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备注:视频选在BBC记录篇《英国史》之《女王的诞生》。
解说词:She was, remember, just 14, but there was already the fortitude, the clarity and the courage,
记得她当时只有十四岁,却已经展现出了这样的刚毅勇敢,行文有条有理。
just as well, because she would need these qualities five years later, when facing the most traumatic and dangerous crisis of her entire life.
不过,她在五年后经历她一生中最惨痛,最险恶的一次危机时便需要用到这些品质了。
When her Catholic half-sister, Mary, came to the throne, Elizabeth found herself in even deeper trouble.
当她同父异母的姐姐——天主教徒玛丽登基时,伊丽莎白陷入了更深的危机之中。
In fact, she found herself in the Tower when a Protestant plot to get rid of Mary backfired.
清教徒谋逆之事被镇压之后,她便被关进了伦敦塔。
Elizabeth managed to talk herself out of being charged with treason, but she remained under close surveillance.
伊丽莎白设法游说逃脱了叛国罪的指控,但她仍被高度监控着。
Danger only turned to deliverance five years later when Queen Mary died, childless.
这种僵局一直持续了五年,直到玛丽女王去世,并无子嗣继位,
So here she was, Elizabeth, under the oak, about to be the Protestant queen.
于是便成就了伊丽莎白坐在橡树下即将成为推行新教的女王,当时的她刚摆脱了人身威胁。