世界上最小的國(guó)家出售！
For sale: World's smallest country with sea view
[ 2007-01-11 09:26 ]
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A file photo of
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For sale: the world's smallest country with its own flag, stamps,
currency and passports.
Apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation,
even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the
North Sea.
Built in World War Two as an anti-aircraft base to repel German
bombers, the derelict platform was taken over 40 years ago by retired army
major Paddy Roy Bates who went to live there with his family.
He declared the platform, perched seven miles off the east coast of
England and just outside Britain's territorial
waters, to be the principality of Sealand.
The self-styled Prince Roy adopted a flag, chose a national anthem and
minted silver and gold coins.
The family saw off attempts by Britain's Royal Navy to evict them and
also an attempt in 1978 by a group of German and Dutch businessmen to
seize Sealand by force.
Roy, 85, now lives in Spain and his son Michael told BBC Radio on
Monday his family had been approached by estate agents with clients "who
wanted a bit more than a bit of real estate, they wanted autonomy."
He suggested Sealand, which has eight rooms in each tower, could be a
base for online gambling or offshore banking.
Asked to describe the delights of living on what he described as a
cross between a house and a ship, the 54-year-old said: "The neighbors are
very quiet. There is a good sea view."
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出售信息：世界上最小的國(guó)家，國(guó)旗、郵票、貨幣、護(hù)照樣樣俱全。
如果你想擁有一個(gè)由自己“統(tǒng)治”的國(guó)家，那就趕緊向“海國(guó)”的邁克爾王子申請(qǐng)購(gòu)買(mǎi)吧！不過(guò)這個(gè)“海國(guó)”是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)代建造的堡壘，座落于北海中的兩根混凝土塔柱之上。
“海國(guó)”的前身是一個(gè)建于二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期抵御德國(guó)轟炸的防空基地。40年前，已退休的帕迪·羅伊·貝茨海軍少校攜家人“占領(lǐng)”了這個(gè)被遺棄的平臺(tái)，并宣布成立“海國(guó)”公國(guó)。
“海國(guó)”距英國(guó)東海岸僅7公里，而且恰好位于英國(guó)的領(lǐng)水之外。
自封為王的羅伊王子專(zhuān)為“海國(guó)”確定了國(guó)旗、國(guó)歌，還發(fā)行了金銀鑄幣。
但英國(guó)海軍卻多次試圖將貝茨家族從“海國(guó)”驅(qū)逐出去。1978年，一群來(lái)自德國(guó)和荷蘭的商人曾試圖通過(guò)武力占領(lǐng)這塊“領(lǐng)土”。
今年85歲的羅伊現(xiàn)居住在西班牙，他的兒子邁克爾于本周一向BBC廣播透露，一些房地產(chǎn)中介日前與他們聯(lián)系過(guò)，因?yàn)橛行┛蛻?hù)“想購(gòu)置一處可以‘自治’的房產(chǎn)”。
“海國(guó)”的兩個(gè)堡壘里各有八間屋子，邁克爾王子建議，這塊地方適合作在線賭博或離岸銀行業(yè)務(wù)用。
談到住在這個(gè)“船房一體”的“海國(guó)”的最大優(yōu)點(diǎn)時(shí)，54歲的邁克爾王子說(shuō)：“這里沒(méi)有鄰居的煩擾，而且還能看到海景。”
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Vocabulary:
anti-aircraft
: 防空用的
territorial
waters : 領(lǐng)水（territorial air 領(lǐng)空） |
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