英國史上在位時間最長君主

　　7月28日CNN聽力：伊麗莎白二世成英國汗青上在位時光最長君主

　　Our next story today takes us to the UnitedKingdom.

　　From 1901 to the 1950s, its national and royalanthem was "God Save the King."

　　But that title changes depending on who's on thethrone.

　　And Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in 1953.

　　Her power is mostly ceremonial.

　　Britain's governing and lawmaking authority lie with parliament.

　　But the queen is a highly respected figure in her country.

　　She's had a front seat to so much world history since the Second World War.

　　And later this year, she'll officially become the longest serving monarch in British history.

　　With that kind of accomplishment added to her many others, why wouldn't she want tocelebrate in public?

　　When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne, Winston Churchill was still prime minister.

　　And in September,she overtakes Queen Victoria as Britain's longest serving monarch.

　　Crowned in Westminster Abbey on the 2nd of June 1953.

　　Since then, she's received 12 different British prime ministers, met every serving U.S.president,apart from Lyndon Johnson, and had encounters with seven popes, going back to Pius XII.

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