2.11《Unit 2 Listening,speaking and writing》.pptVIP

LISTENING TEXT CAN A ROYAL PALACE ALSO BE A PRISON? Zhang Pingyu is trying to find out more about the history of the Tower of London from a guide. G: The Tower — a home for the King but also a prison. Many important people were kept here. ZP: I beg your pardon? Can you speak more slowly please? Then I’ll be able to understand you. G: Of course. Have you heard of “The Princes in the Tower”? ZP: No, I’m afraid not. G: These two Princes were brothers and lived six hundred years ago. They had come to London for the older brother to be crowned King after his father, King Edward IV, died. He was only thirteen years ole. His wicked uncle, Richard, was supposed to look after them both, but instead he had them killed while they were asleep. ZP: What do you mean? He killed them himself! Is that possible? G: No, he sent his men to do the killing because he wanted to be the King. It is said that on a dark night you can sometimes hear those princes crying. ZP: You can hear them crying? Really? I thought you said they were killed many years ago. G: Yes, but I meant it was only a story. ZP: I see. Who else came to the Tower as a prisoner? G: A future queen. In the 1550S when Queen Elizabeth I was still a princess, her sister, Queen Mary, brought her to the Tower as a prisoner because she thought Elizabeth was a traitor. She went in through a special gate called “Traitors Gate”. That only happened to very bad people. ZP: I’m sorry I don’t understand. How did Elizabeth become Queen if she was a prisoner? G: Easy. Her brother and sister both died without any children so Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth I. She tried not to be as unfair to others when she was Queen. ZP: Were many Kings or Queens unfair? G: All the time in the old days. Elizabeth’s father, King Henry VIII, had some of his best friends killed because they did not agree with him. ZP: Oh dear! I find English ways very difficult to understand. G: Well, don’t worry, miss. It doesn’t happen now! LISTENING TEXT