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Unit Five Britain Lesson SeventeenMrs Windsor, Anyone? Para 1-3 Anti – monarchy campaigners of Republic in the queen’s diamond jubilee “Don’t jubilee’ve it!” Don’t take part in any celebration for the Queen’s diamond Jubilee 2. “9500 nurses or 1 Queen?” It means that the expenses of the Queen are equal to those of 9500s nurses. It suggests that the royal family’s life is extravagant and so people choose to have more nurses instead of a queen. Para 4- 8 Republic’s supporters has gain some success, but the majority of Britons support monarchy 99.9996 percent of Britain is not on the mailing list (Para 5) turnaround: golden jubilee of 2002 (Para6) a poll-commissioned by the leftish and republican-leaning Guardian: 69 percent support monarchy (Para6) Para 4-8 Vocabulary : Institution A large establishment or organization that has a particular kind of work or purpose: a financial institution 机构 An established system or custom in society: the institution of marriage 习俗、制度 Para 5: an institution which has held firm… Para11: the institution recovered quickly…. Para 4-8 The?British Royal Family? It is the?family?group of close?relatives?of the?monarch of the United Kingdom, regarded as representing the highest aristocratic presence in the land, with each member attracting much popular interest and constant attention of the media. Para 9-13 The fight between monarchy and Republicanism in history The civil war : execution of Charles Ⅰ Early 19th century: a bad time for the monarchy Monarchy recovered: accession of Victoria in 1837 Para 9-13 The?English Civil War?(1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (议会党人)?and?Royalists (保皇党人)?in the?Kingdom of England?over, principally, the manner of its government.??The war ended with the Parliamentarian victory at the?Battle of Worcester?(伍斯特战役）on 3 September 1651. English Civil War Para14-18 Para 14: Between the flag-wavers and the placard-wavers, there is a gre