中英對照讀新聞》Kiko turns 56, yearns to take a stroll with daughter Mako 滿56歲的紀子妃渴望與女兒一同漫步

日本皇子妃紀子的生日願望是與已嫁為平民婦的長女真子一同在花園漫步。圖為日本宮內廳提供、攝於8月18日的紀子。（路透）

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Crown Princess Kiko marked her 56th birthday on Sept. 11 by saying she looks forward to the day she can take a stroll with her daughter, the former Princess Mako, now known simply as Mrs. Komuro following her marriage to a commoner.

（日本）皇子妃紀子9月11日歡度56歲生日時說，她期待有朝一日與因為下嫁平民、如今僅被稱為小室太太的前真子公主一同漫步。

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“I cannot directly meet my daughter right now, but in the meantime I tend to the plants in our garden and want to create banksia rose arches in the hope of sauntering with her here one day,” Kiko said in a written reply to questions submitted by reporters prior to her birthday.

「我現在無法直接跟我女兒見面，但當我在花園裡拾花弄草時，我想打造一座木香花拱門，期盼有朝一日能與她在此溜達，」紀子以書面回覆記者在她壽辰前的提問時如是說。

Mako was obliged to relinquish her imperial title upon her marriage last October to her college sweetheart Kei Komuro. The couple live in New York.

真子去年10月嫁給大學男友小室圭後依規定放棄皇室頭銜。兩人如今定居紐約。

The Banksia rose was Mako’s signature mark when she was a princess and is a favorite flower of her parents, Crown Prince Fumihito and Kiko.

木香花是真子還是公主時的徽印圖案，也是其雙親文仁親王與紀子妃最喜歡的花。

新聞辭典

yearn：動詞，渴望，切盼，渴求。

take a stroll：片語，散步，漫步；stroll，動詞，名詞，散步，溜搭，閒逛。例句：Taking a stroll after every meal is good for your health.（每餐飯後散步有益健康。）

relinquish：動詞，放棄，拒絕，交出，讓與。例句：Edward VIII relinquished his throne to marry a twice-divorced American woman.（愛德華八世放棄王位以便與一名離過兩次婚的美國婦女結婚。）

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