每周英文书02 | 苏格兰玛丽女王 Mary Queen of Scots

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提姆·维克瑞(Tim Vicary )是位经验丰富的教师、作家。他在英格兰北部的约克镇上居住、工作。
England and Scotland in the 1500s.
Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England.
It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen.
Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved her and died for her. But she also had many enemies - men who said: 'The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth.'
1561年,苏格兰还是个未开化的国家。当年轻的苏格兰女王——玛丽(Mary, Queen of Scots)从法国回到苏格兰时,起初, 她的人民非常高兴见到她。
玛丽女王的丈夫——法国国王死了,现在,她需要一个新的丈夫。可是玛丽是个天主教徒(Catholic),而当时大多数的苏格兰人都是新教徒(Protestant)。
当时的英格兰女王——伊丽莎白一世(Elizabeth I, Queen of England)也是位新教徒(Protestant)。在那个年代,人们都乐于为他们自己的教会而战,并不惜献出生命。
年轻的玛丽女王该嫁给谁呢?谁是她的朋友,谁是她的敌人?玛丽既美丽又聪明,她热爱生活,喜欢冒险,也热爱人民。或许,她爱的人太多了。人们说她“又狂又坏,认识她是危险的”。但那是真的吗?
1587 年,玛丽坐在英格兰的福瑟临黑城堡(Fortheringhay Castle)里,疲惫又忧伤。现在她是伊丽莎白女王的囚徒,不久将被送上断头台。她拿起笔开始给她的儿子詹姆斯——现在的苏格兰国王写信。这就是她一生的故事......
3. Genres (故事类型)
history 历史
historical biography 历史传记
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151025.Mary_Queen_of_Scots
Read carefully and analyse the storyline, take notes if you need.

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