Runnymede is a grassy field by the River Thames near Egham, in the south of England. In 1215 King John of England agreed to Magna Carta there — the famous paper that said even a king must keep to the law. People often say he “signed” it; though actually, kings in that time pressed a wax seal rather than writing their name the way we do, and historians still argue about the exact strip of grass. The name has become a symbol: when people talk about rights and the rule of law, they sometimes point back to Runnymede. There is also a small piece of land there given to the American people in 1965, with a memorial to President John F. Kennedy. So the place is English, but part of it is cared for as a gift to the United States. You will meet the name in history class more than in daily talk. It is a place, not a person.

蘭尼米德（英國泰晤士河畔草地；大憲章 dec. 1215 傳統上的訂立地，也有甘迺迪紀念園區）