PREFACE

PREFACE

To her own people，Queen Victoria was England itself，the symbol of the realm and of the empire. To millions who were not her people，the words“the Queen”always brought to thought the well-beloved woman who for nearly sixty-four years wore the crown of Great Britain and gave freely to her country of the gift that was in her.

Other women have been controlled by devotion to duty，other women have been moved to action by readiness of sympathy，but few have united so well a strong determination to do the right with a never failing gentleness，a childlike sympathy with strength of purpose.

Happy is the realm that can count on the list of its sovereigns one whose career was so strongly marked by faithfulness，by honesty of aim，and by statesman-like wisdom of action.

—EVA MARCH TAPPAN

注释

preface[´prefis]n. 序言（通常由作者撰写，常与to连用）

e.g. He wrote a preface to the book.

Queen/King：英国女王/国王是英国宪法规定的世袭国家元首，立法机关的组成部分，法院的首领，联合王国全部武装部队总司令，英国国教的世俗领袖和英联邦元首

symbol[´simb∂l]n. 象征，标志

realm[relm]n. 王国，领域

well-beloved[´welbi´lʌvid，-´lʌvd]adj. 很受人爱戴的n. 深受爱戴的人

crown[kraun]n. 王冠，花冠vt. 加冕

readiness[´redinis]n. 乐意，情愿

e.g. She has great readiness to learn.

sympathy[´simpəθi]n. 同情，同情心

childlike[´tʃaildlaik]adj. 儿童般的（纯真、坦率）

Happy is the realm that can count on the list of its sovereigns one whose...这是一个倒装句，句中有两处倒装：一是句首的主句，其正常语序为：The realm is happy，第二处为状语on the list of its sovereigns提至count的宾语one前。句中that can count...为定语从句，修饰realm，whose career...为修饰one的定语从句。该句还原语序后为：The realm that can count one on the list of its sovereigns，whose career was marked by...is happy. 这两处倒装使两个定语从句都紧跟在所修饰的先行词后，第一处倒装还有强调的作用。

count[kaunt]vt. 包含在内，计算在内

sovereign[´sɔvrin]n. 君主，国王/女皇统治adj. 拥有至高无上统治权的

career[kə´riə]n. 生涯，事业的进程

faithfulness[´feiθfulnis]n. 忠诚，诚实

honesty[´ɔnisti]n. 真诚，正直

statesman-like[´steitsmənlaik]adj. 有政治家风格的