英语名人堂：丽莎白·亚历山德拉·玛丽·温莎

伊丽莎白二世（Her Majesty¹ Queen Elizabeth II），现任英国女王，英联邦元首、国会最高首领。

伊丽莎白二世全称“承上帝洪恩的大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国及其他领土和属地女王，英联邦元首，国教（圣公会）的捍卫者伊丽莎白二世”。于1952年2月6日登基，1953年6月2日加冕女王，是英国在位时间最长的君主。[1] 

2012年6月2日至5日，英国举办英女王钻禧庆典，纪念女王登基60周年。

2012年12月18日，参加内阁会议，她成为百年来和平时期出席政府内阁会议的第一位英国君主。

2016年4月21日英女王伊丽莎白二世90岁寿辰，英国皇家邮政发布了一张具有历史意义的照片——英国皇室家族四世同堂。[2] 

2016年6月，《福布斯》公布，2016年度全球最具影响力100名女性，伊丽莎白二世排名第29位。[3] 

 

Queen Elizabeth II is well known throughout the world. She is the Queen of sixteen countries but lives in the United Kingdom. Her ancestors have ruled over the UK for over a thousand years. She holds enormous power over her 129 million subjects, but rarely gets involved with politics. She is a hard-working Queen who has adapted to world changes over six decades.

 

Elizabeth has many other positions besides being a monarch². She is Head of the Commonwealth³ (the collection of 16 nations), Supreme⁴ Governor of the Church of England, Chief of Fiji and head of many parts of the UK armed forces. She married a Greek prince in 1947. Her husband is known as the Duke of Edinburgh.

 

Elizabeth was born in London in 1926. She was third in line to the throne and never expected to become queen. She was on safari⁵ in Kenya when she received news that her father had died and she was the new Queen. She was crowned in 1953 and soon after the ceremony she went on a six-month world tour to visit her people.

 

Elizabeth has always taken her position as Queen extremely seriously. She has never given a press interview, and no one knows her political views. She has been the ultimate professional throughout her working life. Even her dress has stayed conservative. She is famous for her plain-coloured coats. She continues to attend many cultural events as part of her public role.

1 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

2 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

3 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 safari   

n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队

参考例句：

• When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
• They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。