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Marie Antoinette had given
瑪麗·安托瓦內(nèi)特
the French people an heir to the throne,
曾誕下一位王子
but as an Austrian outsider,
但由于她是奧地利人
she had never been verypopular.
法國(guó)民眾從未喜歡過(guò)她
Now, as the financial crisis deepened,
法國(guó)財(cái)政危機(jī)愈發(fā)嚴(yán)峻時(shí)
ordinary people came to see her not as their queen,
老百姓已不再將她視為王后
but as a symbol of the selfishness of the aristocratic elite.
而是自私的貴族上流階層的代表
It's a truism of history,
這是歷史永恒不變的規(guī)律
when there's economic stress,
當(dāng)經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)襲來(lái)
people look round for who to blame.
人們總是會(huì)四下尋找替罪羊
And it was all too easy
而這一次 大家不約而同地
to blame the Austrian, L'autrichienne.
將罪責(zé)都推到了奧地利婆娘的身上
And that she had an extravagant court,
而她確實(shí)不夠檢點(diǎn) 她的宮殿極盡豪奢
and that country people were starving
鄉(xiāng)下的農(nóng)民還吃不飽飯
and she was having parties and giving balls.
她卻在大辦宴會(huì) 縱情歌舞
So that's really what caused
主要就是因此
the major downturn in her reputation.
她從此聲名狼藉了
There is a stream of salacious pamphlets
17世紀(jì)70年代到80年代間
which come out about Marie Antoinette
社會(huì)上流傳著畫(huà)滿瑪麗·安托瓦內(nèi)特的
in the 1770s and 1780s.
黃色小報(bào)
The sorts of things that they say,
那些小報(bào)上寫(xiě)著
that she has a very wild sex life.
她的性生活極度放蕩
Frustrated in her relations with the king,
由于她難以從國(guó)王那里得到滿足
she has sexual relations with his brothers.
她便開(kāi)始與國(guó)王的兄弟發(fā)生性關(guān)系
She's the new Messalina,
她被看做是第二個(gè)美撒利娜
she's the new sort of sexuallywildperson at the court.
是王宮中第二個(gè)性生活如此放浪的女人
And this is dragging the monarchy down.
而這也令君主制一步步走向深淵
