1 Chapter 0 Who Was Marie Antoinette

Who Was Marie Antoinette? On April 21, 1770, fifteen-year-old Marie Antoinette left home and traveled to France. She had always lived a royal life. Her parents were the emperor and empress of Austria. The young archduchess was leaving behind her beloved homeland. She was engaged to marry Louis Auguste, the future king of France. Marie Antoinette rode in a jeweled coach amid a parade of more than fifty other carriages.

玛丽·安托瓦内特是谁?1770年4月21日，15岁的玛丽·安托瓦内特离开家前往法国。 她一直过着贵族的生活。 她的父母是奥地利的皇帝和皇后。 年轻的大公夫人要离开她深爱的祖国。 她和路易·奥古斯特订婚了，他是法国未来的国王。 玛丽·安托瓦内特(Marie Antoinette)乘坐一辆镶满珠宝的马车，与其他50多辆马车列队行进。

Hairdressers, chefs, and other attendants traveled with her for the two-and-a-half-week journey. Peasants cheered along the road between Vienna, Austria, and Strasbourg, France. They hoped to catch a glimpse of the young bride-to-be. The royal procession reached the Rhine River, where a new building stood on an island. Marie Antoinette said good-bye to the Austrian people who had traveled with her. When she entered the building, she had to take off all of her Austrian clothes. She was given a French gown made of golden fabric. She wasn't allowed to bring anything from Austria into France, not even Mops, her little pug dog.

在为期两周半的旅程中，美发师、厨师和其他随从也跟着她。 在奥地利维也纳和法国斯特拉斯堡之间的公路上，农民们欢呼雀跃。 他们希望能看一眼这位年轻的准新娘。 皇家队伍到达了莱茵河，岛上矗立着一座新建筑。 玛丽·安托瓦内特向和她一起旅行的奥地利人告别。 当她进入大楼时，她不得不脱掉她所有的奥地利服装。 她得到了一件金色面料的法式长袍。 她不允许把任何东西从奥地利带进法国，甚至连她的小哈巴狗莫普斯也不行。

In an official ceremony, she was handed over to the French. When she opened the doors on the side of the building that faced France, crowds of noblemen and noblewomen greeted her. Marie Antoinette cried, but she tried to be brave. The whole city of Strasbourg held a holiday in Marie Antoinette's honor. A French procession of carriages then carried her to her new husband and her new life at the grand palace of Versailles (ver-SIGH).

在一个官方仪式上，她被移交给法国人。 当她打开大楼面向法国一侧的门时，迎接她的是成群的贵族男女。 玛丽·安托瓦内特哭了，但她努力保持勇敢。 整个斯特拉斯堡市都为玛丽·安托瓦内特庆祝节日。 随后，一列法国马车载着她来到了她的新婚丈夫身边，开始了她在凡尔赛宫的新生活。

Marie Antoinette became the queen of France while still only a teenager. She had no idea how to be a good leader. Many people in France were poor. They had to pay high taxes. Their taxes went to the royal family. Some of the money was spent running the government. But plenty was also spent on gowns, jewels, parties, and fancy palaces. The common people became angry with their king and queen for wasting money while they had so little. By the end of Marie Antoinette's life, the French people were cheering for her death.

玛丽·安托瓦内特在十几岁的时候就成为了法国王后。 她不知道如何成为一个好领导。 许多法国人都很穷。 他们必须缴纳高额税款。 他们的税收归王室所有。 其中一些钱用于管理政府。 但也有很多钱花在礼服、珠宝、派对和豪华宫殿上。 老百姓对他们的国王和王后感到愤怒，因为他们在自己一无所有的情况下却浪费金钱。 在玛丽·安托瓦内特生命的最后，法国人民为她的死欢呼。