欧美文化博览 金雀花王朝之魔王世族(5)

（单词翻译）

Matilda trudged¹ for seven miles through the frigid² night.

玛蒂尔达在寒冷的夜晚跋山涉水7英里。

She eventually made it to the safety of Wallingford Castle.

她最终来到了安全的瓦林福德城堡。

Now she was free to continue her struggle.

现在她要为了自由继续斗争。

For another decade, civil war ravaged³ England.

因为另一个10年中,英国因为内战而生灵涂炭。

The fighting could only be brought to a stop when her eldest⁴ son came of age-a mail heir, a direct descendant of Henry I.

这场战事只有她的长子，亨利一世的直系后裔达到合法继承人年龄才能划上句号。

Matilda's son Henry was a charismatic young man who'd inherited Matilda's determination and temper along with Geoffrey Plantagenet's red hair, intelligence and boundless⁵ energy.

玛蒂尔达的儿子亨利是一个富于魅力的年轻人,他继承了玛蒂尔达的决意和脾气，还有杰弗里金雀花的红头发,智慧及无限的能量。

Henry also inherited his parents' claims to the English throne and much of northern France.

亨利也继承了他父母所言的英国王位及法国北部的大部分地区。

As a young man, he was granted Normandy.

作为一个年轻人,他被授予诺曼底。

Later, he inherited Anjou.

后来,他继承了昂儒。

He then expanded Plantagenet territory again, through a profitable and unexpected marriage.

然后他又通过盈利和意想不到的婚姻扩大了金雀花王朝的领土。