Madonna's adopted child arrives in UK
Madonna's adopted child arrives in UK
From correspondents in London
October 17, 2006 04:02pm
David Banda flew via Johannesburg from Malawi overnight with one of the US pop star's bodyguards and her personal assistant and arrived at London's Heathrow airport at around 5.30am GMT (3.30pm AEST).
Johannesburg:约翰内斯堡[南非(阿扎尼亚)东北部城市]
Malawi
/strong>n.马拉维(非洲国家)
personal assistant:私人助理，秘书
Malawian authorities earlier waived local rules to grant Madonna and her film director husband, Guy Ritchie, an interim adoption, prompting charges from human rights groups that the star used her celebrity status to bypass normal adoption rules.
interim：临时的 interim government:临时政府
waived local rules ：免除了当地的手续
human rights groups :人权组织
bypass normal adoption rules：绕过正常的收养的手续，规则
Banda, who is leaving behind his father Yohane, will swap his home in a dilapidated orphanage near the Zambian border for a life of luxury in London with one of the world's most famous couples and their two children.
swap ：交换
dilapidated ：破败的，荒废的
