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hi there it's Monday the 27th of April

大家好，今天是4月27日星期一

I'm Jenny

我是珍妮

and here's what's coming up today on BBC News round

接下来为您介绍今天BBC新闻综述的主要内容

moment

首先

a massive record was broken at the London Marathon

伦敦马拉松创下了一项惊人纪录

and we meet the bears having a splash in happy news

还有一则趣闻，我们来看正在戏水的熊们

but first today is King

不过先来关注，国王

Charles is in the United States

查尔斯目前人在美国

to meet with US President

他此行将会见美国总统

Donald Trump for a state visit

唐纳德·特朗普，此次为国事访问

during the trip

访问期间

the King will have a private meeting with Mr

国王将与先生举行私人会面

Trump a big formal dinner and also give a speech

特朗普，出席大型正式晚宴，还将发表演讲

to politicians

面向政界人士

so what is a state visit

那么，什么是国事访问？

and why is the King meeting the president now

为什么国王现在要会见总统呢？

well BBC royal correspondent Daniel Arel sent us this

接下来，BBC皇室通讯员丹尼尔·阿雷尔为我们带来报道

safe visits are really all about friendships

国事访问本质上核心就是两国友谊

they're about whether 2 countries like each other

它关乎两国是否彼此交好

or they are a spotlight on why they don't

也会凸显两国关系不和的原因

the king's visit to America is his first since

国王此次访美，是他继位后的首次

becoming king

而他继位

4 years ago

是在四年前

he's here to celebrate the 250th anniversary

他此行前来是为了庆祝250周年纪念

of American independence

美国独立

but he's also here because the UK

但他此行还有另一个原因：英国

government want him to be

政府希望他承担

they want him to promote the UK

他们希望他宣传英国

but also try to get the US president

同时还要设法让美国总统

to be a bit nicer about us

对我们的态度好一点

Donald Trump has been really critical

唐纳德·特朗普近来一直非常尖锐地批评

of the British Prime Minister

英国首相

Sakia Starma in recent weeks

萨基亚·斯塔默，就在最近几周

what was a pretty strong bond between them

他们二人原本十分牢固的关系

is now really tense

如今变得十分紧张

so the king

因此，国王

has a really tricky job on his hands trying to bring

现在手头有个非常棘手的任务，就是争取

President Trump back on side

特朗普总统重新站回我们这边

but the president

不过，这位总统

does always say he absolutely loves the royal family so

一直都明确表示他非常喜爱英国王室，所以

that will be really useful in this situation

这在当前情况下会非常有用

thanks Daniella

谢谢你，丹妮拉

so the king's visit is

所以国王此次访问是

extra

格外

important because it comes during a crucial moment

重要，因为它正值一个关键时刻

for what's often described as the special

关乎人们常说的特殊

relationship between the UK and the US

英美关系

but when did it start and have the 2 countries

但这段关系始于何时，两国是否

always been close

一直都关系密切

here's Nina with the full story

接下来妮娜将为我们讲述完整故事

what's the relationship between the UK

英国和

and the United States

美国是什么关系

well it's complicated

嗯，这说来复杂

when early European settlers arrived in America

早期欧洲殖民者抵达美洲时

some came for adventure some for land

有人为冒险而来，有人为土地而来

others for religious freedom

还有人为宗教自由而来

and many came from Britain

其中许多人都来自英国

but North America wasn't empty

但北美并非无人居住

native American communities already lived there

美洲原住民原本就生活在这里

and as settlements spread

随着定居点不断扩张

many were pushed off their land

许多人被赶出了自己的土地

and faced disease and conflict

还遭遇了疾病和冲突

13 British colonies were set up

13个英属殖民地相继建立

along america's east coast

沿美洲东海岸分布

the people living there paid British taxes

住在那里的居民要向英国纳税

followed British laws

遵守英国法律

and Britain still made big decisions for them

而且所有重大决策仍由英国决定

even from thousands of miles away

哪怕英国远在数千英里之外

some of the colonists began to disagree

一些殖民者开始不认同

with how they were being run by Britain

英国对他们的统治方式