【BBC女王的宫殿】白金汉宫6
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”。
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Henry VIII
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
英式拼法,以音频内容为准
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201303/20130317121338204926.mp3Henry VIII's love of riding bordered on the obsessional. Before he became so grossly fat, he would ride seven days a week, wear out eight horses in a day. So he decided to turn the land north of Westminster into his own private royal hunting ground. What few residents there were, he slung them out, and then he built a brick wall to keep them out.
In 1532, Henry VIII drained the land where Buckingham Palace now stands and created a well-stocked deer park. Henry often rode here, for hunting, courting and conducting business.亨利八世对骑马的酷爱,简直到了强迫的程度。在他发福以前,他可以天天骑马,一天就能把八匹马折腾得筋疲力尽。他决定把威斯敏斯特北部的土地变成他自己的私人皇家狩猎场,至于居住在那里的一些人,就把他们给撵走了,然后建起围墙隔离了起来。
1532年,亨利八世排干了沼泽地里的水,就在现在白金汉宫矗立的地方创建了鹿园,驯养了数量丰富的鹿。亨利经常在这里骑马,狩猎,求爱,以及处理政事。
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