[00:05.000] Oxford Bookworm state 1 [00:08.289] published by FLTRP, [00:11.357] [00:15.144] 书虫牛津英汉双语读物 第一集 《苏格兰玛丽女王》 [00:23.205] by Tim Vicary [00:34.056] chapter 1 Fotheringhay [00:40.055] My name is Bass Curle,but this is not my story. [00:46.485] It is the story of my lady Mary,Queen of Scots. [00:53.580] She wrote the story,and then she gave it to me. [00:58.253] I am going to give it to her son. [01:03.005] She began the story a week ago. [01:08.054] It was January 1587,and we sat here in our cold room in Fotheringhay Castle,in the north of England. [01:25.142] We couldn't see much from the window.One or tow houses,a river,some trees,some horses,and a road.That's all. [01:40.260] The road goes to London,the home of Queen Elizabeth of England. [01:46.004] Mary sat with her little dog in her hands and watched it,all day long. [01:56.002] No one came along the road.Nothing happened.I watched Mary,unhappily. [02:07.120] 'Please,Your Majesty,come away from that window,'I said. [02:14.105] 'It doesn't help.No one is going to come.Queen Elizabeth can't do it — Queens don't kill Queens.' [02:26.022] 'Don't they ,Bass?'Mary said.'Then why are we here,in this prison?Why am I not free?' [02:39.002] 'Why,Your Majesty?Because Queen Elizabeth is afraid of you.' [02:45.005] 'That's right,'Mary said.'She's afraid of me,and she hates me,too.She hates me because I am beautiful,and she is not;because I had three husbands,and she never married.And because many people — good Catnolic people in England,France,Scotland,Spain — say that I,Mary,am the true Queen of England,not Elizabeth.And Elizabeth has no children,so when she is dead,my son James…' [03:32.720] She came away from the window and stood in front of me. [03:34.122] 'James,'she said quietly,'My son.Does he think about me?Sometimes?He was only ten months old when I last saw him.It is nearly twenty years…' [03:56.012] 'Of cause he thinks about you,Your Majesty,'I said.'You write to him often.How can he forget his mother?' [04:09.250] 'Then why doesn't he write to me?'Mary asked.'Does he want me to stay here,in an English prison?' [04:21.201] 'No,of cause not,Your Majesty.But — he has a lot of work,Your Majesty.He is the King of Scotland,and…' [04:33.001] 'He is not the King of Scotland,Bass,'she said,'Not before I am dead.Remember that.' [04:43.225] 'No,Your Majesty,of cause not.Bur perhaps people tell him things that are untrue.You know what people say.Perhaps — perhaps he thinks you killed his father.' [05:03.012] Mary's face went white.She was very angry,and for a minute I was afraid. She said :'You know that's a lie,Bass.It is a lie ! I did not kill James's father — I knew nothing about it !' [05:30.014] 'I know that,Your Majesty.But perhaps James doesn't know it.He hears so many lies,all the time.He needs to konw the true story.Why don't you write,and tell him?' [05:44.240] Mary sat down slowly.She looked old and tired. [05:53.045] 'All right,Bass,'she said,'Give me a pen,please.I'm going to write to James, and tell him the true story.You can give it to him when I'm dead.' [06:13.205] 'Dead,Your Majesty?Don't say that.You aren't going to die.' [06:21.056] Her old, tired eyes looked at me.'Yes, I am,Bass.You know what is going to happen.One day soon,a man is going to bring a letter from Queen Elizabeth.And then her men are going to kill me.But before I die,I would like to write to my son James.I want to tell him the story of my life.So give me a pen,please.' [07:02.011] I gave her a pen.This is what she wrote.