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For the next thirty years the Duke and Duchess lived in Paris. They gave parties and
travelled round the world, but they never went back to Buckingham Palace.
When King George died in 1952 and Queen Mary died in 1961, Edward returned to
Windsor for a few days. But Wallis stayed in France.
'It's your family,' she said. 'Not mine.'
But then, in 1966, the Duke and Duchess met Queen Elizabeth (the daughter of King George)
at a small party in London. After thirty long years it was time to forget the past. Elizabeth kissed
the Duchess and touched her arm. Then she turned to the Duke and said:
'Wallis is so beautiful, uncle. I think you're a lucky man.'
'That day Elizabeth was very kind to us,' Edward wrote later.
'But why couldn't my mother or my brother say those words to me?'
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解释：
（1）For the next thirty years
the next + 数词 + 复数：接下来的。。。
比如：in the next five months
（2）gave parties
give party：开party
（3）they never went back to Buckingham Palace
go back：不及物动词
（4）Edward returned to Windsor for a few days
return：回到，不及物动词，所以后面加 to
如果是及物动词，是还东西的意思。
（5）at a small party
注意：介词 at
（6）That day Elizabeth was very kind to us
kind 后面用介词 to
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On BBC television in 1969 the Duke and Duchess spoke about their life together.
'Do you argue?' someone asked them.
'No, not really,' the Duchess replied.
'But there's one thing about my husband that I really don't like. He is always late.
It doesn't matter if he's meeting a queen, a president, or a film star. He can never arrive on time.
I don't know why. I have tried to change him, but it's just not possible.'
The Duke smiled and touched her hand. 'I know that I'm often late,' he said.
'But on our wedding day, I arrived at the church twenty minutes before you. I was early and you were late.'
'Yes, that's true,' the Duchess said. And they both laughed.
'You could see real love in their eyes,' one newspaper wrote.
'They were on television, but they forgot about the cameras and the millions of people who were watching.
They were just two people in love.'
The Duchess was famous for her jewellery.
'After my husband,' she once said, 'I love jewellery more than anything else in the world.'
And after thirty-five years with the Duke she had hundreds of pieces, which came from all over the world.
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解释：
（1）On BBC television in 1969 the Duke and Duchess spoke about their life together.
speak：及物动词的时候，speak + 语言，比如：speak english
speak：不及物动词的时候，说话，谈到，提到 speak to = talk to ， speak about = talk about
（2）Do you argue?
你们吵架吗？
（3）But on our wedding day, I arrived at the church twenty minutes before you
on our wedding day：具体日子前面用on
arrive：在大地方前面用 in ，在小地方前面 用 at
twenty minutes before you：比你早20分钟。 twenty minutes later than you（比你晚20分钟）
（4）real love = true love：真爱
（5）The Duchess was famous for her jewellery
be famous for：以...出名
（6）After my husband：排在我老公后面，也就是除了我老公以外
（7）I love jewellery more than anything else in the world
anything else：别的任何东西；else 是后置定语
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'I have never met a more beautiful woman than Wallis,' Edward wrote,
'and I love giving her presents. She has given me so much happiness. I buy her jewels to say "thank you".'
In May 1972 the Duke became ill. When the doctor arrived, he listened to Edward's heart and then said:
'How many cigarettes do you have a day, Sir?'
'About forty or fifty,' the Duke replied.
'But please don't ask me to stop. I've smoked for sixty years and I cannot change now.'
That night Edward called Wallis into the room. 'I feel very tired,' he said. 'And I'm afraid. I love you.
I have been very happy with you, and you have been a wonderful wife. When I die, I want you to take my body
back to Windsor. Will you do that for me?'
'Yes, of course,' she said. And they both began to cry.
The Duke of Windsor died one hour later with Wallis by his side. Three days later. a blue aeroplane arrived in Paris.
Wallis went back to England with the Duke's body and, for the first time in her life, she entered Buckingham Palace.
A week later the Duchess returned to France, and for the next fourteen years she lived alone in Paris.
The big house was dark. The doors were locked and she did not go out.
In the afternoons she sat in the dining room with Edward's love letters.
'They were so beautiful,' she said. 'I read them again and again.'
But then, in 1986, Wallis became ill. She went to a small hospital near the house, and a few days later she died.
'Without Edward,' she once wrote, 'my life was empty.'
She was buried in England next to her husband at Windsor. 'It's a strange thing,' one newspaper wrote.
'When they were alive, the Duke and Duchess could never live in Britain. It was only in death that they could be there together.'
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解释：
（1）I have never met a more beautiful woman than Wallis
=> I am shorter than you
=> I have a better idea than you
=> I have never met a richer man than you
（2）She has given me so much happiness
happiness：不可数名词，所以用much
（3）I buy her jewels to say "thank you"
buy her jewels：buy是双宾动词，her 和 jewels 都是宾语；jewel是可数名词，常用复数。
（4）a blue aeroplane arrived in Paris
这里用 in
（5）It was only in death that they could be there together
强调句。
（6）When they were alive
alive：形容词，做表语。
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give a party 举行聚会。
daughter n. one's female child . 女儿。
past n. what happened in time before the present . 往事。
touch v. press with slight force . 轻摸，碰。
lucky adj. having good luck . 有好运的。
argue v. disagree with words, fight with words . 争吵。
president n. head of the government in many modern states that do not have a king or queen . 总统。
real adj. true . 真正的。
camera n. an apparatus for taking moving pictures . 摄影机。
famous adj. very well known . 著名的，驰名的。
piece n. a single thing . （一）件。
all over everywhere . 到处，处处。
present n. a gift . 礼物。
cigarette n . 香烟。 tired adj. 累的，疲倦的。
aeroplane n . 飞机 body n . 尸体。
love letter 情书。
empty adj. without purpose, meaning . 空虚的，无意义的。
bury v. place in a grave . 埋葬。
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