【跟着英剧练发音】A History Of Britain - 21A

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The symbol not of  imperial grandeur¹, but of  crushing national annihilation, a permanent, daily, wounding reminder² of conquest and humiliation³.

The most colossal⁴ exercise, in fact, incolonial domination anywhere in medievalEurope.Beneath the lion standard of Edward Plantagenet, the Welsh inhabitants had nowbecome second-class citizens in their own country.

Well, those natives were treated forthe most part like naughty children, not allowed to bear arms, of course, buteven forced to ask permission if they wanted strangers to stay at their houseovernight. Worst of all, I think, the Welsh were doomed⁵ by English superiorityto become objects of terminal quaintness⁷. The quaint⁶ language, the quaintsongs, those amusing choirs⁸ and chants.

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这些堡垒并非为了昭示帝国的辉煌，而是要泯灭威尔士的民族意识，象征着征服和凌辱，将威尔士骑在身下。根据中世纪欧洲的殖民统治惯例，在金雀花王朝的爱德华统治下，威尔士人民在自己的国土上成为了二等公民。统治者对待那些原住民就像对待不听话的孩子，他们当然是不准携带武器的，但竟然连留宿外乡人，也需要得到批准。但我认为最糟糕的是在英格兰的特权统治下，威尔士的古老文化注定将走向消亡，古老的语言，古雅的民谣，还有那些动人的赞美诗

1 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

2 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

3 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

4 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

5 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

6 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

7 quaintness   

n.离奇有趣，古怪的事物

参考例句：

• The shops had still a pleasant quaintness. 店铺里依然弥漫着一种亲切的古雅气氛。 来自辞典例句
• She liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing. 她喜欢那个老旧的小屋，其奇巧的风格很吸引人。 来自互联网

8 choirs   

n.教堂的唱诗班( choir的名词复数 )；唱诗队；公开表演的合唱团；（教堂）唱经楼

参考例句：

• They ran the three churches to which they belonged, the clergy, the choirs and the parishioners. 她们管理着自己所属的那三家教堂、牧师、唱诗班和教区居民。 来自飘（部分）
• Since 1935, several village choirs skilled in this music have been created. 1935以来，数支熟练掌握这种音乐的乡村唱诗班相继建立起来。 来自互联网