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Updated: 2005-06-28 09:53

Britain's Queen Elizabeth inspects a guard of honour

 

 

 

Britain's Queen Elizabeth inspects a guard of honour in front of HMS Victory, the ship sailed in by Admiral Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar, at Portsmouth in southern England, June 28, 2005. Britain celebrated the 200th anniversary of one of its greatest naval victories on Tuesday but a descendant of Admiral Horatio Nelson said the Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary was trying too hard not to offend historical enemies.(Reuters)

 

Vocabulary:
 

descendant: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race(子孙,后代)

 
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