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爱德华与辛普森夫人一一爱的艰程WHEN LOVEWAS THEADVENTURE英汉对照On acold Januarymorning in1936,George Vwas givena kings burial.Following hiscoffinwas hiseldest son,the handsome,much loved,Prince ofWales.He wasabout tobe proclaimedthenext kingof England.He wasthat1exceptional thing:a model2royal.He wasat easeinevery company.Everyone expectedhim toshake the3stuffiness outof the4monarchy.But astimepassed,as hespan betweenthe royalduties,people beganto5remark thatthe princewasapproaching40and stillunmarried.Only aprivileged fewknew that he d been6stepping outwith the mysteriousAmerican,a woman who wascheating onher husbandwith thefuture kingofEngland.This was the ladyknown asWallis Simpson,whom he was determinedto marry.So nowhewasking,but noone couldpersuade himto giveup Wallis.Not evenPrime MinisterStanleyBaldwin whospoke for the nationwhen hesaid Britaindid notwant anAmerican divorceefora queen.Ministerial carshuttled betweenWestminster andBuckingham Palacebut thekingcould notbe7budged.He wasforced to8abdicate and all overthe countryflags flewat9half-mast.In thesummer of1937there wasa quietwedding inFrance.The couplelooked abit nervous,especially thegroom,but onlya yearbefore hed beena king.Now heand hiswife wouldbecalled the10Duke and11Duchess ofWindsor.So nowthe man who d given upa kingdomandawomanwhodgivenup twohusbands12embarkedon theirendless roundof funand13gaiety.In thewar yearsthey dbeen trappedin theBahamas,but emergedevery nowand thento attendthe greatcultural festivalswhere theystartled thelocalswiththebrilliance oftheir14attire.But themanwhodbeena kingfound hewas nowonlya15celebrity.There wereeven rumorsthatheand theduchess werebreaking upso theyhadto paradetheir16devotion forthe cameras.Four yearslater itwasthenation sturn tomourn theDuke andto reflecton oneman sdecisionto tradethe crownof Englandforthelove ofWallis andthe pricethey hadboth hadto pay.年月一天寒冷的早晨,英国王室为乔治五世举行国葬跟在他灵柩之后的是他的长子一19361英俊而深受爱戴的威尔士王子他将被宣布成为英国的新国王他是个模范的皇室成员,卓尔不群又平易近人人人都期望着他会一改王室拘谨沉闷的形象但时之以日,在他履行王室职责的同时,人们开始注意到王子已年近四十却仍然形只影单只有少数几人有幸得知他一直在和一位神秘的美国女子约会,她瞒着丈夫和未来的英国国王来往这位女士就是沃丽斯辛普♦森,是王子决意要娶的人等他成为国王后,没人能说服他放弃沃丽斯连首相斯坦利•巴尔德温也不行一他代表国家说英国不想让一个离过婚的美国人成为王后大臣们的汽车在威斯敏斯特教堂和白金汉宫之间穿梭往返,但国王丝毫不为所动他被迫让位,为此举国降下半旗年夏天,他们静静地在法国举行了一个婚礼两人看起来有点紧张,尤其是新郎,一年之1937前他还是个国王现在他和妻子被称为温莎公爵伉俪放弃了江山的他和曾经两度离婚的她开始去尽情地享乐战争时代他们被困在巴哈马群岛,但偶尔会出席一些盛大的文化节庆,他们的华衣美服让当地人惊叹不已不过曾为国君的他发现自己现在只是个名人甚至有传言说他和公爵夫人将要离异,于是他们不得不在镜头前表现恩爱一面四年后,全国哀悼公爵的逝世并深思他的决择一他为了对沃丽斯的爱情放弃了英国王位,他们两人都为此付出了代价。