57. When Mary Tudor became Queen after Edward, she attempted to forcibly recovert England to Roman Catholicism. People call her "Blood Mary"。

瑪麗都鐸再愛德華后當上女王，她試圖強迫人們重新皈依羅馬天主教。人們叫她“血腥瑪麗”。

58. Elizabeth's reign was a time of confident English national and of great achievements in literature and other acts, in exploration and in battle.

伊麗莎白統治時期，人民自信，民族主義高漲，在文學和其它藝術方面，在探險和對外作戰(zhàn)方面都取得了巨大成功。

59. Elizabeth's religious reform was a compromise of views. She broke Mary's ties with Rome and restored her father’s independent Church of England.

伊麗莎白的宗教改革是各種觀點的妥協，她中斷瑪麗與羅馬的關系，恢復父王獨立的英格蘭教會。

60. For nearly 30 years Elizabeth successfully played against each other the two great Catholic powers, France and Spain.

將近30年來，伊麗莎白成功地令兩大天主教強國法國和西班牙互相爭斗，從而免于英國卷入任何主要的歐洲國的沖突。

61. The destruction of Spanish Armada showed England’s superiority as a naval power. It enabled England to become a great trading and colonizing country in the years to come.

西班牙無敵艦隊的滅亡表明英國海上強國的優(yōu)勢，使英國在隨后的幾年能成為強大的貿易和殖民國。