九日女王(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
九日女王
lady jane grey was a beautiful girl who became queen of england at the age of 16. but her reign lasted only nine days.
a grandniece of henryⅧ, jane had some claim to the throne. her father, the duke of suffolk, and her father-in-law, the duke of northumberland, planned to use her to seize the succession, and persuaded edwardⅥ to name jane as his successor. on 10 july 1553, several days after edward's death, northumberland proclaimed her queen.
but edward's sister mary tudor, the heir according to henryⅧ's will, had the support of the populace. finally, on 19 july, suffolk had to tell his daughter to relinquish the crown. jane hoped to return to private life, but was held in the tower of london and beheaded in 1554. she was the innocent victim of her family's heartless ambitions.

珍．格雷郡主十六岁成为英国女王，但这位美丽少女在位前后只有九天。
珍是亨利八世的侄外孙女，不无资格继承王位。她父亲沙福克公爵、公公诺森伯兰公爵想利用她夺取王位继承权，说服爱德华六世指定她继位。一五五三年七月十日，即爱德华去世之后几天，诺森伯兰宣布她继位为女王。
但爱德华的姊姊玛丽．都铎却是亨利八世遗诏中指定的继位者，而且获得百姓拥戴。到了七月十九日，沙福克不得不叫女儿让位。珍希望重过普通生活，但被囚禁伦敦塔内，一五五四年斩首。家人无情的野心，害她无辜丧命。