• 2021.02.24
    星期三

Comic:Queen Victoria, grandmother of Europe

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【明報專訊】Queen Victoria travelled to modern Hong Kong.

“ Queen Victoria : Excuse me, how do I get to Victoria Park? ”

“ MoMo: Walk straight ahead and the entrance will be on your left. ”

“ Queen Victoria : Oh, is this a statue of me? What a spitting image of me! ”

“ Queen Victoria : How do I get to Queen Victoria Street? ”

“ Pat: Go out of the building and walk across the road. ”

“ Queen Victoria : It's interesting to be on a street which is named after me. I love Hong Kong! ”

◆Know more

Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901) was queen of the United Kingdom. She became queen when she was 18 and reigned for almost 64 years. She was a good leader who showed her love of her people.

When Victoria turned 11, she was told that she would be the ruler when she grew up. According to royal etiquette, she could not talk to strangers or eat too many desserts. Queen Victoria is called 'grandmother of Europe' because her descendants held almost every European throne. To this day, some of them still reign over Europe.

Since Hong Kong was a British colony, a lot of places such as Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour and Victoria Road are named after her.

■English highway﹕Be the spitting image of someone

'Be the spitting image of someone' is used to describe someone who looks very similar to someone else.

e.g. Everyone says I am the spitting image of my mother.

Nancy is the spitting image of her twin sister.

■Glossary

royal (adj) 王室的

etiquette (n) 禮儀

descendant (n) 後代

throne (n) 王位

[Smarties' Power English 第303期]

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