一个国王地爱情故事英文版

1、WORD格式简介你想当国王、想拥有荣华富贵、 名闻天下吗？你希望无论走到哪里都成为众人的中心吗？你希望自己每时每刻、 每一天都是人们关注的对象吗？国王永远不会单独一人。 每时每刻总有人注视着他 有时是他的保镖，有时是街上成千的民众。他永远不会单独一人；每个人都认识他的面孔。他做事必须检点，因为他的所做所为是无法*的。国王今天说了什么，明天全世界的人都会知道。他说话得慎重；因为总有人在听。这可不像一般的工作那样，5点钟就可以下班。国王没有假期。国王永远是国王 每时每刻都是国王。国王永远不会单独一人， 但他总是感到孤独。 谁会是国王的朋友呢？谁会与他共同分担那份孤独呢？作者彼德 ·戴恩蒂

2、从事英语教学多年，目前在伦敦工作。专业资料整理WORD格式家族世系图专业资料整理WORD格式The Duke and Duchess of Windsor1894 Edward is born in Richmond， England1896 Wallis is born in Baltimore， USA1911 Edward becomes Prince of Wales1912 Edward enters Oxford University专业资料整理WORD格式1914 The First World War beginsEdward sees fighing on the front

3、专业资料整理WORD格式line in Belgium 1916 Wallis marries Winfield Spencer1920 Edward begins a five-year journey round the world He visits45 countries and travels 240 000 kilometres1927 Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer1928 Wallis marries Ernest Simpson1930 Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party1936 Janu

4、ary King George V dies Edward is now KingJune Edward tells his mother that he wants to marry WallisDecember Edward gives the crown to his brother and leaves England1937 Edward and Wallis marry in France They take the nameDuke and Duchess of WindsorNone of the Royal Family come to theweddingFor the n

5、ext thirty years the Duke and Duchess live outsideEngland1966 Queen Elizabeth meets the Duke and Duchess at a smallparty in London'It's time to forget the past，'she says1972 Edward dies in ParisHis body is buried in England at WindsorCastle专业资料整理WORD格式1986 Wallis dies in Paris and is bur

6、ied next to Edward at Windsor专业资料整理WORD格式IN APRIL 1987 ， THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO ASMALL room in Geneva ，Switzerland There were Presidents andKings， film stars and millionaires They came from the four corners ofthe world， east and west，north and south，and they spoke manylanguagesBut they all wan

7、ted one thingto buy some jewelleryIt was thejewellery that a man called Edward gave a woman called WallisOne woman，Mrs Namiki from Japan，paid 105 000 for a goldring'Why did you pay all that money？'a friend asked'You can buy agold ring in Tokyo for half that money ''Because Wallis

8、 and Edward were special to me，'Mrs Namikireplied '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 jewellery was sold for50000000 But who was Wallis？ And who wasEdward？ And why was their love story so special？Let's beg

9、in at the beginning专业资料整理WORD格式1 A Lonely Child专业资料整理WORD格式Prince Edward was born in 1894His father，King George V， wasa tall， cold man who did not like children'Why does Edward talk allthe time？'he once said'He's a very noisy child！'His mother，Queen Mary， agreed'It doesn'

10、t matter if Edward ishappy or unhappy，' she said'A child must be silent and strong'The family lived in Buckingham Palace，which had 600roomsThere were 8 kitchens，19 bathrooms，24 toilets， 11 diningrooms， 17 bedrooms and 21 sitting roomsEdward once told a story about the house：Buckingham Pa

11、lace wasvery big， and people sometimes got lostOne night my mother，myfather and I were sitting in the dining roomWe were waiting for ourdinnerWe waited and waited， but the food did not come Aftertwenty minutes my father was very angry He stood up and went to thekitchen'Where is the cook？'he

12、shouted，and where is my food？''But， Sir，' the cook replied，'your dinner left the kitchen fifteenminutes agoHasn't it arrived yet？''No，it hasn't，'my father shouted， 'and I'm hungry'The King left the kitchen and began to look for the foodTen minutes late

13、r he saw a woman who was carrying three plates of meat and potatoes'What happened to you？'my father said'Why didn't you bringus our dinner？'专业资料整理WORD格式'I' m sorry， Sir， 'the woman replied 'There are a lot of diningrooms I couldn't remember where to goBut if y

14、ou return to the table，Sir， this time I can follow you to the right room 'Edward did not go to school with other children He stayed inBuckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for himThis is how Edward described his lessons：My teacher， Mr Hansell， was a thin man He never smiled and

15、his nose was very redWe had lots of books but they were all veryboring They were full of words and they didn't have any picturesSometimes I stopped reading and looked out dowMr Hansell gotvery angryHe took a stick and hit me on the arm'Don't look out of thewindow，little boy ，'he shou

16、ted'Look at the book'He hit me many timesand my arm was redEvery Friday the teacher took me to my father's room'And what has my son learnt this week，Mr Hansell？'the KingaskedAnd the answer was always：'Not very much I'm afraid，SirEdwarddoesn't like his lessons He never

17、 listens to what I say'专业资料整理WORD格式When Mr Hansell left the room，my father was angry withme'What's wrong with you， child？'he said'Are you stupid？ Whycan't you learn anything？''But the lessons are so boring， Sir，'I replied'And Mr Hansell hitsme''I don&#

18、39;t understand you，EdwardYou're a babyYou're soweakYou'll never be a good King A King must be strongGo to yourroom and stay there until the morning''I spent many days alone in my room，'Edward wrote later'I neverplayed with other children and I didn't have any friends

19、 I lived in themost beautiful house in England but I was always lonely and sad I sawmy mother once a day at dinner time and I saw my father three or fourtimes a week，but they never gave me any loveI was afraid of them andeverything I did was wrong'专业资料整理WORD格式2 The Prince of Wales专业资料整理WORD格式In

20、the spring of 1911 King George called Edward into his room andsaid：'Next month I'll make you Prince of Wales and these are yourclothes for the ceremony'The King opened a small cupboard and Edward started to cry'Butfather，'he said，'I'm sixteen years old nowI can't wear

21、 soft shoes and askirt I'll look like a girl Why can't I dress like other people？''Because you're different and special，'his father replied，'and one dayyou'll be King 'Edward cried for the next two days， but there was noth-ing hecould doAnd so， on 10th June 1911，

22、the family drove to CaernarvonCastle in North Wales and the ceremony beganThe King put a small gold crown on Edward's headThere wasmusic and dancing and the crowd began to shoutThe new Prince of Wales closed his eyes'I feel terrible ，' hesaid'Can we go home now？''Not yet，'

23、; the King replied'The people want to see youEdward walked to the front of the castle and looked down at thecrowdHe was shaking and his face was red专业资料整理WORD格式'Smile， Edward，'the King said'You are happy！'A few hours later the family were driving back to Windsor'Wasn'ttha

24、t a lovely day！'Queen Mary saidEdward took off his shoes and looked out of the window'Neveragain，'he thought 'Never again！'3 The Royal StarAfter a year at Oxford University ， Edward went to fight in the FirstWorld War He wrote：I lived in a house with twenty-five other soldiers At

25、 night wetalked about our lives and our familiesIt was very interestingI could speak freely to different people-rich and poor，young andold But I also saw the blood and noise of warOne day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos inBelgium I got out of the car and walked to the top of the hillDo

26、wnbelow me there was heavy fighting and I felt very sad专业资料整理WORD格式An hour later I returned to my carI'll never forget what I sawMydriver was dead While I was away，somebody shot him in the neckWhen the war finished in 1918， Edward returned to BuckinghamPalace One night he was talking to his fath

27、er in the dining room'I don't understand why countries fight，'the Prince said'The war hasfinished， but nothing has changedThere are still millions of poor andhungry people It's not rightSomebody must do something！''Well ，'King George replied，'you can't change

28、the world if you sit bythe fireYou must travelMeet peopleTalk to themListen to what theysay And then， when you are King， you can make the world a betterplace'And so，in 1920，Edward left England again During the next fiveyears he travelled 240 000 kilometres and visited 45 different countriesHe sa

29、w India， Argentina， Nigeria， Mexico ， New Zealand，Germany， and JapanWhen he came to Toronto，in Canada， there were500 000 people in the streets to meet himEverywhere thousands ofpeople waited to see himthere were crowds of 190 000 in Cape Town，300 000 in Paris， 500 000 in New York， and 750 000 in Mel

30、bourne'Edward is the first royal star，'one newspaper wrote，'and he is nowthe most famous man in the worldIn the old days princes were cold and专业资料整理WORD格式boredBut Edward is different He gets out of his car and walks downthe street Every two or three minutes he stops and speaks with thecr

31、owdHe laughsHe smiles He shakes a thousand handsHe is a manof the people with a heart of gold'4 The MeetingIn the autumn of 1930 Edward went to stay with his friends Lordand Lady FurnessThis is how he described that weekend in a bookcalled A King's Story：On Saturday the weather was cold and

32、windyIt was raining heavilyso we could not ride our horses We decided to stay in the house andhave an early lunch with some of Lady Furness' friendsAt one o'clock Wallis arrived with her husband She wasbeautifully dressed and she smiled all the timeShe spoke with LordFurness for a few minute

33、s，and then Lady Fur ness brought her over tosee me专业资料整理WORD格式'Sir，I would like you to meet one of my dearest and sweetestAmerican friends，Mrs Wallis Simpson''How do you do， Mrs Simpson，'I said'Please come and sit down'Lady Furness left us and we began to talkI could see that

34、 Wallis was not felling very wellShe had a bad coldand her eyes were red 'I'm afraid that our English houses aren't verywarm，'I said 'We don't have American central heating here'There was a long silenceMrs Simpson turned her face and lookedout of the windowThen she said：&

35、#39;You have disappointed me，Sir''And why is that？'I asked'Because everybody asks me about American central heatingI thought that the Prince of Wales would talk about something more interesting'I began to laugh'What's the matter，Sir？'Wallis asked'Have I said somet

36、hingwrong？''No，'I replied'I'm laughing because you didn't lie to meYou toldme the truth''But why is that funny？ Doesn't everybody do that？'专业资料整理WORD格式'One day I'll be King of England，' I replied'And people are afraid专业资料整理WORD格式of meIf I say t

37、hat the sky is yellow， they say，“Yes，Sir，you areright If I say that Wednesday is the first day of the week， they say，“Yes， Sir，you are right And if I say that Scotland is bigger thanCanada，they say，“Yes，Sir，you are right But you told me that I wasboring！ You told me the truthI like that！'There w

38、as another silence and then Wallis began to laugh'Can I sayone more thing，Sir？''Yes， Mrs Simpson，what is it？''It's your trousers，Sir''My trousers？ ''Yes， SirThey are black and your shoes are brown'These twocolours don't look right together'I stood

39、up and looked in the mirror'Yes，Mrs Simpson，you're rightI look very strange The next time we meet，I will be better dressed'When lunch was ready，we walked through into the dining roomIsat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other endI was watchingher very carefullyI thought how

40、beautiful her hands wereShe begantalking to Lady Furness and then， a few minutes later， she turned andsmiled at meI felt very happy专业资料整理WORD格式After lunch Wallis came over to say goodbye'My husband and I专业资料整理WORD格式have to leave now，SirWe're going to another party in London'I wanted to s

41、peak to her but I could not find the right wordsI don'tknow why We shook hands and Wallis walked awayI went into the next room and sat down near Lady Furness'Tellme about Mrs Simpson，'I said'What would you like to know ？'she asked'Everything！' I said'Then perhaps，Sir，

42、you would like to walk in the gar denWe cantalk more freely there'We stood up and left the house by the back doorWe walked slowlythrough the trees，and Lady Furness told me about Wallis5 WallisThis is how Lady Furness described Mrs Simpson's early life toEdward：Wallis was born in BaltimoreShe

43、 never knew her fatherHe diedwhen she was five months old But her mother was a strong and loving专业资料整理WORD格式woman， and Wallis was a happy childWhen she was twenty，she married a man called WinfieldSpencerFor the first few years they were happy together But oneday Winfield lost some money in the stree

44、tHe was very angry Whenhe came home， he took a bottle of whisky from a cupbodrd and began todrink That night he hit Wallis in the mouth She screamed and he hit heragainThere was blood on her face and she was shaking like a leaf'Please， Winfield ，'she said'No moreBut Winfield took her arm

45、 and pulled her up the stairs'You're myprisoner， 'he shouted at her，'and you're not going to leave'Then hepushed her into the bathroom and locked the doorThe next morning Wallis went back to her family'I can't stay withhim，'she said'I want a divorce''P

46、oor Wallis，'Edward said'But what happened next，LadyFurness？''Well ，'said Lady Furness，'a few months later she met a fine mancalled Ernest Simpson He's quiet， but interestingThey got marriedand they now live in a beautiful flat in the centre of London'专业资料整理WORD格式'

47、And are they happy？'asked Edward专业资料整理WORD格式Lady Furness looked at the Prince and smiled'I don't know，Sir，'she said 'I don' t know'During the next two years the Prince saw Wallis once or twice aweekThey had the same friends， and they often met at parties'Mrs Simpson k

48、new a lot about life，'Edward once said'She lovedbooks， food， people， and travel She was very beautiful and her eyeswere full of fire She was friendly and easy to talk to and，after a while，I opened up my heart We had no secretsI told her everythingAndthat's how it all began''His e

49、yes were always sad，'Wallis said about Edward'Andsometimes he looked like a child so young， so quiet， so weak Hehad no real friends Perhaps people were a little afraid of him But hewas a warm and kind man When he talked to me， I felt my heartjumpI wanted to be alone with him， but I knew that

50、 wasn'tpossibleDid the Prince love me in those early days？ No，I don't thinksoBut each time we met，we just felt closer and closer'In June 1933 Edward gave a birthday party for Wallis，and during the next few months he visited the Simpson's flat in London almost every day专业资料整理WORD格式One

51、 evening， the Prince asked Wallis and Ernest to go skiing in专业资料整理WORD格式Austria'I'm sorry， Sir，'Mr Simpson replied'I have to go to Americaon businessBut perhaps Wallis and her aunt can come with you''We went to Kitzb hl üas friends，'Wallis wrote later ，'but when

52、wecame home， we were in love And a few months later the Prince askedme to marry him It was just like a dream！'6 The King is Dead ！Long Live the King ！In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks He was tired of town life and he wanted to work in his garden and ride hishorsesBut then，on

53、e afternoon，there was a phone call from QueenMary 'Edward，'she said，'you must come back im-mediately Yourfather is very ill and I think he's going to die'When Edward arrived， he went straight to his father's room Hewalked to the side of the bed and kissed his father's white face TheKing opened his