2.工作結束後請把工具收拾好。(pick up)
3.他的提議被拒絕了。(turn down)
第一章 When Love Was the Adventure
·Patrick·
On a cold January morning in 1936,George V was given a king’s burial. Following his coffin was his eldest son,the handsome,much loved,Prince of Wales. He was about to be proclaimed the next king of England. He was that exceptional thing: a model royal. He was at ease in every company. Everyone expected him to shake the stuffiness out of the monarchy. But as time passed,as he span between the royal duties,people began to remark that the prince was approaching 40 and still unmarried. Only a privileged few knew that he’d been stepping out with the mysterious American,a woman who was cheating on her husband with the future king of England. This was the lady known as Wallis Simpson,whom he was determined to marry.
So now he was king,but no one could persuade him to give up Wallis. Not even Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin who spoke for the nation when he said Britain did not want an American divorcee for a queen. Ministerial car shuttled between Westminster and Buckingham Palace but the king could not be budged. He was forced to abdicate and all over the country flags flew at half-mast.
In the summer of 1937,there was a quiet wedding in France. The couple looked a bit nervous,especially the groom,but only a year before he’d been a king. Now he and his wife would be called the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.