Anthony Charles Blair 安东尼•查尔斯•林顿•布莱尔

Part One

【词汇扫描】
illegitimate 私生子
adopt 收养
descend from 是…的后裔

【逐句对照】
Blair was born at the Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh,
Scotland on 6 May 1953,
the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair.
Leo Blair, the illegitimate son of two English actors,
was adopted by a Glasgow shipyard worker
named James Blair and his wife Mary,
whilst Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden,
a butcher and Orangeman
originally of Ballyshannon who moved to Glasgow in 1916
and died at a young age in 1923.
He was from a family of Protestant farmers in County Donegal,
Ireland,
who descended from Scottish settlers
who took their name from Garscadden,
now part of Glasgow.

【多学一点】
illegitimate 违法的
illegal
illegitimate child 私生子
The agency made illegitimate use of public funds.
il
legal 合法
illegal 非法
illegitimate
legitimate 合法的，合理的
He is the legitimate heir to the property.
adopt 采用，采纳
The manager decided to adopt a new idea.
adopt 收养
Since they can't have their own baby,
they decided to adopt one from the orphanage.
adapt
adapt oneself to 适应…
We tries to adapt ourselves to the city life.
descend 源于，来自于
from
Men descend from ape-men.
descendant 子孙，后裔

Part Two

【词汇扫描】
take on holiday 去度假
resort 度假区

【逐句对照】
The Blair family was often taken on holiday to Rossnowlagh,
a beach resort near Hazel's hometown of Ballyshannon
which is the venue of the main Orange order parade
in the Republic of Ireland.
Tony Blair has one elder brother, William Blair,
who is a barrister and a Queen's Counsel (QC),
and a younger sister, Sarah.
Blair spent the first 19 months of his life in Edinburgh.
During this period his father worked as a junior tax inspector
whilst also studying for a law degree from the University of
Edinburgh.
His family spent years in the 1950s living in Adelaide,
Australia,
where his father was a lecturer in law at the University of
Adelaide.
The Blairs lived close to the university, in the suburb of
Dulwich.

【多学一点】
take on holiday
go on holiday
resort 胜地，常去的地方
beach resort 海滨胜地
summer resort 避暑胜地
resort 常去…
resort to seaside

【故事原文】
Blair was born at the Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh,
Scotland on 6 May 1953,
the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair.
Leo Blair, the illegitimate son of two English actors,
was adopted by a Glasgow shipyard worker
named James Blair and his wife Mary,
whilst Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden,
a butcher and Orangeman originally of Ballyshannon
who moved to Glasgow in 1916 and died at a young age in 1923.
He was from a family of Protestant farmers in County Donegal,
Ireland,
who descended from Scottish settlers
who took their name from Garscadden,
now part of Glasgow.
The Blair family was often taken on holiday to Rossnowlagh,
a beach resort near Hazel's hometown of Ballyshannon
which is the venue of the main Orange order parade
in the Republic of Ireland.
Tony Blair has one elder brother, William Blair,
who is a barrister and a Queen's Counsel,
and a younger sister, Sarah.
Blair spent the first 19 months of his life
(at the family home in Paisley Terrace) in Edinburgh.
During this period his father worked as a junior tax inspector
whilst also studying for a law degree from the University of
Edinburgh.
His family spent (three and a half) years
in the 1950s living in Adelaide, Australia,
where his father was a lecturer in law at the University of
Adelaide.
The Blairs lived close to the university, in the suburb of
Dulwich.