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The chandeliers that light Nash' s rooms were made for George IV by the English glassmakers Parker and Perry. They' re cut from the finest leadedglass crystal to give the maximum sparkle. The thing is strikes me as you walk from room to room in Buckingham Palace is it' s just one fabulous chandelier after another. And presumably, anyone coming here could be no doubt that someone who had chandeliers like this was not only fabulously wealthy, but obviously very important. Yes, I mean they are absolutely a status symbol, the sort of peak of opulence, really. I know it' s a bit prosaic, but when I look at them I can' t help thinking, the nightmare of cleaning them. Well, it' s true. They do have to be dusted, so we have this cunning device. I wondered if you wanted to have a go at lowering the chandelier. And it' s very hightech, you just have to press the button. This isn' t going to be one of those Only Fools And Horses moments, is it? |
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zài yīng guó bō lí shāng pà kè hé pèi lǐ de bāng zhù xià, nà shí zài qiáo zhì de fáng jiān lǐ dōu zhuāng shàng le shuǐ jīng dēng. tā men qiē gē chū le zuì hǎo de qiān bō lí shuǐ jīng yǐ biàn néng fā chū zuì yào yǎn de guāng máng. ràng wǒ gǎn jué zhèn jīng de shì zǒu jìn měi yí gè bái jīn hàn gōng de fáng jiān, dōu yǒu yí gè jù dà de shuǐ jīng dēng, dà gài lái dào zhè lǐ de měi ge rén dōu bú huì huái yí, zhè lǐ de shuǐ jīng dēng bù jǐn jǐn shì xiǎn shì fù yǒu, hái shì xiǎn shì tā de zhòng yào xìng. shì de. zhè jué duì shì shēn fèn dì wèi de xiàng zhēng, hái yǒu nà wú yǔ lún bǐ de jù fù, kě néng wǒ de wèn tí yǒu diǎn wú qù, dàn wǒ kàn zhe zhèi xiē shuǐ jīng dēng bù jīn huì xiǎng, yào qīng jié zhèi xiē shuǐ jīng dēng, zhēn shì gè è mèng. duì, què shí shì. shuǐ jīng dēng yě huì zàng de, suǒ yǐ wǒ men yòng shàng le zhè zhǒng qiǎo miào de gōng jù. nǐ yǒu méi yǒu xìng qù shì xià, bǎ shuǐ jīng dēng fàng xià lái, fēi cháng gāo kē jì de, zhǐ xū yào àn yī xià àn niǔ jiù kě yǐ le. zhè yě zhǐ shì shǎ guā shì de gōng zuò, shì ba? |