【4月11日】看軍聞學英語
■林國賓
原文：
Expected to be sworn in later this month, the incoming Dutch coalition government has plans to boost the nation's military to 122,000 personnel. And the Queen wants to help.
Queen Máxima, the 54-year-old Argentine-born wife of King Willem-Alexander, has started training this week to become a reserve member of her adopted homeland's army.
"Because the security of the Netherlands can no longer be taken for granted, Máxima has decided to become a reservist," the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
The incoming Dutch coalition government has announced plans to grow the nation's military from some 80,000 to 122,000 staff amid geopolitical turmoil and Russia's war in Ukraine on Europe's eastern edge.
This image provided by the Netherlands Ministry of Defense shows Queen Máxima beginning training as a reservist for the Royal Netherlands Army in Breda.
Máxima is following her own daughter's path here. Crown Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch throne, completed her basic military training as a volunteer reservist in the army last month.
The defence ministry says her training will comprise "all the practical and theoretical military components necessary to become a reservist. These include physical resilience, self-defence, marksmanship, map reading, and military law." Once she has completed training, she will be given the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
中譯：
預計於本月稍晚宣誓就職的荷蘭新聯合政府，計畫將國家軍隊規模擴增至12萬2000人。而王后也希望為此盡一分力。
54歲、出生於阿根廷的王后瑪克西瑪，是國王威廉—亞歷山大的妻子。本週她已開始接受訓練，準備成為第二故鄉荷蘭的後備軍人。
荷蘭國防部在聲明中表示：「由於荷蘭的安全已無法再被視為理所當然，瑪克西瑪決定成為一名後備軍人。」
新一屆荷蘭聯合政府已宣布，鑑於地緣政治動盪以及俄羅斯在歐洲東緣對烏克蘭發動的戰爭，計畫將軍隊人數從約8萬人擴充至12萬2000人。
荷蘭國防部提供的照片顯示，瑪克西瑪王后在布雷達開始接受皇家荷蘭陸軍後備役訓練。
瑪克西瑪其實也在追隨女兒的腳步。荷蘭王位繼承人、王儲阿瑪莉亞公主上月以志願後備軍人身分，完成陸軍的基礎軍事訓練。
國防部表示，她的訓練將包含「成為後備役軍人所需的所有實務與理論軍事內容」，包括體能耐力、自我防衛、射擊、地圖判讀以及軍事法律。完成訓練後，她將被授予中校軍階。
-關鍵軍語-
※reservist：後備軍人
※rank：軍階