【跟着英剧练发音】A History Of Britain - 13 B

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 文本：

In 60 AD, Boudicca rose up in furious revolt, quicklygathering an army bent¹ on vengeance². With the cream of the Roman troops tieddown suppressing an insurgency³ in north Wales, Boudicca's army marched towardsthe place which most symbolised the now-hated Roman colonisation of Britain,Colchester. It helped that it was lightly garrisoned⁴. After a firestorm marchthrough eastern England, burning Roman settlements one by one, it was thecity's turn.

译文：

公元60年，狂怒下的布迪卡大举反抗，迅速集结军队决心报复。由于当时罗马的全部精锐，被调往北威尔士平定动乱。布迪卡的大军顺利进军至科尔切斯特，象征着不列颠与罗马仇恨的地方，罗马的驻防不力，成了对手的天赐良机。挥师横穿英格兰东部，纵火逐个烧毁罗马殖民地，整城转眼倾覆。