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Being a princess
成为公主
Some times，I think that I would like to be a princess .
有时候我觉得我想成为公主。
A princess would live in a palace and wear beautiful clothes.
公主会住在宫殿里，穿着漂亮的衣服。
She would have servants to do chores for her, and she would probably marry a
handsome prince.
她会有佣人帮她做家务，她可能会嫁给一个英俊的王子。
People would recognize her.
人们会认出她。
They would wave to her as she drove by.
她开车经过时，他们会向她挥手致意。
It seems like it would be a lot of fun to be a princess.
看起来当公主会很有趣。
But maybe it wouldn’t be so nice.
但也许不会这么好。
Maybe it would be terrible to be recognized by everyone.
也许被大家认出来会很可怕。
Maybe a princess would feel like everyone was watching her.
也许公主会觉得每个人都在看着她。
She would have to look nice every time she left the palace.
她每次离开宫殿时都必须看起来很漂亮。
There would always be people with cameras who wanted to take her picture.
总是有人带着相机想给她拍照。
A princess would have no privacy.
公主没有隐私。
Even in her own palace there would be servants around, so she would never really be alone.
即使在她自己的宫殿里，周围也会有仆人，所以她永远不会真正孤独。
If I were a princess, I would worry about security for my family.
如果我是公主，我会担心家人的安全。
Sometimes, people who are in high positions are threatened by other people.
有时，身居高位的人会受到其他人的威胁。
That would be a worry.
这将会是一个担忧。
I’m not so sure that being a princess would be all that much fun.
我不确定当公主会有多有趣。
I think it might be better to be just a normal person like me.
我想做一个像我一样的普通人可能会更好。
I don’t have to worry about looking wonderful all the time.
我不必一直担心自己要看起来很漂亮。
People don’t follow me around and take my picture.
人们不会跟着我到处拍我的照片。
Whenever you see a picture of a princess, she is smiling.
每当你看到公主的照片，她都在微笑。
I wonder if she is smiling on the inside, or just smiling for the camera.
我想知道她是在内心微笑，还是只是对着镜头微笑。