（每日一读）2014年2月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 社会生活 英国两王子投身抗洪救灾工作

英国两王子投身抗洪救灾工作英国《每日邮报》网站报道，2 月 14 日，威廉和哈里王子前往洪水危机前线，投身抗洪救灾工作。 Princes William and Harry today joined the flood relief effort by helping soldiers to lay sandbags in Datchet. The brothers secretly joined members of Harry's Household Cavalry regiment（团，大量） to shore up the defences just a stone's throw from the Queen's residence, Windsor Castle. Their trip to the front line of the crisis is reportedly the second intervention into the flooding crisis by the Royal Family, after the monarch apparently criticised the Government's response to the disaster. According to sources, William and Harry had been keen to play a part for some days but did not want to publicise their presence for fear of distracting from the crisis facing householders. They joined military personnel at 6am this morning and had hoped to stay working all day. But by mid morning, word of their presence had already slipped out. Harry was wearing his army fatigues（疲劳，杂役） while William was in 'civilian' dress. A royal aide said: 'This is not something they wanted publicised and it was only decided on Wednesday night. 'They were very keen to help with the flood relief effort and thought that joining the military would be the best way.' A Buckingham Palace spokesman told MailOnline: 'They joined the Household Cavalry this morning from 6am and they have been helping to build walls of sandbags.' William and Harry later left the office of Datchet Parish Council and got into a car alongside military personnel to continue the relief effort. Parish clerk Graham Leaver said: 'They were very involved and wanting to know what was going on. They have been in Datchet and the area and I th...