YDS Paragraph Analysis 6

 Paragraf Analizi 6

        SEVİYE: B1-B2 

                         EDWARD VIII

Edward VIII became king when his father died in early 1936. He showed impatience with court protocol and politicians were concerned by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American socialite Wallis Simpson, who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the UK and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands as queen. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as head of the Church of England, which opposed the remarriage of divorced people if their former spouses were still alive. Edward knew that the government led by British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead. Choosing not to end his relationship with Simpson, Edward abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who chose the regnal name George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward was one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history. He was never crowned.

* Match the following words with their Turkish meanings in the text.

* Aşağıdaki kelimeleri metin içindeki Türkçe anlamlarıyla eşleştiriniz.

    1.     apparent (adj)

    2.     propose (v)   

    3.     former (adj)        

    4.     divorced (adj)     

    5.     relationship (n)   

    6.     abdicate (v)        

    7.     oppose (v)

    8.     impatience (n)                   

    9.     crown (v)               

    10.   reign (n)

                                          ..... a)    eski, önceki

                                          ..... b)    sabırsızlık

                                          ..... c)    açık, aşikar, belli

                                          ..... d)    boşanmış

                                          ..... e)    teklif etmek, önermek

                                          ..... f)     ilişki

                                          ..... g)    taçlandırmak

                                          ..... h)    hükümdarlık, yönetme

                                          ..... i)     tahttan çekilmek, tahtını bırakmak
                                          ..... j)     karşı çıkmak, itiraz etmek