英国女王伊丽莎白二世刚刚在国会发表演说，开启新一届国会会期。按规定她不能对任何政策问题发表自己的观点，所以她读的都是内阁事先草拟好的讲稿，大概就是政府新一年的工作方向。
不过女王的英语绝对的标准，听起来也是很享受的。文章用词相当严谨，绝对是练英文的好素材。
演讲原文：
My Lords and members of the House of Commons.
My government will legislate in the interests of everyone in our country. It will adopt a one nation approach, helping working people get on, supporting aspiration, giving new opportunities to the most disadvantaged and bringing different parts of our country together.
My government will continue with its long-term plan to provide economic stability and security at every stage of life. They will continue the work of bringing the public finances under control and reducing the deficit, so Britain lives within its means. Measures will be introduced to raise the productive potential of the economy and increase living standards.
Legislation will be brought forward to help achieve full employment and provide more people with the security of a job. New duties will require my ministers to report annually on job creation and apprenticeships. Measures will also be introduced to reduce regulation on small businesses so they can create jobs.
Legislation will be brought forward to ensure people working 30 hours a week on the National Minimum Wage do not pay income tax, and to ensure there are no rises in Income Tax rates, Value Added Tax or National Insurance for the next 5 years.
Measures will be brought forward to help working people by greatly increasing the provision of free childcare.
Legislation will be introduced to support home ownership and give housing association tenants the chance to own their own home.
Measures will be introduced to increase energy security and to control immigration. My government will bring forward legislation to reform trade unions and to protect essential public services against strikes.
To give new opportunities to the most disadvantaged, my government will expand the Troubled Families programme and continue to reform welfare, with legislation encouraging employment by capping benefits and requiring young people to earn or learn.
Legislation will be brought forward to improve schools and give every child the best start in life, with new powers to take over failing and coasting schools and create more academies.
In England, my government will secure the future of the National Health Service by implementing the National Health Service’s own 5 year plan, by increasing the health budget, integrating healthcare and social care, and ensuring the National Health Service works on a 7 day basis. Measures will be introduced to improve access to general practitioners and to mental healthcare.
Measures will also be brought forward to secure the real value of the basic State Pension, so that more people live in dignity and security in retirement. Measures will be brought forward to increase the rights of victims of crime.
To bring different parts of our country together, my government will work to bring about a balanced economic recovery. Legislation will be introduced to provide for the devolution of powers to cities with elected metro mayors, helping to build a northern powerhouse.
My government will continue to legislate for high-speed rail links between the different parts of the country.
My government will also bring forward legislation to secure a strong and lasting constitutional settlement, devolving wide-ranging powers to Scotland and Wales. Legislation will be taken forward giving effect to the Stormont House Agreement in Northern Ireland.
My government will continue to work in cooperation with the devolved administrations on the basis of mutual respect.
My government will bring forward changes to the standing orders of the House of Commons. These changes will create fairer procedures to ensure that decisions affecting England, or England and Wales, can be taken only with the consent of the majority of Members of Parliament representing constituencies in those parts of our United Kingdom.
My government will renegotiate the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union and pursue reform of the European Union for the benefit of all member states.
Alongside this, early legislation will be introduced to provide for an in-out referendum on membership of the European Union before the end of 2017.
Measures will also be brought forward to promote social cohesion and protect people by tackling extremism. New legislation will modernise the law on communications data, improve the law on policing and criminal justice, and ban the new generation of psychoactive drugs.
My government will bring forward proposals for a British Bill of Rights.
Members of the House of Commons.
Estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
My Lords and members of the House of Commons
My government will continue to play a leading role in global affairs, using its presence all over the world to re-engage with and tackle the major international security, economic and humanitarian challenges.
My ministers will remain at the forefront of the NATO alliance and of international efforts to degrade and ultimately defeat terrorism in the Middle East.
The United Kingdom will continue to seek a political settlement in Syria, and will offer further support to the Iraqi government’s programme for political reform and national reconciliation.
My government will maintain pressure on Russia to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, and will insist on the full implementation of the Minsk agreements.
My government looks forward to an enhanced partnership with India and China.
Prince Philip and I look forward to our state visit to Germany next month and to our state visit to Malta in November, alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. We also look forward to welcoming His Excellency the President of The People’s Republic of China and Madame Peng on a state visit in October.
My government will seek effective global collaboration to sustain economic recovery and to combat climate change, including at the climate change conference in Paris later this year.
My government will undertake a full strategic defence and security review, and do whatever is necessary to ensure that our courageous armed forces can keep Britain safe.
My government will work to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons, cyber attacks and terrorism.
Other measures will be laid before you.
My Lords and members of the House of Commons
I pray that the blessing of almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
【译文】：（用谷歌渣翻译翻的，你懂得）
我的上议院和下议院的成员。
我的政府将立法在大家在我国的利益。它会采取一个国家的做法，帮助劳动者获得，支持的愿望，最贫困提供了新的机会，并把我们国家的不同部分组合在一起。
我的政府将继续其长期计划，以在人生的每个阶段提供经济的稳定和安全。他们将继续把公共财政控制和减少赤字的工作，所以英国的生活量入为出。将采取措施提高经济的生产潜力，提高人民生活水平。
立法会提出，以帮助实现充分就业和提供更多的人们提供了作业的安全性。新的关税将要求我的部长们创造就业机会和学徒的年度报告。措施也将出台，以减少调控对小企业，使他们能够创造就业机会。
立法会提出，以确保人们每周工作30个小时的全国最低工资不交所得税，并确保有所得税率，增值税或国民保险没有上升在未来5年。
措施将提前，以帮助劳动人民大大增加了提供免费的托儿服务。
立法会推出支持自置居所，给住房协会住户拥有自己的住宅的机会。
将采取措施来提高能源安全和控制移民。我的政府将提出立法改革工会和罢工反对以保护基本的公共服务。
为了让新的机会，最弱势的，我的政府将扩大家庭困扰，并计划继续改革福利立法促进就业被封盖利益和需要年轻人来赚取或学习。
立法会提出以改善学校，并给每一个孩子在生活中最好的开始，新的权力，接管破产和惯性学校和创造更多的院校。
在英格兰，我的政府将通过实施国家卫生服务自己的五年计划，通过增加卫生预算，整合医疗保健和社会关怀，并确保国家卫生服务工作在7天的基础上确保国家卫生服务的未来。将采取措施改进获得全科医生和心理保健。
措施也将提前，以确保基本国家养老金的实际价值，让更多的人住在退休尊严和安全。措施将提前，以增加犯罪受害者的权利。
为了使我们国家的不同部分组合在一起，我的政府将努力实现平衡的经济复苏。立法会介绍，为权力与民选市长地铁城市的下放，帮助建立一个北方强国。
我的政府将继续为立法的国家的不同地区之间的高速铁路连接。
我国政府也将提出立法，以确保一个强大和持久的解决宪法，下放广泛的权力，以苏格兰和威尔士。立法将采取着就施行北爱尔兰的斯托蒙特众议院协议。
我国政府将继续在合作与工作相互尊重的基础上的权力下放政府。
我的政府将提出变更下议院议事规则。这些变化将创造更公平的程序，以确保英国的影响，或英格兰和威尔士的决定，可以采取只与大多数国会议员代表在我们英国的部分选区的同意。
我的政府将重新协商英国与欧盟的关系，并寻求欧盟的改革为所有会员国的利益。
除了这一点，及早立法会推出提供一个在出公投欧洲联盟成员在2017年年底前。
措施也将提前到促进社会凝聚力，通过解决极端主义保护人民。新的立法将在通信数据的法律现代化，改善治安和刑事司法的规律，并禁止新一代精神科药物。
我的政府将提出建议，权利的英国比尔。
下议院议员。
估计公共服务将在你被解雇。
我的上议院和下议院成员
我国政府将继续发挥在全球事务中发挥主导作用，利用它的存在在世界各地重新参与并解决重大国际安全，经济和人道主义挑战。
我的部长们将保持在国际社会努力降低并最终战胜恐怖主义在中东的北约联盟的前列，。
英国将继续寻求在叙利亚实现政治解决，并会提供给伊拉克政府的方案，政治改革和民族和解的进一步支持。
我的政府将保持压力，俄罗斯尊重乌克兰的领土完整和主权，将坚持全面实施明斯克协议。
我国政府期待着与中国和印度加强伙伴。
菲利普亲王和我期待着我们对德国进行国事访问下个月在十一月我们国事访问马耳他，政府旁边会议的英联邦首脑。我们也期待着欢迎阁下中国和彭女士的人民共和国总统在上月进行国事访问。
我的政府将寻求有效的全球合作，以维持经济复苏，应对气候变化，包括在巴黎今年晚些时候气候变化会议。
我国政府将进行全面的战略防御和安全审查，并采取一切必要措施，确保我们勇敢的军队可以保持英国的安全。
我的政府将致力于减少核武器，网络攻击和恐怖主义的威胁。
其他措施之前，你被解雇。
我的上议院和下议院成员
我祈求全能的上帝的祝福尽可根据您的忠告。
