当威廉与其他年青的志愿者们一起满腔热情地投身到工作当中时，一点也看不出他贵为王子的身份。
从伊顿毕业后的这一年休学时间里，威廉体会到了远离公众视线，以普通人的方式生活所带来的充分自由和快乐。皇室的出身和命运一直是他想要逃避的现实。
2001年9月，威廉打破了皇室传统，开始在圣安德鲁大学学习艺术史，显示出他特立独行的性格。他并没有去参加“新生周”，因为他开玩笑说“我想我可能会喝得烂醉如泥，不知生死的”。尽管家人是他最亲密的知己，威廉也确实有非常要好而且值得信赖的朋友。只有当他与这些朋友呆在一起的时候，才会无所顾忌。
威廉如今在圣安德鲁大学就读二年级，并与几个朋友一起搬进了一座学生公寓，这让他更为开心。他通常会晨跑，打高尔夫，然后上当地的印度餐馆买外卖。
威廉被传与许多女孩子有过绯闻，她们中许多都来自马球俱乐部。他的第一个女朋友据说叫阿拉贝拉·姆斯格雷，有人看见他们在当地的几个酒吧里喝过酒，但在威廉上大学以后两人的关系便告结束。毫不奇怪，威廉总是对他约会过的女孩子的身份严格保密，这既是出于保护自己，也是为了保护对方。
卡米拉·朗（作家）：如果他要和一个钟情的女孩子见面，通常会有一个非常复杂的程序：他会去参加一个聚会，而那个女孩子也会出现在那里，而主人往往并不认识她，只有他俩明白双方之间非同一般的关系。这个过程秘而不宣，控制得相当好。
大学毕业后，威廉可能会去军队服役，以便尽可能延续他努力维持的普通人生活。不出所料，他拒绝了所有为他21周岁生日搞公开庆祝活动的提议，而要和朋友们搞一个私人聚会。威廉对皇室宿命的抵制，使得有些人揣测他最终会拒绝接受在皇室家族里扮演的角色，但是威廉王子冷静的头脑和无畏的精神意味着他也许会最终接受自己的命运并为之努力奋斗。
注释:
1) breeze v. 轻而易举地取得
2) A-level 大学预科
3) prefect n. 英国公学中的级长，班长
4) Cirencester Polo Club 西兰斯特马球俱乐部。成立于1894年，是英国历史最长的马球俱乐部。
5) Raleigh International 雷利国际。这是一个慈善机构，成立于1984年，旨在让年轻人通过在世界各地的环保和社区项目进行义务劳动，提高自己的自信力，学会与他人合作。
6) muck in 浑身是泥，这里指威廉王子与其他人融成一体。
7) trappings n. 外部标志
8) confidant n. 密友，知己
9) pursue v. 追求
10) level-headedness 头脑冷静，稳健
11) knuckle down 开始认真工作
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc02-03》★★
Harry Potter& The Order of The Phoenix
There are books ... and there’s Harry Potter!
They’re the biggest phenomenon in the history of publishing: two hundred million copies about a boy who discovers he’s a world famous 1)wizard. They’re sold in over 200 countries and translated into over 50 languages. Beyond the books is an industry: films, dolls, games and merchandise, making hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
All this from an idea, which wandered into mind of the then pretty penniless, J. K. Rowling, as she sat on a train. She imagined his story as a series of seven books, each spanning a year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, goes on sale in twenty-eight and a half hours. It’s confidently expected to have the biggest 2)print run in history.
Interviewer: So this is it, is it?
Rowling: This is it, yeah.
Interviewer: How many pages?
Rowling: How many pages ... Seven hundred and sixty-six.
Interviewer: Seven hundred and sixty-six. You want to read the first sentence? Actually we know what the first sentence is.
Rowling: Oh, you know what the first sentence is. I could read you a random sentence. Uhm, ... No, not that one. That gives way too much away. You can have... “’Yes, but I think we ought to vote on it properly,’ said Hermione, 3)unperturbed.”
Interviewer: A very Hermione sort of thing to say, isn’t it?
Rowling: It is a very Hermione sentence, isn’t it?
Interviewer: Are we going to discover, in Book Five, why, for example, Voldemort has such an 4)animus against Harry’s parents?
Rowling: Yes.
Interviewer: Can you give us a clue as to ...?
Rowling: No. It’s not long now, come on. (Laugh) Yes, you do find that out in Book Five.
Interviewer: What else are you willing to tell us about what’s in Book Five?
Rowling: Uuuhmmm, whewww. Uhh, ... Obviously a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
Interviewer: Is that going to be a woman?
Rowling: Yes. And it’s not Fleur, which everyone on the Internet 5)speculates about. And it’s not, .... Who’s the other one they keep asking about? ... Uhm ....
Interviewer: ... can’t remember.
Rowling: ... Mrs. Figg. It’s not Mrs. Figg. I’ve read both of those.
Interviewer: Are we going to discover anything more about Snape and ...?
Rowling: Yes.
Interviewer: ... and Harry’s mother?
Rowling: Mmm...
Interviewer: Did he have a crush on Harry’s mother? 6)Unrequited love? Anything like that?
Rowling: Hence, his ... hence his animosity to Harry?
Interviewer: Yes.
Rowling: You speculate?
Interviewer: I speculate, yes. I’m just asking whether you can tell us?
Rowling: No. I can’t tell you. But you do, you do find out more about Snape. And, uhm, yeah, quite a lot more about him actually.
Interviewer: And is there going to be a death in this book?
Rowling: Yeah, horrible, horrible ...
Interviewer: A horrible death of a ...
Rowling: Um Hmm.
Interviewer: ...of a significant figure.
Rowling: Um Hmm. Yeah. I went into the kitchen, having done it, uhm, ...
Interviewer: What, killed this person?
Rowling: Yeah. Well, I’d rewritten the death ... uhm ... and rewritten and that was it. It was definitive, and the person was definitely dead. And I walked into the kitchen crying, and 7)Neil said to me, “What on earth is wrong?” And I said, “Well, I’ve just killed the per ...” He ... Neil doesn’t know who the person is, but I said, “I’ve just killed the person.” And he said, “Well, don’t do it then.” I thought, he’s a doctor, you know, and I said, “Well, it just doesn’t work like that. You, ... writing children’s books you need to be ruthless killer.”
Interviewer: Is it going to upset people?
Rowling: Hmm, yes. Upset me! Well, I ... you know, I always ... knew it was coming, but I managed to live in denial, and carry on with the character and not think about it.
Interviewer: So you know what is going to become of, really, all the major characters ...
Rowling: Um Hmm.
Interviewer: ... over the span of the series.
Rowling: Yeah. Yeah.
Interviewer: Why stop when they ... grow up? Might be interesting to know what becomes of Harry as an adult.
Rowling: How do you know he’ll still be alive?
Interviewer: Oh, ... Oh, the end of Book Seven.
Rowling: Be one way to kill off the merchandising.
Interviewer: That really would be killing the golden goose, wouldn’t it?
Interviewer: Has Book Five, that’s the thing that’s the size of a house of brick ...
Rowling: Yes.
Interviewer: It was originally much longer than that, was it?
Rowling: No. Actually it wasn’t. Uhm ... it’s about the size I ... no, that’s not even true. Originally, I think it would be slightly shorter than Goblet of Fire. And uhm, ... what is the phrase the tale grew in the telling? It did. Uhm, the thing is I’ve got so much now, so much back-story to tell. Uhm, but I doubt -- I really mean it this time - Six will not need to be that long. It won’t need to be that long.
《哈利·波特与凤凰社 》
世界上有许多书……还有《哈利·波特》。
《哈利·波特》系列是出版史上最不可思议的现象：关于一个小男孩发现自己是世界上有名巫师的故事已卖了两亿本。哈利·波特系列被译成五十多种文字，人们可以在两百多个国家买到它。而且除了书外，哈利·波特已形成了一个产业：电影、洋娃娃、游戏和其它相关商品，这个产业每年利润高达数亿英镑。
而这一切都来自一个想法。当时身无分文的J·K·罗琳坐在火车上，脑子里有了这个想法，她把这个想法构思成共有七本书的系列，每书写的是在霍格沃茨魔法学校里的一年发生的事。
这个系列的第五部《哈利·波特与凤凰社》28个半小时后就上市了，几乎可以肯定的是这将会是历史上印量最大的书。
问：这就是第五部，对吗？
罗琳：对，正是。
问：共有多少页？
罗琳：多少页？766页。
问：766页。你愿不愿意把书的第一句话给我们听？其实我们早就知道这句话了。
罗琳：哦，你早已知道第一句话了。我随便给你念一句吧。嗯，这句不行，这会泄露太多的事情，念这句吧：“‘是的，但我认为我们要认真地为这事投票，’赫敏镇定地说。”
问：这是一句很有典型赫敏风格的话，对不对？
罗琳：是的，这正是赫敏会说的话。
问：在第五本书里，我们会不会知道伏地魔对哈利的父母怀有敌意的原因？
罗琳：会的。
问：你能不能先透露一点……？
罗琳：不能。你很快就会知道了，（笑）不过你会在第五本书里找到答案。
问：那么，第五本书里的内容你现在究竟能说多少？
罗琳：嗯，呃，很显然，书里要有一位黑魔法防御术老师。
问：是一位女性？
罗琳：是的，嗯，但不是互联网上普遍猜测的弗莱尔，不是的，他们猜测的另一个人是谁？
问：……不记得。
罗琳：……是费格夫人。也不是她。关于对这两人的猜测我都看过。
问：我们是不是会知道更多关于斯内普和……？
罗琳：对。
问：……和哈利的母亲？
罗琳：嗯……
问：他是不是看上了哈利的母亲？是无结果的爱？有没有这样的事？
罗琳：结果，结果引起了他对哈利的敌意？
问：对。
罗琳：你是这样猜测的？
问：对，我只是想问一下，你……会不会把答案告诉我？
罗琳：不行，我不能告诉你。不过在这本书中，你会对斯内普有更多的了解，还在，嗯……其实书中有许多关于他的事。
问：书中有人死吗？
罗琳：有，很可怕，非常可怕……
问：这可怕的死亡是……
罗琳：嗯……
问：一个重要人物之死？
罗琳：嗯，对，我……我走进厨房，那是我刚刚，呃……
问：什么？是杀了这个人后？
罗：对，我重写了这个死亡故事……呃……然后又重写，然后就完了，这次是很确定的……这个确实是死了。我哭着走进厨房……尼尔问我：“怎么回事？”我说；“我刚刚写完那个人死去的部分。”尼尔并不知道这个人是谁，而我只是说：“我把这个人杀了。”他说：“那就不要这样写嘛。”我想，他是一名医生，所以……我说：“故事必须这样发展。写儿童读物要残忍一点，要做杀手。”
问：这会让读者不高兴吗？
罗琳：呃，会吧，我也不高兴，你看，我……我一直都知道会有这一天，但我却不肯面对，把这个人物一直往下写，力图不去想这事。
问：你知道书中所有主要人物最后的结果，对不对？
罗琳：是。
问：这是在整个系列的过程中发生的。
罗琳：是的，是的。
问：为什么不在人物长大时收笔呢？知道哈利成人后是什么样子肯定很有意思。
罗琳：你怎么知道他还活着？
问：哦……哦，这会发生在第七部书的最后？
罗琳：这可是破坏书宣传营销的一个好办法。
问：这是杀鸡取卵，对不对？
问：第五部像砖头那么厚……
罗琳：是的。
问：原来构想更长，是不是？
罗琳：不，原本只是……关于书的长度，不，那也不对。原本以为比《火焰杯》略短，那话怎说？故事越说越长，的确是。问题是我有许多背景要交代，但这次说真的，第六部不必那么长。
注释:
1) wizard n. 巫士，巫师
2) print run 印刷量
3) unperturbed a. 镇定不惊的，泰然自若的
4) animus n. 仇视，恶意。下面的animosity是它的名词形式。
5) speculate v. 推测
6) unrequited a. 无报答的
7) Neil 尼尔，罗琳的丈夫。
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc02-04》★★
The World’s Top Ten Destinations
1 Ankor Wat is part of a vast network of around a hundred ancient temples hidden deep in the Cambodian 1)jungle. A thousand years ago, this was a 2)thriving wooden 3)metropolis with a population in excess of a million people, at a time when London’s was just 80,000.
2 It’s Alaska, the forty-ninth state of America, a land of endless icefields, sweeping 4)tundra, 5)fjords and 6)volcanoes; twice the size of Texas, five times the size of Britain. If Manhattan had the same population 7)density, there would be only 16 people living there. And top of things to see in Alaska was, of course, the 8)aurora borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights.
3 Ah, Gay Paris! And over thirty years later, our love affair with Paris is still as passionate as ever. But if this is not your found, “9)formidable!” You said, “See the Eiffel Tower at least once in your lifetime.”
Tourist 1: To me, Paris is elegant, romantic, and expensive.
Tourist 2: Go in the spring, take a lover, and enjoy the art galleries.
4 The Masai Mara in Kenya was your all time favorite place to 10)spot African wildlife. Over four hundred thousand visitors a year come to see zebra, elephant, gazelle, lion and millions of wildebeest run wild.
5 Found in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula, and surrounded on all sides by vast rainforest, Chichen Itza was first populated around the sixth century AD by the Mayans. They were famed for their advanced mathematical knowledge and incredible understanding of the 11)solar system. 12)El Castillo is the most famous structure. This simple-looking building is, in fact, the Mayan calendar. Each staircase has 91 steps, which, added to the single step at the main entrance to the temple, amounts to 365.
6 This is the place to be seen, if you’re a Pharaoh. It was once the centre of Egyptian power, and it’s home to Tutankamun’s burial chamber. It’s Luxor, and you’ve called it the world’s greatest open-air museum.
7 In the middle of the Indian Ocean, with not a theme park, 13)multiplex, or multi-story car park to be found, it’s the Maldives.
These islands are actually the peaks of an ancient volcanic mountain range submerged by the sea. Now none of the peaks are more than six feet above sea level and only 200 are inhabited, making it, for many of you, the last 14)paradise on earth.
8 Now, we move swiftly into the top three.
I’m here in Walt Disney World, Florida. Yes, like all things in America, this place is pretty big.
Kids. Also a great excuse for grown-ups to hang out at Walt Disney World. They don’t have to admit they really wanta be here. Am I right? I’m right! We were shocked at how many big kids there were out there. Walt Disney World, Florida, proving a worthy, if somewhat surprisingly high entry at number 3, but one which also, was clearly, well-deserved. Well done, Mickey!
9 Well, for starters, it’s bigger than both Britain and Ireland. It can be seen from outer space. It is the largest structure made up entirely of living organisms in the world, and no human has ever lived there. It is the great, the 15)gargantuan, the 16)gorgeous, “Great Barrier Reef.”
Two thousand nine hundred coral reefs and 1,000 islands stretch over 2,000 kilometers off the Queensland coast in northeastern Australia. You are 17)dazzled by its outstanding coral displays, pristine white beaches, and crystal blue water.
10 When it comes to destinations you want it big. And it doesn’t come bigger than this. It’s beyond expectations! It’s beyond comprehension! The most amazing sight in the world! Make sure this is the one place you see in your lifetime. It’s number one. It’s the Grand Canyon!
The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most impressive geological 18)feats. Layer upon layer of different rocks 19)recede down into the Grand Canyon and back through time, until the 20)strata, at the river, revealed some of the oldest exposed rocks on earth. And, it’s getting deeper at an estimated rate of 50 feet per million years.
I came here armed with facts and figures, like, it’s 277 miles long, it’s a mile deep, and in some places 18 miles wide, but none of those statistics-no, none of them-can prepare you for this sight. It is a truly beautiful thing.
Every year millions of people visit the canyon and the majority do exactly what I’m doing now. They find a point-any point-and stand, and stare... from sunrise ... ‘til sunset.
带你游世界非常十景
首先，请往这儿看-
深藏在丛林中的吴哥窟是柬埔寨百余座的古代庙宇中的一部份。一千多年前，这里是兴旺的木建筑大都市，人口超过一百万，而当时伦敦才只有8万人。
好！穿上厚衣服，去看世界独一无二的景色。
这是阿拉斯加，美国的第四十九个州。这里有一望无际的冰川、连绵的冻原、峡湾及火山，其面积是得克萨斯州的两倍、英国的五倍。如果纽约曼哈顿的人口密度也和这里一样的话，那里只会有16个人居住。当然，在阿拉斯加最值一看的当属北极光。
现在，我们到大西洋的另一边。
啊，快乐的巴黎！情迷巴黎三十年都热情未减。如果你没有同样的感受，那真是不可思议！你也会说，“这一生至少要看一次艾菲尔铁塔。”
游客甲：对我来说，巴黎优雅、浪漫，而且昂贵。
游客乙：去巴黎要在春天去，带上爱人，去尽情欣赏艺术馆。
好，各位，放眼望去，你都看见些什么？
如果你想观赏非洲野生动物，肯尼亚的马赛－马拉就是你全天候的最好去处。这里每年有超过40万游客来这里看斑马、大象、瞪羚、狮子及数百万的非洲野生牛羚在原野狂奔。
现在，我们看看古人留给我们的两处遗迹。
奇琴伊察位于尤卡坦半岛的中心，周围遍布着大片的雨林。在公元6世纪左右，玛雅人就开始在此居住。他们因掌握了先进的数学知识以及对太阳系的不可思议的了解而闻名于世。城堡是这里最著名的建筑物。这座简朴的建筑其实是玛雅人的日历。它里面的每一个楼梯有91级步阶，加上在殿堂大门的一级，总数是365级。
如果你是法老的话，我们就能在这里找到你。这里曾经是古埃及的权力中心，同时也是古埃及国王图坦卡蒙的墓室。这里正是卢克索，人们称之为世界上最大的户外博物馆。
依我看，下面这个景点绝对胜过夏威夷！
在印度洋的中部，有一个地方看不到主题公园、多功能影剧院、或多层停车场，这就是马尔代夫。
马尔代夫群岛实际上是被大海淹没的一个古老火山山脉的山峰群。现在，这些山峰的高度都不超过海拔6英尺，并且只有200多个岛屿有人居住，在很多人心目中，她成为地球上最后的乐园。
请留意，三个最佳景点马上就到！
现在，让我们赶紧去参观前三名的景点。
现在我在佛罗里达的迪斯尼世界。是的，就像美国的所有东西一样，这个地方非常大。
带孩子们上这儿来是使成年人留连在迪斯尼世界的一个很好借口, 他们不需承认自己实际上很想来这里。我说得对吗？当然对啦！看到有这么多成人在这里，我们感到吃惊。虽然它能名列第三是多少有点让人意外，不过，佛罗里达迪斯尼世界以她本身的价值，证明自己是当之无愧的。米奇，做得好！
下面，我们一起欣赏大自然的杰作吧！
首先，这个地方的面积比英国和爱尔兰加起来的面积还要大，你从太空也能看见它。这是世界上完全由生物机体组成的最大构筑物，但从来没有人类在那里居住。她就是美妙、巨大而绚丽的大堡礁。
在澳大利亚东北部的昆士兰州对开的海里，两千九百个珊瑚礁及一千个岛屿连绵2000多公里，你会为那独特的珊瑚阵、那质朴的白沙滩及晶莹的大海所陶醉。
好了，都准备好了吗？
说到游览景点，人们总希望它大，接下来这景点是大得不能再大了，它大得超出你的想像，简直不可思议。它是世界上最令人惊叹的景色，是你一生中一定要来看一次的地方。它是我们排行榜上的第一名，它就是大峡谷！
大峡谷是世界上最令人难忘的地貌之一。一层层各种各样的岩石铺叠着一直深入到峡谷之中，直至地层，追逐着时光的变迁，在河床中显露着一些地球上最古老的岩石。并且，岩层还在向下延伸，速度估计是每百万年50英尺。
我有备而来，带着资料和数据，比如：峡谷长277英里，一英里深，在某些地段有18英里宽。但即使有了这些统计数据，你也会在这伟大奇观面前惊讶无比，它确实是一个妙不可言的地方。
每年有数百万人来参观大峡谷，大多数人都与我现在一样，做着同一件事。这就是，找一个位置--任何一个位置都可以--站在那里，凝视着，从日出直到日落。
注释:
1) jungle n. 丛林
2) thriving a. 繁荣的
