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Our Modern Royal Family
As a little girl, Elizabeth didn’t know that one day
she would be queen. Her grandfather was King George V. But George and
his wife Mary had six children. Their oldest son, the handsome and
popular Edward, was the next in line to be king. Elizabeth's father,
Albert, was only the second child, born in 1895.
(0)- H
When they were boys, Edward and Albert were often unhappy. The
children only saw their parents for an hour every day. Their nurse was
a hard woman and often hurt Edward. George V was a good king, but not a
very kind father. "I was frightened of my father, and my children are
going to be frightened of me!' he said.
Albert, or ‘Bertie’, was shy, and the family made this worse for
him. He wrote naturally with his left hand, but he was told to use his
right hand. He also had a speech problem.
(1) C
He couldn't always say the words that he wanted to say. His father only laughed at his son. Later, he had help from a special teacher, but all his life it was hard for Bertie to make speeches.
The name of the royal family was now ‘Windsor’. They changed their
name in 1917, during the First World War with Germany. Their family
names at that time were German, and it was better to have an English
one. So George chose the name 'Windsor'. Windsor Castle is one of the
old palaces where the royal family often stay.
(2) D Old King George died in 1936. Now Edward was
ready to take his place as King Edward VIII. Most people in the country
liked Edward, and they wanted him to be king. But they didn’t know
much about his private life. Even his father was worried about Edward
before he died. Edward loved a good time. He enjoyed women, drank a lot, spent money, and didn’t think about other people or his duties to the country.
Finally, he fell in love with an American woman,
Wallis Simpson. He wanted to marry her, but Wallis was divorced -twice.
The royal family didn’t like her, but the problem was even more serious.
(3) G T
he British king also had to be the head of the Church of England, and the Church did not accept divorce. How could Edward marry a divorced woman and still be king?
They called 1936 ‘The Year of the Three Kings’. George died in
January. When they carried his body through the streets, a piece of the
royal crown fell off into the road. "That’s very bad luck”, people
said. "Something terrible is going to happen”. Then Edward became king.
At first, he hoped that he could marry Wallis and also be king. He wanted the people of the country to accept this. But they didn’t. They didn’t want Wallis to be their queen.
(4) E
So on 10 December 1936, Edward signed the official papers which ended his rule as king. He made a speech to the nation on the radio. And on 11 December, his younger brother, Bertie, took his place.
Bertie decided to take a new name - George, like his
father - and so he became King George VI. He had no sons, so his
oldest daughter, Elizabeth, was now the next in line. She was ten, and
her sister, Margaret, was six.
(5) B
Edward married Wallis Simpson, and they lived in Paris for most of their lives. They were never friendly with the royal family again. Edward was very angry about what happened.
It was a sad story, and in some ways a romantic one. But Edward was a weak man who wanted power and money. And Wallis was a difficult woman who ruled Edward's life.
(6) F
The year 1936 wasn't easy for Britain, but at the end of it the
country got a popular and a sensible king. They also had a fine queen,
and two beautiful little princesses. King George VI’s wife was a
Scottish woman, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. When he fell in love with
her, she didn’t accept him at first. Even in those days, she knew that a life in the royal family is not all magic and fun.
The ‘royals’ have to work very hard at their duties; it is difficult for them to have a private life.
But Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was a happy, strong-minded girl. When she
agreed to marry him, she accepted the ‘job’ gladly. Later, after her
husband’s death, she became the Queen Mother.
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USE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY
For questions 1-11 read the text below and fill in the gaps
with the correct form of the verbs. There is an example at the
beginning.
In 1829, an Englishman by the name of James Smithson (0) died (die) in Genoa, Italy. His death would probably have gone unnoticed if he (1)
________ (not leave) an extraordinary will. In it, he stated that his
fortune should be left to: "...the United States of America". You
can imagine what a stir this (2) ________ (cause) on both sides of the Atlantic! There (3) ______ (be) much debate both in Congress and in the American press about how (4) ______ (use) this money. Several ideas (5)
_______ (put) forward, the most popular being a school or university
of some kind. In the middle of these discussions, the United States
Exploring Expedition came home from a around-the-world expedition. They
brought home many interesting things from the places they (6) _______ (visit). Many people were anxious to see them, and it (7)
_______ (decide) that the best way to use Smithson's fortune was to
build a national museum. In typical Victorian style, the original
museum (8) _______ (build) to resemble a castle. It (9)
______ (house) an art gallery, a museum, a library, lecture halls and a
chemical laboratory. In the past 150 years, the museum complex (10) _______ (grow) immensely! Today, the Smithsonian Institution (11) ______ (have) 19 museums and research centres.
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