Kensington Palace released two photographs of the young British royal family Monday. The family was in the midst of the “Sensational Butterflies” exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, as several dozen live butterflies hovered in the distance.

The Duke and Duchess also issued a statement thanking members of the public for the hundreds of presents, cards and letters of good wishes they have received since their son’s birth last July.

In his short life, Prince George has reportedly received more than 4,000 presents from 48 countries ranging from normal baby wear to the much more bizarre. He has been given everything from an Aston Villa hat to a fattened bull. The chief minister of Australia’s Northern Territory named a crocodile after the Prince, to whom it now officially belongs.

“We would like to take this opportunity on George’s first birthday to thank everyone over the last year, wherever we have met them, both at home and overseas, for their warm and generous good wishes to George and our family,” they said.

Although keen to ensure that their son is allowed to grow up away from the spotlight, William and Kate acknowledged that they needed to mark the future king’s special day with a public gesture.

The Duchess was, however, determined to ensure that one of their patronages would benefit from the occasion, and chose to visit the Natural History Museum’s pop-up tropical house, full of live, free-flying butterflies and moths. She became patron of the museum in April last year.

According to his parents, George is already “racing around and opening doors” at their Kensington Palace apartment, in advance of many of his peers.

He has a fine set of lungs on him, makes bath-time “quite painful” but adores his “best buddy,” Lupo the spaniel.

    乔治王子过周岁 王室发布照片

    肯辛顿宫周一公布了两张剑桥公爵一家的照片。照片是他们在参观英国自然历史博物馆的“绝妙的蝴蝶”展览时拍摄，可以看到数十只蝴蝶在远处翩翩起舞。

    剑桥公爵夫妇同日发表声明，向自去年七月乔治出生以来所有给小王子送来礼物、贺卡和贺信的人致以谢意。

    据报道，在他短短的生命里，乔治小王子收到了来自全球48个国家的4000多份礼物，有普通的婴儿服饰，也有古怪的东东。他收到的礼物有阿斯顿维拉足球俱乐部的帽子，也有一头肥牛。

    澳大利亚北领地部长把一只鳄鱼命名为“乔治”，这只鳄鱼现在归乔治所有。

    “我们想借乔治周岁生日的机会向所有人表示感谢。乔治出生一年来，不论是在国内还是海外，我们全家都收到了大家温暖、慷慨的美好祝愿。”

    尽管威廉和凯特努力确保他们的儿子能够不必在公众注视下长大，他俩承认对于未来国王的生日还是有必要和大家一起庆祝。

    不过凯特决定得利用这个机会让他们资助的项目也沾点光，所以选择参观自然历史博物的热带展厅，里面满是翩翩飞舞的蝴蝶和蛾子。去年四月起凯特开始资助这家博物馆。

    据他的父母说，乔治比其他同龄小朋友发育早，已经在他们肯辛顿宫的家里已经跑来跑去，开门关门了。

    乔治哭闹时一副大嗓门，让洗澡这件事变得很痛苦，不过他非常热爱他的小伙伴，一只叫Lupo的西班牙猎犬。

  Words to Learn 相关词汇  

【公众的关注】

gōngzhòng de guānzhù

spotlight

focus of attention

【有一副大嗓门】

yǒu yīfù dà sǎngměn

have a fine set of lungs

can cry very loudly