英國(guó)王室的英語(yǔ)都很好？哈里王子沉默了
Prince Harry left tens of thousands of German schoolchildren distraught as they could not understand a single word of his speech in their final school exam.
哈利王子讓上萬(wàn)名德國(guó)小學(xué)生心煩意亂，因?yàn)樗麄兤谀┛荚嚨脑囶}中有哈利王子的演講，而他們一個(gè)詞都聽(tīng)不懂。
Students in the Western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia had to listen to a speech by Prince Harry as part of their final exams in English to finish their secondary school education.
德國(guó)西部州北萊因-威斯特伐利亞的學(xué)生不得不聽(tīng)哈利王子的演講來(lái)完成他們的中學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)，因?yàn)檫@是他們英語(yǔ)期末考試的一部分。
Yet local media reported that tens of thousands of pupils could not understand a single word of Prince Harry as he 'muttered' a lot in his speech.
然而，據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道，對(duì)于哈利王子的演講，上萬(wàn)名小學(xué)生一個(gè)詞都聽(tīng)不懂，因?yàn)樗葜v的許多內(nèi)容都“含糊不清”。
Teachers also complained that Prince Harry was mumbling too much.
老師們也抱怨哈利王子咕噥地太多。
Jochen Smets, spokesman of the German Educator’s organization, said: 'Even the bright students have failed in the exercises.'
德國(guó)教育家組織發(fā)言人約亨·斯梅茨表示：“甚至是最聰明的學(xué)生在考試中都失利了。”
Chairwoman Brigitte Balbach of the teacher's collective even went a step further and said that even teachers who have English as their mother tongue would have had problems understanding it.
教師聯(lián)盟主席布里奇特·巴爾巴克甚至更進(jìn)一步地表示連那些英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的老師都理解不了。
Dario Schramm from the town of Bergisch Gladbach was one of the many students who complained about Prince Harry's speech.
來(lái)自貝爾吉施格拉德巴赫鎮(zhèn)的達(dá)里奧·施拉姆是投訴哈里王子演講的眾多學(xué)生之一。
He launched a petition calling for a new exam to be taken and has already garnered more than 40,000 supporters within a few days.
他發(fā)起了一次請(qǐng)?jiān)富顒?dòng)，要求舉辦一場(chǎng)新的考試，而且在幾天的時(shí)間里，他就已經(jīng)得到了40,000多人的支持。
Mr Schramm said: 'One of four key aspects of the exam was the listening test. For this, we listened to two podcasts, including a speech by Prince Harry. Both podcasts were very difficult to understand, there were very loud background noises.'
施拉姆先生表示：“這場(chǎng)考試的四個(gè)重要方面之一就是聽(tīng)力考試。為此，我們聽(tīng)了兩段播客音頻，其中有哈里王子的一次演講。兩段播客音頻都很難理解，背景噪音特別大。”
Bernd Hinke, head of the Anne-Frank school in Dusseldorf, witnessed the desperation of the students up close.
杜塞爾多夫安妮弗蘭克中學(xué)校長(zhǎng)貝恩德·欣克近距離地目睹了學(xué)生們的絕望。
He said: 'The students were beside themselves, there were tears and great disappointment.'
他說(shuō)：“學(xué)生們特別傷心而且非常失望。”
Prince Harry left tens of thousands of German schoolchildren distraught as they could not understand a single word of his speech in their final school exam.
哈利王子讓上萬(wàn)名德國(guó)小學(xué)生心煩意亂，因?yàn)樗麄兤谀┛荚嚨脑囶}中有哈利王子的演講，而他們一個(gè)詞都聽(tīng)不懂。
Students in the Western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia had to listen to a speech by Prince Harry as part of their final exams in English to finish their secondary school education.
德國(guó)西部州北萊因-威斯特伐利亞的學(xué)生不得不聽(tīng)哈利王子的演講來(lái)完成他們的中學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)，因?yàn)檫@是他們英語(yǔ)期末考試的一部分。
Yet local media reported that tens of thousands of pupils could not understand a single word of Prince Harry as he 'muttered' a lot in his speech.
然而，據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道，對(duì)于哈利王子的演講，上萬(wàn)名小學(xué)生一個(gè)詞都聽(tīng)不懂，因?yàn)樗葜v的許多內(nèi)容都“含糊不清”。
Teachers also complained that Prince Harry was mumbling too much.
老師們也抱怨哈利王子咕噥地太多。
Jochen Smets, spokesman of the German Educator’s organization, said: 'Even the bright students have failed in the exercises.'
德國(guó)教育家組織發(fā)言人約亨·斯梅茨表示：“甚至是最聰明的學(xué)生在考試中都失利了。”
Chairwoman Brigitte Balbach of the teacher's collective even went a step further and said that even teachers who have English as their mother tongue would have had problems understanding it.
教師聯(lián)盟主席布里奇特·巴爾巴克甚至更進(jìn)一步地表示連那些英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的老師都理解不了。
Dario Schramm from the town of Bergisch Gladbach was one of the many students who complained about Prince Harry's speech.
來(lái)自貝爾吉施格拉德巴赫鎮(zhèn)的達(dá)里奧·施拉姆是投訴哈里王子演講的眾多學(xué)生之一。
He launched a petition calling for a new exam to be taken and has already garnered more than 40,000 supporters within a few days.
他發(fā)起了一次請(qǐng)?jiān)富顒?dòng)，要求舉辦一場(chǎng)新的考試，而且在幾天的時(shí)間里，他就已經(jīng)得到了40,000多人的支持。
Mr Schramm said: 'One of four key aspects of the exam was the listening test. For this, we listened to two podcasts, including a speech by Prince Harry. Both podcasts were very difficult to understand, there were very loud background noises.'
施拉姆先生表示：“這場(chǎng)考試的四個(gè)重要方面之一就是聽(tīng)力考試。為此，我們聽(tīng)了兩段播客音頻，其中有哈里王子的一次演講。兩段播客音頻都很難理解，背景噪音特別大。”
Bernd Hinke, head of the Anne-Frank school in Dusseldorf, witnessed the desperation of the students up close.
杜塞爾多夫安妮弗蘭克中學(xué)校長(zhǎng)貝恩德·欣克近距離地目睹了學(xué)生們的絕望。
He said: 'The students were beside themselves, there were tears and great disappointment.'
他說(shuō)：“學(xué)生們特別傷心而且非常失望。”
