时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:一个国王的爱情故事.The.Love.Of.a.King


英语课

  IN APRIL 1987, THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in Geneva,Switzerland. There were Presidents 1 and Kings, film stars and millionaires 2. They came from the four corners of the world, east and west,north and south,and they spoke 3 many languages.


  But they all wanted one thing—to buy some jewellery 4.It was the jewellery that a man called Edward gave a woman called Wallis.


  One woman,Mrs Namiki from Japan,paid $105 000 for a gold ring.


  'Why did you pay all that money?'a friend asked.'You can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that money.'


  'Because Wallis and Edward were special to me,'Mrs Namiki replied. 'I never met them but I'll keep that ring all my life.'


  In the next few hours, in that small room in Geneva, the jew-ellery was sold for$50000000. But who was Wallis? And who was Edward? And why was their love story so special?


  Let's begin at the beginning…


  温莎公爵和夫人


  1894 爱德华出生在英国的里士满。


  1896 沃利斯出生在美国巴尔的摩。


  1911 爱德华成为威尔士亲王。


  1912 爱德华进入牛津大学。


  1914 第一次世界大战爆发。爱德华在比利时前线督战。


  1916 沃利斯与温菲尔德·斯潘塞结婚。


  1920 爱德华开始了为期5年的环球旅行。他访问了45个国家,行程达24万公里。


  1927 沃利斯与温菲尔德·斯潘塞离婚。


  1928 沃利斯与欧内斯特·辛普森结婚。


  1930 爱德华在一个周末家庭招待会上与沃利斯相识。


  1936 1月:国王乔治五世逝世。爱德华登基。


  6月:爱德华告诉母亲,他要与沃利斯结婚。


  12月:爱德华将王位让给弟弟,然后离开英国。


  1937 爱德华和沃利斯在法国结婚。他们被封为温莎公爵和夫人。皇族中没有人去参加他们的婚礼。在以后的30年里,公爵和夫人一直在英国以外的国家居住。


  1966 女王伊丽莎白二世在伦敦的一个小型聚会上与温莎公爵和夫人相遇。她说:“现在是忘记过去的时候了。”


  1972 爱德华在巴黎逝世。他的遗体埋葬在英国的温莎城堡。


  1986 沃利斯在巴黎去世,葬在温莎城堡爱德华的墓旁。


  1987年4月,300人来到瑞士日内瓦的一间小屋子。他们当中有总统和国王,影星和百万富翁。他们来自世界各地,天南地北,操着各种语言。


  但他们来的目的只有一个——买珠宝。这些珠宝是一位名叫爱德华的男人送给一位名叫沃利斯的女士的。


  有一位从日本来的并木夫人,出价105 000美元买了一枚金戒。


  “你为什么花那么多钱?”一位朋友问。“在东京,有这一半的钱就能买一枚金戒。”


  并木夫人答道:“因为沃利斯和爱德华对我有特殊的意义,我从未结识过他们,但这枚戒指我将终生珍藏。”


  在随后的几个小时内,这些珠宝在日内瓦的那间小屋子里被拍卖,总额为5000万美元。但是,沃利斯是谁?爱德华又是谁呢?他们的爱情故事为什么那么特别?


  让我们从头说起……



1 presidents
n.总统;(大学)校长( president的名词复数 );会长;[P-]总统;银行行长
  • Several presidents attended the funeral. 好几位总统参加了葬礼。
  • The Roosevelt family produced two presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. 罗斯福家族出过两个总统:西奥多·罗斯福和弗兰克林·罗斯福。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 millionaires
n.百万富翁( millionaire的名词复数 );大富翁;大财主;有钱人
  • In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous. 在还只有大约五十万人口的芝加哥,百万富翁并不多。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Millionaires don't buy things on instalments! 百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的! 来自新概念英语第一册
3 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 jewellery
n.[总称]珠宝;珠宝饰物 (=jewelery)
  • She never wears jewellery.她从不戴首饰。
  • The police recovered the stolen jewellery.警察追回了失窃的珠宝。
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