(单词翻译:单击)
Illegitimate daughter.
私生女。
Virgin Queen.
童贞女王
Glittering symbol of a nation.
一个国家的闪闪发光的象征。
Who was Elizabeth the First?
伊丽莎白一世是谁？
Elizabeth the First was born on September 7, 1533, to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn--the king's second wife, whom he'd married in defiance of the Roman Catholic Church and expected to bear a son, not another daughter.
伊丽莎白一世出生于1533年9月7日，父亲是亨利八世，母亲是安妮·博林，也是国王的第二任妻子，他不顾罗马天主教会的反对与之结婚，希望生一个儿子，而不是一个女儿。
Before Elizabeth reached her third birthday, Henry had Anne beheaded for flimsy charges of adultery and treason.
在伊丽莎白三岁生日之前，亨利以通奸和叛国罪将安妮斩首。
He even convinced Parliament to declare the marriage invalid, thus making the child illegitimate.
他甚至说服议会宣布婚姻无效，从而使孩子成为私生子。
For the first years of her childhood, Elizabeth was in no way in line for the throne.
在她童年的头几年，伊丽莎白根本不可能成为王位的继承人。
When Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, gave birth to a son, Elizabeth finally landed in her father's good graces.
当亨利的第三任妻子简·西摩生下一个儿子时，伊丽莎白终于得到了她父亲的宠爱。
Recognized again as legitimate, she was declared third in line for the throne.
她再次被承认为合法子女，也被宣布为王位第三顺位继承人。
After Henry's death, Elizabeth's half-brother Edward succeeded him as king.
亨利死后，伊丽莎白同父异母的弟弟爱德华接替他成为国王。
When Edward died, Mary I succeeded him.
爱德华死后，玛丽一世继承了他。
And the cycle continued among Henry's children: when Mary died in 1558, it was Elizabeth's turn to rule.
亨利的孩子们也继续这样做：当玛丽在1558年去世时，轮到伊丽莎白来统治了。
Elizabeth's reign returned England to the Protestant Reformation, a religious shift initiated by Henry VIII's first divorce but halted by Mary I's dedication to Catholicism.
伊丽莎白的统治使英国恢复了新教改革，这一宗教转变是由亨利八世第一次离婚引发的，但因玛丽一世献身于天主教而停止。
Elizabeth, like Mary, had to fight against the expectation that a queen didn't have as much power as a king.
伊丽莎白和玛丽一样，不得不与女王没有国王那么大权力的期望作斗争。
She quickly made it clear that she intended to govern in more than name alone, and, while she surrounded herself with advisers, she didn't hesitate to trust her own instincts over theirs.
她很快就明确表示，她打算不仅仅是在名义上执政，虽然她身边都是顾问，但她毫不犹豫地更相信自己的直觉而不是他们的。
Even when everyone around her believed that she should marry, produce an heir, and ensure the line of succession, Elizabeth steadfastly refused to choose a husband--earning for herself the nickname "the Virgin Queen."
即使她周围的每个人都认为她应该结婚，生下继承人，并确保继承权，伊丽莎白仍然坚决拒绝选择丈夫--也为自己赢得了“童贞女王”的绰号。
Elizabeth the First died on March 24, 1603.
伊丽莎白一世于1603年3月24日去世。
James VI of Scotland, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, succeeded her on the English throne.
詹姆斯六世，苏格兰女王玛丽之子，继承了她的英国王位。
