The Witty Queen阅读笔记.doc

Summary The story took place long long ago when an Emperor ordered his chamberlain to sell a flock of two thousand sheep to the market and bring them back together with money.The chamberlain felt upset and sad at the order.Fortunately, It’s his 16 -year-old daughter’s advice——to shear off the wool of the sheep, that helped him successfully accomplish the task.Afterwards, the Emperor soon learned that it was the chamberlain’s daughter who came out the smart idea and then he put another tricky difficulty in front of the girl. She succeeded in handling with it and later became the Empress.However, they had an agreement that Empress must not interfere his business, whatever judgment he makes. But later Empress interfered a case which Emperor did not judge fairly and Emperor got so angry that he claimed that she should leave the palace as she had broken the agreement between them. As such a witty queen, the girl finally moved the king. As a result, she returned to the palace and henceforth help the Emperor to dispense justice.Consequently, the Empire were known to be righteous and true. Key words Chamberlain , high road , ass , hare , mount , astride, Perplexed , whilst , hound , turk , carp , in one’s favor ,Shear , Empress , off one’s head , get out of , Take heart , furious , consent , rise up , with your leave , henceforth , have a hand in , reign in ,fame Difficulties 1. neither with game nor without game. 2.She wrapped herself in the net, mounted the ass the way the women sit , not riding astride ; then her took a shift and folded it in her lap under the net...... Background knowledge the Emperor in western countries had only one wife. The Emperor called himself “ I ” instead of other special callings. The male servants working in the palace weren’t eunuches. My responses After