时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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The King of Words 词语之王


The 16th century English King Henry VIII is best known for his prodigious 1 appetite and habit of executing wives he was unhappy with, but a love letter written by Henry shows a softer side to his character.


The letter, which has been hidden in the Vatican for nearly 500 years, is to go on display at the British Library in London in April.


Henry wrote to Anne Boleyn, who would become his second wife, in January 1528, apologising to her for suggesting that she become his mistress.


In the letter Henry promises Anne that "henceforth my heart will be dedicated 2 to you alone", an assurance that contradicts Henry’s womanising reputation.


Henry continues, "The beautiful words of your letter are so cordially phrased, that they really oblige me to honour, love, and serve you for ever."


Henry went on to marry Anne Boleyn after divorcing his first wife, the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon, but despite having written to Anne like a lovesick schoolboy, Henry’s marriage to her ended badly.


Having failed to provide him with a male heir, Anne fell from favour with the king, whose chief minister had her charged with treason and adultery.


Anne was executed by beheading at the Tower of London in May 1536, leaving the way clear for Henry to marry his third wife Jane Seymour.


According to contemporary witnesses Anne went to her death displaying queenly dignity; on the morning of her execution she told her prison guard, "I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck."


Henry went on to be married a total of six times, divorcing twice and executing another wife, but in spite of all his efforts, Henry died without leaving a surviving male heir, a situation which resulted in the coronation of Anne’s daughter, Queen Elizabeth I.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


16th century 16世纪


Henry VIII 亨利八世


prodigious appetite 巨大的食欲


executing 处决


the Vatican 梵蒂冈


British Library 大英图书馆


mistress 情妇


henceforth 从今以后


womanising reputation 跟许多女人有染的名声


cordially phrased 诚恳地诉说


divorcing 离婚


lovesick schoolboy 害相思病的小男生


male heir 男性继承人


fell from favour 失宠


treason 叛国罪


adultery 通奸


beheading 斩首


contemporary witnesses 当时的证人


queenly dignity 女王的尊严


coronation 加冕礼



adj.惊人的,奇妙的;异常的;巨大的;庞大的
  • This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
  • He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
学英语单词
Ambot
ancestim
apoplexy involving the hollow organs
arguablest
ATPR
aural polyp
Cantillana
capeman
cartonfuls
cash donation
chlorantraniliprole
Cinzas, R.das
circulation failure
climatotherapy
columinescence effect
craniopharyngioma
cut them out
deoxyadenosine moniphosphate
derigueur
detorting
division center
encortin
English saddle
escape speed
exultingly
facultyman
femtocells
fibre cross-talk
flight line of aerial photography
flushing rubefaction
fps
gearing oil sprayer
harira
have a shy at something
hold sb in honor
Hopkinson yoke
Huon River
Hylobatidae
incremental cost
interpenetrative
interwinding backbone
iothalamates
joint with single butt strap
junk financing
keep off the spot
key brick
letter boxes
lido di roma (lido di ostia)
lilyturfs
lytropic liquid crystals
magnox
main class
manahawkin
march order
mosquito boat
MTAU
mtpa
natural model
non-linear field theorv
novatophan
off-axis distribution
overhaulings
packet radio
percentage uncertainty
pezzolis
plafibride
planariids
propeller shaft turning wrench
reconstructive surgeries
resliced
resplendencies
resulting tide
ring groove carbon remover
rock blasting
roseal
rotating-loop antenna
SAL (symbolic assembly language)
Samara River
Sargent
self love
sensitive thermometer
set-point
simavastatin
SMA-60
solventless coil
sovok
spacelike line
steel-lined wire winding channel
strum plate
sudoxicam
suicidal ideation
syndactylous
tendotransplantatio periostealis
thrust pressure
thunderegg
torch oil gun
tornadocane
traumatise
ultrared heating
violinophone
viral rubella
wilhelm eduard webers