摘要
The Queen’s 88th birthday has been marked across the UK with traditional gun salutes.A41-gun royal salute was fired in Green Park in London and a 62-gun salute from the Tower of London.Gunners from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery(皇家炮兵团)fired two 21-gun royal salutes at Edinburgh and Stirling Castles.It included 21 shots(开炮)for the Queen’s birthday,20 because it is a royal palace,and 21 to follow a tradition in which ships would fire their
The Queen＇s 88th birthday has been marked across the UK with traditional gun salutes. A41-gun royal salute was fired in Green Park in London and a 62-gun salute from the Tower of London. Gunners from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery（皇家炮兵团） fired two 21-gun royal salutes at Edinburgh and Stirling Castles. It included 21 shots （开炮） for the Queen＇s birthday, 20 because it is a royal palace; and 21 to follow a tradition in which ships would fire their guns before entering the City of London to show they were not： threaten- ing. Salutes were also fired in Northern Ireland and Wales.：The Queen is spending the day privately at Windsor.
出处
《大学英语》
2014年第10期F0002-F0002,共1页
College English
