【BBC女王的宫殿】白金汉宫6

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        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:
        Henry VIII

        Westminster

        Buckingham Palace

       
        英式拼法，以音频内容为准
Henry 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。