鰕虎魚權威
What does an emperor do when he has spare time from official duties? Live a sumptuous life and boss his subjects around in order to fulfill his whims and fancies?
天皇公務閒暇之餘會做什麼休閒活動呢？過著奢侈的生活，讓別人臣服於自己的突發奇想和癖好？
spare time 閒暇時光;空閒時光sumptuous(adj.)奢侈的;豪華的=extravagant=lavishboss sb. around指使subject(n.)子民;臣民
For Japanese Emperor Akihito, he likes nothing better than to delve into his research on goby fish, a passion that he has been actively pursuing since he was young.
對於日本明仁天皇來說，他最喜歡的是鑽研鰕虎魚的知識，這是他從年輕時就一直培養的興趣，
nothing better than~沒有….比更好delve into~深入研究…;探究…=inquire itno~
This little-known aspect of the 85-year-old emperor paints a charming, quirky and intimate picture of the man who will abdicate on April 30th as he passes throne to his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito.
現年85歲的明仁天皇這鮮為人知的一面，讓人感受到他既有魅力、獨特又親民的形象。他將於4月30日退位，由長子德仁繼位。
quirky(adj.)古怪的=eccentric(adj.)intimate(adj.)親密的;親近的abdicate(v.)(退位)讓位、正式、放棄王位
For years, Emperor Akihito has been conducting his own personal taxonomic study of gobies, a species of small fish found in fresh, brackish and marine waters.
多年來，明仁天皇一直在進行鰕虎魚的分類學研究，鰕虎魚一種棲息在淡水、半淡鹹水和海水中的小型魚類。
has been V-ing 現在完成進行式pursue(v.)追求taxonomic(adj.)分類學的taxonomy(n.)生物分類學goby(n.) 鰕虎魚brackish waters半淡鹹水
Between 1963 and 1989, he published 30 papers in the journal of the Ichthyological Society of Japan, of which he has long been a member.
在1963年至1989年間，明仁天皇在日本魚類學會期刊上發表了30篇論文，他也是該學會的長期成員。
journal(n.)期刊
Akihito ascended to the throne in 1989 when he was 56. During the three decades of his reign, the emperor remained relentless in his scientific pursuits.
1987年，明仁在56歲時登基，擔任天皇的30年間，仍努力不懈地進行科學研究，
ascend to the throne登上王位;登基=accede to the thronerelentless(adj.)不間斷的、努力不懈的pursuit(n.)追求、追尋、消遣
He became an honorary member of the Linnean Society of London, the Zoological Society of London, and the Research Institute for Natural Science of Argentina, as well as a research associate at the Australian Museum.
之後他成為倫敦林奈學會、倫敦動物學會和阿根廷自然科學研究所的榮譽會員，也是澳洲博物館的研究員。
honorary member榮譽會員research associate研究員
In 2007, Akihito published an article on the history of science in the journal Nature, titled “Linnaeus and taxonomy in Japan.”
2007年，明仁在《自然》期刊上發表了一篇關於科學史的文章，標題為「林奈與日本生物分類學」。
(which was) titled…以…為標題Carl Linnaeus卡爾林奈taxonomy(n.)生物分類學
In 2016, Akihito appeared as the lead author in a study published in Gene. His younger son Crown Prince Fumihito Akishino, who studied fish taxonomy at St John’s College Oxford and obtained a doctorate in ornithology, was the second author.
2016年，明仁在《基因》期刊上發表研究，名列第一作者，他的次子秋篠宮文仁親王是第二作者，他在牛津大學聖約翰學院研究魚類分類學，並獲得鳥類學博士學位。
doctorate(n.)博士學位=doctoral degree
For some, the Imperial family may represent an outdated and obsolete institution, one that modern day society can very well do without.
有些人可能會認為，皇室制度早已過時，應該被淘汰，現代就算沒皇室也可以維持良好運作，
outdated(adj.)過時的=outmoded=out of date=behind the timesobsolete(adj.)廢棄的、過時的do without 沒有～也行
But it’s inspiring to see the emperor put his vast resources and privileges to good use, as he engages in intellectual pursuits that have great benefit for both human and animal life.
不過明仁天皇將自己手上握有的龐大資源和特權用在追求知識，並改善人類生活和動物生態，讓人深受啟發。
inspiring(adj.)鼓舞人心的privilege(n.)特權put sth. to good use把…用在好的地方