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视频出处

本期视频出自BBC纪录片《英国史》之《女王的一生》。

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So the Catholic North fought the Protestant South.

这样 忠于天主教的北方开始反抗忠于新教的南方

For a while it looked as though the North might win.

一时间 北方似乎占了上风

As rebels swept through Lancashire, Yorkshire and Northumberland,

随着叛军横扫兰开夏郡 约克郡和诺森伯兰郡时

it must have seemed that Catholic Britain had been reborn.

信奉天主教的英国似乎复苏了

Now Elizabeth's government really knew what it was up against,

此时 伊丽莎白政府才真正意识到面临的问题

the latest act in the endlessly drawn out religious war that began

所引发的宗教战争再一次拉开了新篇章

when Henry VIII made himself Supreme Head of the Church.

亨利八世将王权凌驾于教权

12,000 troops were eventually mustered and the rebellion brutally crushed.

一万两千名骑兵最终无情地平息了这次叛乱

词汇学习

rebel：叛徒，叛逆者

e.g. The rebel forces have been repeatedly attacked by loyalist troops.

叛军多次受到政府军的攻击。

e.g. He was stereotyped by some as a rebel.

他被一些人认定为叛逆者。

sweep：扫荡；搜索，搜查

e.g. Two of the soldiers swiftly began making a sweep of the premises.

两名士兵立即开始搜索该建筑物。

e.g. There may be periodic police 'sweeps' of crime in the area.

警方可能对该地区的犯罪活动进行定时的“扫荡”。

reborn：重生的，再生的

e.g. Shilling has been reborn as an artist.

希林以艺术家的身份再次出现。

e.g. Russia was being reborn as a great power.

俄罗斯经过重生成为强国。

supreme：最高的;至高无上的

e.g. MacArthur was Supreme Commander for the allied powers in the Pacific.

麦克阿瑟将军曾是太平洋战区盟军的最高统帅。

rebellion：谋反，叛乱

e.g. The north of the country rose in rebellion against the government.

这个国家的北方地区发生了反对政府的叛乱。

e.g. The British soon put down the rebellion.

英国人很快平息了叛乱。

brutally：无情地，残忍地，野蛮地

e.g. She was attacked and brutally dishonored.

她受到袭击并被残忍地奸污。

e.g. She was attacked and brutally dishonored.

她受到袭击并被残忍地奸污。

crush：(常指通过武力)制服，镇压，彻底击败

e.g. The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.

军事行动是镇压暴动计划的第一步。

内容透析

1. For a while it looked as though the North might win.

as though：似乎，貌似

e.g. He likes to talk big as though he was an important person.

他老爱说大话，就仿佛他是一位要人似的。

e.g. He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike.

他一声不吭，闷头吃着，仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。

2. As rebels swept through Lancashire, Yorkshire and Northumberland, it must have seemed that Catholic Britain had been reborn.

sweep through： (使)扫过…...； (使)掠过…...； (使)迅速传遍于…...

e.g. Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?

你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?

e.g. The news swept through the village like fire.

那消息像火一样在村中蔓延。

e.g. The disease can sweep through whole populations in a very short time.

这种病可以在很短的时间里在全体人口中流行开来。

3. Now Elizabeth's government really knew what it was up against, the latest act in the endlessly drawn out religious war that began when Henry VIII made himself Supreme Head of the Church.

up against：面对

e.g. Although he ran up against many difficulties, he did not lose heart.

虽然他碰到了许多困难，但他并不气馁。

e.g. Don't back up the moment you run up against a little difficulty.

不要遇到一点困难就打退堂鼓。