英语词汇william tell-s apple的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

William Tell’s apple. According to fable, William Tell was a famous marksman and the champion of Swiss independence when Switzerland was ruled by Austria in the 13th century. Tell refused to salute the imperial governor and was sentenced to shoot an apple from his son’s head. After doing this, another ar- row fell from his coat and the governor demanded to know what it had been intended for. “To shoot you with, had I failed in the task imposed upon me,” Tell told him and he was cast in prison, from which he was rescued and went on to lead his country to freedom. There are at least 10 earlier versions of the tale involving other countries and heroes, the oldest found in the Old Norse Vilkinia Saga.

词汇	william tell-s apple
词源	William Tell’s apple. According to fable, William Tell was a famous marksman and the champion of Swiss independence when Switzerland was ruled by Austria in the 13th century. Tell refused to salute the imperial governor and was sentenced to shoot an apple from his son’s head. After doing this, another ar- row fell from his coat and the governor demanded to know what it had been intended for. “To shoot you with, had I failed in the task imposed upon me,” Tell told him and he was cast in prison, from which he was rescued and went on to lead his country to freedom. There are at least 10 earlier versions of the tale involving other countries and heroes, the oldest found in the Old Norse Vilkinia Saga.
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