【BBC女王的宫殿】白金汉宫5
白金汉宫(Buckingham Palace),英国的王宫。建造在威斯敏斯特城内，位于伦敦詹姆士公园的西边，1703年为白金汉公爵所建而得名，最早称白金汉屋，意思是“他人的家”。
HINTS:
River Tyburn
Victorian
Buckingham Palace
Henry VIII
英式拼法，以音频内容为准
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201303/201303161131163793388.mp3This is the River Tyburn. And now it's channelled through this great Victorian sewer, but it still follows its ancient course, right beneath Buckingham Palace. And it provides a fascinating glimpse into the past, because this river made the land above boggy and marshy, with pools of smelly, stagnant water. Not exactly what you'd call prime royal real estate. Until one king decided it might be useful after all.
Henry VIII, who came to the throne in 1509, was a man passionate about the chase, for women and deer. For Henry, the swampy land on the banks of the river Tyburn was perfect for hunting.这就是泰班河，现在已经改建成维多利亚风格的下水道，但仍沿用古老的河道，就在白金汉宫的地下。它也向我们提供了窥探过去的神奇一瞥。这条河周边曾是沼泽地，一汪死水，臭气熏天。你也可以认为这就是皇室不动产的雏形，直到有个国王决定利用它。
亨利八世，于1509继承皇位。他是一位热衷于女人和狩猎的国王。对亨利来说，泰班河两岸的沼泽是绝佳的狩猎之处。
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