1 Chapter 0 Who Was Joan of Arc

Who Was Joan of Arc?

圣女贞德是谁?

Who Was Joan of Arc? English soldiers surrounded the great walls of Orléans (say: OR-lee-on), France. The people had been trapped inside the town without food for seven months. The English hoped that if they closed off the city long

圣女贞德是谁?英国士兵包围了法国奥尔尔萨姆斯的长城。 人们被困在城里七个月了，没有食物。 英国人希望，如果他们长期封锁这座城市

enough, the French citizens would open their gates and surrender. France and England had been at war for as long as the people of Orléans could remember. The Duke of Orléans, the town's leader, had already been captured by the English. His half brother, John de Dunois, did his best to defend the town. But he couldn't drive the English away. The people of Orléans were beginning to lose hope. They were hungry. They thought of another siege ten years before in another French town. It had lasted a full year. The people of that city had been forced to eat cats, horses, and rats to survive. Eventually that city had surrendered. The people of Orléans didn't want to surrender, but what else could they do? "We need a miracle," they said to one another.

足够了，法国公民就会打开大门投降。 从奥尔萨姆人记事起，法国和英国就一直处于战争状态。 该镇的首领奥尔尔萨姆斯公爵已经被英国人俘虏了。 他同父异母的弟弟约翰·德·杜努瓦尽全力保卫这座城市。 但他无法赶走英国人。 奥尔姆斯的人民开始失去希望。 他们饿了。他们想到了十年前在另一个法国城镇的另一次围攻。 它持续了整整一年。 那个城市的人被迫吃猫、马和老鼠来生存。 最后那个城市投降了。 奥尔姆斯的人民不想投降，但他们还能做什么呢? “我们需要一个奇迹，”他们彼此说。

And maybe a miracle was coming! People who managed to sneak inside the gate of Orléans brought news of a very special peasant girl. She saw visions. She spoke to angels and saints. Her name was Joan of Arc. On April 29, 1429, the citizens of Orléans heard amazing news. Joan had arrived! She had slipped through an unguarded gate in the wall and entered the town. And she wasn't alone. She brought men who wanted to help, and wagonloads of food and farm animals. Hundreds of people ran to see her. What they saw was a seventeen-year-old girl who wore her hair cut short and dressed like a boy. She wore a suit of armor specially made to fit her small frame. She carried a

也许奇迹就要来了!有人偷偷溜进奥尔萨姆斯的大门，带来了一个非常特别的农家女孩的消息。 她看到了异象。她对天使和圣徒说话。 她的名字叫圣女贞德。1429年4月29日，奥拉西亚人听到了一个惊人的消息。 琼来了!她从城墙上一扇无人把守的门溜了进去，进了城。 她并不孤单。她带来了愿意帮忙的人，还有一车车的食物和家畜。 成百上千的人跑去看她。 他们看到的是一个17岁的女孩，她剪短了头发，穿得像个男孩。 她穿着一套特别为她的小个子量身定做的盔甲。 她带着一个

sword and a banner with angels on it. The banner read "Jhesus Maria" for Jesus and Mary. She was on a mission to save the town of Orléans. When the people of Orléans looked at Joan, they saw an unlikely hero who they believed had been sent by God. With her sword at her side and her banner raised high, Joan was a living symbol of hope for the people of Orléans—and for all of France.

一把剑和一面绘有天使的旗帜。 横幅上写着“耶稣玛利亚”，代表耶稣和玛利亚。 她的任务是拯救奥尔海姆斯镇。 当奥尔尔萨姆斯的人们看着琼时，他们看到了一个不太可能的英雄，他们相信她是上帝派来的。 她的剑在身边，她的旗帜高高举起，贞德是奥尔萨默斯人民和整个法国的希望的活生生的象征。