BBC英国史

And in his quiet way,Charles burned to be a Christian warrior.

潜移默化地 查理一世成为了基督教斗士

There was also the matter of his older brother, Henry.

这也与他的兄长亨利有关

A champion of the joust,celebrated by the poets as a Protestant hero,

亨利是马背上王者 新教徒吟诗赞颂 视他为英雄

Henry was supposed to have been king,

他本该加冕为王

but he had died when Charles was a boy,and his armour had passed on to him.

却在查理幼时英年早逝了 他的甲胄传入查理手中

It was too big.All his life, Charles would try to fit the steel,

这使命太厚重了 查理一世穷其一生试图配得上这副兵戈

try to become the gartered Charlemagne beneath the British Oak.

成为英国本土的查理曼大帝

And this war against Spain would be his big chance.

向西班牙开战正是他的大好时机

Surely parliament would cough up the money for the great Protestant crusade.

议会自然是勉强才掏了腰包 资助新教十字军出征

Oh, yes, was the answer,but and it was a big but

好的 议会如是说 但是 语气急转直下

you see with all due respect,we don't much care for your choice of commander,the Duke of Buckingham.

恕我们直言 我们不喜欢您选中的指挥官 白金汉公爵

So while we're happy to fork over subsidies,we rather think we'll make it a short-term contract.

因此尽管我们愿意支付补贴 还是觉得应该订立短期协议为妙

Renewable, to be sure, if he turns out all right.

在证明他的可靠之后 再予续期

But parliament knew perfectly well it wouldn't.

但议会很清楚白金汉公爵并不可靠

From the start, parliament had Buckingham's number.

从一开始 议会就对他心中有数

To them,he was an upstart nobody,a peacock with a pretty face

对他们而言 他不过是个自命不凡的小人物 虚有其表的绣花枕头

who'd been promoted outrageously above the great earls of the land.

被提拔到如此高位着实令人吃惊

词汇解析

1、suppose

假定;假设;设想

Suppose someone gave you an egg and asked you to describe exactly what was inside.

假设有人给了你一枚鸡蛋并要你准确描述鸡蛋里面有什么。

Supposing he's right and I do die tomorrow? Maybe I should take out an extra insurance policy.

假设他是对的，我确实明天就会死，那该怎么办？也许我应该再买一份保险。

(根据所知)认为，推断，料想

The policy is perfectly clear and I see no reason to suppose that it isn't working.

这项政策非常清楚明了，我没有理由认为它不会奏效。

I knew very well that the problem was more complex than he supposed.

我很清楚那个问题比他料想的要更复杂。

我看;要我说;我想

I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.

这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。

I suppose I'd better do some homework.

我看我最好做做功课。

2、promote

促进；增进；提倡

You don't have to sacrifice environmental protection to promote economic growth.

不必为了促进经济增长而牺牲环境保护。

In many ways, our society actively promotes alcoholism.

我们的社会从多个方面助长了酗酒的风气。

促销；推广；推销

Paul Weller has announced a full British tour to promote his second solo album.

保罗·韦勒已经宣布到英国巡演，以推广他的第二张专辑。

a special St Lucia week where the island could be promoted as a tourist destination.

在特殊的圣卢西亚活动周期间这个岛屿可以作为旅游胜地进行宣传推广

晋升；提升；擢升

I was promoted to editor and then editorial director.

我先是被提升为编辑，然后又晋升为编务总监。

In fact, those people have been promoted.

事实上，那些人已经升职了。