牛津书虫2级 2The love of a king.docx

1、牛津书虫2级 2The love of a kingThe love of a kingThe 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 University1914 The First World War beginsEdward sees fighing on the front line in Belgiu

2、m1916 Wallis marries Winfield Spencer1920 Edward begins a five-year journey round the world He visits 45 countries and travels 240 000 kilometres1927 Wallis divorces Winfield Spencer1928 Wallis marries Ernest Simpson1930 Edward meets Wallis at a weekend house party1936 January King George V dies Edw

3、ard 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 name Duke and Duchess of WindsorNone of the Royal Family come to the weddingFor the next thirty years the Duk

4、e and Duchess live outside England1966 Queen Elizabeth meets the Duke and Duchess at a small party in LondonIts time to forget the past，she says1972 Edward dies in ParisHis body is buried in England at Windsor Castle1986 Wallis dies in Paris and is buried next to Edward at WindsorIN APRIL 1987， THRE

5、E HUNDRED PEOPLE CAME TO A SMALL room in Geneva，Switzerland There were Presidents and Kings， film stars and millionaires They came from the four corners of the world， east and west，north and south，and they spoke many languagesBut they all wanted one thingto buy some jewelleryIt was the jewellery tha

6、t a man called Edward gave a woman called WallisOne woman，Mrs Namiki from Japan，paid $105000 for a gold ringWhy did you pay all that money？a friend askedYou can buy a gold ring in Tokyo for half that moneyBecause Wallis and Edward were special to me，Mrs Namiki replied I never met them but Ill keep t

7、hat ring all my lifeIn the next few hours， in that small room in Geneva， the jewellery was sold for50000000 But who was Wallis？ And who was Edward？ And why was their love story so special？Lets begin at the beginning1 A Lonely ChildPrince Edward was born in 1894His father，King George V， was a tall， c

8、old man who did not like childrenWhy does Edward talk all the time？he once saidHes a very noisy child！His mother，Queen Mary， agreedIt doesnt matter if Edward is happy or unhappy， she saidA child must be silent and strongThe family lived in Buckingham Palace，which had 600 roomsThere were 8 kitchens，1

9、9 bathrooms，24 toilets， 11 dining rooms， 17 bedrooms and 21 sitting roomsEdward once told a story about the house ：Buckingham Palace was very big， and people sometimes got lostOne night my mother，my father and I were sitting in the dining roomWe were waiting for our dinnerWe waited and waited， but t

10、he food did not comeAfter twenty minutes my father was very angry He stood up and went to the kitchenWhere is the cook？he shouted，and where is my food？But， Sir， the cook replied，your dinner left the kitchen fifteen minutes agoHasnt it arrived yet？No，it hasnt，my father shouted， and Im hungryThe King

11、left the kitchen and began to look for the foodTen minutes later he saw a woman who was carrying three plates of meat and potatoesWhat happened to you？my father saidWhy didnt you bring us our dinner？I m sorry， Sir， the woman replied There are a lot of dining rooms I couldnt remember where to goBut i

12、f you return to the table， Sir， this time I can follow you to the right roomEdward did not go to school with other children He stayed in Buckingham 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

13、his nose was very redWe had lots of books but they were all very boring They were full of words and they didnt have any picturesSometimes I stopped reading and looked out dowMr Hansell got very angryHe took a stick and hit me on the armDont look out of the window，little boy， he shoutedLook at the bo

14、okHe hit me many times and my arm was redEvery Friday the teacher took me to my fathers roomAnd what has my son learnt this week，Mr Hansell？the King askedAnd the answer was always：Not very much Im afraid，SirEdward doesnt like his lessons He never listens to what I sayWhen Mr Hansell left the room，my

15、 father was angry with meWhats wrong with you， child？he saidAre you stupid？ Why cant you learn anything？But the lessons are so boring， Sir，I repliedAnd Mr Hansell hits meI dont understand you，EdwardYoure a babyYoure so weakYoull never be a good King A King must be strongGo to your room and stay ther

16、e until the morningI spent many days alone in my room，Edward wrote laterI never played with other children and I didnt have any friends I lived in the most beautiful house in England but I was always lonely and sad I saw my mother once a day at dinner time and I saw my father three or four times a w

17、eek，but they never gave me any loveI was afraid of them and everything I did was wrong2 The Prince of WalesIn the spring of 1911 King George called Edward into his room and said：Next month Ill make you Prince of Wales and these are your clothes for the ceremonyThe King opened a small cupboard and Ed

18、ward started to cryBut father，he said，Im sixteen years old nowI cant wear soft shoes and a skirt Ill look like a girl Why cant I dress like other people？Because youre different and special，his father replied，and one day youll be KingEdward cried for the next two days， but there was noth-ing he could

19、 doAnd so， on 10th June 1911， the family drove to Caernarvon Castle in North Wales and the ceremony beganThe King put a small gold crown on Edwards headThere was music and dancing and the crowd began to shoutThe new Prince of Wales closed his eyesI feel terrible， he saidCan we go home now？Not yet， t

20、he King repliedThe people want to see youEdward walked to the front of the castle and looked down at the crowdHe was shaking and his face was redSmile， Edward，the King saidYou are happy！A few hours later the family were driving back to WindsorWasnt that a lovely day！Queen Mary saidEdward took off hi

21、s shoes and looked out of the windowNever again，he thought Never again！3 The Royal StarAfter a year at Oxford University， Edward went to fight in the First World WarHe wrote：I lived in a house with twenty-five other soldiers At night we talked about our lives and our familiesIt was very interestingI

22、 could speak freely to different people-rich and poor，young and old But I also saw the blood and noise of warOne day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos in BelgiumI got out of the car and walked to the top of the hillDown below me there was heavy fighting and I felt very sadAn hour later I

23、 returned to my carIll never forget what I sawMy driver was dead While I was away，somebody shot him in the neckWhen the war finished in 1918， Edward returned to Buckingham Palace One night he was talking to his father in the dining roomI dont understand why countries fight，the Prince saidThe war has

24、 finished， but nothing has changedThere are still millions of poor and hungry people Its not rightSomebody must do something！Well，King George replied，you cant change the world if you sit by the fire You must travelMeet peopleTalk to themListen to what they say And then， when you are King， you can ma

25、ke the world a better placeAnd so，in 1920，Edward left England again During the next five years he travelled 240 000 kilometres and visited 45 different countriesHe saw India， Argentina， Nigeria， Mexico， New Zealand， Germany， and JapanWhen he came to Toronto，in Canada， there were 500 000 people in th

26、e streets to meet himEverywhere thousands of people 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 MelbourneEdward is the first royal star，one newspaper wrote，and he is now the most famous man in the worldIn the old days princes were

27、 cold and boredBut Edward is different He gets out of his car and walks down the street Every two or three minutes he stops and speaks with the crowdHe laughsHe smiles He shakes a thousand hands He is a man of the people with a heart of gold4 The MeetingIn the autumn of 1930 Edward went to stay with

28、 his friends Lord and Lady FurnessThis is how he described that weekend in a book called A Kings Story：On Saturday the weather was cold and windyIt was raining heavily so we could not ride our horses We decided to stay in the house and have an early lunch with some of Lady Furness friendsAt one oclo

29、ck Wallis arrived with her husband She was beautifully dressed and she smiled all the timeShe spoke with Lord Furness for a few minutes，and then Lady Furness brought her over to see meSir，I would like you to meet one of my dearest and sweetest American friends，Mrs Wallis SimpsonHow do you do， Mrs Si

30、mpson，I saidPlease come and sit downLady Furness left us and we began to talkI could see that Wallis was not felling very wellShe had a bad cold and her eyes were red Im afraid that our English houses arent very warm，I said We dont have American central heating hereThere was a long silenceMrs Simpson turned her face and looked out of the windowThen she said：You have disappointed me，SirAnd why is that？I asked