之奥地利10:Sissi and Schonbrunn 茜茜公主和美泉宫
F1 : Friend l F2 : Friend 2
Fl:朋友l 砣：朋友2
F1 : I picked up a biography in the bookstore, about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, you know " Empress Sissi" ?
F1：我从书店买了一本传记。你知道“茜茜皇后”吗？
F2: Really, was it good? I've seen some of the films about her, but I've never read her biography.
F2:真的吗？写的好吗？我看过有关他的电影，但从来没有读过他的传记。
F1: i would recommend that anybody who is enchanted by the myth NOT read it-reality might destroy the romantic illusion.
F1:我要建议所有对这一神话式人物着迷的人不要读这本书，因为现实可能会毁掉这一浪漫的幻想。
F2 : Why? I think the story of her and her husband. Franz Joseph is extremely romantic. They seemed to be so in love.
F2:为什么？我认为她和她丈夫弗朗茨•约瑟夫的故事很浪漫的。他们好像爱得非常深。
F1: But that's it, it's just a story. In the biography it says that Franz was a workaholic and spent most of his time in his love.
F1：是这样，但这只是故事。传记中说弗朗茨是个工作狂，大部分时间都呆在办公室。
F2 : Really? I thought they were always together. Anyway, I know something about her. For example, she was born in 1837, in Munich.
F2:真的吗？我原来以为他们总在一起呢。不管怎么样，我还是了解她一些情况。比如说，她1837年生于慕尼黑。
F1: Right! But, I bet you didn't know this . . . Franz Joseph was actually meant to marry her sister, Helene, but Franz fell in love with Sissi.
F1：没错！可是，我敢说你不知道这个……弗朗茨•约瑟夫原本是打算娶她的姐姐海伦，却爱上了茜茜。
F2: I did know that, actually. It was in a film I once saw. The engagement to Sissi was a sensation.
F2：这个我真的不知道。我以前在电影中看到过。弗朗茨与茜茜公主的订婚轰动一时。
Fl: I bet. She later said that she regretted marrying him. Also, did you know she was murdered? A crazy anarchist stabbed her to death when she was 60 years old.
F1：的确是这样。她后来说后悔嫁给弗朗茨。那你还知道她被谋杀的事吗？她60岁时被一个疯狂的无政府主义者刺死了。
F2 : I didn't know that! I did read that she went a little crazy though, because she dieted too much. Did you read anything about their castle? Schon . . . something.
F2：这个我不知道！我确实从书上读过，说她因为节食过度精神变得有点不正常。你读过有关他们住的城堡的书吗？那个叫什么官的。
F1: Schonbrunn, yes It was built in around 1700 and lots of famous people have lived there over the years, not only Sissi.
F1：是美泉官。建于1700年左右。不只是茜茜公主．还有很多名人都在那里住过很多年。
F2 : It's in Vienna, isn't it?
F2：是在维也纳，对吗？
F1 : Yes, that's right. It was the Viennese summer residence for Austrian royalty for many decades, even Empress Maria Theresa, who give birth t0 16 children there.
F1：对。这是几十年中奥地利皇室在维也纳的避暑圣地，玛丽亚•泰瑞莎女皇‘还在那里:生过16个孩子。
F2 : I read that Mane Antoinette was born there, and lived there until she married into the French royal family.
F2：我从书上了解到，玛丽•安东奈特‘就是在那里出生的，在嫁给法国皇室之前一直都住在那儿。
F1: She was one of Empress Maria Theresa's many kids. Schonbrunn is huge and totally beautiful! It has l, 441 rooms and is decorated in the delicate rococo style.
F1：她是玛丽亚•泰瑞莎女皇众多孩子中的一个。美泉官很大，非常漂亮，有1441个房间，采用洛恒星式风格，装修得很精巧。
F2: That is big. We should visit in the summer holidays, I hear the guided tour is great .It would certainly be an interesting holiday.
F2：那是够大的。暑假我们应该去参观一下。我听说有团队游非常好，我们肯定会度过一个有趣的假期。
【单词词组讲解】
spend most of his time in his office他大部分时间呆在办公室
summer residence 避暑圣地
marry into嫁给
rococo style洛恒星式风格
【背景介绍】
茜茜公主的夏宫就叫“美泉宫”，又名申布隆宫(schunbrunn),位于奥地利维也纳西南部，是当时拍摄《茜茜公主》的重要景点。宫殿内部装修时期，正值中国热传到欧洲宫廷。女皇一掷千金，用许多价值连城的中国艺术品来装饰自己心爱的宫殿。金壁辉煌是皇宫的特色。
