点评:On a brutally hot and humid Florida summer day we had probably one of the best visits ever to the National Park Fort Castillo de San Marcos in St Augustine.
What made the visit extraordinary was a historical standing room only talk given by a historian named Jim.
He mesmerized the room and people were glued to their seats as he went through over 600 years of Spanish history. We learned about Philip the Handsome, his wife Joanna the mad who sat next to her husband’s dead body for 20 years and believed him to be “sleeping.” Fast forward to present day King Phillip the 6th of Spain and his daughter Leonor due to inherit the throne as the first female royal in Spanish history.
Where was Jim in high school when we needed an excellent history teacher? We all would have become historians based upon his enthusiasm for the subject. We were so fortunate to see such a talented speaker with such enthusiasm for his subject.
Do not miss this!
翻译:在一个酷热潮湿的佛罗里达夏日,我们度过了有史以来最棒的游览体验之一——参观了位于圣奥古斯丁的圣马科斯堡国家公园。
这次游览之所以非同寻常,是因为一位名叫吉姆的历史学家带来了一场座无虚席的历史讲座。
他深深吸引了在场的每一个人;当他讲述长达600多年的西班牙历史时,所有人都全神贯注地坐在座位上。我们还了解到了“美男子”菲利普的事迹。他的妻子乔安娜是个疯女人,她在丈夫的尸体旁坐了20年,始终以为他只是“在睡觉”。时光飞转,如今的西班牙国王费利佩六世和他的女儿莱奥诺尔即将继承王位,她也将成为西班牙历史上第一位女性君主。
我们在高中时期多么需要一位优秀的历史老师啊!如果当时有吉姆这样的老师,凭着他对历史的热情,我们所有人恐怕都会成为历史学家呢。我们非常幸运,能见到一位对自己所讲主题充满热情且才华横溢的演讲者。
千万别错过这个机会!