2级-《一个国王的爱情故事》-第16课

前情提要 

在以后的30年里，爱德华与沃利斯住在巴黎过着幸福的生活，连爱德华的侄女伊丽莎白女王都祝福着他们的婚姻。1972年5月爱德华因为吸烟过度逝世。

故事原文 

The Love of a King L16

一个国王的爱情故事L16

Three days later, a blue aeroplane(1) arrived in Paris. Wallis went back to England with the Duke's body and, for the first time in her life, she entered Buckingham Palace.

3天后，一架蓝色飞机到达巴黎。沃利斯护送公爵的遗体回到了英国，这是她平生第一次踏进白金汉宫。

A week later the Duchess returned to France, and for the next fourteen years she lived alone in Paris. The big house was dark. The doors were locked and she did not go out.

1周后，公爵夫人回到法国。在这以后的14年里，她独自一人住在巴黎，把自己锁在那所幽暗的大房子里，足不出户。

In the afternoons she sat in the dining room with Edward's love letters(2).' They were so beautiful,' she said.'I read them again and again.'

每天下午，她就坐在餐厅里，读爱德华写的情书。“它们是那么美，”她说，“我读了一遍又一遍。”

But then, in 1986, Wallis became ill. She went to a small hospital near the house, and a few days later she died.' Without Edward,' she once wrote,' my life was empty.'

然而，1986年，沃利斯病倒了。她住进离家不远的一家小医院，几天后便去世了。“没有爱德华，”她曾写到，“我的生活一片空虚。”

She was buried(3) in England next to her husband at Windsor.' It's a strange thing,' one newspaper wrote.' When they were alive, the Duke and Duchess could never live in Britain. It was only in death that they could be there together.'

她被葬在英国温莎她丈夫的墓旁。“这真是件奇怪的事，”一家报纸写道，“公爵和夫人活着的时候不能住在英国。只有死后，他们才得以一起住在那儿。”

In 1970, two years before his death, Edward said: There are some people who think that I was wrong to give away(4) my crown. But they don't understand true love.

1970年，即爱德华去世前两年，他曾说过：有些人认为我放弃王位是错误的。但他们不懂得真正的爱情。

When I was young,I lived in Buckingham Palace.I could have anything that I wanted. But I wasn't happy because my heart was empty.

我年轻的时候住在白金汉宫。我想要的东西都能得到。但我并不快乐，因为我的内心是空虚的。

Then I met Wallis and everything changed. For half of my life I have lived here with the most beautiful woman in the world. And she is everything to me.

后来我遇到了沃利斯，一切都变了。我的后半生都和这位世界上最美丽的女人在这里一起度过。她就是我的一切。

When I sit in my garden with the Duchess by my side,I sometimes think about my early life.I remember the days alone in my bedroom.I remember the teacher who hit me with a stick.I remember the war and my travels around the world. And then I remember the crowds of people below my window, who shouted:' Long live love!'

我和公爵夫人一起坐在花园里时，有时会想起自己早年的生活。我想起自己孤零零待在卧室里的那些日子。我想起那个用棍子打我的老师。我想起战争和周游世界的旅行。我想起那些聚集在我窗下的人群，他们高呼着：“爱情万岁！”

On my last night in London I spoke with Winston Churchill. In the middle of our conversation he said:'I think, Sir, that the best things in life are free.'I have never forgotten those words. And now, many years later,I understand what they mean. You cannot buy happiness. And you cannot buy love.

我离开伦敦前的最后一个晚上和温斯顿·邱吉尔做过一次长谈。谈话中，他说：“陛下，我认为生活中最好的事情是无偿的。”我从未忘记这句话。现在，许多年之后，我才理解了它的涵义。幸福是买不到的。爱情也是买不到的。

To be happy deep(5) inside your heart is the most wonderful thing in the world.I have been a lucky man. And so I say:

内心深处的幸福是世界上最美妙的。我是一个幸运的人。所以，我要说：

'Thank God for Wallis(6), and LONG LIVE LOVE!'

“感谢上帝给了我沃利斯，爱情万岁！”

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.aeroplane飞机（相当于airplane）

2.love letter 情书

例句:

He sent her some roses together with a love letter.

他送给她一些玫瑰花，连同一封表达爱意的信。

3. bury 埋葬，安葬

    bury sb. in/at sp.把某人安葬在某地

例句:

He was buried in the church yard of St Mary’s.

他被安葬在圣玛丽教堂的墓地里。

4. give away one’s crown 放弃王冠；放弃王位、退位

    give away 放弃，丧失

例句:

Military advantages should not be given away.

不应该放弃军事优势。

5.deep adj.深的；adv.在深处

例句:

I stared deep into her eyes.

我深深地凝视她的双眼。

6.thank sb. for sth.因为……而感谢某人

例句:

He thanked everyone for all their hard work.

他感谢大家各尽其力。