5 Chapter 4 Living Like a Queen

Chapter 4 Living Like a Queen In the spring of 1774, King Louis XV became ill. He felt feverish and broke out into a rash. He had smallpox. At the time, there was no cure for this disease. In less than two weeks the king was dead.

第四章像女王一样生活1774年春天，国王路易十五病了。 他感到发烧，突然起了皮疹。 他得了天花。当时，没有治愈这种疾病的方法。 不到两个星期，国王就死了。

King Louis XV's death meant it was time for Louis Auguste to step up to his new position. He was crowned the king of France at a ceremony on June 11, 1775. Marie Antoinette was proud as she looked on. "I couldn't contain my emotion;" she wrote, "tears rolled down my face in spite of myself and people took kindly to it." Louis Auguste became Louis XVI (the Sixteenth). He was only twenty—and Marie Antoinette was only nineteen—when they became king and queen. The king's minsters were worried that Louis was not

国王路易十五的去世意味着是时候让路易·奥古斯特走上他的新位置了。 1775年6月11日，他在一个仪式上被加冕为法国国王。 玛丽·安托瓦内特在一旁看着，感到很自豪。 “我无法控制自己的情绪，”她写道，“眼泪不由自主地从我脸上滚落下来，人们对我很友好。” 路易·奥古斯特成为路易十六。 当他们成为国王和王后时，他只有20岁，玛丽·安托瓦内特也只有19岁。 国王的大臣们担心路易不会

prepared to rule. They didn't know what to expect from the queen. According to French laws, queens didn't have any power. Marie Antoinette's job was to set a good example for the French people. She was to be graceful and kind, obey her husband, and have children. But Marie Antoinette's mother, Empress Maria Theresa, wanted her daughter to keep the ties between Austria and France strong. The empress insisted on knowing everything that went on at Versailles. She wanted her daughter to have influence over the king. She wanted Marie Antoinette to help make political decisions. Marie Antoinette, however, wanted to live the way she wanted. She was not interested in

准备统治。他们不知道对女王有什么期待。 根据法国法律，女王没有任何权力。 玛丽·安托瓦内特的工作是为法国人民树立一个好榜样。 她要优雅善良，服从丈夫，生儿育女。 但是玛丽·安托瓦内特的母亲玛丽亚·特蕾莎皇后希望她的女儿保持奥地利和法国之间的紧密联系。 皇后坚持要知道凡尔赛宫发生的一切。 她想让女儿对国王有影响力。 她希望玛丽·安托瓦内特帮助她做出政治决定。 然而，玛丽·安托瓦内特想要过自己想要的生活。 她对……不感兴趣

following the customs of other French queens. And she was tired of listening to her mother. As queen, she could now do whatever she wanted. And she wanted to enjoy herself. It was easy to be spoiled at Versailles. Her household (all the people who attended to her) totaled about five hundred people! She had ladies to help her dress, people to serve her food, and men to take care of her horses. She even had a trainbearer whose job was to hold the back of her gown off the floor when she walked.

遵循其他法国女王的习俗。 她听腻了妈妈的话。 作为女王，她现在可以为所欲为。 她想好好享受。 在凡尔赛宫很容易被宠坏。 她的家人(所有伺候她的人)约有五百人。她有女士帮她穿衣服，有人给她上菜，还有男人照顾她的马。 她甚至还请了一个搬运工，在她走路的时候帮她把礼服的后襟从地板上扶起来。

France was known as the fashion center of the world, and Marie Antoinette set the fashion trends. Mademoiselle Rose Bertin was her personal dressmaker. She came to the queen's chambers about twice a week. She made dresses with tight tops and wide skirts out of satin, velvet, and rich brocade fabric. They were decorated with jewels, pearls, ribbons, and lace. The queen's wardrobe filled three entire rooms! The young queen also invited the royal jewelers to show her their latest creations. She especially liked to buy diamonds of all sorts—set in rings, as necklaces, or as earrings. One set of her diamond earrings dangled like the palace chandeliers.

法国被称为世界时尚中心，玛丽·安托瓦内特引领了时尚潮流。 罗丝·伯坦小姐是她的私人裁缝。 她大约每星期来女王的卧室两次。 她用缎子、天鹅绒和锦缎做紧身上衣和宽裙摆的衣服。 他们用珠宝、珍珠、丝带和花边装饰着。 女王的衣橱塞满了整整三个房间!年轻的女王还邀请了王室珠宝商向她展示他们的最新作品。 她特别喜欢买各种各样的钻石——镶在戒指上、项链上或耳环上的。 她的一副钻石耳环像宫殿的枝形吊灯一样悬挂着。

Her personal hairdresser, Léonard Autié, also came to the palace. French noble people commonly wore wigs. It was a sign of their high position, but Marie Antoinette took wigs to new heights. The most famous hairstyle was called the pouf. Besides being fashionable, poufs also told stories. Some held scenes of nature, with tiny figures of farmers or animals. Some had moving parts, like flapping birds. After a French victory at

她的御用发型师l<s:1>纳德·奥蒂奥伊也来到了宫殿。 法国贵族一般戴假发。 这是她们地位高的标志，但玛丽·安托瓦内特把假发带到了新的高度。 最著名的发型是卷头。 除了时尚，卷发还能讲故事。 有些画的是自然风光，有农民或动物的微小形象。 有些有活动部件，比如拍打翅膀的鸟。 法国在