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Aged 76, and after 72 years on the throne,
路易十四76岁时已为王72年
Louis was once again taken seriously ill.
他又一次身患重疾
No-one expected Louis XIV to live as long as he did.
没人想到路易会如此长寿
When Louis finally weakens in the last year of his life,
路易在最后一年里逐渐衰弱
it's the result of a gangrenous infection which gradually spreads
因为严重的感染已经
from his leg to the rest of the left side of his body.
从腿部蔓延身体左侧其他部位
Even Louis' own death became a public performance.
就连他的死亡也变成了公共表演
In spite of their long intimacy,
尽管他们长期亲密无间
Maintenon wasn't actually at the King's side when he died.
国王死时曼特侬并不在其身边
That was not the practice.
这并非惯例
By her own wish she went off to a convent
她按照自己的愿望去了修道院
to be among ladies who would sucker her
加入会接受
and sympathise with her,
并同情她的其他女性
leaving him to priest and, ultimately, to God.
将路易留给神父 最终留给上帝
He died rather slowly, and so she came back once I think, twice,
他慢慢逝去 所以她两次返回
to be with him again.
陪伴在他身侧
But ultimately, it was time for her to go.
但最终 她还是要放手
The heir to the throne was a really tiny child,
王位继承人非常幼小
a little five-year-old boy,
是个5岁的小男孩
and he's brought in to see his grandfather,
他被带来面见他的祖父
and his grandfather sort of tells him to be a good king,
路易教导他要成为好国王
but says, "I have loved war too much."
但他说"我太过热爱战争"
Very sad dying words from Louis XIV, certainly true.
他的遗言格外伤感 却一语中的
重点讲解
一.result：n. 结果，成果，答案，成绩，(足球比赛)赢 v. 产生，致使
【词义辨析】
arise, originate, result,
arise: 多与from连用，侧重指从无到有的产生，表一种因果关系。
originate: 强调产生变化的起源。
result: 侧重变化的最终结果。
consequence, result, effect, outcome,
consequence: 多指随某一事件引起的，必然或自然的不良结果，不强调直接的因果关系，而侧重事件发展的逻辑关系。
result: 普通用词，含义广泛，侧重因某种原因所产生的最终结果，而不是眼前的结果。
effect: 指因某种原因直接产生的结果，着重持续稳定与其影响。
outcome: 普通用词，多指事物经过一系列发展变化所导致的最终结局，而不是某种原因的直接结果。常可与result通用。
【词语用法】
result from意为“因……而起”，而result in表示“导致……的结果”。
Success results from hard working.
成功来自努力工作。
[Hard working results in success.|努力工作成就成功。}
有时候result与results可窜用。
The result(s) of the examination will be published early in August.
考试的结果会在八月初公布。
句子类型The result is that she become a greater fool than before在口语中常省略句首的the；
as a result of普遍被应用，而as the result则不常用；
with the result后常接that从句。
My room was small and looked out on a narrow courtyard, with the result that I always felt fenced in.
我的房间很小，看出去是个很窄的庭院，致使我总觉得自己被困在栅栏中一样。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句：He must have felt tired and that tiredness may have resulted in him falling asleep.
纠正：He must have felt tired and that tiredness may have resulted in his falling asleep.
翻译：他应该是感到累了，因为劳累导致他睡着了。
分析：result in后面跟的him falling asleep不符合语法。
【例句用法】
1.These problems are the result of years of bad management.
这些问题是由于多年管理不善而造成的。
2.If this football team doesn't get a result tonight, they will be put down into a lower division.
如果今晚这支足球队不能赢球，他们将会被降级。
3.The accident resulted in the death of two passengers.
这起事故导致两名乘客丧生。
二.true：adj. 真实的，真的，准确的，精确的，忠诚的 adv. 真实地，准确地 n. 真相，精确 vt. 使...平衡
【词义辨析】
accurate, exact, precise, right, true, correct,
accurate: 指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。
exact: 着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。
precise: 侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。
right: 使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。
true: 暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。
correct: 最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。
【例句用法】
1.The arrow flew straight and true to its mark.
那箭不偏不斜地直朝目标飞去。
2.She gave the true account of what had happened.
她如实地讲述了发生的事情。
3.She was always true to her word.
她总是信守诺言的。