字首字母、威廉王子的皇冠徽章、以及婚期2011年4月29日。 紀(jì)念品在皇家宮殿和一家網(wǎng)站出售，所獲利潤將捐贈給負(fù)責(zé)管理皇家藝術(shù)品的慈善機構(gòu)——皇家珍藏。 威廉王子辦公室在一份聲明中說：“‘皇家珍藏’自威廉王子訂婚前后才開始設(shè)計紀(jì)念品，效率非常高。” 辦公室還表示，威廉王子和準(zhǔn)王妃都認(rèn)可了這套結(jié)婚紀(jì)念品。 上周六，威廉王子攜準(zhǔn)王妃凱特?米德爾頓在英格蘭東部參加了一場癌癥慈善籌款活動，這是自兩人宣布訂婚后首次公開亮相。 在相戀多年后，兩人將于明年4月29日在威斯敏斯特教堂舉辦婚禮。 相關(guān)閱讀 英國準(zhǔn)新娘擔(dān)心皇室婚禮搶風(fēng)頭 威廉王子成為飛行員 米德爾頓現(xiàn)身畢業(yè)典禮 （中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Julie 編輯：馮明惠） |
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Vocabulary: coronet: any small crown, esp one worn by princes or peers as a mark of rank（冠冕，寶冠） curate: select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition)（保管藏品，負(fù)責(zé)藏品保管的人則稱為curator） |
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