Mia: earlier this evening, I have every intention of giving up my claim to the throne and my mother helped me by telling me that it was ok and by supporting me like she has for my entire life. But then I wondered how I'd feel after abdicating my role as princess of Genovia. Would I feel relieved or would I feel sad? And then I realized how many stupid times a day I use the word "I"? In fact, perhaps all I ever do is think about myself. And how lame is that when there's like 7 million other people are there on the planet. Sorry, sorry. I'm going too fast. But then I thought if I cared about the other 7 million out there instead of just me. That's probably a much better use of my time. See, if I were princess of Genovia, then my thoughts and the thoughts of people smarter than me would be much better heard and just maybe those thoughts could be turned into actions. So this morning when I woke up I was Mia Thermopolis. But now I choose to be forevermore Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, princess of Genovia.
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1. (earlier this evening, I have every intention of giving up my claim to the throne) 這裡呢我們要學習兩個單詞intention和claim。Intention意思是目的意圖，比如，我還沒有結婚的打算，I have no intention of marrying yet. Claim的意思是要求主張，那麼claim to the throne 意思就是要求繼承王位。另外claim還有常用的表示索賠的意思：He claimed on the insurance after he had a car accident. 我出車禍後就向保險公司索賠了。claimed on the insurance向保險公司索賠；如果大家經常聽我們的廣播新聞，你們也許會注意到claim還經常表示奪取生命的意思：The Tsunami last year claimed tens of thousands of people's lives. 去年的印度洋海嘯奪取了成千上萬人的生命。其Ok, 那麼整句話的意思就是：今天早上早寫時候，我還堅定的計劃放棄繼承王位的權力。
2. (But then I wondered how I'd feel after abdicating my role as princess of Genovia.) 這裡我們要學習單詞abdicate，意思是退位，放棄，辭職。那麼abdicate my role as princess of Genovia意思就是放棄做基諾維亞公主的權力。 但是我想知道如果我放棄了公主的爵位我會感覺怎樣？
A: who will be King if Mia abdicated the claim to the throne?
B: one of her very far relatives.
3. (Would I feel relieved or would I feel sad?) 這裡呢relieved的意思是放心的，得到安慰的。比如，你去醫院看病，the doctor told you that had nothing serious. Then you would feel relieved. 另外大家也可一記住relieved的名詞形式relief，表示名詞意義的痛苦減輕和安慰。It's a relief.
4. (And how lame is that when there's like 7 billion other people are there on the planet.) 這裡lame的意思是站不住腳的，沒有說服理的，比如沒有說服力的藉口，a lame excuse. 那麼整句話的意思就是：與這另外的7百萬人相比，這是多麼的站不住腳，缺乏說服力啊。
A: I'm sorry for being late. I was caught in the traffic jam.
B: another lame excuse!
5. (But now I choose to be forevermore Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, princess of Genovia.)這裡面單詞forevermore意思是永遠的，語氣比forever更強。 但是呢我現在選擇做永遠的Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi，基諾維亞的公主。
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Mia: earlier this evening, I have every intention of giving up my claim to the throne and my mother helped me by telling me that it was ok and by supporting me like she has for my entire life. But then I wondered how I'd feel after abdicating my role as princess of Genovia. Would I feel relieved or would I feel sad? And then I realized how many stupid times a day I use the word "I"? In fact, perhaps all I ever do is think about myself. And how lame is that when there's like 7 million other people are there on the planet. Sorry, sorry. I'm going too fast. But then I thought if I cared about the other 7 million out there instead of just me. That's probably a much better use of my time. See, if I were princess of Genovia, then my thoughts and the thoughts of people smarter than me would be much better heard and just maybe those thoughts could be turned into actions. So this morning when I woke up I was Mia Thermopolis. But now I choose to be forevermore Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, princess of Genovia. 
