Sissi and Schonbrunn 茜茜公主和美泉宫(奥地利).docxVIP

Lesson10: Sissi and Schonbrunn 茜茜公主和美泉宫（奥地利）原文：F1 : Friend l F2 : Friend 2F1: I picked up a biography in the bookstore, about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, you know “Empress Sissi” ?F2: Really, was it good? Ive seen some of the films about her, but Ive never read her biography.F1: i would recommend that anybody who is enchanted by the myth NOT read it-reality might destroy the romantic illusion.F2: Why? I think the story of her and her husband. Franz Joseph is extremely romantic. They seemed to be so in love.F1: But thats it, its just a story. In the biography it says that Franz was a workaholic and spent most of his time in his love.F2: Really? I thought they were always together. Anyway, I know something about her. For example, she was born in 1837, in Munich.F1: Right! But, I bet you didnt know this . . . Franz Joseph was actually meant to marry her sister, Helene, but Franz fell in love with Sissi.F2: I did know that, actually. It was in a film I once saw. The engagement to Sissi was a sensation.Fl: I bet. She later said that she regretted marrying him. Also, did you know she was murdered? A crazy anarchist stabbed her to death when she was 60 years old.F2: I didnt know that! I did read that she went a little crazy though, because she dieted too much. Did you read anything about their castle? Schon …something.F1: Schonbrunn, yes. It was built in around 1700 and lots of famous people have lived there over the years, not only Sissi.F2: Its in Vienna, isnt it?F1: Yes, thats right. It was the Viennese summer residence for Austrian royalty for many decades, even Empress Maria Theresa, who give birth t0 16 children there.F2: I read that Mane Antoinette was born there, and lived there until she married into the French royal family.F1: She was one of Empress Maria Theresas many kids. Schonbrunn is huge and totally beautiful! It has l, 441 rooms and is decorated in the delicate rococo style.F2: That is big. We should visit in the summer holidays, I