A prince becomes an emperor
日本德仁天皇 皇太子終繼位 開啟令和年代
A little over a year ago, on May 1, 2019, Prince Naruhito became His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. The day before, Naruhito's father, Akihito, had abdicated. He was the first living Japanese emperor in two centuries to leave the throne. While Akihito's resignation had been planned for several years, Naruhito had spent his whole life preparing for that day in May.
Naruhito, born on February 23, 1960, enjoyed a happy, active childhood. He grew up playing sports and music - and, of course, training to be Japan's monarch. At the age of 14, he spent time living with an English-speaking family in Australia.
Indeed, he learned English well enough that in 1983 he was able to begin studying at Oxford University in England. During his three years European countries and met many royal families. He later wrote a book about his experiences away from home. Much of the book is based on the English diaries he kept while at Oxford. There is no doubt that he enjoyed his time overseas.
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resign to your fate 就是放棄掙扎，接受一項事實或是命運的安排。
Hello, friends. Welcome back to Info Cloud. Have you ever felt like you didn't have any options and had to just accept things as they were? Well, today we want to talk about the word resigned.
The verb resign means to give up something. When you are resigned to something, however, it means that you accept or tolerate something even though you don't want to.
This phrase also conveys the idea that this something cannot be changed.
Here's an example. Eddy's test scores weren't good enough to get into the university he wanted. He resigned himself to his fate of getting a job instead of going to school.
Eddy's test can't be retaken, and there's no way for him to get into his desired school. Getting a job is his only option. Being resigned to his fate means that he has accepted this fact and will go on with that plan.
What other things can you resign yourself to?
You could resign yourself to a fact. That means you come to terms with something you didn't want to accept at first.
Amanda has resigned herself to the fact that she isn't going to grow any taller. And I resigned myself to the fact that our time is up for today.
很多人相信命運，也有一些人不喜歡被命運擺佈。今天要跟大家分享的用語是 resign to your fate，fate 就是命運，resign有辭職或是放棄的涵義。resign to your fate 就是放棄掙扎，接受一項事實或是命運的安排。Eddie’s resigned to his fate of needing to get a job. Eddie 接受必須開始出社會工作的事實。通常 resign to your fate 是用來表達你不得不接受或是承諾一件你不喜歡或是討厭的事情。
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majesty n. 陛下 (尊稱 Majesty )
Majesty [count] — used as a title for a king, queen, emperor, or empress — used with his, her, your, or their
- Their Majesties the King and Queen will be present at the ceremony.
國王與皇后陛下將會出席典禮。
majesty n. 雄偉、氣勢
a great and impressively beautiful quality
- I want to take a picture of the beautiful mountains, but it is impossible to completely capture their majesty.
我想拍下這幾座美麗的山，但是要完全抓住它們的氣勢是不可能的。
majestic adj. 雄偉的、壯麗的
large and impressively beautiful
- We were rushing to dinner, but then we saw the majestic sunset and had to stop and admire it.
我們趕著去吃晚餐，但是一看到壯麗的夕陽就停下來觀賞。
resign v. 辭掉工作、辭職
to give up (a job or position) in a formal or official way
- Anna resigned from the company in order to have more time with her family.
Anna 辭掉她的工作，為了能夠多陪她的家人。
resignation n. 辭職
/ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən/
an act of giving up a job or position in a formal or official way
- Everyone just heard about the manager’s resignation.
大家才剛剛聽到經理的辭職。
- People in the town are demanding for the mayor’s resignation after news of his scandal broke out.
在鎮長醜聞的新聞爆發後，鎮民們要求鎮長辭職。
resignation n. 不情願地接受一件事情
Bianca accepted the low paying job with resignation.
Bianca 很不情願地接受那薪資很低的工作。
monarch n. 君主 (國王、帝王、皇后)
/ˈmɑːˌnɑɚk/
a person (such as a king or queen) who rules a kingdom or empire
- The young monarch was greatly controlled by his uncle and could not make any decisions without his uncle’s approval.
年輕的國王完全被他的叔叔控制，做任何決定都需要他叔叔的准許。
- The 68-year old monarch came out and waved to his people.
這位68歲的國王出來，向他們的臣民揮手。
monarchy n. 君主制度
/ˈmɑnɚki/
a country that is ruled by a monarch (such as a king or queen)
- The people revolted and overthrew the monarchy.
人們起來反抗推翻了君主統治制度。
monarchist n.支持/擁護君主制度的人
/ˈmɑnɚkɪst/
a person who believes that a country should have a monarch (such as a king or queen) : a person who supports a monarch or monarchy
- The people in favor of establishing a republic soon found themselves in a heated argument with the monarchists.
支持共和體制的人們很快就跟擁護君主制度的人們吵起來。
abroad adv. 在國外地
in or to a foreign country
- Cheryl is studying abroad this semester, and she won’t return home until her final exams are over.
Cheryl 這學期在國外讀書，要等到期末考考完才會回家。
- Donnie is working abroad right now and he finds the whole experience both difficult and rewarding.
Donnie 正在國外工作，他覺得整個經驗不容易，收穫也不少。
abroad adv. 到國外
away from your home
- When Enzo found out he had a few extra free days, he decided to make a quick trip abroad.
當Enzo 知道他有多幾天的假期，他就決定來一趟短期的出國旅遊。
- Franklin didn’t like the idea of having to go abroad to purchase supplies for his company.
Franklin 對需要出國為公司購買材料感到不開心。
abdicate v. leave the throne
/ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt/
to leave the position of being a king or queen
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