5岁的米娅得知自己的父亲原来是吉尼维亚的王子，而自己竟成为了该国唯一的王位继承人。在16岁生日之际，她必须面临抉择：是搬到吉尼维亚去当公主呢，还是继续留在曼哈顿和艺术家的母亲生活在一起。同时,米娅也不得不接受严厉的祖母给她上的难以忍受的公主礼仪课…… Fifteen-year-old Mia discovers that her father is the Prince ofGenovia and she is the sole heir to the throne. She must decide, by hersixteenth birthday, whether she will live as a princess and move toGenovia or remain in Manhattan where she lives with her artist mom. Shemust suffer through the indignity of princess lessons at the hands ofher stern grandmother...

"The Princess Diaries I" focuses on a fifteen-year-old high schooloutcast named Mia who is content with her ability to remain invisibleto the world. Her life, however, takes an unexpected turn when hergrandmother arrives with some shocking news; her father's recent deathhas left Mia as the sole heir to the throne of Genovia. Now, againsther will, Mia is being rushed from classes at school to princesslessons with her grandma, trying to figure out who exactly she is. Andfinally as expected this shy San Francisco teenager, who can't evenconfront her long-time crush, actually lives up to her family name andaccept the responsibilities that come with being a princess. And in thesequel Queen Clarisse will step down at the end of year and Mia issupposed to be the new queen. But our college graduate princess Mia isfacing another problem that she has to marry someone within 30 days toassume the Throne of Genovia according to the Law. But as we canimagine this won't be easy especially when there is an evil Viscountwho wants to stop Mia's arranged wedding so that his handsome andmysterious nephew can take over the throne of Genovia.

单词注释：

sole：adj. 单独的，唯一的

heir：n. 继承人

indignity：n. 轻蔑，侮辱

stern：adj. 严厉的，苛刻的

outcast：adj. 被逐的，被排斥的

sequel：n. 结局

handsome：adj. 英俊的

mysterious：adj. 神秘的